The most boring tune I’ve ever made, I once heard. Well, I beg to differ! :) Some people like it, others don’t. That’s totally ok. As with all music, it really boils down to personal taste, not “good” or “bad”. This electronic techno/dance’ish tune I finished in 2008. I decided to release it on my EP Breaking the Boundaries in 2011 under my artist name Direiz.

You can find the EP on several online stores and streaming services. Here are a few:
Spotify: http://open.spotify.com/album/2tVSIVxGJ7PGrlyVCSwfkW
iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/se/album/breaking-the-boundaries-ep/id470233895
Bandcamp: http://direiz.bandcamp.com/album/breaking-the-boundaries

Copyright © 2008 Mats Paulsen. All rights reserved.
℗ 2008 Mats Paulsen. All rights reserved.

Space Walk

Those sweet happy moments. Do you remember? Relax and go back down the memory lane of those sweetspots in life. This odd electronic, techno/dance’ish tune was finished 2008. I decided to release the tune on my EP Breaking the Boundaries in 2011 under my artist name Direiz.

You can find the EP on several online stores and streaming services. Here are a few:
Spotify: http://open.spotify.com/album/2tVSIVxGJ7PGrlyVCSwfkW
iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/se/album/breaking-the-boundaries-ep/id470233895
Bandcamp: http://direiz.bandcamp.com/album/breaking-the-boundaries

Copyright © 2008 Mats Paulsen. All rights reserved.
℗ 2008 Mats Paulsen. All rights reserved.

Happy Moments

I made this sort-of-ambient’ish tune during a timeperiod in my life where I felt I had lost much. We’d had difficult times in our family for a long time, and when I created this piece of music, I felt that the music expressed my feelings, exactly how I felt. Words are sometimes not sufficient, or even close. But music can describe exactly. Of course the experience is individual. What I feel when creating or playing music, probably isn't what other people feel.

I decided to release the tune on my EP Breaking the Boundaries in 2011 under my artist name Direiz.

You can find the EP on several online stores and streaming services. Here are a few:
Spotify: http://open.spotify.com/album/2tVSIVxGJ7PGrlyVCSwfkW
iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/se/album/breaking-the-boundaries-ep/id470233895
Bandcamp: http://direiz.bandcamp.com/album/breaking-the-boundaries

Copyright © 2009 Mats Paulsen. All rights reserved.
℗ 2009 Mats Paulsen. All rights reserved.

Gone

A soft, chill song i wrote 2010. Vocals recorded in 2013 with my wife as singer. Initially this song, which has a instrumental version also, was intended to be released within a group that me and a friend of mine had back then. In 2011 I recorded this song with a singer and we entered the local competition Kronobergstoppen in Sweden and it was played on radio. But that's history.

Copyright © 2010 Mats Paulsen. All rights reserved.
℗ 2013 Mats Paulsen. All rights reserved.
Vocals: Annika Paulsen

Direiz & Angel - Set Me Free

This one I finished in 2010. It was uploaded back then to MySpace, but I removed it later on. Back then, a friend of mine and I worked on a release together, and this track was planned to end up in that release, but we never got finished. The track was resting for a long period, waiting for me to mix and master it. After a long time I gave up that bright, big, glorious idea about mixing and master according to ideas on how produced music should sound. I performed a couple of last mixing touches that I felt was needed. Well, not mixing by the book, but it sounds good to me anyway.

Copyright © 2010 Mats Paulsen
℗ 2015 Mats Paulsen

Deep Into

I wrote this song, or sort of ballad, back in 2010, after struggling many years in my life with fear of not being loved.
The song was intended to be released on an EP planned in a group I was a member of in 2010-2011 and the vocals were recorded and I mixed the song, but we weren't getting along in the group and I chose to leave it and take my songs with me. In 2013 I recorded the vocals again, with my wife as sole singer. She's Angel.

Copyright © 2010 Mats Paulsen
℗ 2015 Mats Paulsen
Vocals: Annika Paulsen

Direiz & Angel - My Deepest Fear

As part of the reboot of my musical journey, I've played a bit, just creating, silently killing the thoughts of perfection. This song is a part of this voyage. I actually have no idea of what specific genre(s) this tune could be considered to be in. If someone knows, please let me know.

Copyright © 2015 Mats Paulsen
℗ 2015 Mats Paulsen

Eye Of The Storm

Me actually doing a Trance'ish track! And it’s somewhat aaaalmost mainstream! I know. I’m ashamed. How could I let the mainstream thingy happen…. ;)
I finished this tune in 2012, but never released it. In February this year, around 4 years later, I decided to skip the fancy glowing stuff for now and created a recording of it. Enjoy!

Copyright © 2012 Mats Paulsen
℗ 2016 Mats Paulsen

Falling

This is a hybrid tune, in the sense of using a retro computer and a modern computer in the same project! I've wanted to do this for a long time. It's the first finished hybrid project for me. I started on this tune more than a year ago, and finished it some time ago. To create this tune, I've used an Amiga 500 and Protracker 1.3B (used Milkytracker to generate the basic waveform used) together with Logic 8, Stylus RMX and Omnisphere.

I hope you like it. Enjoy :) 

Copyright © 2016 Mats Paulsen
℗ 2016 Mats Paulsen

Memory lane

Forever is going on forever ;) This nice ambient/downtempo tune was finished 2011 and its length landed on around 6 minutes. The first version was actually around 9 minutes, but I shortened it a bit. Ok, a third of the tune might be considered more than just “a bit”, so maybe a bite then ;)
I decided to release the tune on my EP Breaking the Boundaries in 2011 under my artist name Direiz.

You can find the EP on several online stores and streaming services. Here are a few:
Spotify: http://open.spotify.com/album/2tVSIVxGJ7PGrlyVCSwfkW
iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/se/album/breaking-the-boundaries-ep/id470233895
Bandcamp: http://direiz.bandcamp.com/album/breaking-the-boundaries

Copyright © 2011 Mats Paulsen. All rights reserved.
℗ 2011 Mats Paulsen. All rights reserved.

Forever

I'm Mats Paulsen, also known as Direiz when it comes to music. The realms of creating in my life are within music, drawing and writing. I’ve probably always been fascinated by sounds, and I love to play with them. In the early 90’s, I started using computers when creating music, and still am. Back then, I used classic Amiga computers and Protracker to create music. Oh, the joy! Today, I'm using another platform, but I do have a classic Amiga hooked up, and using it with Protracker as an electronic instrument. Love never fails, you know.

When creating, I just create. Genres has never been my strong side. I do what I like. My tunes can therefore be a bit different. Please feel free to listen and enjoy.

You can also find my music on my Youtube-channel: https://www.youtube.com/matsdpaulsen
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