The latest Faint Waves outing is comprised of house pianos, club organs, D-50 synth flourishes, and deep drums.

An exercise in marrying FW’s usual brand of downtempo with more muscular dance grooves, the resulting tracks are “Sparkling Sands” and “Beachside Resort”. Sparkling Sands is a downtempo disco tune with a contemplative, mystical undertone, shades of exotica revealing themselves. Beachside Resort might chart a similar course, but it finds itself the mellower of the two songs, with a tropical and uplifting vibe.

Together, these tracks feel like the escapism that’s so typical of Faint Waves music, albeit with the added benefit of being disco and house influenced. That fact alone elevates the material, brightening it up, changing the pace — even when the actual pace has hardly changed. Meanwhile, the remixes further the escapist theme, being more jazz and lounge inspired. Sparkling Sands is simple, a feel-good single that aims to bring you back to the beach, evoking images of evening gatherings and poolside retreats with its sonic whimsy.

releases June 25, 2021

Sparkling Sands - Single

Faint Waves - Beachside Resort

Escapades '23 out now: https://faintwaves.bandcamp.com/album/escapades-23-single.

Faint Waves - The Getaway

Sweet Summer Kiss, out now, everywhere music is streamed and sold. https://faintwaves.bandcamp.com/album/sweet-summer-kiss-single

A non-album single featuring a track that arose during the production of my upcoming full-length album, One True World, “Sweet Summer Kiss”.

I didn’t plan to release this one as a single but I’m such a fan of it and it’s such a fitting song for the start of summer, I thought I would spotlight the track a bit before it ends up on the release of b-sides and outtakes from the upcoming album. Yes, that’s correct. Not only is a full album coming, I’ll be releasing a number of tracks that didn’t make the cut as well.

Back to Sweet Summer Kiss; I sample/interpolate/re-work myself on this one, using the chords and vibraphone from my song, “Mirage”. The track is dedicated to Elvis Presley, as the title was inspired by his track “Summer Kisses, Winter Tears”, and the song’s feel and structure was informed by “Summer Kisses/In My Body” from the Elvis film soundtrack. "Don't Fly Away" by Elvis and PNAU from the soundtrack also informed the direction of track.

Faint Waves - Sweet Summer Kiss

https://faintwaves.bandcamp.com/album/body-surfing-single

Stop-gap release, "Body Surfing", backed with B-Side, "Sundress Me". Two tracks drawing on the Post-Disco and Boogie space. Warm and mellow tracks, odes to balmy summer evenings, either poolside or beachside.

Faint Waves - Body Surfing

https://faintwaves.bandcamp.com/album/city-of-night-single

The second in a long line of new releases commemorating 10 years of Faint Waves music. Look out for something new every month-ish.

"City Of Night", backed with newly produced B-Side, "The Wild Boys". These are two tracks of sordid, guitar-driven Italo (or at least a Faint Waves spin on it); drawing on acts like Kriss, Radiorama, Electric Theatre, Vasco Rossi, and Baltimora, among other more typical influences of my own like Stevie Nicks, Billy Idol, and Pet Shop Boys.

Faint Waves - City Of Night

The fifth in a long line of new releases commemorating 10 years of Faint Waves music.

Promotional A-Side/B-Side single for “Technique”, as taken from the forthcoming FAINT WAVES extended play, PARADISE.

Inspired by the New Order album of the same name, Technique as a song (while musically disparate) follows a similarly experimental ethos; the song is not quite New Wave, not quite House, not quite Chillwave, instead landing somewhere dead center. The standard EP version of “Technique” is accompanied by the Haçienda mix, an acid-tinged lounge version informed by the “Hot” Ibiza night at the titular club.

Faint Waves returns with Paradise. Available everywhere music is streamed and sold 08/9/24.

Faint Waves - Technique (The Haçienda Mix)

The third in a long line of new releases commemorating 10 years of Faint Waves music.

In 2018, I released Rain Rhythms, Vol. 1. The first in what I intended to be a long running series of EPs, in which I explore ambient ideas filtered through something of a jazzy, downtempo lens. Volume 1 was inspired by Hiroshi Yoshimura, Talk Talk, and Brian Eno, among others.

In 2020, I returned to the series with Volume 2. In an effort to set Volume 2 apart from its predecessor, I set out to both strip back and add to what I did with Volume 1. Abandoning percussion on two tracks and expanding the synth and nature sounds utilized across the EP.

Somehow, it's been four years since then, and I've finally returned with Rain Rhythms, Vol. 3. Possibly the final(?) in the series, Volume 3 finds me doing a victory lap; incorporating elements of Volume 1 and Volume 2, while continuing to expand the sonic palette of the Rain Rhythms series with elements of nu jazz and trip-hop. The resulting EP is true to the original vision of the series, while still being made fresh and strong. 

Faint Waves - Rain Rhythm No. 10

https://faintwaves.bandcamp.com/album/rain-rhythms-vol-3

The third in a long line of new releases commemorating 10 years of Faint Waves music.

