Suite for Marimba and Bass Recorder.
Commissioned by Duo Blockstix.

Auto Dafe Suite:

Auto Dafe Suite for Bass Recorder and Marimba (Four Wooden Rites)

Synthwave Instrumentals [backing tracks] - By NyQuest

A funky deep house track inspired by the video game "Among Us" and sequenced with modular eurorack and drumbrute drum-machine.

One Among Us - Original Deep House by NyQuest

Full mix by NyQuest:

(1) Retroactive Harmony Jam
(2)Cruiser Class Vessel
(3)Mega Drive Outrun
(4)New Wave Files
(5)Wired Communications ft. Lady Electric
(6)Navigation Beacon Delta ft. Derek J Turner
(7)Spooky House
(8)Star Trancer Pie
(9)Neo Neopolitan

Friday Night Lights: Synthwave_FullMix by NyQuest

Electro-Sovietwave remix of the "Red Alert" Soundtrack" by NyQuest.
Adapted from two loops from the OST to "Command and Conquer: Red Alert (1996)" score by Frank Klepacki.

R.U.R. March: 001 - Sovietwave Remix by NyQuest

Sovietwave Mix including synthwave by: NyQuest / Emulate / Jordan F / Протон-4 / Mr?E / Audiowavez / Gummy Boy

Sovietwave Mix NyQuest+41S 124BPM

140BPM Uptempo Synthwave/Dark Mix by NyQuest.

Sci-fi/Spacewave/Darkwave mix by Nyquest: Mr. Fuzion /Gunship /Jordan F /Pertubator /NyQuest / Power Glove / Mr. Fuzion

Spaceship Warp Speed DarkWave Mix(140BPM) by NyQuest

"Boss Fight" Synthwave Remix, an uptempo mix of retro electronica and synthwave with a "Final Boss Fight" remix theme.

130BPM

Mix of fighting synthwave including: Mick Gordon / Emulate / PowerGlove / Sheridan Black /Galatic Beatz / Mick Gordon / NyQuest / PowerGlove

"Boss Fight!" Synthwave Mix (130BPM) by NyQuest

Chill Synthwave Mix by NyQuest, all Originals by NyQuest.

Synthwave and Chill (Mix 1 of 2)_70 to 130 BPM

NyQuest Synthwave (22)!! Originals Mix

Original Music by NyQuest:
Cruiser Class
Mallwave
Love Rains
Galaxy Adrift
MJ Love
French Bells 89
Stand Together (Instrumental)
New Wave Synth
City Limits 128
Cyber Theory 128

Weird Science Full Mix (no leads) Loop Tracks

Full sovietwave mix for Red Alert Event 2023.

NyQuest_(ft. Mr?E & 4IS)_FULL LENINWAVE_MIX(B4DB3)

Sax Setlist (All Originals) by NyQuest:

00’00” - Sax Man
04’40” - Groove City
09’48” - Sax Outrun
14’ 16” - Workout Wave
18’ 04” - Galaxy Adrift
21’ 28” - Dark Sax

SaxWave by NyQuest (Set list of Synthwave Sax Originals)

"String Theory" is an interactive concert work that intertwines the resonant tones of the paetzold contrabass recorder, live electronic music featuring sub bass frequencies, and immersive video projections inspired by Galileo Galilei's celestial research. Designed using MaxMSP, this multidimensional experience takes the audience on a captivating journey through the harmonious realms of both music and astronomy.

The paetzold contrabass recorder, renowned for its deep, resonating timbre, serves as the centerpiece of "String Theory". Its commanding presence and virtuosic expressions evoke a sense of wonder, embodying the cosmic vibrations that once fascinated Galileo. Through MaxMSP, the recorder's melodies and textures blend seamlessly with live electronic manipulations, where sub bass frequencies merge with the organic sounds, blurring the boundaries between the earthly and the ethereal. Accompanying this cacephony of sound, minimal/animated video projections influenced by Galileo's celestial observations unfold in real-time, creating a synesthetic experience that transports the audience into a realm where music and visual imagery harmonize.

"String Theory" not only pays homage to (both) Galileo's groundbreaking contributions to science and music but also invites contemplation of the interconnectedness between the celestial and the terrestrial. This innovative concert work combines the power of live performance, electronic manipulation, and immersive visuals to create a mosaicesque journey where sonics ripple through the vast cosmic tapestry.

