A set of five impressions.   Impression of what you ask? That is up to you and your ears to shape. Listen to this piece in a tranquil and quiet spot, close your eyes and let the music take your imagination on a trip.

Impressions No. 1 - 5

A remixing/redoing nine years later of my my first DAW project.

Whatever (2015 version)

Solitude

"Eous" is a piece for a Jazz group consisting of Soprano Sax, Vibraphone, Bass and Drums. 

(1) "Eous" is a made up word with no meaning.

Morning Prayer

Eous

All sounds in the track created with NI FORM

Until They Took Her Away

Kazekikeba (I Hear the Wind). It is for Voice, piano, Alto Flute, Cello, and Bass. The words are by the Japanese poet Shotetsu (1381-1459).

風きけばみねのこのはの
なかぞらにふきすて
おつるこえごえ。

I hear the wind in the mountain trees 
and the voice of the leaves
blown through the air 
then let go falling.

I Hear the Wind

Kazekidkebo (I Hear the Wind)

Schoenberg and Shakespeare visit Compton.
Dodecaphonic meets HipHop. 
Words by William Shakespeare.

Out There

Out Damned Spot!

You Are Silent

Lyrics derived from the first two verses of Psalm 22.

17 Fragments

You Are Silent

Bitter Weeping
For the 60 Million Children Legally Killed in the USA since 1973

A brooding atmospheric piece that combines traditional acoustic instruments with electronic synthesizers. The piece begins with a synthesizer playing a drone in the bass; its timbre slowly morphs as it “drones on”. Gradually the lower strings (Bass, Cellos, and Viola) enter; each playing a rhythmically distinct ostinato that goes in and out of phase with the other instruments. The basses and violas are doubled by a  synthesizer to form a complex timbre.  The static E Aeolian harmony and rhythmically displaced ostinatos impart an uneasy feeling in the listener. The addition of the bass drum adds a foreboding feel to the music. The Marimba and Vibraphone enter, each combined and layered with a synthesizer to form a compounded timbre, adding to the growing tension before the Soprano enters at the four and a half minute mark singing a paraphrase of the words of Jeremiah 31:15.  At the same time a celesta double by  a sampled toy xylophone enter adding the to uneasy sound world of the song. 
    • Lamentation and bitter weeping 
    • Rachel is weeping 
    • She refuses to be comforted 
    • for her children 
    • for they are not
    • for they are no more.

The Vocaloid synthesizer by Yamaha was used to record the vocal line.

Bitter Weeping

A Ballet in 11 Scenes

SCENE 1 — Moon Rise 0:00 – 2:42
SCENE 2 — Demon Dance 2:42 – 7:27
SCENE 3 — Water Ablutions 7:26 – 11:02
SCENE 4 — Creature Dance 11:02 – 17:01
SCENE 5 — Demon Dance II 17:01 – 23:18
SCENE 6 — Katas 23:18 – 26:47
SCENE 7 — The Demon King Enters 26:47 – 30:20
SCENE 8 — Battle! 30:02 – 35:12
SCENE 9 — Healing 35:12 – 40:30
SCENE 10 — Funeral 40:30 – 44:40
SCENE 11 — Moon Set 44:40 – 47:22

Ed W Sharpe