A progressive rock/electro vibe featuring, https://soundcloud.com/spawn-of-sirius, on Native American Flute.
At the core of all we know, from an atom to a single cell and as far reaching as the so called the big-bang at the beginning of time. 
What lies beyond the boundaries of what we understand about life and the mysteries of the cosmos? Time will tell.
In four parts as follows..

1/  Space ~ 0:00
2/ Time ~ 1:16
3/ Life ~ 2:56
4/ Big-Bang ~ 5:38

Thanks for listening.
Arranged and produced by Mike Hilton © 02/02/16


Instruments;

PRS custom 24
Fender Strat
Takamine 6-string acoustic
Midi synth, keyboard, percussion.
Narration - Mike Hilton.
Some samples and fx courtesy of freesound.org

Special thanks.
Setuniman - various synth, perc and keys.
Spawn of Sirius, aka Alida Santandrea - Native American Flute on part 3 "Life" G echo Flute section.
Udo Pohlmann - Igluifhon.
Cover art - Composite image using Filmora software.


Release date 2/2/16

Nucleus

“Our backs are to the void...”- John Lilly
Multi-instrument player since 1978, Bands include: Broadcast, Slabs, String of Coincidence, Zamma, and Splatter.  Now Ivy, since 2013. Thanks for all the support - 43,000 plays and counting.

The Mental Straights is my musical ramblings on a plate. From dirty fuzz pop to anarchic and wacky , to punk to funk. But all laced with the same DNA.
And it's all old school...no computer trickery, just play and record and go. 
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music is life that is why we have heart BEATS.
Wicca life and music

Hello! Welcome to my page :) Thank you for all the listens, comments, likes and reposts. I love it to listen to all the wonderfull music here  ... my music is not for sale  ... just for fun... hope you enjoy it...        love you all ♥ :-)

Composer of multi-instrumental music, with a preference for longer, progressive and complexly arranged pieces.   

Have played guitar for many years, but I am probably a slightly odd type of guitarist. Not particularily interested in the guitar genre, not too keen on listening to long solos, etc. I don't enjoy playing for people - a party-killer, in short. However, leave me alone with this wonderful tool (or the keyboard, which I play too), and I will start experimenting with it, searching for something to develop. 

Strongly interested in classical music and anything remotely related to that. I want to construct music with a similar structure and complexity, although with other instruments, and in my own way...  
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During 2010-2013, I worked on a suite of related pieces, GUITARS PLAYED BY DS, with every sound played on the electric guitar. A major undertaking, and (all-in-all) 45+ minutes long, all complexly related and released in five segments.

During 2014-2015, the main focus was on the full-format 'LONG INSTRUMENTAL', a progressive work with lots of different instruments and sounds, restless and complex. Some sections stand on their own feet: MYSTERY, and FANFARE. 

The 2014-2015 recordings also resulted in two shorter pieces: CAMBRIAN EXPLOSION and CLUSTER OF WARNINGS.

During 2015 I initiated a suite played on classical guitars - GUITAR STRUCTURES. It is a series of slowly changing ideas, a weave of melodies and harmony, the first section out in April 2015 (the 2nd came 2 years later).  

I played guitars on Tolubai's wonderful ambient piece 'MEMORIES' (August 2015).

EARTHSHINE came out in January 2016; a darker and slightly dissonant progressive piece, and one of my personal favorites. So is SILENCE, out 1st July 2016. September 2016: IGNITION  with TOLUBAI and LET THERE BE LIGHT 22th Sept 2016 with PuppyWolf. 

20/11-2016: The OORT CLOUD PROJECT I-IX. An 18+ minutes long progressive synth-based instrumental, with lots of short guitar phrases integrated. Also, the spin-off PASSAGE was released. 

GROTESQUE released too in the end of 2016. The 19th January 2017, I released the sketch OMMA CONTRAPUNCTUS PROJECT. The 4th February 2017, the track '3 WORLDS COLLIDE' was released.

