How Can You Just Pretend? - Longwalkshortdock

Drum and Bass for a good cause! Check out this all DnB release featuring tons of friends with all proceeds going to help BC flood victims. This ones a bangzor. Hope you dig it. Thanks for the support of this cause and my music. Also big thanks to the legend Teebee for the slick master on this one. Plenty more coming soon. 

170+ Recordings & Digital Motion BC have teamed up to release the 'BC Flood Relief LP' which I have a track on. This 23 track various artist dnb compilation will be out Jan 5th on all platforms. Aside from purchasing this album there are many initiatives currently accepting donations. 100% of the proceeds from this release will be donated to local charities. A massive thank you to everyone who has contributed to this project.

Longwalkshortdock - If You're Asleep

3 Years ago today we lost my good friend and mentor Phil Western. Phil inspired and taught me a great deal and remains one of my favourite musicians of all time. Phil made a lot of different kinds of music and for this one I kinda drew inspiration from his downer rock, shoegaze side, which also happens to be some of the stuff of his I like the most. Phil started doing yearly tributes to his lost friend Dwayne Goettel whom I never got to meet but he continued them for more than 20 years as I knew it meant a lot to him and I hope to do the same for his memory. Please do yourself and Phils daughter a favour by going to his bandcamp, clicking on any release and select "Buy Digital Discography" for 30$ Its a truly staggering amount of work for that price and remains some of my most treasured music of all time. I miss you buddy I think you would have got a kick out of this. This tune is all Analog as he would have appreciated. Turn this one up for Phil and get lost in the drift. He was the loudest monitor abuser I've ever encountered haha. Hope you like it buddy we love you...

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Three Years - Longwalkshortdock (Phil Western Tribute)

Here's a really old really dumb song for all you cookie lovers. Big ups to my man Cookie Monster for nailing the vocals on this track. He sure loves those cookies... But he gets upset easily...

My Cookie - Longwalkshortdock

A tribute to Swan Lake created for the 2013 Shambhala Music Festival finale. I had sooo much fun playing there this year. Thanks for being a part of it. And thanks so much to my dancers Marina, Claire and Nikki and Lala the Swan. Cheers.

Stop Looking At Me Swan - Longwalkshortdock

A song inspired by some of my favorite video game sounds of all time from ID softwares "DOOM 2". Please do yourself a favor and buy all their fantastic games. There are so many and they are beyond classic. They have really shaped my life in a strange way... And make sure you play them at full volume and get consumed with the awesome. Hope you enjoy! 

Degreelessness Mode - Longwalkshortdock

4 Years ago today we lost my good friend and mentor Phil Western. Phil inspired and taught me a great deal and remains one of my favourite musicians of all time. Phil made a lot of different kinds of music and for this one I kinda drew inspiration from his long runner old school techno  "get lost in the drift" type thing, notable inspire by his tune "The Sign" which is one of my all time favourites. Phil started doing yearly tributes to his lost friend Dwayne Goettel whom I never got to meet but he continued them for more than 20 years as I knew it meant a lot to him and I hope to do the same for his memory. Please do yourself and Phils daughter a favour by going to his bandcamp, clicking on any release and select "Buy Digital Discography" for 30$ Its a truly staggering amount of work for that price and remains some of my most treasured music of all time. I miss you buddy I think you would have got a kick out of this. This tune is all done with hardware analog synths as he would have appreciated. Turn this one up for Phil and get lost in it. He was the loudest monitor abuser I've ever encountered haha. Hope you like it buddy we love you... Also sorry if your names Bethany but that sample is too funny.

