This started out as something of a parody of Gary Numan (the first verse particularly shows this) but went off on its own science fictional journey as it progressed. There's a lot of tracks in this piece, and it ended up requiring several submixes.

Our Electric Friends

My poem "bitter roots" set to an alternative rock soundscape.

Bitter Roots

Remaster of a track from GRATUITOUS VIOLINS, a 1990 release that went out on the cassette underground. Ostensibly a meditational piece, it ended up featuring some crazy English dude going a bit doolally on the bass. 

Crane Dreams

A trio of ambient pieces. And, yes, "The Cat's Argument" was inspired by my late cat Ophelia having a lengthy one-sided argument with her water bowl.

The Dream House

The Cat's Argument With The Water - Bowl

The Burmese Mood

Two versions of "Shadowrun," a composition from the late 1980s that does a good job of showing me off as a 1980s synth whacker. Done mainly for my own entertainment. If I recall correctly, the main drum track was played on a keyboard while the fills were sticks on electronic drums.

Shadowrun (version 2)

Shadowrun (version 1)

Ambient piece as part of a soundtrack for a gallery. Starts in the typical ambient manner, ends up going all Ligeti-ish.

Mutate (A)

Two variations of a new piece, one with added spaced-out toy grand piano, one without (and a slightly different mix.)

Walking Drum (Plinky Thud)

And a third variant of "Walking Drum" with more mix refinements and tweaks and a a buzzy synth going spacewalk.

Walking Drum (Weedwhacker)

A light, airy piece built on chord repetition on a synth pad and drums just ambling along, which makes a nice bed for a simple piano part.

Breathe

Main theme for the audio drama "Costigan."

Costigan (Theme)

"It's alive, it's alive, it's aliiiiive!" Done with tongue firmly in cheek, though this did end up on someone's no-budget film soundtrack at some point.

Frankie

First track recorded for ARTLAB2.

Photo from: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ps_sahana/

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My version of the Faity Lullaby, from A Midsummer Night's Dream, with original music composed for my production of the play. The music is built on hang drum samples, with modified vocals.

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