Illustrating some of the new pianos on Pianobook - Claustrophobic Piano and Midnight Upright. And Echoes Guitar also from Pianobook.
Plus atmos from the LABS instrument Tundra Atmos.
Dedicated to the musician Harold Budd who passed, from Covid 19 complications late last year.

Fragments

Using the NFO - Orchestral Swells from Dan Keen as the prime demo. Plus other Pianobook instruments - Pianobook 1 (an early piano submission). LABS - Amplified Cello Quartet, An early LABS instrument - Alice Allen Cello.
More questions than answers at the crossroads

Crossroads

Featuring from Pianobook - OnOff scrapes from Martin Russ, OnOff scrapes 2. Peel Guitar from LABS, and various "found" sounds.
Dedicated to the late Jon Hassell. Who passed on to a fourth world recently. A true pioneer.

On Off World

Using RJS Guitar by Risto Sipola from the latest at Pianobook. A bit of indulgence and a nod to The Cocteau Twins.

Cherry Blossom Kisses

Using Harmonic Flights by Sage Reynolds at Pianobook. Using both the Kontakt and Decent Sampler versions.
Plus some British Drama Toolkit from Spitfire Audio.
Autumn has arrived.
A video to accompany it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYeg0ObgwFM

October, Morning Mist

Illustrating the Pianobook Advent Calendar Instrument - Ideal Bouzouki by Fred Poirer. 
Using the Decent Sampler versions, Plucked and Pad Designer. Plus Steinway Pads - FallOff Pad. Also from Pianobook.
The Bull Vaulters prepare.......

Minoan Bull Vaulters

Re-reading The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. And up pops 3 new instruments in the Pianobook Advent Calendar that inspired.
Illustrating -  1)Americana Tapestries by Joshua Meltzer, 2)Marimba Clusters by Saturn V Sound. And 3)Etheral Guitar Textures by IN House Instruments.
Thanks to the Pianobook elves for the great Xmas goodies.

The Picture of Dorian Gray

The Picture Of Dorian Gray

A new batch of free samples for 2022 at Pianobook. And the Swedish birch horn (Naverlur)by Eamon is illustrated here. Added subquint processing to the sound from Graillon 2 by Auburn sounds.
Plus additional sounds from Spitfire Originals - Cinematic Pads, Westwood Upright Felt Piano, Reaktor, and Absynth.
Time to chill.......

A speck of cloud

A Speck Of Cloud

A new set of instruments at Pianobook - Evolutions: ONE by Matthew.
A collection of evolving, moving pads in Decent Sampler format.
I've tried to evoke the ancient and mysterious chalk cliffs were I live. A constant source of inspiration.

Chalkcliffs

A little ode to the coming of spring. Featuring from Pianobook : Organic Orchestra by Venus Theory / Cyclic Transpositions 01 by synthesizerwriter. And Woven Strings by Jon Meyer / LABS - LA Atmos.
A bit of hopeful warmth at the end of winter.

A Hint Of Spring

A demo for the sample pack on Pianobook by Tom Parry - Gibson Harmonics. Using both the plucked Harmonics and Pad. In addition from Pianobook - English Classic. And from LABS - Micah's Choir - Warp Fracture. 
Happy memories of playing with my daughter.

Let's go out and play

Let's Go Out And Play

Illustrating on Pianobook - Volitions by Venus Theory. Also from Pianobook - English Classic. And from LABS - Micah's Choir. Plus BBCSO Discover.
Sunshine and warm weather always makes things better.

Every beat of my heart

Every Beat Of My Heart

Illustrating two sample packs on Pianobook by Martin Andrew Smith - Deep Field, and Signals.
Also includes some samples from the Mars Rover, Perseverance.
Beam me up Scotty........

Jezero

Illustrating the sample pack at Pianobook from synthersizerwriter - Fairy Choir.  A number of instances tweaked and cajoled.
Plus Cello Moods from LABS, NI - Modular Icons, Klang - Pauls Glass.
To quote the bard from A Midsummers Night's Dream "The course of true love never did run smooth".

A Midsummer Night's Dream

So.......Using 3 new instruments from synthersizerwriter on Pianobook. Deimos Strings / Fairy Piano Extras / DanTime 2. And a ton of processing (plus bleeding ears).
Here's what it may look like should Dan reveal his true self to humanity,

Inside the mind of DK

Inside The Mind Of DK

A little track to illustrate the samplepack RJS Classic Electric by Risto Sipola. Available at Pianobook - https://www.pianobook.co.uk/
Short but sweet

Stay (In Love)

Using the  Natures Synth, Decent Sampler pack from Martin Andrew Smith. Air Textures from Francesco Silvestri on Pianobook. And The Meyer Choir from Jon Meyer at Pianobook.
A night time journey through the forest.