Four Years - Longwalkshortdock (Phil Western Tribute)

Five year ago today (ok this is like 8 months late I'm very sorry busy year) we lost my good friend and mentor Phil Western. Phil inspired and taught me a great deal and remains one of my favourite musicians of all time. I made this tribute almost entirely out of analog synths (except the drums and the acid line) and this year they were very problematic which is why this is so late. Its a long story, im sure you don't care but things happen.... I gotta ditch my mixing desk, things done. Anyway, Phil started doing yearly tributes to his lost friend Dwayne Goettel whom I never got to meet but he continued them for more than 20 years as I knew it meant a lot to him and I hope to do the same for his memory. These are very different from my regular style as I generally try to to channel things that Phil would like or do for the theme and principle of these songs. I try to have these come out in early February on the actual anniversary but this year was especially challenging and I had a lot of issues with this one, thanks for the patients I do apologize but I have not forgotten. I am gonna try and have one of these come out once a year until I also perish, close to February if possible but touring schedules etc and how much I have going on in life might push it here and there. Please do yourself and Phils daughter a favour by going to his bandcamp, clicking on any release and select "Buy Digital Discography" for 30$ Its a truly staggering amount of work for that price and remains some of my favourite music of all time. I miss you buddy I think you would have got a kick out of this. Turn this one up for Phil. He was the loudest monitor abuser I've ever encountered haha. Hope you like it buddy we love you

Five Years - Longwalkshortdock (Phil Western Tribute)

Introducing the 12 days of SQUASHMAS! A tune a day from my latest full length album  "Squashing Machine" Available for sale online NOW! At eastvandigital, beatport, junodownload, itunes etc.

Really hope you enjoy it, thanks so much for the support.
Much Love - LWSD

Direct Purchase Links:

EVD Store
http://www.eastvandigital.com/EVDvelop/sample-page/store/longwalkshortdock-squashing-machine
Beatport
http://classic.beatport.com/release/squashing-machine/1495507
iTunes
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/squashing-machine/id977660193
Juno
http://www.junodownload.com/products/longwalkshortdock-squashing-machine/2744631-02/

Buy at EVD

I'm Forgetful - Longwalkshortdock - Squashing Machine - AVAILABLE NOW

Here's a little song for the 7th day of Squashmas about making mistakes.... Hey! Its gonna be alright! These things happen! This is a tune from my latest full length album "Squashing Machine" Available for sale online NOW! At eastvandigital, beatport, junodownload, itunes etc.

Really hope you enjoy it, thanks so much for the support.
Much Love - LWSD

Direct Purchase Links:

EVD Store
www.eastvandigital.com/EVDvelop/samp…shing-machine
Beatport
classic.beatport.com/release/squash…achine/1495507
iTunes
itunes.apple.com/ca/album/squashi…hine/id977660193
Juno
www.junodownload.com/products/longw…ne/2744631-02/

Fat Mess - Longwalkshortdock - Squashing Machine - AVAILABLE NOW

I don't even know why the scientists make them?!?!
This is a tune from my latest full length album "Squashing Machine" Available for sale online NOW! At eastvandigital, beatport, junodownload, itunes etc.

Really hope you enjoy it, thanks so much for the support.
Much Love - LWSD

Direct Purchase Links:

EVD Store
www.eastvandigital.com/EVDvelop/samp…shing-machine
Beatport
classic.beatport.com/release/squash…achine/1495507
iTunes
itunes.apple.com/ca/album/squashi…hine/id977660193
Juno
www.junodownload.com/products/longw…ne/2744631-02/

Choked By Robots - Longwalkshortdock - Squashing Machine - AVAILABLE NOW

Sometime you loose the will..... you loose the will to strive....But thats ok, you just switch tracks and get going in a different direction. Hey! Lets all go to Machu Picchu? Why not.
This is a tune from my latest full length album "Squashing Machine" Available for sale online NOW! At eastvandigital, beatport, junodownload, itunes etc.

Really hope you enjoy it, thanks so much for the support.
Much Love - LWSD

Direct Purchase Links:

EVD Store
www.eastvandigital.com/EVDvelop/samp…shing-machine
Beatport
classic.beatport.com/release/squash…achine/1495507
iTunes
itunes.apple.com/ca/album/squashi…hine/id977660193
Juno
www.junodownload.com/products/longw…ne/2744631-02/

Lost The Will To Strive - Longwalkshortdock - Squashing Machine - AVAILABLE NOW

A tiny taste of some of the new Drum and Bass I've been messing around with, this time featuring the much appreciated and talented mixing/mastering help of my good friend Matt Simmers of Terravita, and accidental vocal participation of the screamtacular Skinny Martini. Also this will be featured on a mix coming out soon by Dan Snakehead featuring all free DnB songs so keep an eye out for that. Cheers! Hope you like it, this is just the start, lots more to show you soon....

