Darren, the sound quality on your stuff is phenomenal, man!  What's your secret?  Care to divulge?

This instrumental track, crafted using an emulator of the legendary ARP 2600 synthesizer, delves into the unsettling notion of a world where machines gradually take over human skills, leaving our consciousness as the final remnant of what truly belongs to us.
In this sonic landscape—where analog layers merge with retro-futuristic textures—humanity quietly resists through its sensitivity, memory, and inner contradictions. While artificial intelligence may learn, simulate, and optimize... it does not feel. A machine cannot dream, doubt, or fall in love. Human consciousness is born from experience, shaped by memory and rooted in the body. And this elusive nuance lies at the heart of everything.
Inspired by the visions in 1999, Brave New World, THX1138, and 2001: A Space Odyssey, the track reflects an age where fiction slips into reality. But instead of sounding an alarm, "Conscience 2600" whispers a lucid realization: within the circuitry and the algorithms, there remains something that cannot be programmed—the intimate pulse of being

Conscience 2600

2600

Depiction of the weather in rural Mid Wales.
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Me: drums, keys, guitar, bass

August in Wales

ala65

Free Eye Atlas

Karate, the Japanese martial art — now colliding with Rock! I combined a uniquely intriguing concept with the classic essence of hard rock.

Rock Meets Karate

This track was created for the Naviar Haiku group.
610
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku610-dropped-glass/

2025-09-11

dropped glass (Naviarhaiku 610)

firnjul

Mittagshitze

Schizophrenic Sunrise

A reflection of contemporary society and our inability to communicate and agree on a common reality. This work features Italian Soprano Silvia Pepe

Fragmentation feat Silvia Pepe

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Images associated with this project drawn from Flickr.com and used thanks to a Creative Commons license allowing for non-commercial adaptation:

Lars Hammar
https://flic.kr/p/cvLDjm
https://flic.kr/p/cwonUb

Marc West
https://flic.kr/p/84zPoL

Tom Coates
https://flic.kr/p/abPXeJ

Stuart
https://flic.kr/p/eBVyxk

Pedrik
https://flic.kr/p/asBiQk

Babak Fakhamzadeh
https://flic.kr/p/5mArtZ

Tom Blackwell
https://flic.kr/p/8pLFK8

Simon Bierwald
https://flic.kr/p/bh3RGr
https://flic.kr/p/bh4epp
https://flic.kr/p/bh4X2Z

Chris Maytag
https://flic.kr/p/BgSC

Alan
https://flic.kr/p/3jfJg

verysubmm
https://flic.kr/p/BcwmS

Smallbrainfield
https://flic.kr/p/8y3VLP

inkelv1122
https://flic.kr/p/6z2DEf

alpha fluid

halF dialuP [disquiet0453]

Welcome to halF unusuaL, an evolving space inspired by play in the spirit of ‘hai’ (meaning “fun” or “unusual” in the word haiku). Here, improvisation connects the unexpected, mining the boundary between music and non-music to shape sound worlds that feel oddly familiar in their oddity. Listen freely, explore deeply, and for the sounds to live for your eyes as well as your ears, please stop by the YouTube channel. Thank you for joining this journey! Your support helps keep this afloat ... and is HUGELY appreciated 🥰

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