Florence 1888, first floor apartment, Via de’ Tornabuoni. Slumped on the bed in my shoes, mid-afternoon. You know how it is..the tall windows open inwards, the shutters allowing in thin dusty slabs of ochre sun. The day's half-memories melting into the distance, like milk in a slow river. Limbs and tongue heavy, immobile, each breath a sugary draught of the otherworld. Distant noises; carts, whistling, a dog, crisscrossing my mind in tiny twinkles. My whole being gently reverberating in the transfer to sleep. 

Then a new thought...unable to be repelled. The growing, ugly realisation that I forgot to use the bedpan before I laid down.
Be good

Nick

Influenced by the beautifully mellow work of ELT https://soundcloud.com/extremeloungeterror
Photo is Snoring Old Man | by Nicky Wilkes

Twenty Winks

Due to Soundcloud's way of mishandling my releases, both when it comes to cover artworks and vocal snippets used in my music, I am hereby leaving this platform and will focus my releases with my label Legacy of Thought and uploads to Bandcamp and YouTube. 

I was born in Sweden but migrated to Singapore in 2002. It was here that my focus on music really took off. Inspired by all sounds that move the mind I enjoy producing music in just about all genres. I love to explore and break the boundaries of where one genre starts and another ends. The fusion of styles is very much what keeps my interest spinning, turning each new project into an adventurous ride.

My entry point to music was with synth-pop and since then my focus has been an ongoing circuit of classical, soundtracks, rock, blues, jazz, hip-hop, trip-hop, chill step, dubstep, and future bass.
When it comes to down-tempo music, I have a deep affection for introverted songs.  I prefer textures of melodic music which has a drive but every now and then allowing shorter ambient drones to fall in as an intro. I am also a fan of groovy dance music and enjoy the most a sleek and fairly minimalist sound where main instruments get a chance to shine.
When it comes to electronic music there is almost an avoidable tang of vintage elements making its way through. At times I let this go all the way working with analog sequencing.
Current and future projects are with a set focus on chill-step, future bass, and cinematic music to fit the Future Garage segment of music.

Ongoing album projects:
Pipe Dreams (Lo-Fi Trip/Hiphop & Dub)
The Silk Road Chronicles (Ethnic chill-out & cinematic)
HiberNation (fusion chill-out)
Quantum Theorem (electronic soundtracks)

Discography:
Against the Tide (Album)
Going Down History ft. Hemanifezt (Double Single)
Psyche (Album)
Not Without You
You Gotta Hold Me Tight
X:Hale (Album)
Equinox (Album)
We The Ones Now - i_n_c
Antidote EP - Yellow Belly
Souls Untamed - Indii Wild Moon
Let's Go Primal
White Lines - Ingela Rensfeldt
Rage Against The Dying Light
Sea of Tranquility
Dawn of an Empire
Under The Same Sky
Unspoken (Album)
In Perspective From My Hammock (Album)
Je T'aime Par Toute L'eternité ft. Sara Brito

Collective releases:
Take Me To Your Leader (Alien Invasion)
Sea Of Crises (Seas of the Moon)
Tectonic Movements (History of Earth)
Quantum Flux (History of the Universe)
Dawn of Osiris (Tales of the Wisemen)
Valley Of Roses (Route To Dakar)
Alpha Centauri - Decent On Proxima B (Coloniser)
Phlegethon River Of Flames (Nine Circles Of Hell)
Into The Yellow Sun (Into The Yellow Sun)
Cradle Of The Universe (Future Wonders)
Hyperspace Rendezvous (For A Blind Universe)
Zeus At Olympia (Ancient Wonders)
Hippodrome (Ancient Olympia)
The Tibetan Levitation Project (Ancient Mysteries)

Label:
Legacy of Thought

COMPOSER - PRODUCER
I PLAY BASS GUITAR AND DRUMS
IN THE BAND „4NO1“
(ALL STYLES, SINCE 1992)

Please see the Head of Hydrus Songs page https://soundcloud.com/headofhydrus
Everything that touches my heart is able to come into this area:)
And I will repost only songs  that blows my mind the most:)


Thanks much for 815980 Plays, 43392 Likes, 26920 Reposts, 10222 Comments and 7243 Downloads since 2016 !!!
Explanation to my open collabs (You see it in the title or the description):
The track is downloadable as a mp3 or wav file!
You can complete what you want!
If you publish it, you have to mention me in the description and title!
If you want the track different ...contact me!
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Unfortunately there are always people who use my open collab tracks, but don't have the decency to like the original track or to repost and comment...shame on them!
I will not support such collaborations anymore, no matter how good they are!

This is what I did.
Fast asleep now
Time was our only enemy 
Be good
Nick

All playing, vocals, composition are my own - unless credited.  I play directly on IOS synths on my iPad.  Most of what I do is layered improvisation.

COMPOSER - PRODUCER - MUSICIAN
I PLAY BASS GUITAR AND DRUMS
IN THE BAND „4NO1“
(ALL STYLES, SINCE 1992)

I've been creating music since March 2014.  Check out my https://soundcloud.com/dacca/sets/milestones playlist for key moments for me along the way since then.

Thank you for visiting my page - I hope you find a track or two that you like. Check out my playlists for different genres. 

I do enjoy musical collaborations, and here are my collaborations playlists:
https://soundcloud.com/dacca/sets/collaborations
https://soundcloud.com/dacca/sets/collaborations-2015
https://soundcloud.com/dacca/sets/collaborations-2016
https://soundcloud.com/dacca/sets/collaborations-2017
https://soundcloud.com/dacca/sets/open-all-hours-open playlist 
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If you'd like to listen to my early "hits" try listening to my One Year On playlist from March 2015:
https://soundcloud.com/dacca/sets/hits

Or you can try my 50,000 plays Playlist from early Sept 2015:
https://soundcloud.com/dacca/sets/50-000-plays-this-week

80,000 plays as I approach two years creating music and sharing on SoundCloud:
https://soundcloud.com/dacca/sets/soundcloud-toddler

Or try this "one stop shop" for a dacca marathon 124 track playlist of the most popular tracks on my stream in 2016 (shuffle play recommended) to celebrate my 100,000 plays:

https://soundcloud.com/dacca/sets/best-of-dacca-100-000-plays

And when I reached 200,000 plays I celebrated with this playlist which focusses on my collaborations over the years:

https://soundcloud.com/dacca/sets/dacca-and-friends-200-000
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When I got to 250k plays I created a 4 "Personal Best" albums for different genres (Rock/metal, space ambient/dark ambient, electronica). You can find them if search for them.

I'm a rocker, always will be. 

I'm also one half of Poleaxed:

https://soundcloud.com/poleaxed-1

My younger brother Pete was in a few punk-goth bands in the 90s, check out them on Strange Tall Songs on SoundCloud:

https://soundcloud.com/strangetallsongs

My older brother Gordon's son is also on SoundCloud under the name Idle John, and even has an album out on iTunes.

https://soundcloud.com/idle_john

My music is below
https://soundcloud.com/bluecherrykiss

Twenty Winks

Nicholas Ridiculous