The Manifestation Of Something

A small tribute to a man named John Shepherd who liked to broadcast music to the stars in an attempt to communicate with aliens.
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Signals From John

Another track about John Shepherd and his broadcasting of music into space to entice the aliens to pay us a visit.

Signals From John (Deeper And Further Out Into Space)

Refractions & Reflections

This drone/ambient track was a live guitar recording, but of course I couldn't resist to start editing, reworking, embellishing, throwing stuff out. Mostly played through my Boss ME70, and recorded and edited in Reaper. 

The demo version of the album is here on soundcloud as well, it's called A Great Collection of Drone songs (yes - Pink Floyd reference).

Tilted

Tilted III

F'ukdwidu

We may have travelled far, but is it too far??
Explore the sonics and find out.

Traveled Far, Maybe too Far

Melody Zenith is an alternative pop singer, songwriter, and producer. She was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and is the daughter of a legendary local guitarist. Her interest in music began at an early age, playing songs on the family piano by ear and writing her own songs. As a teenager, her laptop became the new home of her musical ambitions as she began to craft beats and make unique homemade demos.

It wasn’t long until she moved to Los Angeles to pursue her ambitions, playing local shows and perfecting her sound. Her music shifted in a more electronic direction, focusing on shimmering synth sounds and haunting but powerful vocals. Her pop music is inspired by post-punk, dark wave, and other forms of dark underground music. 

She released her first single ‘Strangers’ under Melody Zenith in October of 2023, and her second single ‘Fame’ in December of 2023. Since the beginning of 2024, she has been steadily building buzz in the underground music scene thanks to the hundreds of popular Spotify playlists that have added her tracks, along with receiving college radio airplay on over 25 different stations around the country, even landing a charting position in Portland. The future looks bright for the rising star!

Vampire - Melody Zenith

Dark Mutations

I discovered William S. Burroughs’ (WSB) work when I was in high-school. Naked Lunch was all the rage among some of the folks I hung out with at time. When I read it, I was blown away by it’s originality and edginess. It opened the door for me to the Beat Generation and some its writers who I grew to love.

The basis of this track is a reading from WSB on a visualization exercise called “Take Nirvana” ( https://youtu.be/JTcw4RymVy0 ). I’ve always enjoyed Burroughs’ delivery style when narrating his work. I love the creaky texture of his voice. This is my little tribute to WSB, I hope you enjoy it.

A Visualization Exercise Called: Take Nirvana

Alien Cubensis

My goal is to create sonic landscapes that capture the listener and take them to unknown places while building and maintain a secondary (musical) world to keep them immersed and actively engaged within it. Music should be inherently enjoyable to listen to, yet provide enough tension to keep it interesting enough for active listening. I also try to tell an aural story or narrative that blends Electronic Music’s past with its present.

By using real-world environmental samples, I seek to anchor the listener to something that is familiar and immersive. Curiosity compels a deeper level of listening which helps develop, build and sustain the secondary world.

My stronger influences are 70s and 80s electronic and progressive musicians such as Brian Eno, Vangelis, Edger Froese, Klaus Schultze, David Sylvian, Holger Czukay, Popol Vuh and Pink Floyd, as well as more recent artists such as The Orb, Aphex Twin, Future Sound of London, Mathias Grassow, Steven Wilson, Bass Communion, Explosions in the Sky and Godspeed You! Black Emperor. There are unabashed references and homages to these artists and (many more) which is consistent with the post-rock approach to modern music.

I grew up in a home where music was loved and the radio was always on, which gave me early exposure to a variety of genres including jazz, classical, contemporary, pop and rock. Playing musical instruments throughout my early and middle-school years, allowed me to became proficient in several woodwind instruments, the electric bass and manipulation of reel-to-reel tape recordings. The exploration in creating experimental tape effects had a large impact on my current musical expression.

A Visualization Exercise Called: Take Nirvana

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