StringTheory Workshop 01 June23

Tanox is a new work for an unlikely multimedia ensemble, Alto Saxophone, Harp and fixed media with stereo output. Functioning as a cycle of eight (8) short movements that follows a narrative that is based on a true story. Solo, polyphonic and homophonic instrumental textures weave in and around the set electronic accompaniment. The spoken text, derived from a nostalgic interview from the storyteller and protagonist, is central to the development of each fixed-media segment. Manipulated and live Harp and Saxophone ornamentation contributes to the many textures and aesthetics of the work. Granular synthesis, phase-vocoding and other algorithmic processes contribute to the textures that produce the sometimes meandering, potentially ambient and frequently rhythmically charged attacks that constitute the form of the work.

In homage to the many great stories to come from the generations above, this work tells the story of my (Mark Oliveiro’s) grandfathers ‘near-death-experience’ during the Japanese occupation of Singapore (WWII). An organized physical confrontation that spirals out of control, Tanox, retells the story of a 15 year old boy’s sparring encounter with a Japanese military officer. Conceptually, the two instruments speak as the two opposing yet central characters: Vivien (‘Tano’) the boxer and the challenging  Japanese Solider. Each miniature progresses through the various blocks of the story, following the pride and fall of a confident, young professional boxer. Listen intently to the text and sound world of the fixed-media and instruments as you are transported to a volatile time and place in history .


All samples where processed using Max/MSP and arranged using Protools. 
CONFIDENTIAL



TANOX - for Alto Saxophone, Harp and

A recount is ordered.
Bankers crack-down on China, to name the dead.
Terrorist cases of Euthanasia


As the text suggests, LOADED, is an exploration of the barrage of media sensationalism that we are exposed to in the 21st century. New York poet and author Dylan Pancer extracted this small portion of text from a culmination of randomly selected words from BBC world news reports. A curious literary algorithmic process then jumbled and reconnected the words, in order to produce a pseudo-news report. Selections from the original text are presented in the setting for soprano, as over-animated emotion dictate the mood of the piece. 
Sensationalism and textual aggrandizement are presented as melodrama and musical satire, in this work. The text setting and aesthetic of the music is intended to directly comment on (through re-contextualization) the dangers of exploitative journalism. 
The randomly selected structure of the original texts, abstractly remaps itself onto the theme. Is it possible that as much careless randomization is employed in the development of tabloid news, as there is in applying algorithms to arbitrary found texts? Listen carefully to Pancers ‘Loaded’ words and decide from whom you’d rather listen to the news!


Loaded - Movement III

A selection of incidental music from the IU production of Shakespeare's Hamlet, 2008.


Old Kingdom Chant - [Selections from McGibbon's Hamlet]

A selection from the IU 2007 Production of Anton Chekhov's "The Seagull".

Afternoon to Dusk - [Selections from Chekhov's The Seagull]

For Dance - Fixed-Media (2008)

Commissioned by project HAMMER AND NAIL
For Tape
Premiere: Hammer and Nail 2008, Buskirk-Chumley Theatre, Bloomington 19-20 April 2008 [Choreography by Richelle Steiner]

WaterDance - [Phase Elemental]

Written for two Concert & Bass Kokle (Latvian Zither), Bayan Accordion and Flute.

Daina is a setting of common Myths about Sun and Sea. Saule, the Godess of the Sun, Flies accross the vast expanse of the Sky meeting Juras mate, Goddess of the Sea at the end of day. The Sun warms and the Sea envelopes, these two forces, powerful and ever-present, common subjects across the globe, are held in awe for their mystic strength and supremacy.

Daina was written for the 3rd International Workshop for Young Composers at the Castle of Dundaga in Latvia.

Daina - Movement Two [Juras mate - Goddess of the Sea]

A selection of ambient sound-scapes and samples, mixed for your listening pleasure.

Samples of both acoustic and physically modelled instruments.

L'Dagh Banshee - Ambient Electro-Ritual - Electronica (June '16)

Selected Fixed-Media Samples from TARTARIAN PSALMS

[Work-in-progress]

MAMMONILY- [3rd Movement Tartarian Psalms]

mammonily-3rd-movement

Selected Fixed-Media Samples from TARTARIAN PSALMS

[Work-in-progress]

BURDEN GATE- [1st Movement Tartarian Psalms]

TRANSITION- [Transitional segment 4th Movement Tartarian Psalms]

The Metrical Charm is an evocation to the Ten Yama Kings, the keepers of the Ten Courts of Hell. The trapped soul is inevitably trapped in the body and must be released. The judgement of the Yama kings will set the soul on the path across the golden bridge, or to punishment everlasting.

Tartarian Psalms is a performance ritual that pays homage to a collective mythology of the underworld. The gruesome fancies of mankind are manifest in the loathing, purging, punishment, possession and irrationality of the self. Antithetical religious symbology is embodied in the bass trombone and intermedia as an exploration of the "pit".


