My condolences. A beautiful tribute song.

@eox-studios: Sorry, looks like Soundcloud removed my original comment. Which went something like this: So sorry for your loss! A wonderful tune and a very nice tribute.

Definitely lot of strong emotions are covered in this song, my condolences.

Gahhhh...  I didn't expect to wind up teary-eyed when I came to read the description!  =(  Farewell, Loppa.  It sounds like you were a very sweet doggers.  Our papillon is almost 16 now and despite near-deafness being her only ailment, I know we don't have much time left with her either.  This is a good reminder that we should cherish these times with her while we still can.  <3

Lets all raise a tribute paw to the super doggo of synth WOOFFF run free and easy loppa 

Whenever I listen to this song, the "shiny" sound in the background reminds me of playing Assassin's Creed and getting close to a treasure chest.  Sounds just like that, haha... =)

VIDEO: https://youtu.be/LzQwvrixZfY

Dear Loppa. 💖

Tonight you had to leave us, after 16 long years. It was a difficult choice for Mona, but one that I wholeheartedly support – even though it hurts so much knowing that you will never ride along with me on our trips to Valdres again. Never again will you lie next to me in bed, cuddlin. Never again shall we go for long walks and smell all those exciting things along the road, and never again enjoy those treats that you never could get enough of.

It has been eight great years with you, since 2013, when I first started babysitting you, Liza & Thelma. You stole everyone's hearts with your kind and soft manner. Never did you bark, nor jump on anyone or even lick them down like most other dogs do. You were just quiet  and welcomed cuddles for as long as you could have it – otherwise you would just go and lay down  silently in your basket. ❤

I cannot count how many miles of car trips you have taken with me, nor all the walks in the woods. A tired soul has been laid to eternal rest now. And you deserve it so well, little friend. I could see how tired you were these past few years, poor sight, no hearing, stiff and aching joints etc. It would have been malpractice to keep you going at it any further. But still... we all wish we could have one last summer with you also. Our hearts bleed and the tears flow. If there is any afterlife, I know you're in doggy heaven with Thelma and Liza.

Thank you very much Mona, for all the trust I have been given babysitting your dogs. Words can not measure how much love they have given me and mom these years. And thank you for that last little farewell I had with her yesterday at your place. The biggest and warmest hugs as I know how hard this evening have been for you.

There's new shining star in the sky tonight. 💖

Song for Loppa

Song For Loppa

Just another chill space song. Part of an album I hope to finish one of these days. ;)

VIDEO: https://youtu.be/9dH409I4ydo

Dreams of Lyra

Dreams Of Lyra

Found this guy in one of my shorts feeds - @terje_tylden and he's got this thing where he plays some riff and challenges people to "steal" it and tag him. So this being a very happy and poppy riff - just up my alley, I couldn't resist.

Took me a few weeks to figure out how to best approach it. First I thought I should keep it at one minute in length, but it grew to at least two. So it's a thing between a #Shorts and a full 3 + min song.

Just the basic Roland, Yamaha, Korg, Ensoniq and Alesis gear. Drums from R-8M, HR-16, Quadrasynth and Sequential Tom. Various melodic synths, mainly Yamaha TX816, Motif series and a few Roland MKS, JD and others. Enjoy! :)

Steal This Riff Ep. 7 [Feat. Terje Tylden]

Steal This Riff ep. 7 [Feat. Terje Tylden]

Latest song, somewhat long in the making due to insane hours at work. The Pandemic certainly is over because everyone is having events and stuff which means I'm staying at hotels for weeks on end, barely home to change clothes!  

Had a crazy idea of showing the project playing in realtime from Digital Performer on this one, but alas.. my 2013 mac doesn't really like capturing smooth video no matter what I adjust, enable/disable or reduce payload when playing so the video turned out jerky as hell and unusable. But I just don't have the energy nor the time to shoot multiple camera angles of playing parts so it's just a bunch of stock content footage.

Started using Nexus3 pads and bass, but then the rest of my MKS, TX and various KORGs joined in. :)

Without You

Interstellar Cloud (2014 Remix)

PYROTECHNICAL PASSOVER

Oblique

Our contribution to the Edison 2018 Animation competition. This time featuring Sarah-Jane Scott on vocals! Enjoy!

See the video here: https://youtu.be/c43xmb0Howc

Space & Time

Single from the upcoming sound track to a new retro point and click game, The Last Goddess:  https://www.thelastgoddess.net

Video: https://youtu.be/mIcyxuWEU1w

The Last Goddess OST

The Last Goddess - Main Theme

The Last Goddess (Main Theme)

Just a little happy synth pop song, bordering to synthwave.
Dedicated to a special someone. ;) <3

Video: https://youtu.be/l-na-ovOWhc

Retro Grooves Vol. 4

Running with You

Running With You

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

Yamaha TX81Z Song

Yamaha TX81Z Demo

VIDEO: https://youtu.be/kt_d663ckgQ

In 1988 Adobe released Illustrator 88 (originally v. 1.7, but this was the public name). My good friend, Alexander Brandon shared this old video with the demonstration of all the features Illustrator had at the time, and the music was so catchy that I felt the urge to do a revamp, or sort of remix. 

Original demo: https://youtu.be/5NPUVs06iyU - Note that it starts with a lot of noise first, so keep the volume down. Music starts about halfway through. Pretty funky stuff, right? Straight out of Links - The Challenge of Golf! :D

Now, when I had finished my revamp and extrapolation of the parts that weren't there, I of course found the FULL Adobe Illustrator presentation, which of course came with the complete song and more late 80s corporate synth pop music. Sigh! https://youtu.be/3ctLAKFsol0 . Ah well, sometimes you miss. But hopefully, this version is just good enough. 

Thanks to whomever composed the original music for Adobe's presentation videos. If you happen to know who that is, leave a comment below. ;)

Illustrate 88

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.

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