Fix This - Longwalkshortdock - FREE DOWNLOAD

A new mix of the Classic "Keep It Round" song from my first album "Casual Tea"

This one appears on the Keep it round Remixes EP out now from East Van Digital...

I think its a way better sounding mix, as I didnt have as much experience at the time of the first record and this one I always thought wasnt so great sounding, so I've cleaned it up a little bit for ya. Hope you dig. Both versions on sale online now...

Keep It Round - Longwalkshortdock (2011 Re-Work)

Something Out Of Nothing - Longwalkshortdock (DEMO)

RELOADING!!!! 

Only the tip of the ice berg of new bangers.... but this is all you get of the new fleet for now... mwahahahaha......

hope you dig :D



Reloading! - Longwalkshortdock (DEMO)

Here is the song you could jam out the stems with on the bridge at Bass Coast Festival 2016! This was a really fun collaborative effort between the geniuses at  Monkey C Interactive (Victoria BC) and myself. Was really a treat watching people mess around with it, thanks for participating! Summer is just around the corner, hope this helps kick start your festival season stoke levels! Cheers. 

P.S. If you camped by the bridge and heard this song waaaaaay too much I'm......I'm very sorry haha. :P

FREE TUNES 

I Don't Like The Heat - Longwalkshortdock - FREE DOWNLOAD

I would like to pay homage to one of my favorite composers of all time, Nobuo Uematsu. His music for the Final Fantasy series over the years has greatly inspired me and was one of the main reasons I wanted to pursue music in the first place. This particular cover is from Final Fantasy 7 upon first entering the city of the ancients, one of favorite parts of the game. Many thanks Nobuo for the continuing inspiration, I absolutely love your stuff. Cheers. Enjoy the Free Download!

City Of The Ancients - Nobuo Uematsu Final Fantasy VII - Longwalkshortdock Cover

Have a snarly, grindy rager to kick off your weekend. Big ups to the homies Pigeon Hole for doing a remix of this one. Go grab it and peep there dope shit too! Link below.

https://soundcloud.com/pigeon_hole/lwsd-cold-war-pigeon-hole-remix

Disclaimer: I wrote this song a long time before there was an actual cold war happening haha.

Cold War - Longwalkshortdock - FREE DOWNLOAD

I've always been in love with music from Super Metroid, original score by Kenji Yamamoto... This fun moody remix is something I just always wanted to do and although not necessarily a "party banger" a lot of the music I make behind the scenes is just for love of music so, I hope you'll enjoy it.  Also play Super Metroid, its amazing. Thanks for listening.

Lower Brinstar - Kenji Yamamoto - Super Metroid - Longwalkshortdock Remix

Did you Shred it with me at Shambhala 2018 bro? Man that was a lot of fun. Big ups for the inspiration for this from one of my favorite vids on the internet by Nathan Williams aka "theshreditbro" You can find him on insta/youtube for more hilarious stuff, go check it. Many thanks once again to Shambhala Music Festival for having me and letting me do these kinds of things. Look for the recap video from Rebel Cause Films on my Facebook to see the spectacle if you missed it. SHRED IT BRO!

Shred It Bro - Longwalkshortdock

How Can You Just Pretend? The fourth album from Longwalkshortdock is available now! Find it on iTunes, Beatport, Spotify, Juno Download or whever you support musicians that love what they do and want to keep doing it.

I'd like to thank you immensely and personally for your initial support of this release. It's in the Top #20 overall releases on Beatport as of today and #10 in iTunes Top 200 Releases Electronic Chart. I am truly blown away by this. I literally can't believe it. Thank you so so much for supporting me and my music, now and in the past. I genuinely can't thank you enough. Hope you enjoy.

This Is The Best:

A song about being anxious, restless, stir crazy and overcoming those things for the love of live music and the potential to meet new people, new lovers or go on adventures. You don't always need your friends to get out of the house. Go find something/someone that inspires you. The last couple years were really rough... but there was some good times in there too. Fun Fact: This song used to be calle "Happy Aprcident".... I might still use that for something haha..... Enjoy...

How Can You Just Pretend?

