Every new year I try to create a New Year's EP. An EP with tracks in different styles for fans, friends, family ... . Last two years I wasn't able to share some tracks, due to health reasons and too many visits at the hospital. I'm not fully recovered yet, but this year I insisted on creating a new EP for you all. I hope you will enjoy the soundwaves shaped into these four tracks, ranging from synthesizer, ambient to electronic body music (EBM) and trance/dance. Have a wonderful 2016 !

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Fire Monkey [2015 - 2016 EP]

Leap (maxi Edit) [2015 - 2016 EP]

Year Of Pulses [2015 - 2016 EP]

Fragile [2015 - 2016 EP]

I couldn't resist : so I made a (Minimal) Techno / Tech-House version with some stabby sounds, a lot of filters and a pounding rythm. Again, I didn't expect the new/cold/minimal wave fans to really like this, but I liked the flow. More info below...

My neighbour, a die-hard fan of anything new/cold/minimal wave and synthpop related, challenged me when he heard a remix I made.

The Challenge : Make a remix of his most favorite track ever ... "A forest" by "The Cure".

I was so nervous. In it's genre it's one of my favorites as well. A cult track actually. How will I start, how will I manage this ... It all crossed my mind.

So I started to sculpt and play with sound. But in the end, I missed something. The vocals ... 

I started with a lot of cutting, pasting, filtering of the original trakc. I managed to get the vocals quite isolated, but you could still hear the instruments getting mixed in. Now What ? 

After a lot of searching if perhaps an acapella existed and asking around, I found a solution. I rediscovered someone I met about a year ago on the net through some mutual friends and he could sing as if it was Robert Smith's (younger) brother. Fantastic !

Finally, the remixes are done. I made a copy for my neighbour and he was very impressed. He didn't like all of my versions (didn't expect it either), but most important : Mission Accomplished !

Have a listen and share your thoughts.

Deep respect for Robert Smith/The Cure for this "classic" track, which "A forest" has become. All credits still go and belong to them. http://www.thecure.com/

Very special thanks to "Pitch Fork", for lending his amazing vocals for this project. Check out his covers at : https://soundcloud.com/pitch-fork and have a look at the Cure tribute band http://www.theobscure.be/

A Forest - Diodes stabby techno mix

This was the first version. With a wicked accompanying drum track to mask out the original track that still bled through the original filtered and cutted/pasted vocals by Robert Smith, taken from the original track. However, I knew most "wave" fans wouldn't like this too much, now what ... More info below.

My neighbour, a die-hard fan of anything new/cold/minimal wave and synthpop related, challenged me when he heard a remix I made.

The Challenge : Make a remix of his most favorite track ever ... "A forest" by "The Cure".

I was so nervous. In it's genre it's one of my favorites as well. A cult track actually. How will I start, how will I manage this ... It all crossed my mind.

So I started to sculpt and play with sound. But in the end, I missed something. The vocals ... 

I started with a lot of cutting, pasting, filtering of the original trakc. I managed to get the vocals quite isolated, but you could still hear the instruments getting mixed in. Now What ? 

After a lot of searching if perhaps an acapella existed and asking around, I found a solution. I rediscovered someone I met about a year ago on the net through some mutual friends and he could sing as if it was Robert Smith's (younger) brother. Fantastic !

Finally, the remixes are done. I made a copy for my neighbour and he was very impressed. He didn't like all of my versions (didn't expect it either), but most important : Mission Accomplished !

Have a listen and share your thoughts.

Deep respect for Robert Smith/The Cure for this "classic" track, which "A forest" has become. All credits still go and belong to them. http://www.thecure.com/

Very special thanks to "Pitch Fork", for lending his amazing vocals for this project. Check out his covers at : https://soundcloud.com/pitch-fork and have a look at the Cure tribute band http://www.theobscure.be/

A Forest - Wicked drummer edit

This is a symphonic / synth interpretation I made from the cult classic "A Forest" by "The Cure". More info below.

My neighbour, a die-hard fan of anything new/cold/minimal wave and synthpop related, challenged me when he heard a remix I made.

The Challenge : Make a remix of his most favorite track ever ... "A forest" by "The Cure".

I was so nervous. In it's genre it's one of my favorites as well. A cult track actually. How will I start, how will I manage this ... It all crossed my mind.

So I started to sculpt and play with sound. But in the end, I missed something. The vocals ... 

