Liza would have loved this song I am sure! RIP Liza

I'm sure the heavenly elevator taking Liza to the greater beyond had this playing in it. :) Great work, but I am sorry for your loss. 🤗

this makes me think of her flying thru space past colorful planets and galaxies lol

This music reminds me early Hans Zimmer compositions, like the ones in Rain Man.

Alright

A little slow balladesque track I started working on in 2015 with Gina and Kristine. Never got around to finish it back then and has been sitting on the shelf for so long that it was about time I did it. Changed the intro sound a little since it bugged me with its resonance peaking all the time, it should be more homogenous now and in lieu with the rest of my current production.

Retro Grooves Vol. 3

Thinking of you

Thinking Of You

A little happy pop tune using only Roland MT-32, CM-32L and CM-32P/CM-64 modules. 

(LA – pun on West Coast LA-fusion and LA Synthesis in case you wondered ;))

2016 Skjetten

LA Love

Instrumental: www.eox.no/projects/AutumnDancing_Instrumental.mp3

Autumn Dancing

Would fit as a end part for a demo. Hence the name change from Andromeda to Endromeda.  Originally made by the swedish pop-rockband Kent.
This arrangement was done on a Commodore 64 using a 8580 sid chip.

Endromeda

VIDEO: https://youtu.be/WydFoiq0uA8

Music: Anders Enger Jensen, Kristine Frøberg
Vocals: Kristine Frøberg
Lyrics: Gina Evjen
Saxophone: Børge-Are S. Halvorsen
Bass: Tom Erik Antonsen
Guitars: Mats Haugen (Circus Maximus)

Verse:
My life has been such a busy thing, with everyone telling me, what to do, to think, to, to feel.
Suddenly I realise I no longer remember the song that I used to sing.

For many years I've been practicing, living my life without bringing life to it.
Loving with my heart in an absent manner, all in all it made me forget the song that I used to sing. (I used to sing)

Bridge:
What is real and what is not, what's important, what’s not?

Chorus:
I have lost a song, that I used to sing. (I have lost a song)
I have lost the love it used to bring.
And suddenly my words, don’t mean a thing. (Suddenly my words)
I have lost a song, I have lost a song I used to sing.

Verse:
The right words and the special sound, the magic string.
I’ve been searching for it everywhere (Everywhere)
I just can’t find it anywhere, it’s oh so silent, a song long ago.

Bridge:
What is real and what is not, what's important, what’s not?

Chorus:
I have lost a song, that I used to sing. (I have lost a song)
I have lost the love it used to bring.
And suddenly my words, don’t mean a thing. (Suddenly my words)
I have lost a song, I have lost a song I used to sing.

Sax solo

Chorus:
I have lost a song, that I used to sing. (I have lost a song)
I have lost the love it used to bring.
Suddenly my words, don’t mean a thing. (Suddenly my words)
I have lost a song, I have lost a song I used to sing.

A Song Long Ago

Music video: https://youtu.be/wsFLTqhRsfg
Tutroial: https://youtu.be/qxfppDr9j7o

This is a little track I made one evening (and night... took about six hours total since I had to get it done before the morning) at the hotel while attending Thomann's Synth Reactor 2019 in Germany. Wondered what I could create with just this miniature FM recreation.

I used the Reface DX to lay down the sounds part by part, and section by section, since this synth has only one part. I had to use sample packs for drums (Zenhiser 80s Retro Drummer) and I allowed myself a couple of ReFX Nexus2 parts to fill in and add sprinkle here and there. The rest is all DX, some heavily processed, others straight through. A few parts were glazed in Valhalla reverb to get the thickness of it all.

Thank you to Yamaha for letting me hog this little baby for so many days. ;)

Retro Grooves Vol. 4

Reface my DX

Reface My DX

This is the main song I made during my stay at Thomann's Synth Reactor 2019 in Germany. The question was if it's possible to make some good retro 80s synth music with budget synths (around $500), and it most definitely can.