The Forest Nightwatch

To illustrate the sample pack Upright Acoustic Bass by Larry Seyer in SFZ format up on Pianobook. I reworked an old collab I made with the artist Melusi (and my other alter-ego - Tracing Arcs).
Also uses the LABS instrument from Spitfire Audio - Micahs Choir.

Anomaly(Powder Blue)

Anomaly (Powder Blue)

The final track for 2022. And the haunting sounds of Eraphine by Venus Theory are used.  In addition from Pianobook : EBow Piano / Choral Harp. From LABS by Spitfire : Arctic Swells / Cello Moods. And Originals - Intimate Strings.
A big thank you to all the samplists at Pianobook for provided such a rich cornucopia of instruments for us to play with. And thanks to the elves at Pianobook for making it all work so well.

The broken promise

The Broken Promise

A track not used on my Camembert Electrique release. But destined for the next Bemused release, this year. With extensive use of the free Kontakt instrument Xperiments by darkskyaudio. Plus older instruments from Pianobook and LABS.
And "Frippertronics" from NI Reaktor.

Diving into the past

Diving Into The Past

A contribution to the Pianobook community using - Orchestral Guitar Swarm / Muted Yamaha C7 Calandra / Air Piano Clean / Ultrasound Pad / The English Classic / mRhodes, and copious amounts of "splosh" from NI Raum, and Guitar Rig.
It's simplicity I hope is forgiven.....

Moon Reflected On Slow Waters

Inspired that Joshua Meltzer in his Hybrids named one instrument "Ode to Lanois". I reworked one of my latest releases with a selection from Joshua's Hybrids.
Includes : Piano Guitar Harmonix with Pad / Ocean Harp Swells / Appalachian Dream / Trouble in Paradise. And of course Ode to Lanois. All from the Pianobook roster. Time to chill out.

Harbour Walk At 3am (Pianobook)

Christian Henson of Spitfire/Pianobook in his series Nerding for the weekend No5. Picked a track from the Blue Nile (Let's go out tonight). I have been an admirer of the Blue Nile since they emerged. And always fancied doing something like this. So here's my homage to them. Using the Mason & Hamlin Model A piano freely available at the pianobook community. It's as if the 80s never went away !

Glasgow Blue

Fathers Day, and Make Music Day 2020. So I used two new instruments from the Pianobook roster to re-work a scene I wrote for a small film that never got made. About returning soldiers from the 1st WW.
Using from Pianobook - Micah's Choir and Hunter's Ampex Ecosystem / BBCSO Discover / Cello Textures by Ben Osterhouse.

A Long Walk Home

So, summer is here alright. Using from the pianobook roster - The Meyer Choir / The Summer Piano / St.Helen's Steinway Pad. And "electric tweets" I constructed with Kinetic Metal in Kontakt.
Time to lie back in a field and watch the clouds float by.

A Distant Summer's Day

Using Dan Keen's Thrumming Textures - Earth from Pianobook.
Along with some modular uncertainty from Reaktor 6.
Uncertain times, uncertain sounds.

A Spiral World

A track featuring the Winter Voices from Pianobook.
WV Naturals, WV Max Nattrass, WV Evolutions, WV Radiation Textures, WV Dynamic Evos Slow, Jon Meyer- Gentle Vibes, Lowery Pad, LABS Scary Strings & Frozen Strings.

Winter Voices - Snowdrifter

Using Music Box DLX and Ebow Piano from the Pianobook roster.  An improvisation with copious amounts of processing.
An imagined ancient procession slowly makes its way to the temple.

The Procession

Using some of the new instruments from the Pianobook community :
Lullaby by Carlos Esparza / C&P Strings (cello) / Jen- Co Vibes.
Trying to capture the mood of fireflies at dusk in an empty glade.

Fireflies

Bemused explores textures,sounds,colours.
And has written for theatre, contemporary dance, video productions and installations.
And a side project - Pennine Project - https://soundcloud.com/pennineproject explores a cinematic, ambient portrayal of the Pennines.

Check my alter ego of Tracing Arcs :http://soundcloud.com/tracing-arcs
Four albums of Bemused tracks can be d/loaded for free at Jamendo and Bandcamp (links below).

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