This piece was written in 2010. It does not have the melody recorded, but plans are underway to remedy this. 

Fragile

This is probably my favorite piece from the Earth Mover sessions. I wrote this in dedication to a fabulous friend, dedicated husband, and a phenomenal pianist in the Denver-metro area who has been having health issues as of late.He is probably one of the more sensitive, innovative and hardest working musicians I have ever had the privilege to share the stage with; Chad Aman.

Rio Carnival

This is Cold Front as of June 2012 recordings. 
Neil Patton: Piano and Synths

Cold Front

Manifesto (DJ SkinnyJ remix 2012)

Jerusalem Jam is from my experimental project, Ambius. Ambius is my outlet for film scoring and otherwise attempting to fit a square peg into a round hole. A very talented bassist, John Paul Cardenas help with much of this production.

Jerusalem Jam

Another Ambius track. We were experimenting with vocal layering and processing one of the  bass tracks to provide the main melody for the song. Thank you JP.

Totems & Tidepools

Bayaka began with a Mogabe groove (Cameroon) and grew from there. When I started this, I heard a completely different piece, but this simply took on a life of it's own. The main ideas for this track are there. The melody is temporary as is the trumpet solos. I put those in just to get an idea of the feel once completed.

Bayaka

This is yet another submission towards the Earth Octaves project that LOCUS is currently working on. Again, this is preproduction....The inspiration for "Intervention" comes from a particular segment in the film where anxiety is the focused emotion and a "hide'n'seek" scene is to take place. I felt that I needed to start experimenting -  combining different yet familiar tones and tambers, with a tribal feel. For this upcoming film, I looking to combine Koto and African drumming (being the rhythmic backbone), and some traditional orchestral instruments that are NOT used conventionally to provide unexpected sounds and tones. 

Intervention - unfinished

More audio experimentation; this is a short piece I wrote for an independent film last year. The film has yet to be released. In this piece, I was looking to find a seamless blend between organic-ethnic rhythms, field-recordings of chanting monks,  and the surreal, soundscape of female vocal recordings in reverse with heavy processing. This is still a work in progress.


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