Composition inspired by haiku by Raymond Cobley.

Dark clouds menacing
– I doubt we shall reach shelter
Before the deluge

Dark Clouds Menacing

Dark Clouds Menacing - (naviarhaiku518)

James is a multi-instrumentalist creator of music as well as a contemporary artist. He plays stringed instruments (guitars, cello, ukulele, bass, etc.) and uses a midi controller for any instruments he doesn't have access to; such as a timpani or a glockenspiel.

James creates music that is inspired by the pure love and joy of making music. The style of music he creates varies from piece to piece. He will go from songs that are accompanied by guitar or ukulele to full arrangements of a traditional North American band to orchestral scores that you could easily hear backing a film or video. 

By browsing his music you're likely to come across traditional pieces of music sounding as old as time and other pieces sounding as new as yesterday's jingle. 

Instruments inspire him to make new sounds come together to form music and combining old and new sounds is something he very much enjoys exploring.

While music and sounds are a big part of James' personality so is making art, graphics, and videos. James has worked professionally as a technical illustrator/graphics specialist since 1991. So James almost always creates art specifically for each piece of music he puts out into the world. The art may or may not be directly related to the piece of music in context but it will definitely give you another perspective on how the music has inspired him or makes him feel.

To learn more about James and/or see his art seek him out on Instagram.com and YouTube.com; he’s easy to find if you spell his name correctly.  A pseudonym also being used by James is Mildred Stain.

If you are interested in collaborating in any way, contact him!

UK creatives should listen to this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yK4wBWiozyM

You must hear this: https://vimeo.com/52766051

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Ed Brunsden was kind and patient enough to interview me for  his blog Desert... Mountain... Dust...  - you can read it at https://desertmountaindust.blogspot.com.au/2017/02/tuonela-primitive-progressive.html

After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music. ~ Aldous Huxley

All good music resembles something. Good music stirs by its mysterious resemblance to the objects and feelings which motivated it. ~ Jean Cocteau

All music is beautiful. ~ Billy Strayhorn
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I've become addicted to drone. Again. I was the kid with his head on the piano, listening to the overtones die away, or pressing his ear to the steel hull of the ferry, enthralled by the sounds it created. I was the kid who formed wordless songs to accompany the sound of train wheels on a long journey, or hummed along with the fan on a hot day.

In the 60s I used to play my 45s on 16, or backwards, or by hand using razor blades as stylii.

I made cut-up tapes on a cheap cassette recorder in the 70s and experimented with reel-to-reel in the 80s. 

Thank you Subotnick, Lygeti, Coltrane, Jimi, Mimaroglu, Eno, Cluster, Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze, Frank Zappa, Pink Floyd, Kraftwerk, Throbbing Gristle...

I am not a musician. I am a scavenger of sounds. I use the most basic software to process those sounds, stretching and filtering until something emerges that makes a joyful noise. Or not...

1/3 of Hell Feeder  https://soundcloud.com/hell-feeder
AKA Babalon Anon https://soundcloud.com/babalon-anon
https://soundcloud.com/babalon-anon-spoken-word
Additional Audio Tweaking https://soundcloud.com/rexoid-1

Experimenting with rhythm and sampled sounds. 
Moody Industrial grooves and dark soundscapes.
Direct message regarding remixes. 

Reposting:
Dark Ambient, Industrial, Hip Hop, Spoken Word, Trap, Dubstep, Classical, Soundtracks, Ambient, Dark Folk, Future Garage, Hardcore Techno, Drum & Bass, Breakcore, Drumstep, Speedcore, World, Contemporary Classical, Miniatory, Martial, Electro, Electronic, Ska, Dancehall, Electro-Swing, Experimental, Lo-Fi, Soundscapes, Old School Jazz & Blues, Noise, Trip Hop, Rap, Alt Rock, Baroque, Bassweight, Drone, Downtempo, Gypsy Swing, Ritual, Orchestral, Choral, EDM, Dub, 8-Bit, Operatic, Doom Metal, Grime, Afro-House, Chamber, Filth, Krump, Duduk, Bhangra, Breakbeat, Tribal, Mixes, Turntablism, Found Sound, Field Recordings, Post-Rock, Cloud Rap, Gabba, Schranz, Musique Concrète, Hauntology, Mash-Ups, Screwed N' Chopped, Bro-Step, Witch House, Glitch, Ragga, Atmospheric, Cinematic, Chip-Tune, EVP (Electronic Voice Phenomena), Piano, Prepared Piano, Lindy Hop, Latin, Plague Wave, Jungle, P-Funk, G-Funk, Jeep Beat, Performance Poetry, Slam Poetry, Storytelling, Podcasts, Moombahton, Reggaeton, Rare Groove, Dungeon, Drill, Big Beat, Modulation, Dream Pop, Drift Phonk, Neo-Classical, Halftime.

"The spectator views that which you have created.
The artist perceives that which you sought to achieve."
Babalon Anon

Dark Clouds Menacing - (naviarhaiku518)

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