Deep City Thrive is an instrumental dance piece that explores a single melody line that is repeated, changed and layered to create a complex fusion of electronic sounds. In writing this piece I was inspired by the beautiful city of Sydney – especially that time of day when the artificial lights start to flicker as the sun sets over the harbour and the city comes alive.

The West

Deep City Thrive

Lanterns is an ambient dance piece that came from experimenting with different sounds on Garage Band. I wanted to create a dance song that has distinct contrasting sections, rather than a slow building piece that comes from layering multiple electronic tracks. In writing this piece I explored the interaction between different musical themes. I tried to create a sense of rising tension and release through dissonance and subsequent melodic sections. In creating Lanterns I was inspired by the play of neon lights. The different sections are meant to evoke the flickering of bright lights, colourful lanterns and shadowy darkness.

Ellie Deep