I started with a lot of cutting, pasting, filtering of the original trakc. I managed to get the vocals quite isolated, but you could still hear the instruments getting mixed in. Now What ? 

After a lot of searching if perhaps an acapella existed and asking around, I found a solution. I rediscovered someone I met about a year ago on the net through some mutual friends and he could sing as if it was Robert Smith's (younger) brother. Fantastic !

Finally, the remixes are done. I made a copy for my neighbour and he was very impressed. He didn't like all of my versions (didn't expect it either), but most important : Mission Accomplished !

Have a listen and share your thoughts.

Deep respect for Robert Smith/The Cure for this "classic" track, which "A forest" has become. All credits still go and belong to them. http://www.thecure.com/

Very special thanks to "Pitch Fork", for lending his amazing vocals for this project. Check out his covers at : https://soundcloud.com/pitch-fork and have a look at the Cure tribute band http://www.theobscure.be/

A Forest - Juno's synthy remix ( & symphonic synth intro )

Every year, I try to make a small album for friends, family and fans. 

This year it took me a bit longer, due to a very busy schedule and being ill. But here it is ! I tried something new, with Supernove Phase 1, 2, 3 and Starflight. It a track, that are actually 4 tracks, sounds being shaped into a story.

In the past, a year release was approximately only 15minutes in duration. Now it's a whopping 37 minutes and 57 seconds in total !

Anyway, have a listen and feel free to leave some comments !

Global Warming (we need some)

Flying Crystals

Obsolete Technology

Taken Away

Supernova Phase 1-2-3 & Starflight

Introduction To The Sound Journey (2016 - 2017)

"Fake", the fashionword for 2017, and as well the expression of 2018 already. Everthing we do is 'fake'. If we question certain actions, it's 'fake'. Fake News, Fake People, ... . So for this track, the expert on fakeness was consulted.


lyrics: 

I think it was uhm, disgraceful. I think it was uhm, disgraceful. 
I think it was uhm, disgraceful. I think it was uhm, disgraceful. 

Disgraceful ... 

You are fake news, all night long, fake news! 
You are fake news, all night long, disgraceful! 

False and fake information, got released to the public. 
False and fake information, got released to the public. 
To the public... 

You are false and fake. It was uhm, disgraceful! 
You are false and fake. It was uhm, disgraceful! 

Disgraceful ... 

False and fake, fake, fake ... 
False and fake, fake, fake ... 
Go ahead, go, go ahead, go ahead -*fake*- 
No, quiet, quiet ... Don't be rude... 
Bigger and better and stronger, than ever before ... -*fake*-! 

I will be stupid, all night long fake. 
I will be stupid, all night long fake...fake... 

Fake ... 

I will be fake and stupid... I will be false and fake... 
I will be fake and stupid... I will be false and fake...fake 

Fake ...

2017-2018

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Fake

Based on reality. And I had this going through my mind for a while now. Military men with guns in the street. Can they really protect us ? Or is it just a lie, to make us feel safe. Actually, several times it appeared to be the latter. Look at stories in the news, a lot of anger, hate and terrorism is happening around us. A lot of people are afraid and whenever something happened, even at the other side of the world, people got more and more afraid. And the government, what are they really doing ?

lyrics:


Military men in the street, 
can they protect us? 
Can they protect us?! 

Military men in the street, 
can they protect us? 
Can they protect us... 


Military men in the street, 
can they protect us? 
Can they protect us?! 

People are afraid of attacks. 
But what is the government actually doing? 

Politicians with big words. 
Military men wih guns in the street! 

It's a reality, people are afraid. 
You can't escape ! You can't evade... 


A new way of life, danger behind every corner. 
And everytime something happens, somewhere, 
in the world, the tension rises and rises, rises... 

A new way of life, danger behind every corner. 
And everytime something happens, somewhere, 
in the world, the tension rises and rises, rises, 
rises!.... 


Military men in the street, 
can they protect us? 
Can they protect us?! 

Military men in the street, 
can they protect us? 
Can they protect us... 

Military men in the street, 
can they protect us? 
Can they protect us?! 

Military men in the street, 
can they protect us? 
Can they protect us...