I set up a little miniature version of my studio with a Yamaha Reface DX, a Yamaha MS61, a Roland Juno DS, Roland SE-02 and a Behringer DeepMind 6. Combined with my MacBook Pro with MOTU Digital Performer, Microbook IIc and MicroLite MIDI interfaces as well as a Thomann T-Mix DM-20 Digital Mixer (also around $500) and some sample packs from my collection. All melodic parts are played by these synths, the drums are slightly from the MX61 (percussion and hi hats) while the drums are Zenhiser 80s Retro Drummer because there are virtually no good retro kits to be found these days. It's all modern stuff apparently.

Thanks to Thomann, Roland, Yamaha and Behringer for letting me borrow these fine pieces of gear. 

Check out the full report here: https://youtu.be/JxTVgEg11MQ
Music video here: https://youtu.be/P0T_HPib_UA

Chrome Explosion

VIDEO: https://youtu.be/JWyPXBVoJ7Q

Dearest little Liza. On Monday, May 6th 2019 you left us. Forever, leaving an empty space. No more warm cuddles on my arm, no more walks (even though they were very short towards the end). No more playing with your toys, no more big staring eyes, hoping for treats.

But also no more endless wandering and blank stares from your dementia. Nor early awakenings at 5 AM and wees/poos on the floor if we didn’t catch your fleeting signals. It’s painful, but perhaps the best thing to let you go... no more unrest.

«When tomorrow starts without me, don’t think we’re far apart, for every time you think about me, I’ll be right here in your heart.» 

In memory of Borderengas Amazing Grace – Liza <3.

Liza's Song

VIDEO: https://youtu.be/oROtZvkkvvc

This is a remix or remake of the old and slightly famous demo song made for the Roland SC-55 range of GM modules. Adrian Scott initially wrote the song in 1989 as a demo for the W-30 Music Workstation, sampling the guitar with playing noises. He also needed a melody and his friend and vocalist, Penny Dryer did a vocal part. However, since the W-30 had limited sampling memory, he could only record the "doo" sound plus a line at the end of the song.

Roland's team back then was thrilled and wanted the song and the doo sample. And thus the famous «Voice Oohs» was born, which have been a fixed sound in every GM compliant module, synth and soundset ever since. You can hear Adrian talk about all these and more in this video from Roland: https://youtu.be/gWRy81QuOEU

The song was made as a homage to a great demo that had a huge impact on every kid who listened to the Sound Canvas series back in the early 90s. The premise is: "What if Leya grew up and had a daughter?".

Leya's Daughter

Little thing I made for Espen Kraft's demo of the Yamaha TX81Z and TX816 video.

Yamaha TX81Z Song

Yamaha TX81Z Demo

Electronic musician from Norway. I started playing piano/keyboards in the mid 80s. After a few years at the municipal music school, I quickly grew tired of the simple piano-only education and got to move on to classes with keyboards and synths. From the early beginning with Technics K-200 rhythm keyboard from 1983 via some Casios/Hohner keyboards, I evolved with the later Technics KN-1000 and KN-2000 before moving on to Roland XP-50. As the computer revolution made DAWs affordable, 1999 made sequencing using Cubase easy and the studio grew ever larger with more outboard gear. Today the studio has become a sizeable and functional MIDI/arranging studio with over 40 synths/modules and more centered around a MacPro with MOTU’s Digital Performer, and numerous more or less famous productions.

I have always had a musical approach towards sound engineering and composing, rooted mainly in vivid harmonic structures and saturated compositions. Inspiration has always been the likes of Jean Michel Jarre, Vangelis, Eric Serra to name a few giants in the electronic scene, but also a heart towards well produced pop music from the 70s and 80s as well as epic film scores from John Williams, Alan Silvestri and Hans Zimmer. The baby era of computer music from the late 80s and early 90s was also a heavy influence.

Liza's Song

Anders Enger Jensen

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