In 2018, I released Rain Rhythms, Vol. 1. The first in what I intended to be a long running series of EPs, in which I explore ambient ideas filtered through something of a jazzy, downtempo lens. Volume 1 was inspired by Hiroshi Yoshimura, Talk Talk, and Brian Eno, among others.

In 2020, I returned to the series with Volume 2. In an effort to set Volume 2 apart from its predecessor, I set out to both strip back and add to what I did with Volume 1. Abandoning percussion on two tracks and expanding the synth and nature sounds utilized across the EP.

Somehow, it's been four years since then, and I've finally returned with Rain Rhythms, Vol. 3. Possibly the final(?) in the series, Volume 3 finds me doing a victory lap; incorporating elements of Volume 1 and Volume 2, while continuing to expand the sonic palette of the Rain Rhythms series with elements of nu jazz and trip-hop. The resulting EP is true to the original vision of the series, while still being made fresh and strong. 

Faint Waves - Rain Rhythm No. 9

https://faintwaves.bandcamp.com/album/its-time-to-walk-away-single
Cover art by Faint Waves, featuring artwork by Utagawa Hiroshige.

Faint Waves - It's Time To Walk Away

Faint Waves returns with The Sunset Fades, an A-Side/B-Side style single featuring two cuts of pristine and dreamy lounge music. Drawing on long time inspirations such as Arthur Lyman, Les Baxter, Art Of Noise, and Ennio Morricone, among others; Faint Waves builds on the foundation of his prior work and weaves a world of hypnotic new exotica. From the art taken off of a vintage postcard to the wistful whistle featured prominently in both songs, this single plants itself firmly in nostalgia for summers long gone by.

Originally released June 7, 2024

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Faint Waves - The Sunset Fades

Out now, everywhere. https://faintwaves.bandcamp.com/album/amore-mio-dolce-single

AMORE MIO DOLCE

A stop-gap single while I wrap up a full-length album, Amore Mio Dolce is a lavish and languid slice of Disco-tinged Library music, informed by Mediterranean Funk and Italian film scores alike. The titular song, “Amore Mio Dolce” is a vaguely romantic but largely sensual BGM joint, featuring chorused keys and wah'd guitars on a bed of aquatic synthesizers. 

Faint Waves - Amore Mio Dolce

"Quiet Storm" is track 4 off my EP, "Hideaways". Out now. https://faintwaves.bandcamp.com/album/hideaways-ep

Faint Waves - Quiet Storm

Rain Rhythms, Vol. 1. A short collection of rain inspired songs by Faint Waves, out now.

Faint Waves - Rain Rhythm No. 3

Hideaways II is here. The lush sounds and exotic styles explored on 2017's dynamic Hideaways EP are further expanded upon in this vibrant, versatile five track follow up by Faint Waves.

You can listen to the talented Amparo here. https://soundcloud.com/amparo_sounds

Faint Waves - Mystic River (ft. Amparo)

Hideaways II is here. The lush sounds and exotic styles explored on 2017's dynamic Hideaways EP are further expanded upon in this vibrant, versatile five track follow up by Faint Waves.

Faint Waves - Bonita

https://faintwaves.bandcamp.com/album/summers-end-ep

Faint Waves - End Of Summer

Faint Waves - Paradise Lost

New remix produced to coincide with new physical release of Stilz' acclaimed 2016 EP, Haute. Haute is a lovely mixture of fashionable synthwave, downtempo, and dance music. Available now on CD, featuring brand new artwork by Ariel ZB and all new remixes.

Mastered by Tonebox.

Stilz - Fashion '86 (Faint Waves 2018 Remix)

Taken from my upcoming EP, Rain Rhythms, Vol. 2. The successor to my rain inspired 2018 EP, Rain Rhythms, Vol. 1. Available everywhere, 3/20. https://faintwaves.bandcamp.com/album/rain-rhythms-vol-2

Faint Waves - Rain Rhythm No. 6

This is "Mirage", taken from my new EP, Hideaways III. 

Dedicated to James Calvin Wilsey, the king of slow. If he were still with us, I would've asked him to play on this record himself. If he had, it would have been the greatest of honors. JCW was an underrated performer who moved millions with his guitar talents, only to receive very little recognition for it. He may be gone but he is not forgotten.

A talented guitar player and performer named Randy Clark is featured on this track and he does a beautiful job paying homage to JCW, while still being true to himself as a player. I hope James would’ve enjoyed this track by myself and Randy Clark.

Faint Waves - Mirage

I’ve released a very special digital maxi-single, in memory of famed DJ and Chillout pioneer, José Padilla. Titled Another Sunset; the single features the titular A-Side, a B-Side (informed by Jose’s “Walking On Air”), two remixes, and a scrapped demo of the titular track. One remix is a dreamy rework by yours truly and the other is a remix by something of a Balearic legend, James Bright. https://faintwaves.bandcamp.com/album/another-sunset-single

Faint Waves - Another Sunset

New Age/Chillout/Disco/Balearic Beat. 
Proprietor of all things chill.

Contact: faintwavesmusic@gmail.com

est. November 2013

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