This Is The Best - Longwalkshortdock - How Can You Just Pretend? - NEW ALBUM AVAILABLE NOW

How Can You Just Pretend? The fourth album from Longwalkshortdock is available now! Find it on iTunes, Beatport, Spotify, Juno Download or wherever you support musicians that love what they do and want to keep doing it.

I'd like to thank you immensely and personally for your initial support of this release. It peaked at #14 in the overall releases on Beatport and is iTunes Top 200 Releases Electronic Chart. I am truly blown away by this. I literally can't believe it. Thank you so so much for supporting me and my music, now and in the past. I genuinely can't thank you enough. Hope you enjoy.

Not possible:

A song about heartbreak and a love the universe denied. I'm so sorry. We tried, but you know and I know.........

Not Possible - Longwalkshortdock - How Can You Just Pretend? - NEW ALBUM AVAILABLE NOW

How Can You Just Pretend? The fourth album from Longwalkshortdock is available now! Find it on iTunes, Beatport, Spotify, Juno Download or wherever you support musicians that love what they do and want to keep doing it.

I'd like to thank you immensely and personally for your initial support of this release. It peaked at #14 in the overall releases on Beatport and is iTunes Top 200 Releases Electronic Chart. I am truly blown away by this. I literally can't believe it. Thank you so so much for supporting me and my music, now and in the past. I genuinely can't thank you enough. Hope you enjoy.

Sludge: A trudgey sloggin journey thru some kinda muck. Sometimes my brain resembles this state...

Sludge - Longwalkshortdock - How Can You Just Pretend? - NEW ALBUM AVAILABLE NOW

How Can You Just Pretend? The fourth album from Longwalkshortdock is available now! Find it on iTunes, Beatport, Spotify, Juno Download or wherever you support musicians that love what they do and want to keep doing it.

I'd like to thank you immensely and personally for your initial support of this release. It peaked at #14 in the overall releases on Beatport and has been in the iTunes Top 200 Releases Electronic Chart for months now. I am truly blown away by this. I literally can't believe it. Thank you so so much for supporting me and my music, now and in the past. I genuinely can't thank you enough. Hope you enjoy.

Watch Your Step: That lady really wanted her chicken nuggets. Don't make her assume her ultimate form!!!!

Watch Your Step - Longwalkshortdock - How Can You Just Pretend? - NEW ALBUM AVAILABLE NOW

How Can You Just Pretend? The fourth album from Longwalkshortdock is available now! Find it on iTunes, Beatport, Spotify, Juno Download or wherever you support musicians that love what they do and want to keep doing it.

I'd like to thank you immensely and personally for your initial support of this release. It peaked at #14 in the overall releases on Beatport and has been in the iTunes Top 200 Releases Electronic Chart for months now. I am truly blown away by this. I literally can't believe it. Thank you so so much for supporting me and my music, now and in the past. I genuinely can't thank you enough. Hope you enjoy.

Goodbye Horse: I was meaning....to tell them something.....never got too.... You can take the kid out of the rock and roll but you cant take the rock and roll out of the kid. Lay down some drum and bass shit on em

Goodbye Horse - Longwalkshortdock - How Can You Just Pretend? - NEW ALBUM AVAILABLE NOW

How Can You Just Pretend? The fourth album from Longwalkshortdock is available now! Find it on iTunes, Beatport, Spotify, Juno Download or wherever you support musicians that love what they do and want to keep doing it.

I'd like to thank you immensely and personally for your initial support of this release. It peaked at #14 in the overall releases on Beatport and has been in the iTunes Top 200 Releases Electronic Chart for months now. I am truly blown away by this. I literally can't believe it. Thank you so so much for supporting me and my music, now and in the past. I genuinely can't thank you enough. Hope you enjoy.

Fuck Dance Music - A song about following who you love, or following your dreams.... A horrible choice. I chose dreams. I'm so sorry S.J.L.S

Released by:
East Van Digital

Fuck Dance Music - Longwalkshortdock - How Can You Just Pretend? NEW ALBUM AVAILABLE NOW

Bit of a new direction for me I'm toying with.... Thoughts? Drop a comment.... Its not quite done yet blah blah blah.....

