The Spite House

The Drunken Flea

The Difference Engine

Bones Picked Clean

Bahala Na

Dismantled

Mahal

work in progress. the title refers to individuals who have removed themselves from society, notably tokyo, because they cannot deal with the pressures of life around them. 

The tokyo recluses

not sure if this is finished or not. title taken from description of earth by Carl Sagan from a probe at the edge of our solar system. 

A pale blue dot

Something totally new and totally weird. But it's ages since I posted anything so here's something electronic I'm working on. It's far from finished by the way. I'm working on a load of new stuff and most of it is solo acoustic guitar rather than electronica this time around. Don't know if you'll enjoy this but have a bash. 

The Spite House (new)

Hard to know what to put here but I'll have a bash. Played guitar since I was 16 (am now 49). Always been keen on music and experimentation. Having lived in Gran Canaria for 5 years I was without any instruments to be creative with and so turned to my laptop. As with most people I outgrew Garageband, Logic Express etc and finally landed with Logic Studio and have been using that since to create and experiment with. My method of working is to build up a palette of sounds by using midi loops and attacking them with a variety of synthesisers, filters and modulation so that they are unrecognisable. Eventually I usually arrive at a collection of sounds which interest me and then I start the lengthy process of composition and arrangement. 
I don't especially like to produce music which is easy to listen to but rather to produce something which evokes an emotion or produces one. The journey of a song isn't always linear and I like music which is sometimes unexpected and takes you in a new direction. Sometimes it's just about the sound. I think all art, music or otherwise should be challenging, enjoyable and always trying new things. Static art is dead art. 
My influences are many and varied; classical, (Bach, Chopin, Part), Neil Young, Floyd, John Mclaughlin, Radiohead, Autechre, Joni Mitchell, Underworld, The Smiths and on and on.
I'm never happy with anything I produce. It can always be made better and I am always learning, but I'm happy with that process. 
I have mainly made music for myself up until now, but have started to make the effort to let other people listen to it. Music taste is a very subjective thing, but any critical feedback is worthy of listening to.  
Enjoy!

Andrew Johnson 1

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