Litany Against Fear:

"I must not fear.
  Fear is the mind-killer.
  Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
  I will face my fear.
  I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
  And when it has gone past, I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
  Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
  Only I will remain."

(Frank Herbert, Dune)

In a nutshell this song is a homage to all signature post-punk I used to listen: The Cure, The Sound, Echo & the Bunnymen, Siouxsie and the Banshees, and of course Joy Division. While it sounds minimalistic, at least the guitars were really challenging for me to play (that downstroke is tough).

Originaly it was intended to be an instrumental track, but when the music was almost done, I came up with an idea to add some robotic vocals. Being a big fan of Dune universe, I found that the "Litany Against Fear" perfectly suits the changing mood of the track. And therefore everething is as it is.

As in my previous work I have used my Kolen custom Stratocaster for guitars and Roland MC-101 for synth and FX. The text was read by Google Translate (lol).

Cover art is by: https://www.pinterest.com/jenniferalethia.

Hope you're enjoy the song.

Gesserith

Had revised a small demo I made a couple of months ago. Not to say this is a complete track, just a lick which I decided to drop "as is".
(I forgot all of the recording setting, haha, so I'm not intended to extend it anyway.)

Cover source: NASA (https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasacommons)

Spaceship Departure

This piece is a cover of the title theme from my favorite videogame, TES III: Morrowind. It is originally called "Call of Magic" and is written by Jeremy Soule, one of the greatest videogame soundtrack composers.

Actually I've already covered it about five years ago, and that first version could be easily found on my Soundcloud page. That version was a kind of "straight" in terms of following the original composition.

And for this time I had slightly reworked the original theme, bringing my own tensions to it. Hope you'll enjoy it as I did. Cheers.

Vvardenfell Dreamin'

Vvardenfell Dreamin' / Call of Magic (TES III: Morrowind OST Cover)

A first try of recording comepletely dawless electronics jam. Gear used:
- Roland MC-101 groovebox
- Korg Volca FM synth
- Belcat Dly-303 delay peadal
- Yamaha MG10XU mixer
- Orange Crush RT10 combo amplifier (sound output)
- Zoom H1n recorder (capturing)

Recorder entirely live. Uploaded with no cuts or edits of the original recording  except a slight hi-boost on EQ.

mc-101.volca-fm.74bpm.jam-1

Raised from experiment of combining guitar and synth sounds. Mixed hardly with autumn melancholy moods.

Gear used:
- Custom Kolen Strat guitar
- Korg Volca FM for bass and rythm synths
- Roland MC-101 for lead synths
- Ableton Live DAW for drums and FX

https://open.spotify.com/track/5bL2QgTYUaHONxi5OuJsgr?si=560941409ba74e4c

Autumn Fallz

Spotify

This is a placeholder for demos which I want to share, but not going to release as individual tracks.

NTBR#3

NTBR#2

NTBR#1

Stony groove with a bunch of schizoid jamming over it.

All guitar part are captured with Zoom H1n recorder directly from my Orange Crush 35RT amp (no amp simulation on this track!).

Recorded in Abu Dhabi, December 2023.

Also available on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/40lpJycPjqFVR5FsIez4MC?si=3607537d08394131

And the other platforms.

Stargazer

A Sonic Youth-ish jam that eventually ended as a cover of the Stooges classic.
Inspired heavily by "Sonic Life: a Memoir" book by Thurston Moore. 

Recorded in Abu Dhabi, February 2024.

Forgotten Boy (Search and Destroy)

Forgotten Boy (Search and Destroy, the Stooges Cover)

Trying out my new looper pedal. Recorded live in one take then cut down to reasonable length. Featuring Korg Volca Beats on drums, Volca FM on bass synth, and Teenage Engineering OP-1 on pad synth.

The picture shows me digging for some LPs at Out on the Floor Records, Camden Town, London, UK.

Intro bassline credits: Ataxia - Dust, from the album Automatic Writing (2004).

Abu Dhabi, March 2024.

OverDub

Функция y=f(x) называется  монотонно убывающей на промежутке X, если большему значению аргумента соответствует меньшее значение функции.

Фильтр Найквиста - Мы Падаем Вниз

A small piece influenced by UK dubstep and cyberpunk. Produced solely on TE OP-1. Recorded in one take and directly to cassette using ITT Nokia SL537A stereo tape recorder. Slightly mastered cassette rip is uploaded here, without any other cuts and edits.

A picture showing the part of the stock at Mars Tapes, Manchester, UK.

Abu Dhabi, July 2024.

Night City (Cassette Rip)

Continuing my tape recording experimentation. This lofi piece is composed of OP-1 samples I made almost a year ago. Recorded in one take directly to cassette via ITT Nokia SL537A. Mastered rip is uploaded without any other cuts and edits.

A picture showing a seashore somewhere in Brighton, UK.

Abu Dhabi, August 2024.

Orange

Yet another lofi peace. Made of OP-1 samples I did more than a year ago. Recorded in one take directly to cassette via ITT Nokia SL537A. Mastered rip is uploaded without any other cuts and edits.

Picture credits goes to my wife who captured this mandarin composition in our apartment in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Abu Dhabi, August 2024.

Feather

The first try of making a 2-Step/UK Garage track.

Since I was using nothing but hardware on it, initially I was about to record it DAW-less on a cassette tape like I did for my previous tracks. But after making a tape version eventually changed my mind and recorded and mixed everything in Ableton.

Here I used my Roland MC-101 for a drum section and TE OP-1 for the rest.

The picture showing some high-street traffic somewhere in London, UK (presumably Camden Town, but I don't remember exactly where I took it).

Abu Dhabi, August, 2024

Step-Through

Brought some heavy fucking riffs for you.

Hail the Black Tower.

4/5/2025

The Return of the Stargazer

Chasing the dream of analogue sound.

Recorded and mixed directly on tape on Tascam 424 MKIII Portastudio. Guitars are live captured with SM57 from Orange Crush combo and a bunch of FX pedals. Drums and synth are from Roland MC101.

The final Tascam mix is mastered in DAW before upload.

Abu Dhabi
5/27/2025

Dreamwalker

Originally a part of another song I was working on that evolved into a separate piece. Unlike my usual improvisation-based approach of writing guitar solos, this time I approached the soloing in a way more conscious manner.

Produced on Tascam 424 MKIII tape machine.
The final Tascam mix is mastered in DAW before upload.

Abu Dhabi
7/01/2025

Slow Dancing But The Room Is Already Burned To Ashes

Нас выпустят, это точно!

Call Of Magic (Jeremy Soule Cover)

TRACK 14 (Devo - Some Things Never Change Reprise).WAV

TRACK 01 (Devo - Some Things Never Change).WAV

Hi, it's Henadzi. Currently based in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Just doing some DIY music for no particular reason. Mostly it's guitar-based instrumental stuff recorded entirely at home. Not intended to bind myself to some particular genre, so I'm free to play around. Feel free to DM me if you're looking for collaboration.

Have a good day.

Henadzi Matuts

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