Name: save what you need by Mark Cameron
Duration: 2 min 50 s
Description: demo track with Dr Chris on drums n bass...

Song of the Lark and Other Far Memories

Alive and Dying (Waving, Smiling)

Hi people,

Just a little sound born from other musical thoughts and ideas. It became interesting and full enough to be it's own little entity with a hark back towards a retro vibe.

Take care one and all.
Step.

Entity - Step5

Loved working on this with my friend Joe.

It all formed during lockdown 1 and although it's one of those that's never quite going to feel finished to me. (don't ask) it has so many elements that I love in music.

I love its pace, its slow build, tempo and feel. There's huge influences from Lemon Jelly and the spoken word world of music and story telling. Hopefully the feeling of not quite capturing the world around you comes to mind. What's with you in a moment? What's been there before you?

I hope you love it as much as us. Fingers crossed you latch on to feel something from it.

Cheers all.
Step & Joe

P.s. It is hiding out there on Spotify etc. with some other fun and funny sounds from us.

Clouds on the Road - Step5 & Joe

Return

Orpheus Looking Back

St. Non

Acicula - a needlelike part; spine, bristle, or needlelike crystal.

An early idea meandering into existence. Might be it, might not. <3

Nice to make something.

Stay well all, thank you for stopping by,
Step.

Ac1cula - Step5

demo track with Dr Chris on drums n bass...

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save what you need

Time

Here we are, finally got this one together.

All my ideas to the animation scribbled below, doing my best to describe the different time points and what my brain has been up to and visualising.

If any one is keen, get in contact.

Wreckless Urbandon
The melting Pot: 00:00 - 02:25
Our character is concerned, they've just about been surviving in city life but suffering from stress and anxiety. Things are becoming too much. They miss nature, clean spaces and calm, there's too much human rubbish everywhere, from litter to politics.
The final straw is forgetting or losing their keep cup. They order a takeaway coffee in a cup. When finished they don't know whether to recycle it or put it in the rubbish bin. They don't want to put it in the rubbish bin, but can it be recycled? They put it in the side of their bag instead. It's not fully empty and leaks all over them.

n.b. There is a hint of eco warrior about our character, but that doesn't have to be the sole storyline (?) This story maybe a better told focusing on recognising stress & anxiety and helping those with it?

Too much: 02:25 - 03:45
Part 1. 02:25 - 03:05:
Over whelmed by it all the character finds them self running, frantically bouncing off human made structures, vehicles, other people, litter, objects, colours, lights etc. The city is too much.
Part 2. 03:05 - 03:45:
Colour starts to drain out of picture. The world loses it's filling. Slipping in to line drawn animation and moving to black & white. Eventually the world crackles down to just a single line with our character in it. The line is spiky not rounded before it finally flattens out. It's just the character and a flat line that they're running on. The line ends and they slip off the end falling in to nothingness, falling.

Not what I thought: 03:45 - 04:25
They are touched on the shoulder by a stranger who stops to check and offer help.
Our character is curled up tightly in a ball at the foot of a tree on the edge of the city park, the city just next door but nature within touching distance. Comfort & Support begins to feel real. Humans can help. Friends are near.

It's still here: 04:25 - 05:05
The helper comforts them and points up at the circling birds of prey between the skyscrapers above. They see wildlife all around them, friendly, surviving, thriving. They understand what they're looking for in this world, what they need to help them an what they need to do to help each other, themselves and everything. They start to move in time with the footsteps. With confidence.

Night time: 05:05 - 05:45
An urban fox appears as the camera spins back in to the depth of the city. They're running with it. It's enjoying being followed. It's playing. They are as well.

Balance 05:45 - 07:05
Our character and friend run with foxes, birds of prey, insects, wildlife. GLOWING FIREFLIES EVERYWHERE. In between cars, traffic over bins through doors around street corners, through the park, smiling. Laughing, running. Making their world.
The towers and human mess loses it's filling. gliding back to line drawn animation and moving to black & white, except for our two characters and the wildlife / nature. The world simplifies down to just a single line with our characters and wildlife. The line finally flattens out. It's just the characters and wildlife and a flat line that they're all running on. The line ends and they stream off down and up as birds, fireflies and water.

Samples thanks to:
Footsteps on concrete sound effect - ProFX
Station Anouncement - Perambulum
Street Ambience - Daniel Simon
Traffic Jam - Yo Mama

Wreckless Urbandon UNMASTERED - Step5

Honoured to share our second remix for Tiny Fighter and their track Perfect Game.

Really hope you all enjoy.

It's all up on Spotify. Please use the link.

Cheers,
Step & Perambulum.

Spotify

Perfect Game - Tiny Fighter (Step5 & Perambulum Fall Apart Remix)

Sweet Lucy / Wild Mountain Thyme

Wild Mountain Thyme

after work guitar and vox noodler. catching as much time as possible to create new tunes, capturing them when i can, but more often than not lost to the ether.

save what you need

Mark Cameron

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