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Original ambient/post-rock/electronic by Adam Butler

Ambient & Instrumental

This one has a more relaxed style than my other songs; less dramatic, in a sense. It made me think of how carefree life was as a kid. When was the last time you swung on a rope swing for the pure enjoyment of the moment? What happened to that life? It feels like it was just a dream...

Production Notes:

I like this melodic, lush, warm vibe a lot. Took some cues from one of my favorite bands, Hammock, and found a good balance of those reverb/delay/chorus drenched guitars and other melodic instruments like strings, organs, electric pianos, etc. Tape delay and thick, 14-second reverb is the backbone to this sound. Tried a slightly different approach to building sounds and arranging clips on this one, using Logic instead of Ableton Live. Overall, I'm thinking Logic suits my style better.

Rope Swing

Emerge

Surrender, Catharsis, Recovery

Tangerine Dream - Mona Da Vinci

*NOT my track https://soundcloud.com/tash-sultana

TASH SULTANA - JUNGLE

The System Only Dreams In Total Darkness - The National

The darkest song I've ever written. I wanted to illustrate the atmosphere of an event that threatens life on earth, and resulting moods of loss, regret, and even beauty. The song was also a production challenge for me in trying to form a heavier, darker sound.

Themes: Apocalypse, nuclear war, disaster, atmospheric destruction, self-destruction, death, panic, regret, survival, acceptance.

Sampling at 11:05: "We knew the world would not be the same. Few people laughed, few people cried, most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita. Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty and to impress him takes on his multi-armed form and says, 'Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.' I suppose we all thought that, one way or another." 
— J. Robert Oppenheimer, Interview about the Trinity explosion, first broadcast as part of the television documentary, "The Decision to Drop the Bomb (1965)."

Listen loud. Let it wash over you.

Untitled (Requiem)

Upbeat, post-rock track, major key. This song started during an experiment in Ableton Live's Operator synth.

The Operator

Ambient, piano... Concept behind this song was to create the feeling of "uplifting ascension" by way of the field recordings. The song starts out with earth-like recordings, and slowly transitions into outer space.