Regarded as an originator rather than imitator. 

Violent Femmes Drummer and member since 2005.  Founding member of Milwaukee Prog Trio The Danglers.
Home of my experiments and personal recordings.  None of this is intended to be part of a solo record or "official" release.  Some tracks were based on concepts I had, possible grooves to use in various bands, or just improvs. that I wanted to share with people.  Some tracks are finished, others are an open canvas.

Hi, thanks for passing by here!
You might ask why this project is called "Cosmic", while i am not doing german kosmik-kraut 70`s stuff? 
Well, the term "cosmic" is used by me because of my sympathy and respect for the brave musicians of the Kraut- and Kosmische Musik.
I´ve listened much (and still listen) to their music and find it still inspiring.
But this doesn´t mean that i try to copy it. 
Tangerine Dream, Can, Amon Düül, La Düsseldorf, Cluster, Kraftwerk and many more made their own special music 50 years before and it is still worse being recognized!
But: making your own music doesn´t mean trying to sound like anybody else, isn´t it? 
I chose a name for this project wich shows a part of the path i took, not more. As you might notice there are a lot more influences in my music and the most important of all is the joy of making music ;)

I have been producing, shooting, and editing videos, ever since I was 12 years old. I have borrowed my style of shooting and editing from various movies and utilize them to present my short film/documentary/event work in the most professional way possible. I currently attend the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) as a Film Major and intend to pursue a career in the video production industry after I graduate.

Sacred blues and Secular spirituals/

Hypnotically Raspy, 
Cool gloomy minimalist vibe, 

Quiet, gravelly delivery of
abstract/image-rich lyrics

Everything posted here is from 2015 to now

Selection of compositions and improvisations from Brian Riordan.
http://www.brianriordanmusic.com

/// a solo electronic music project by Scott A. Johnson 

////  U P C O M I N G 

//////// “Night-Timing EP”(early spring ‘21)

this is an ambient musical walkabout set about in but one odd, isolated night — wherein soundscapes move along and with a sleeplessly anonymous travel guide — we go thru this singular evening, moving into the deepened and darkened populated places — an odd night, in an unnamed city — composed of life’s sounds, environmental moment forming thru sounds signaling musicality, voicings, synths, samples and the like.  what matters herein is not some romantically devised ending to so prize — it Is but that night, any single night, has a interesting beauty all of its own.  such is this expression — this is but night-timing.  it is another truly wonderful thing of the night that inspires this project:  night is much more than just a time... night is especially wonderful because it is a “place” — it’s a space we may inhabit that’s unique to any other we can find here in this lifetime.

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