Awesome Salad - Longwalkshortdock (Demo)

Green Bastard approved bangers... Haha More demo's just cause... I dunno what you think? Thanks for listening

Clothsline - Longwalkshortdock (Demo)

First LWSD release of the year out now! Had the great pleasure of doing a remix for Tamarak (aka Josh of Daega Sound fame) for his Chromeus release. I’ve always been a massive fan of Daega since I first saw them at Soundwave and Basscoast years ago and have huge respect for their tone, vibe and sound design. It really inspired me to try something different for this one so check it out! Live for sale now on all major platforms. Also a remix on here from local legend Taal Mala so you can’t go wrong. My aim is to release a lot of music this year so let’s get right on it. Enjoy! Happy New Year! Big ups to Josh for this release and thanks a lot for letting me have a crack at this.

Tamarak - Mirror Stone (Longwalkshortdock Remix) OUT NOW!

A year ago today we lost my good friend and mentor Phil Western. Phil inspired and taught me a great deal and remains one of my favourite musicians of all time. I made this tribute entirely out of analog synths (except the drums)including his own Andromeda as he would have appreciated that. I also tried to include as many "Philisims" as I could such as the delay arps, stretched snares, ghostly crooning ladies, samples about psychedelia and of course what I like to call "the Phil riff" (3:45) Phil started doing yearly tributes to his lost friend Dwayne Goettel whom I never got to meet but he continued them for more than 20 years as I knew it meant a lot to him and I hope to do the same for his memory. Please do yourself and Phils daughter a favour by going to his bandcamp, clicking on any release and select "Buy Digital Discography" for 30$ Its a truly staggering amount of work for that price and remains some of my favourite music of all time. I miss you buddy I think you would have got a kick out of this. Turn this one up for Phil and get lost in the drift. He was the loudest monitor abuser I've ever encountered haha. Hope you like it buddy we love you.

One Year - Longwalkshortdock (Phil Western Tribute)

will you be the end of me?
we'll see....



We'll See - Longwalkshortdock (Album Version)

Oh man... this was so fun to do.
No disrespect to Bob Ross. I actually really the dig the guy and his art.
This is just for laughs...

Any Illusion that you want (Thats Nice) - Longwalkshortdock (Old Intro)

Today was supposed to be my favourite day of the year. I am missing playing at the AMP at Shambhala for you guys terribly this year so as a small glimpse of fun we've had I give you the Shambhala 2019 Mega Man remix montage finale. Its a Drum and Bass remix of some of my most beloved music from Mega Man 2 and 3 with some cheeky other samples and tidbits for good measure. Some of you may find this one a bit "odd", especially if your not a gamer, but you have to understand the Mega Man 2/3 score by Takashi Tateishi, Manami Matsumae and Yasuaki Fujita are among the top reasons I started to pursue making music in the first place, so this one is very special to me. To say they were an influence is a serious understatement. My first ever recordings on cassette were of the scores to these games. It goes right to the core of who I am as a person. It was drum and bass almost before there was drum and bass. If you don't have the nostalgia connection to these songs I hope you can still enjoy this for how good the original songs were and how much they have shaped my entire life. I miss you all and I miss Shambhala but we shall return. Please take care of yourselves and be safe out there. Much Love. Fun Fact: Did you know the Final Fantasy 4 Zeromus end boss destruction sound and end of Mega Man 2 end boss defeat sound have been featured in every Shambhala finale for the last 10 years? Facts. Again the whole "this music is my life" thing... Anyway, hope you enjoy it.

Mega Man Massif - Longwalkshortdock Remix

Shout outs Kermode for letting me remix his tune Chameleon! Special thanks Woofax for the master on this one too. Had a lot of fun making this tune. Here's some energy to roll into your New Year with. Enjoy. Stay safe and rad. I've always wanted a Chameleon, the way they walk back n forth with their mitten hands. I've always wanted a Chameleon, but they need a lot of room and they don't like noise...