'Guitar Structure No. 2' out in March 2017, took 2 years to complete.

BEST OF 2 WORLDS was released in November 2017, another personal favorite composition.

APPROACHING: an unfinished sketch released 1st April 2018. TAURUS IV released 8th April 2018.

New Years evening 2019, quickly improvising a track: DECADE. Uploaded 23:58 local time. It was a very fun way of ending the year and I used a symbolic art cover with red sweeping in, but I wouldn't have dreamed of what was to come soon.

One main project this year is the SNOWFLAKES VARIATIONS suite; the Prelude was released in January 2020.

8th April 2020: CREATURES RISING was released. CREATURES OF THE RAINFOREST also a spinoff track (released 2021).

In the Lockdown March-April 2020, I recorded 'Era', out of frustration...

5th June 2020: REPORT FROM PLANET THREE, which was initiated 31st May 2019. 

31st July 2020: FORECAST was released. April 2021: SUMMER SNOWFLAKES, a 25 minute long track and perhaps my most ambitious ever. 

OCTOBER 22, 2021: OUTPOST. Was hell of a lot work behind this, which started out as the "Conquerer" project already in 2017. 

APRIL 28, 2022: The Disclosure (Part I).
SEPTEMBER 23, 2022: PEACE GUITARS. A track very dear to me, much of it written outdoors at the shores with my lovely dog with me. 

OCTOBER 6, 2023: SHAMBOLIC GUITARS.  Intensive recordings!

DECEMBER 7, 2024: TABOOOO released. (Oldfield Tribute)

SEPTEMBER 6, 2025: WATERFALL (part 1). Another part will follow in 2026!
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Many thanks for visiting here, and for the comments, 'Likes' & reposts.

D. Svensson Sept. 2022

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With the aim of promoting more guitar based instrumentals, progressive rock styles, multi instrumentals, folk, classical, ambient and a wider mix of genre, Guitarists and their different sound and technique, enjoying their music and keeping the producers creativity alive.. here's to all the great musicians on Soundcloud that deserve more exposure and support.
Thanks for listening,

 https://soundcloud.com/michael_hilton

SO, WHAT IS THIS? Answer: a substitute for the loss of the GROUP feature. 

Perhaps one day, slowly, this will grow into a repository of music from a wide range of creative, serious and brave composers; a vivid collectition of complex and detailed INSTRUMENTAL music, of many styles and influences ...  

There will be a preference here for 'epic' such music: complex, progressive, experimental (or, simply just great!). 

Guitar-based, hand-played, entirely sequenced, ambient, chill-out/synth-dominated, classical ... as long as there is a clear effort behind the music, a serious attempt to archieve something interesting, special...

Let me know if you think a certain track should be represented here: however, please attach a short intro of the track (a link without some personal message is going to be ignored).

No promises on how regularily this page will be updated; expect it to go in waves, from time to time ...

My music own will not be present here. The purpose of this page is different, so no such re-posting (i.e., the zero track counter). But (against the odds?) if you would figure out my real identity you are most welcome to my main SC page and visit my own tracks there  ... ;)

Relaxing, meditative music featuring Native American flutes.

Welcome and thanks for listening.. 

Composer of guitar instrumentals from Australia, producng music & film from the home studio in my spare time purely for enjoyment.

Inspired by some of the guitar greats & instrumental bands from the 60's and 70's era. 
I produce mostly original instrumental guitar tracks. a few covers & tributes, and involved in the odd collaboration.

In the spirit of the old Classic Soundcloud, please feel free to leave a comment or like.. would be greatly appreciated. In recent years it's been difficult to leave timeline comments possibly due to some AI issue, but i will certainly try to return by mutual interaction where possible.

To family, followers, friends and Soundcloud, thanks for all the support and inspiration over the years and hopefully many more to come.
Thanks for dropping by and I hope you enjoy the music.

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