Military Men In The Street

When asking about how people felt about what happened in 2017 one of those things that was answered very often was "I feel pressure, a lot of pressure". Pressure to be good and very fast at work. The pressure to have that perfect home, that perfect family. To live that perfect life. No mistakes allowed. But on the other hand, getting anxiety about how to reach those goals, how to manage this in 24 hours a day. The clock keeps inevitably ticking and the (social) society are watching ... "Society's Pressure"

Society's Pressure

When I was asking around, while I was busy creating sounds and composing what later on would become the mixed track "The Journey Continues", how people felt about 2017, the answer was mostly negative or very mixed up. It's on this mixed up feeling that "Sadness and Joy" was based. Sometimes we encounter or see very threatening events happening around us, which causes loss and sadness. On the other hand, there is that little sparkle of hope, a pleasure, the emergence of a dream. I have tried to translate these mixed emotions and feelings to sound which I captured in this track.

Sadness And Joy

This track actually exists of four mixed individual tracks. It started to grow as an idea to continue the sound wave journey, started in the 2016-2017 album with the tracks "Supernova Phase 1/2/3 & Starflight in mind". 

Let's have a look : 

Stardust - Soundscape/Drone - 0’00” - 2’27” 

This is a soundscape, or drone if you will. After "Starflight" of the previous album, the navigation systems crashed during the sound wave journey. Covered in "Stardust" we are gliding further into space, just following beacons ... 

Quantum Particles - Electronic/Synthesizer - 2’28” - 8’03” 

Engines are at full power, navigation is back online, but something mysterious is happening. Tiny particles, not visible to the naked eye, are penetrating our ship. Quantum Particles, we try to analyse, to comprehend them. We even fear them a bit, but they look interesting. Can we use them ? What are they doing ? 

Cosmic Rays - Electronic/Synthesizer - 8’04” - 13’40” 

We barely started to comprehend the basics of the Quantum Particles when we noticed a breach. Rays are entering our ship, even worse, Cosmic Rays, also invisible but very dangerous to us. We have to escape... 

End Of Flight(?) - Electronic/Synthesizer - 13’10 - 18’58” 

After all these dangerous adventures, the journey can continue again. We glide next to satellites, meteors and planets. Stars are rushing by. Everything turns into chaos, should we continue ? Or will this be the end of the journey ?

The Voyage Continues

A teaser for my new upcoming album; "2018-2019, The Late Bunny Edition". Going from ambient, to cinematic, new wave, synthpop to deep house. Full Album will be released soon !

2018-2019, The Late Bunny Edition

2018-2019, The Late Bunny Edition Teaser

2018 - 2019 Teaser

People can sometimes be so apathetic. Just accepting everything as long as it is repeated often enough by someone or if the media keeps on telling the same story over and over. Life just continues... Or is there a spark of curiosity, some emotion left?

Apathy

"There is no Planet B", it's something we hear often. That's quite right. We only have our "Planet E (arth)". This track perhaps belongs to the "Sound Journey" tracks (1-4) of this and previous albums. But don't be too negative. Sometimes having a (small) party is allowed too. So put that volume knob a little bit clockwise, a tad further towards maximum and feel the bass- and acidline ...

Planet E

Society is a strange thing. Sometimes everything around us appears threatening. A little later our surroundings look inviting again. The search for that balance, that fine line between what's ok, what isn't."Moving Society", in which way is society moving us. Or was it an attempt from us to move society in a different direction?

Moving Society

Strange world, strange times. Sometimes you're not feeling understood or appreciated. Saying or writing about how you feel, when you're a bit down, is frowned upon. The world has to be full of happy human robots, who keep on going and laughing no matter what happens. "Human Machines" reminds us how we can perform our best "happy" robot dance ...

Human Machines

Don't we all experience this? You do or say something and a little later you regret doing so. Sometimes you experience a threat and you take a defensive stance. This track tries to translate this feeling into sound.

Regrets

Run!

Drifting

Strange Signal

Star Creation

"Living Doll"

Inspiration Flow : Women's Fashion Week Milan 2013
I imagined those models as fragile walking and living dolls on the runway.

Made for reportage on on MODEYES : http://www.modeyes.com/?p=20203

Living Doll

While browsing the old seventies vinyl, I found an awsome record. That's when I started to sample a few "hits". Nevertheless this track became something completely new and not just a remix of the original. 

Funk your feet ... now ! (I can't imagine you won't even bob your head on this track)

Funk your feet (to the beat) - Filtered Disco House Edit -

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