Chameleon - Kermode - Longwalkshortdock Remix

What the hell.... here's the live recording of me doing one of my first super cheater DJ sets in 2014 for the Nautilus Parties at Anza club thrown by the legendary SHAH DJ's. I don't know how to DJ... I never did... if you saw me play it was cause I was playing my own shit like a band. I feel like I've been over and over this but I still have to tell people this month after month for almost 20 years. Anyway, I was told I could do whatever I want... well this is what happens.... 7 years ago mind you. Fuck it, I'm holding onto so much stuff its kinda stupid at this point, just fucking have it. Huge grain of salt factor in full effect. Relax, its just music. Enjoy if possible. Promoters: this is what happens when you get pay talent in beer hahaha ... . .  .. . ....... ><

Strange Things I've Done

"Mr. King" LIVE at Anza Club "DJ" Set from 2014 at Nautilus for SHAH DJ's - FREE DL

2 Years ago today we lost my good friend and mentor Phil Western. Phil inspired and taught me a great deal and remains one of my favourite musicians of all time. Phil made a lot of different kinds of music and for this one I kinda drew inspiration from his downer rock, shoegaze side, which also happens to be some of the stuff of his I like the most. This was entirely built around a tiny patch I made on my Ipad and uploaded to my instagram a few months ago. It was fun working backwards like that as I thought it kinda had the right vibe. Phil started doing yearly tributes to his lost friend Dwayne Goettel whom I never got to meet but he continued them for more than 20 years as I knew it meant a lot to him and I hope to do the same for his memory. Please do yourself and Phils daughter a favour by going to his bandcamp, clicking on any release and select "Buy Digital Discography" for 30$ Its a truly staggering amount of work for that price and remains some of my most treasured music of all time. I miss you buddy I think you would have got a kick out of this. Turn this one up for Phil and get lost in the drift. He was the loudest monitor abuser I've ever encountered haha. Hope you like it buddy we love you...

Two Years - Longwalkshortdock (Phil Western Tribute)

Longwalkshortdock esentially started the first time Dave King heard gritty electronic music in early eighties videogames. Strongly influenced by these sounds and melodys, Dave started recording and looping segments as a child. He also got a taste for sampling and recording; taping segments of his piano practice to fool his parents into thinking he was practicing in the other room when he was really playing nintendo (note : actually practicing might have served him better). Currently, a veteran of sound design and electronic music production for well over a decade, Longwalkshortdock's music has stepped into a genre of its own. Heavily influnced by early 80s video game music, metal and rock music, found-sound and vintage analog synthesis, he stacks layers of melody in his tracks until they implode and reform. Heavy drums and aggresive synths join forces with rolling grooves and melodic lead lines to create a wide variety of slamming dance floor originals. Lesser known fact : Not limited to dance music, LWSD's music crosses into many territories. His vast catalogue of hundreds of songs dives into ambient, IDM, electro, acid, house, big beat, indie rock, drones, electronica and down tempo. Dave holds two degrees from the Art Institute of Burnaby for Music Recording and Production. Playing songs and remixes he wrote and produced, Longwalkshortdock performs live PA with live vocals, synthesizers, drum machines, guitar, effects, toys, computers and even some of his own strobes and lighting. Know for his increadably "enthusiastic" performances, longwalkshortdock creates an undeniable stage presence and visceral experience at a show. Break through performances at Soundwave 2009 and Shambhala 2010 have made LWSD an artist to watch out for. He was even recently featured on the legendary Annie Nightingales pod cast on BBC radio 1 as a result of a review received about his "smashing" Shambhala 2011 performance. Longwalkshortdock has performed live with the likes of Phil Western (Download, Skinny Puppy, Kone) and opened for talented artists like, MSTRKRFT, Opiuo, Junkie XL, Vibesquad, Alex Patterson (The Orb), Mimosa, Adam Freeland, Shout out out out out and Matt the Alien too name a few. Always working to enhance and upgrade the LWSD live experience Dave is currently in the process of collaborating with veteran of visual wizardry Tim Hill of RIM Visuals. Using at least 10 projectors loaded with custom content, the live LWSD experience is nothing short of a full venue transformation into a etherial and immersive light cube of doom! Longwalkshortdocks second self-released record entitled "Bigger Fish Frying" follows up on his debut album "Casual Tea" with many signs of progress and promise. Final point of note : Did you know they found him in a cave on the moon? Thats what i heard...

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