Experiments in creating soundscapes / atmosphere. Close your eyes and see what you hear <3

Ambient Projects

It's been a while since I put something like this up, but I think that makes it more refreshing. 

This is a live jam I came up with today. Something I am always trying to do with my music is contemplate some of my own feelings through the sound. I think in this genre of techno, trance, EDM, whatever you want to call it, it is so easy to slip into the pattern of only making tracks that exist purely in a functional, dance floor orientated sense, something I'm quite guilty of. I don't think there's anything wrong with this but I also think that electronic music can be such an amazing medium for more than this, for real expression of personal emotions through the sound. 

With this track I tried to soundtrack my own emotions currently. I'm not doing so great at the moment (is anyone?). The changing of the seasons, darker days, and my own struggle with mental health and physical illness has culminated into one big lump of general sadness. This is absolutely not helped by the evil force of social media and the endless scroll. I feel like my career is in the hands of the algorithm, this omnipotent presence that I'm devoting hours of each day to pleasing. I miss my friends, people I don't see so much lately, because all I can do is scroll. 

However, I'm hopeful that things will change, because they always do, and I hope this piece of music reflects this. Today was good because I spent the afternoon making this track instead of scrolling on Tik-Tok for hours. This is a good start, and I think there will be more and more days like this. 

Feel free to download, this is my gift to anyone else wrestling the endless scroll at the moment. I know it may seem insignificant but it's something :)

Lots of love, 
Joe

the endless scroll

A track I started during the week I spent in Copenhagen working on my EP at the Euromantic studio in Copenhagen last winter. 

Download on as always

tvillingepulsarer

having the luxury of DJing full time means I end up with a lot of spare time, and I've definitely fallen victim to procrastination (see the endless scroll). 

so recently I've been trying to force some sort of busyness, and I'm really enjoying these ambient sessions at the moment. It's always a gamble, I either feel it or I don't, and when I don't that's ok, I just get up and go clean or something.

However generally when I do, it REALLY clicks, and that's how all these ambient pieces get made. Always done in a few hours, in one session, usually during periods of heightened emotions. 

Today I felt super sad. The changes in my life have really caught up with me recently. It only recently occurred to me that I never really got any time to process what was going on around me. I went into lockdown a child, was forced to become an adult in isolation, then the pandemic ended, I moved to manchester, became a touring DJ and got into a serious relationship. Maybe some people can handle this stuff fine, but as someone who's spent their whole life dealing with a pretty tough anxiety disorder it's finally caught up with me, and I'm only now processing wtf is going on, and it's a little bit scary. 

I'm not saying I don't love it, because I do. But I can't help feeling a bit of nostalgia for simpler times, hence the track name. There was this really dreamy phase of my 19th year, where I'd just moved to Manchester, just met my girlfriend, had the most amazing friends around me, (I still do tbf) was so excited for what was to come, and looking back I really miss that feeling. I feel so burnt out these days. The hyper-socialisation of this scene has really taken it's toll on my head.

I'll figure it out, I usually do. In the mean time, you guys get to enjoy these ambient pieces inspired by my lack of knowing what the fuck is going on. 

Love you all <3

Joe

i was 19 once

SPT008 features the vinyl debut EP of rising artist Faster Horses including three originals and one stellar remix by DINA. 

Pre-order: https://spacetraxberlin.bandcamp.com/album/spt008
Release date: 01.09.2023

More info to the artist of this track:
https://soundcloud.com/faster_horses
https://www.instagram.com/fasterhorses_

Faster Horses - Cosmic Flutter

work for your dopamine

reclamation

A test recording of the liveset I wrote under my pathfinder project, which was used to soundtrack the walk in for Azyr's all night long set at the BEC arena in south Manchester.

Focusing on downtempo / ambient sounds in order to create a peaceful environment before the carnage was unleashed, and also to soundtrack the beginning of the attendees descent into stimulation and euphoria.

Recorded with a Digitakt, Laptop, Polymoog pedal, some old Akai midi controller and a lot of patience.

I hope it brings you some peace :)

Faster Horses / Pathfinder - Liveset #1 (Azyr ANL)

the first in a series of more experimental pieces i'm going to slowly release under my pathfinder alias over the next few months. 

drawing inspiration from the peace and nostalgia I found in early sci-fi movies, along with the cosmos itself. 

I made this track today to help me feel better after a difficult week, hopefully you can find some peace within it too :)

Faster Horses & Pathfinder - The Spacing Guild (intro)

My debut liveset - focusing on slower, ambient sounds in the start moving into some techno and breaks towards the end. 95% original Faster Horses + Pathfinder productions. 

TRACKLIST

Pathfinder - Electron Rush
Pathfinder - The Ancient Temple
Pathfinder - Innehåll (Sunrise Mix)
Pathfinder - Hangzhou East
Faster Horses & Pathfinder - Run With The Wind
Faster Horses & Pathfinder - Bionic Interference
Funeral Future - Neverest (Pathfinder Edit)
Faster Horses & Pathfinder - The Cycle Begins Anew
Faster Horses - Sevastopol + Bicep - Water (Faster Horses Edit)
Faster Horses - I’m Not Meant For This World (Faster Horses Edit)
Radiohead - Everything In It’s Right Place (Faster Horses Edit)

This one is for Bena <3