Glass flowers is a couple of early tracks off my solo music project. Cocoon was made as a commission piece for a student film about native insects in 2021, and Glass Flowers, a B side from an unreleased 7 track album composed in 2018. A piece that was a self challenge to write a song mixing my influences of Porcupine tree, Opeth and Lunatic Soul within a regular song structure.

If you would like to support me, you can follow and/or purchase a  HD download through the James Costin Bandcamp here:  https://jamescostin.bandcamp.com/album/glass-flowers

Musicians :
Guitars, Piano ( Cocoon ) Performed by James Costin
Viola performed by Kelda Morris
Piano ( Glass Flowers ) performed and recorded by Craig Richards
Bass performed and recorded by Dan Hawkins
Drums performed and recorded by Chris Brush

Audio production:

Composition/Arrangement, Recording and Mixing by James Costin
Mastering by Middle Mastering UK

Cover art photography: by Antonio Hernández 


Cocoon

Glass Flowers

The last track in the Serpent Dream EP Nova, 2021.

Nova is a multi-media cohesive audiovisual project, combining composition, sound design, and audio manipulation. Combined with a multi-faceted visually psychedelic projection.

"Inspired by travels with friends. It started as an idea to articulate this mantra we have; to follow our passions. We had been talking about how all-consuming work, social norms and cultural ideas all kinda set us up with self-doubt and neurosis, and for many, deep feelings of depression and anxiety.

Using sampled audio of these conversations I formed a narrative, a thread of individual experience and perspective that articulates the innate urge inside us to create and explore within our world."

Full EP links: 

https://serpentdream.bandcamp.com/album/nova
 https://tidal.com/album/177642758/u
https://open.spotify.com/album/4qfmg1QQtobv3W8y09mXXR

Heart Garden

A very fun experiment from 2018 or so.

This track was me just playing around with a drum loop that turned into a twisted guitar bass and keys jam, then seeing how far I could push the audio manipulation in post.

The sound at the end was made with a tea pot and at least 8 delay feedback loops.

Acid Mouth

A demo from 2017 or so, exploring a very different sound and inspiration to what I normally make!

It never found a home anywhere so now it is here :) 

Psychotic Release - Demo

A commissioned audio work for a short film I did back in 2021. The majority of sound was designed from smashed glass samples captured on set during filming.

watch the film here: https://linktr.ee/serpentdream

Frames of Mind

Coil was the result of an experiment into sound collage, combining a large selection of samples into a new work.

Coil

Ocean Sky, from Serpent Dreams 2019 EP The language of things.
This track and the rest of the record was an exploration of time and place, creating a mix of field recordings from around NSW Australia with instrumentation and sound design to express the feelings of the beautiful natural environments that were visited whist traveling.

To listen to the full EP and support Serpent Dream you can follow them on Bandcamp here: https://serpentdream.bandcamp.com/album/the-language-of-things

The Language of Things

Ocean Sky

Serpent Dream - Ocean Sky

James Costin is a self-taught musician and acoustic guitar player, with over 10 years experience as a composer, performer and producer.

The tracks here are a collection of their various  multi genre projects :)

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