Everyone Needs A Hobby

1st draft collaboration with Alans Gillhesphy

Bee Sting (1st draft vocal demo)

Light At The End

The Heartbreak EP

Never Far From Thought

My 1st attempt at a trip hop tune, a genre close to my heart

Thank God For The Hatchery (Work In Progress)

Don't Wait Up (instrumental demo)

I Cannot Give You What You Want

Join The Party (instrumental)

I Cannot Give you What You Want

Get Woke!

The 1st stop after leaving the bright lights of Auckland, New Zealand's primary surf spot, Raglan. As I'm not a strong swimmer I did not partake in any water based activities, more hiking, exploring the town & of course visiting the famous toothbrush Fence as referenced in Flight Of The Conchords.

Surf's Up!

Perserverance (Life Moves On)

Originally intended to be developed into a song for a rock band set up, I decided to try this U.N.K.L.E/TOOL inspired composition out as a solo piece in the hope that it wouldn't sound too out of place amongst my other pieces as guitar based compositions tend to when released by electronic artists.

Into The Distance

A simple short, but sweet early Aphex Twinesque style tune

Warp

Constructed in Queenstown, but shortly became representative of The Sounds, this track was to relate to winter arriving in the rugged areas of Southland of New Zealand's South Island where it can be quite bleak.
The title came about because the synth sound used as the building block reminded me of the hallway theme from the remake of Resident Evil.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hdf-Ofe6Iz0

Traveller's Tracks

Cold Corridors

Every once in a while for a break in my original compositions I try reverse engineer a tune, usually hip hop as an option to use it in a live set. I was a late comer to Danger Doom, but as this tune gets stuck in my head I decided to try my hand recreating it. Being a bass player I filled in the gaps of 2 bassless bars from the original version.

Old School Rules (Reverse Engineered Instrumental)

The morning after the creepy woods represented in Rotoroa, I was awoken by the melodic Tui call. I recorded it onto my phone (which is the poor audio used in the track)& this is my attempt at creating an upbeat tune using the same melody as a basis.

Birdsong (idea)

Another reverse engineered hip hop track. Bit of overkill with the Danger Mouse instrumentals so I shall end with this one.

Space Ho's (reverse engineered instrumental)

To pass the time during lockdown, the sweary techno duo Petrol Bastard were kind enough to remix one of our tunes

The Petrol Bastard Lockdown Remix Trade Off

Giz A Kiss (Petrol Bastard Remix)

Everyone has tunes they love that they think they are so close to nailing it, but struggle to find that last piece to complete it, this is one of those tunes

Cracked Teeth

Giz A Kiss

Cheyne Stoking is a DIY breakbeat project that embraces the rugged, unpolished no frills plug in & play aesthetic of a punk/high school rock band in the form of electronic music..... Or at least that is the intention.

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