FIVE is a minimal piece consisting of two sequencer parts and four drones

Metropolis and Pressure Points (with Brains) are the sequencers used

one drone was created by Elements with the gate held open and playing a low C

another by a Doepfer A-110 standard VCO square wave also tuned to a low C and sent into the Wasp filter with lots of resonance

yet another was a 2HP VCO square wave output this time tuned to G and sent into an Ivo low pass filter

the West Pest tuned to G and hold turned on and the wave fold modulated by its internal LFO was used for the last drone part

the opening sequencer part was made up of six sine waves courtesy of two disting Mk3, two disting Mk4 and two Lorelei VCO and was played by Metropolis

each oscillator was then tuned to the harmonic series for the fundamental and five partials

Oscillator 1 at Fundamental Frequency = C2
Oscillator 2 at Fundamental Frequency x 2
Oscillator 3 at Fundamental Frequency x 3
Oscillator 4 at Fundamental Frequency x 4
Oscillator 5 at Fundamental Frequency x 5
Oscillator 6 at Fundamental Frequency x 6

the fundamental sine was sent directly to a Doepfer A-138 four input mixer and its level controlled there

the five partials were routed to the AJH Triple Cross cross fader module with the balance modulated via LFO and the three outputs sent to the remaining inputs of the A-138 mixer for further balance control

the output of the mixer was sent to an Ivo low pass filter for further sound manipulation

the second sequence was Mavis with the pitch CV provided by Pressure Points and the gate provided by Pam's New Workout set to a Euclidean pattern

the sequencer parts were sent via the aux outputs of the Doepfer performance mixer to a disting C3 ping pong delay algorithm

all tracks were sent through the MPX 500 multi effects unit for reverb

you can see me building up my sine wave patch here

https://www.youtube.com/live/O2Xx6Ke2EkM?t=630s

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FIVE

THREE is a piece from my upcoming album called NUMBERS

NUMBERS

THREE

Rises from the gentle start into an epic science fiction theme.

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Shout out to the following sound sources...

Opening Piano Section:
ALL these sounds come from Dan Wilson at Hideaway Studio:
'Radio TBZ' from the Blue Zone Series
'Galactic Strings' from The String Collection
'Aphrodite's Keys' from Monopolyphonix

Other sounds from the Orbitone Collection, Bass Machine and Monoplyphonix are immersed in the fuller sections as well.

https://hideawaystudio.net/

Camel Audio's ALCHEMY & Audjoo HELIX lead on the big synth sounds.

Public broadcast license available - contact me directly for a bespoke service with various edits possible on request.

Subway to Saturn

Hybrid Generation

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The mysterious atmosphere rises and falls as various combinations of synths, strings, voices and tuned percussion fade in and out of the music.

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This track heavily features one of my favourite sound design 'playgrounds':
https://lunacy.audio/products/cube/

Public broadcast license available - contact me directly for a bespoke service with various edits available on request.

Beneath The Waves

A simple, powerful organ melody leads the way above gently weaving synth textures and counter-melodies.

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This track heavily features one of my favourite sound design 'playgrounds':
https://lunacy.audio/products/cube/

Public broadcast license available - contact me directly for a bespoke service with various edits available on request.

Song Of The Celestial Whale

Jeremy Cubert - guitar NS Chapman Stick, Zendrum, synthesizer, LinnStrument, organ

This track was inspired by a new guitar and wanting to record a "band" song with lyrics. Until I can find someone who can sing (not me!), here is an instrumental version! The rhythm guitar tracks were recorded first and written concurrently with the lyrics. Drums, NS Stick, and organ were added next. I experimented with lead synth sounds and a lead guitar track which was added last after experimenting with electric violin.

I've Got To Tell You

 .:. www.symbionproject.com
probably my favorite track i did off the 2003 symbion project release "immortal game"
i'm fascinated by cryptography and the general concept that things can be easily hidden within other things.  music is a perfect medium for hiding all sorts of things in it beyond beats and meaning.
Hidden Data Transmission Using Electromagnetic Emanations

if you like my music, maybe pick up an album at www.symbionproject.com


Immortal Game

Soft Tempest

An excursion into the various sounds and textures of the upcoming Symbion Project album "GISHIKI" .:. stay tuned for updates on release date and very special limited edition CD packaging.

Gishiki

GISHIKI (Album Preview)

Cities and Memory - Italy Project (Launching August 2018)

https://citiesandmemory.com/

All the music in my reimagined version was created directly from fragments of the original field recording:

Nothing new has been added. Various snippets of bowed and pizzicato violin were used alongside tiny grains of crowd noise that formed the percussive groove in the central section.

To my ears, the original field recording gave the impression of everyone walking past and ignoring this highly talented busker. What if the musician decided to exact revenge in a warped, hypnotic, death-dealing twist to the performance? First of all, my distorted version creates an appropriately dark, disturbing ambience before sliding into a ‘Dance of Death’ section.

I used a new editing environment for this one – the synthesis capabilities of Omnisphere 2. I’ve owned and used it for a few years now, but this project gave me the chance to delve more deeply into its sound design side.

The violin, of course has often been associated with Death / the Devil in music - Danse Macabre, and many more compositions.

In folk tales, the Devil enjoys wagers - betting his own gold fiddle against the souls of his opponents.  He may also bestow musical talent in exchange for a soul - a prominent part of the myth surrounding Tartini’s “Devil’s Trill” Sonata.

The great Italian virtuoso Niccolò Paganini was the subject of vicarious rumours that he had sold his soul, and worse: Theosophy founder Madame Helena Blavatsky included Paganini in her story The Ensouled Violin suggesting that the strings of Paganini’s violin were made from human intestine, and that his uncanny ability to mimic the human voice with his playing actually came from a spirit trapped within the instrument.

Death and the Violin: Revenge of the Busker

Death And The Violin: Revenge of the Busker

From the 10th Symbion Project album BACKSCATTER .:. https://symbionproject.bandcamp.com/album/backscatter-2

Cover photo by Tomoya Matsuura // http://ensl.jp/tomoyamatsuura
#SymbionProject #Backscatter

BACKSCATTER

REQUIESCAT IN PACE

Symbion Project submission to Make Music In Space quadraphonic song contest. Quad mix of "Breathing Space (Inhale)" encoded with Quark spatial audio encoder plugin.  Song created in Reason 11, Mixed in Quad in Digital Performer 10 using Quark Encode plugin v1.1

This record is QUARK encoded to play in both stereo and Regular Matrix quadraphonic sound. QUARK is made possible by dublab & the National Endowment for the Arts.

#Quadraphonic #QUARK #MakeMusicinSpace #BreathingSpace #SpatialAudio

Breathing Space (Inhale) [Quark Quad Mix]

Mark Taylor, Birmingham, UK

Professional music and sound design for all media since 1994…

TV // Live Theatre & Multimedia Events // Radio // Advertising // Film // PC games

Always interested in providing music and sound design for projects around the Birmingham area and across the world.

All of the composing, arranging, performing and recording is done in my own private studio. In the last 30+ years, I have provided music and general sound design for productions all over the world – USA, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, UK, Panama, Ireland, and mainland Europe.

Death And The Violin: Revenge of the Busker

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