Song made using only sounds from Kairatune for the KVR One Synth Contest #145 March 2021

The Return of Captain Trillian (OSC 145)

More on this 484th weekly Disquiet Junto project — A Movable Heart (The Assignment: Transplant the sounds of Chris Kallmyer’s wind chimes to a new location) — at: https://disquiet.com/0484/

More on Chris Kallmyer at: chriskallmyer.com.

Major thanks to Alex Hawthorn for support: alexhawthorn.com

More on the Disquiet Junto at: https://disquiet.com/junto/

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Image associated with this project is by Chris Kallmyer, used with his permission.

A Movable Heart - disquiet0484

Symphonix

Embark on a dance through the desert night — Sands of Seraphina blends deep trance rhythms with Arabic mysticism and ethereal female vocals. Each track flows seamlessly into the next, creating a continuous journey of movement and spirit.
Let the sands move beneath your feet, the moonlight guide your breath, and the voice of Seraphina awaken your inner rhythm.
This is dance as devotion — hypnotic, sensual, and alive.

🜂 Genre: Ceremonial Dance / Deep House / Ethno Trance
🜃 Flow: 8 continuous tracks
🜁 Instruments: Darbuka, oud, qanun, ney flute, analog synths, and sacred feminine voice
🜄 Artist: Leeuwenstein

#Leeuwenstein #SandsOfSeraphina #CeremonialDance #EthnoTrance #MysticHouse #DesertGroove #SpiritualDance #TranceJourney #PsyDance #FemaleVocals

Whispers from the Dunes

This is an album about black stars casting shadows on the present. Just like we can’t see if a dead star a million lightyears away is already dead, we can’t see if the future we have set our sights on actually exists. Becoming an artist and taking the risk associated with such a ludicrous, inadvisable and uneconomic „Lebensentwurf“ makes you constantly question your life’s choices and consider other paths you could have gone. But therein also lies the beauty and the greatest power of the artist. The pondering of eventualities is as important to successful art as any muse or idol. At least for me. The never-ending melancholy, the fear of failure and the boundless joy experienced during the creative process provide the artist with a new color for every day and a new melody for every night. Most of the time it is hard to separate the joy from sadness and the hope from despair. 

I worked on this album for the past 18 months and I have never made something that is such a concrete manifestation of my state of mind and a portrayal of my way of life. And while this is my darkest album since ‚Sondersensor‘, I also wanted it to be accessible and easy to dance to. This is a portrait of the artist as a young man and the backdrop is the urban dreamscape of a city that is eerily similar to the one I live in. The sound is dirty, urban and melancholic – the beats are simple and the textures are rich. In a way, this is the album I have always wanted to make. A culmination of the intensities and moods of the past two years. These moods will never disappear from my music but here they distilled to their clearest expression yet.


Bandcamp

The Achiever

Closer

The basic tracks for some of these songs were scattered through other music I had recorded over the last ten years.  Quarantine has given me the time to hear some of this music with fresh ears. In most instances dozens of instrument tracks were stripped away to find some forgotten core that made me nod or smile.  Then I started again.  All new recording has been done since the start of lock down and tries to put a sound on the subtle dislocation of a global disaster that is mostly (for me) expressed in my daily life as an absence, a taking away rather than a presence; a distantly felt thing.  

All tracks recorded and mixed at Shadowbear Studio.  Mastering at Black Knoll Studio.  Photo taken by Csilla Varadi.

Pelican Bay

Made for KVR One Synth Challenge #142. Synthesizer: Vital by Matt Tytel. DAW: Reaper. Detailed track info can be found on KVR forum.

Lyrics/phrases (Latin/English):
Omnes una manet nox / The same night awaits us all
In absentia lucis Tenebrae vincunt / In the absence of light, darkness prevails
Ira deorum / Wrath of gods
Qui totum vult totum perdit / He who wants everything loses everything
Verbum Domini manet in aeternum / The word of the Lord endures forever
Acta deos numquam mortalia fallunt / Mortal actions never deceive the gods
Factum fieri infectum non potest / It is done, it cannot be undone
Creatio ex nihilo / Creation out of nothing
Igne natura renovatur integra / Through fire, nature is reborn whole
Novus ordo seclorum / New order of the ages
Deo volente x2 / Gods willing

Deo Volente (OSC 142)

Made entirely with Matt Tytel's amazing synth Vital for KVR OSC #142.

MilksterX - What We Need

This track made for the KVR  One Synth Challenge using only sounds made by the great synth Vital. 

DAW; Reaper 6

Track details:
43 * Vital
43 * ReaEQ
7 * OTT
3 * TAL Dub-Delay
3 * LFX 1310 (auto panning)
5 * Twin Delay
8 * Oril River 
2 * Pecheneg Tremolo (in panning mode, alternate pianos!)

Master:
Satson CS
Ozone 8 Elements
Waves L3 Ultramaximizer

Metering:
Span
Youlean Loudness Meter 2

Stats:
LUFS|: -12.3
DR: 9

Enjoy

DoctorBob - Vital Signs are Good - OSC#142 Vital

All sounds including drums with Dexed, a free DX7 emulation. Pretty silly, but fun to write - I'll probably trying my luck in One Synth Challenge #143 with this one.

Recorded and mixed Jan 28, 2021 by Mountainé.

The Return of Captain Trillian (OSC 145)

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