My little experiment of mixing the Freeform genre with a little bit of Chillout.

I used Alchemy for Bass, Leads, Piano, droning sounds, and some Pads. There's some Sylenth1 in there for backup.

If you want an epic intro to a set, simply skip over the DJ friendly drum intro. Enjoy!

Finding The Oasis

Want to learn how to make this track? Go watch the videos here:

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeTO2bWGwvBY22pbO18hwWVNEmQiVRyQU

Troubled Galaxy (Tutorial Mix)

I did NOT write this tune and I don't claim to. Just messin' around with U-He's Zebra synth to do some sound design. It's a joy to work with!

If you like the tune, go buy the real version here:
http://www.beatport.com/track/the-cry-within-original-mix/4908748

Allen and Envy - The Cry Within (Erkenfresh Bootleg)

I started on this track about ten and a half hours ago and just finished it up. After several listens, I can't think of anything to change here.

OK, so I sort of cheated. The last two days, I worked strictly on sound design, making cool patches for Zebra2, and wrote the piano melody part. But, I started with an otherwise blank slate this morning.

I used drum samples and a piano sample patch for Kontakt. All other sounds came from Zebra2's. I love this synth! I can't say it enough, it's truly the best synth I've worked with.

Enjoy my first trance production since Dec 2012's "Get Off My Lawn" as it was so aptly nicknamed. If you like it, tell all my friends about it. (No really, MY friends, they don't listen to trance, or any other kind of electronic music for that matter. So let them know this track is worth a listen please!).

Also, the fractal art here I made myself. If you'd like a copy, let me know and I'll send you a link. Peace!

Joyful Radiance

Ableton project file: https://www.dropbox.com/s/vpx4fcbohtom7pe/Erkenfresh-Beeform%20%28Final%29.als?dl=0

Here we go, my Hive one synth challenge submission. All percussion generated from Hives. Lots of Hives. Let me count them real quick:

18 Hives

Minimal effects all from Ableton for volumes/mastering and filter sweeps:
1 Glue Compressor
5 Auto Filters
4 Compressors
2 Utilities (volume control only)
1 Multiband Dynamics
1 Limiter

BeeForm (OSC 71, U-he Hive)

My first track using the Bitwig DAW. Overall, my first impressions with it are that it's very good. It has many features that make it better than Ableton, and yet other features completely missing that boggle me. I think it will be fun to work with as I get used to it more.

I used several U-he synths here, Hive, Diva, and Zebra. Enjoy!

Silver Energy

I decided to make a nice energetic Trance track for the current "Tenno Tunes" contest for Warframe. The song features some of the sound effects from the game, plus our very own "Space Mom" with some words of encouragement. Enjoy!

This is the full original version of the track. The content limits tracks to four minutes, so I have also uploaded a separate short edit here: https://soundcloud.com/erkenfresh/wake-up-find-the-power-within-yourself-short-edit

Wake Up, Find The Power Within Yourself

I decided to make a nice energetic Trance track for the current "Tenno Tunes" contest for Warframe. The song features some of the sound effects from the game, plus our very own "Space Mom" with some words of encouragement. Enjoy!

This is the short edit of the track. The full version is here: https://soundcloud.com/erkenfresh/wake-up-find-the-power-within-yourself

Wake Up, Find The Power Within Yourself (Short Edit)

High energy freeform for your ears. Amidst the global pandemic, it can feel like we need to plead to some higher power. Why not the moon of course? (Though higher power is debatable) This tune takes a nice break in the middle to make that plea for help from the moon's pure rays. (Or something like that) Enjoy!

Photo credit: Michael Montgomery captured the amazing bright full moon on April 7th, 2020 over Kentucky. I've not seen such a beautiful image of the moon quite like this before.

Pleading To The Silver Moon

Driving down the highway with the top down on the convertible. The sun's setting, casting a wonderful orange hue across the sky while a temperate wind blows through your hair.

And, there's a glowing cyan grid and pink letters in the sky too.

Relive the 80s with my first ever cheesy Synthwave tune. Enjoy!

Highway Cruisin'

Thanks for listening to some of my tunes here on Soundcloud. I've decided to dump such things as "watching television" or "reading books" and focus my free time on something that will help others. If my music helps you focus, soothes you, or gives you a boost of energy, I want to know! If you think there's some way to improve upon my tunes, I want to know! If your dog likes dancing to something I wrote, well, I want to know that too! The only way I'll improve is if you tell me what you think of my music.

I've been writing music for many years now, but I really started getting serious about it about two years ago. I haven't restricted myself to writing music from a single genre as I like to dabble in many different types of music. I think there's something to be learned from every genre that you can then blend into something new and interesting.

Coming up this year, I'm planning on writing an entire album to tell a story. It's a bit of an autobiography I suppose. Maybe I should put it into text first and you could read along with the tunes as they play. That'd be pretty freakin' sweet wouldn't it?

Erkenfresh

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