Man Or Machine

A Tribute to Gary Numan, inspired by the track Replicas - https://youtu.be/3kdefBY9-PU

The song comes from his 1979 album Replicas, which was actually based on a half-written science-fiction novel Numan was sketching out at the time. The novel (never completed) described a near-future city controlled by machines, with humanoid “Machmen” and android “Replicas” designed to replace or control humans. Think Blade Runner vibes, but darker and more claustrophobic.

Lyrically, Replicas is about these synthetic beings who are physically similar to people but lack real human emotion or individuality. They’re manufactured to maintain control, almost like soulless replacements for us. The “you’re just a replica” line cuts straight to that eerie sense of dispossession — that humans are being swapped out for something cold, programmed, and compliant.

On another level, many fans (and Numan himself in later interviews) have said it also reflects his own feelings of disconnection at the time. He often wrote about not feeling “real” or “authentic,” being alien in his own skin. So Replicas blurs that boundary — is it about robots taking over, or about being human but feeling like a machine?

It’s dystopian, but also strangely intimate — which is why it still feels so haunting today.

Replicate

'Enter Infinity' is a sci-fi themed album with 94 minutes full of epic orchestral tracks mixed with electronic, hybrid and metal styles. 

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Sky Atlas

Terminus

All music composed, arranged, mixed and mastered by Antti Martikainen (anttimartikainen.com, www.facebook.com/anttimartikainenmusic, youtube.com/user/AJMartikainen, 
soundcloud.com/anttimartikainen) 

Guest performances: 
Ian Fontova (ianfontova.weebly.com ): solo violin, low whistle, tin whistle, mandolin, acoustic guitars and bodhran in tracks 6 and 7 
Gaby Koss (www.gabykoss.com ): vocals in tracks 2, 8,10 and 11 
Pau Vazquez (www.facebook.com/northlandofficial ): solo violin in track 8 
IceRequiem (soundcloud.com/ice-requiem ): solo violin in track 4 

Cover artwork by Chris Ostrowski (najtkriss.deviantart.com ) 

© 2016 Antti Martikainen

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Snow Dancer

This album contains 30 tracks and 80 minutes of epic modern hybrid production music. For business inquiries, licenses, custom soundtracks and commissions, please visit my web page at anttimartikainen.com and read the FAQ, License and Commission sections before sending me requests. I can't let you use my music in projects for free, so don't send me inquiries concerning that.

All music composed, arranged, mixed and mastered by Antti Martikainen (anttimartikainen.com, www.facebook.com/anttimartikainenmusic, youtube.com/user/AJMartikainen, 
soundcloud.com/anttimartikainen ) 

Cover artwork by Jan-Philipp Eckert (janphilippeckert.deviantart.com ) 

© 2017 Antti Martikainen

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Vanguard

Rise As Champions

Finally! It feels like years ago that I finished a new, original track, although the current stressful time only started some months ago. I'm still in the middle of writing my Master thesis and having what feels like a pile of other work to do that has nothing to do with music. But I just grabbed some free time in the last two weeks and forced myself to write music again. Well, this is what came out! Please enjoy "Descending Menace". Starting as a quite dark film score, it ends with a triumphant, epic theme that could easily be used in a heroic movie trailer. Have fun and let me know what you think!

Descending Menace

Ashes 1

For Humanity (Hector Posser)

Groovy orchestra? Yep. I wish I could afford symphonic choir...

For the Glory of Victors

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I make epic soundtrack music mixed with ethnic, folk, medieval and electronic instruments for some very unique sounding stuff. My music is usually very melodic, rhythmic and simple yet very diverse.  I absorb my artistic inspirations mainly from video game and movie soundtracks. Some good examples include Future World Music, Two Steps From Hell, Koji Kondo, Jeremy Soule, John Williams and Hans Zimmer. Remember to share this page with your friends if you enjoy the music! And even if you don't.

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