Metamorph

Internal Reflection

Interlinked

DISILLUSION

Observer - Full Album
Available for purchase at:
https://darkhalo.bandcamp.com/album/observer

Also available to stream on:
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/observer/1372427283?app=itunes&ign-mpt=uo%3D4

Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/album/Bh4cpkbelf6acjx4hrbur2a7olq/Darkhalo/Observer

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/4EECakuEx7FarKedUjkCuk


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This album ended up being more influenced by personal life than my previous efforts. Previously I was much more focused on atmosphere and evocation, though I think with “The Dream Edge” there were a few tracks transitioning away from that to more intimate influences. The past couple of years have been good to me, but also introduced new and unexpected challenges that, looking back, profoundly influenced my mood and creative output in both conscious and subconscious ways.

Another shift in inspiration I took was a more respectful look at the past instead of a relentless focus on the future, innovation and progression. I attempted a balance this time – I don’t care for the idea of executing pure nostalgia, but hinting at it with things like more jungle-influenced breaks, lo-fi bit reductions and fuzz, simple adlib-inspired FM sounds, samples from my favorite ambient albums of the past couple decades. Much of that came from re-listening to old favorite albums as well, from the early 90s’ evolution of techno and breakbeat to jungle and drum & bass, the late 90s and early 00s forays into IDM, even old .mod/.s3m/.xm/.it favorites from my tracking days.

On the other hand, I tried some new things with hardware this time as well – about half of the tracks were done primarily with an Elektron Digitakt and Korg minilogue, in an attempt to better focus my sound in a world of practically unlimited sound sources. A pursuit of simplicity and balance of negative space also played a role in a few tracks here – again, influenced by humble daily life instead of trying to evoke a sense of fantastic empyrean scale and energy.

The resulting whole might seem a little disjointed, but probably no more so than any of my previous albums or EPs. My primary goals in producing music are to maintain integrity of personal expression, channeling my favorite influences and memories into combinations that I enjoy, and in that respect I’m content with the result here, and hope you find some enjoyment in it too.

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Observer

Chromatic Dispersion

Trespassing

Crystallovore

Five Constellations

Hidden World Of Tiny Plants

Faceted Multidimensional

Internal Reflection [Full Album Preview]

What's it Gonna Be?! [Busta Rhymes feat. Janet Jackson] - Remix

Call On Me Remix [Janet Jackson ft. Nelly]

An Immutable Peace

Binary Hearts

Latent Space

Our Future Calls Brightly

Point of No Return

Memory Fragment Loop

Weightless

Silver Strobe Cascades

Autoenigmatic

Lunar Echo

Bandcamp: https://darkhalo.bandcamp.com/album/interlinked-2
Full streaming release 1/30/2024

Interlinked [Full Album Preview]

Outtake from forthcoming album; this one didn't make the cut thematically despite similar production techniques and equipment. But I had fun with it so posting as a one-off. Sort of throwback nod to my early hardcore breakbeat influences (even with some cheeky Zero-G XTC vocals) but with a slightly modern glitchy twist

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shroud

blink

cure

memento

imperil

acceptance

disillusion

risk

infinity

sphere

spellbind

void

succumb

wish

illusion

Proof of Concept

Attack Vector

Hold Tight

Reconfig

The Horizon Leans Forward

Bandcamp Release: 06.23.20
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