Strangely Familiar

Simple Facts

Layers of the self

Greetings From The Gas Giant

Careless

Used samples:

Title: Compressed Air 2.wav
Author: Geoff-Bremner-Audio
Link: freesound.org/people/Geoff-Bremner-Audio/sounds/682952/

Title: crash_white_noise.wav 
Author: blubdevis
Link: freesound.org/people/blubdevis/sounds/43633/

The Rift

Used samples:

Title: Giltbronze_rain_1_13Nov2023
Author: strangehorizon
Link: freesound.org/people/strangehorizon/sounds/710592/

Title: Spray Can
Author: Squidems
Link: freesound.org/people/Squidems/sounds/709963/

Homeward Whispers

Used samples:

Title: Blowtorch - Gas out
Author: Sadiquecat
Link: freesound.org/people/Sadiquecat/sounds/707252/

Inner Cosmos

Tendency

Used samples:

Title: Small dam white noise.wav
Author: Sadiquecat
Link: freesound.org/people/Sadiquecat/sounds/677823/

Title: bio_lab_64bpm
Author: strangehorizon
Link: freesound.org/people/strangehorizon/sounds/713791/

Title: Tambourine_Loop_125bpm.wav
Author: radiopassiveboy
Link: freesound.org/people/radiopassiveboy/sounds/219254/

Phase Two

Remix of Kyustio [part 1] by Stan Magendanz:  soundcloud.com/stan_magendanz/kyustio

Clean Exit

Used samples:

Title: beach_lake_huron_de_wind
Author: Goeff-Bremner-Audio
Link: freesound.org/people/Geoff-Bremner-Audio/sounds/712849/

Orders of magnitude

Radio Silence

Used samples:

Title: KGUM 567 AM [News Talk K57] : March 18, 2023 09:00AM-12:00PM ChST
Author: KGUM 567 AM [News Talk K57] / upload by arkiver2 
Link: https://archive.org/details/KGUM_567_AM_20230317_230000

Unfathomable

Used samples:

Title: Chinese Violin - The Enchanted Sound of the Erhu
Author: Lenguaverde
Link: freesound.org/people/Lenguaverde/sounds/423496/

Title: How to Analyze People on Sight Through the Science of Human Analysis: The Five Human Types
Author: Benedict, Elsie Lincoln
Link: archive.org/details/analyze_people_on_sight_1105_librivox

Interlocked

Used samples:

Title: Mascara_De_Gas_2.wav
Author: josecruz98
Link: freesound.org/people/josecruz98/sounds/393022/

Title: Pressure Hiss
Author: magnuswaker
Link: freesound.org/people/magnuswaker/sounds/581083/

Biosignature

Outlier

Used samples:

Title: man breathing 140804_0339.wav
Author: klankbeeld
Link: freesound.org/people/klankbeeld/sounds/260164/

Title: Gas ignition - Kuchenka gazowa.wav
Author: tom_woysky
Link: freesound.org/people/tom_woysky/sounds/540655/

Title: Humming song.wav
Author: rocuma
Link: freesound.org/people/rocuma/sounds/565747/

Vibrations

Pathfinder

Featuring @diogo-terror

Used samples:

Title: Firework Cluster
Author: j1987
Link: freesound.org/people/j1987/sounds/140717/

Used presets:

Title: Dronka
Author: Polarity
Link: bitwiggers.com/presets/860f6569-8002-4ec2-ad2b-e7ba0aa6f00c/

First Light (featuring Diogo)

Threshold

Depth Charge

Introspection

Stasis

Redshift

Unscheduled Stop

Lookahead

Used samples:

Title: Maracas.wav
Author: karch
Link: freesound.org/people/karch/sounds/629406/

Soul's Journey

Used a sample from @progressive-geoff in seven different percussive combinations.

Special thanks to @ubo-music and @rochen-sound for helping with the mastering.

Used samples:

Title: Steam Sewer Ambient
Author: Geoff-Bremner-Audio
Link: freesound.org/people/Geoff-Bremner-Audio/sounds/724892/

Perpetual

Used some bike sound samples recorded by @progressive-geoff to creates snares and hats

For the time being

Used samples:

Title: Gentle White Noise Air Tone
Author: Geoff-Bremner-Audio
Link: freesound.org/people/Geoff-Bremner-Audio/sounds/725423/

Nomad

Used samples:

Title: wind chimes - rough.wav
Author: Anthousai
Link: freesound.org/people/Anthousai/sounds/398495/

Unparalleled

Destination

Inanna

Used samples:

Title: file0571_air_hiss_weak.wav
Author: beerbelly38
Link: freesound.org/people/beerbelly38/sounds/277360/

Entangled Observations

Used samples:

Title: Zephy Crushes Cans for 11 Minutes
Author: @sonic_kitchen
Link: https://soundcloud.com/sonic_kitchen/zephy-crushes-cans-for-11-minutes

Title: Experimental Noise 19 (Watching_TV)
Author: Sami_Hiltunen
Link: freesound.org/people/Sami_Hiltunen/sounds/703372/

Lost Momentum

Used samples:

Title: room-tone wind rain 01 200216_0114.wav
Author: klankbeeld
Link: freesound.org/people/klankbeeld/sounds/521609/

Almost Happy

Used samples:

Title: Zephy Crushes Cans for 11 Minutes
Author: @sonic_kitchen
Link: https://soundcloud.com/sonic_kitchen/zephy-crushes-cans-for-11-minutes

Tracer

Used samples:

Title: white noise impulse.wav
Author: soundstack
Link: freesound.org/people/soundstack/sounds/37612/

Title: Paper Towel - Rip - Normal Speed.wav
Author: 221325
Link: freesound.org/people/221325/sounds/656158/

Codex

Used samples:

Title: static varied soft good for TV white noise.flac
Author: kyles
Link: freesound.org/people/kyles/sounds/637826/

Phoenix

Nexus

Zenith

Luminescence

I started playing around with digital music creation in my early twenties, but I have always been haunted by a quote from Theo Parrish who said that he is "not comfortable with convenience replacing artistry", meaning that you need to put effort into learning and mastering the skills in order to bring something good. I studied computer science and have a passion for logics and programming and somehow my lack of any musical background has kept me from publishing any of my works.

Many years later I got inspired by an interview with Thomas Fehlmann where he explained how the focus in his work is not on the result so much but on the process itself. How the process is a "source of expression" and something he just feels he has to do. This resonated with me and I realised that it's ok to be an autodidact in music and it's ok to make music just for the sake of making music. I make music for me and if you, dear listener, like it along the way I'm very happy about that.

I am inspired by nature, natural processes and the interaction we have with them. Organic asymmetric fractal patterns that are rooted in logic but unpredictable as they express. How a particular stormy night can affect the shape and growth of a plant for years to come.

I use Bitwig Studio to create my tracks.

(I don't always respond with "thanks" to each comment but I read and appreciate all. If you have a question or really need a reply send me a message)

(With a few artists we run a little group on discord to discuss ideas and what not. The link is below if you're interested in joining)

Derk Bell

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