Tartarian Psalms -for Basstrombone - Movement II [Metrical Charm]

Before the gates of the pit is a vast abyss, where aimless souls await their fate. Often called purgatory, the expanse of a nothingness is the prelude to eternal torture.

Tartarian Psalms is a performance ritual that pays homage to a collective mythology of the underworld. The gruesome fancies of mankind are manifest in the loathing, purging, punishment, possession and irrationality of the self. Antithetical religious symbology is embodied in the bass trombone and intermedia as an exploration of the "pit".

Tartarian Psalms - for BassTrombone - Movement I [The Burden Gate]

SikinnisAM1012

Movement 1 - Auto Dafe Suite, composed for Duo Blockstix: www.duoblockstix.com

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Auto Dafe Suite - Movement I (Sesquialtera Ritual)

Movement 3 - Auto Dafe Suite, composed for Duo Blockstix: www.duoblockstix.com

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Auto Dafe Suite - Movement III (Iteration Ritual)

Movement 2 - Auto Dafe Suite, composed for Duo Blockstix: www.duoblockstix.com

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Auto Dafe Suite - Movement II (Rentak Silat Ritual)

Auto Dafe Suite - Movement IV (Reflection Ritual)

Full track with video (live performance) https://youtu.be/basg4eTx4U8
Full track with musical score: https://musicnewcomposer.tumblr.com/post/163153931292/more

Tartarian Psalms E-Remix - (E. Guitar + E. Violin + Live Computer Media)

Recorder vs. Modular Synth Improv 
feat. Alicia Crossley [recorder]
With synth tabletop + Eurorack 
+Arp Odyssey 
+Korg ms20 
+Modseq
+Karpplus
+sq-1

Recorder vs. Modular Synth Improv (Alicia Crossley [recorder] + Arp Odyssey + Korg ms20 + Eurorack)

An ambient, glitchy soundscape; suspenseful and ominous.

Made using Korg ms-20, Arp odyssey, Wavetable VCO and sq-1.

No post-production.

Suspenseful Synth Music (8mins - Korg ms20 | Arp Odyssey | Wavetable Osc)

A monophonic Arp Odyssey melodic improv in the style of 17th century baroque keyboard studies.

No post-processing, performed on Arp Odyssey mkII.

Performed/patched/recorded by Mark Oliveiro.

Arp Odyssey Etude - 01 (Monophonic synth after Telemann)

As inspired by Historical Recreation groups such as Musica Romania and Synaulia, Magnificum Orbis is a recreation of the musical ritual associated with ceremonial gladiatorial combat. 

This work was written as a music/dance collaboration as comments on the spectacle of the arena (theatre in the round), the decadence of Imperial Rome (multicultural spectacle) and the simple, yet chaotic sound of militant ancient music.

This work is set for two choirs of 4 Cornu (Trumpets) and 5 Tubas (Trombones), Two timpanists (percussionists) and 1 Cithara (Harp).

Magnificum Orbis - Final Rehearsal Reading April 27 2012

A black midi, glitch, noise, sax and computer track, for live performer and a/v.

Video and audio by Mark Oliveiro
Sax by Andrew Smith

BLACK-MIDI-MATTER [for Saxophone and Computer {a/v}] - Andrew Smith (Sax)

Baayami: From the Sky

The ancients of prehistoric Australia were a mystic people, a nomadic culture rich in animistic reverence. In order to trace the footsteps of their forbears, the original inhabitants of Sydney, Australia, walked the lines of stars and song as a homage to the elders with the promise of survival. Engravings of astrological maps, shamanistic symbology and petroglyphic markings are the final remnants of this aged guild of celestial worship. Baayami is a contemporary adaptation of a musical reading of the Sydney Rock Engravings, with respect to the real and the imaginary, this is a work of fictional historical recreation. 

In this musical exploration of Aboriginal symbology, songlines and petroglyphs are combined with the sonic qualities of the European avant-garde and the inherent aesthetic qualities of the Modern Saxophone. Listeners are called upon to imagine the following, during the performance of this work:

“A lonely nomad, an elder, a mystic, a musical artisan, is scouting along the ancient trails and song lines of an ancient lineage. Those that have come before have left their mark, in sound and refrain. On the journey, this wandering soul come across a foreign, alien-like device, abandoned against a sacred tree, glistening in the unforgiving sun. This strange weapon is like nothing our solitary warrior has ever seen. Made of a strange smooth rock, covered in holes and trap doors, crooked and misshapen; certainly this is a tool made by the gods. Curious and amazed, the elder slowly takes hold of the porous golden club, inspects it thoroughly and slyly applies a breath of air to the narrow wooden end. It makes a sound, a loud, warm bellow, like the shriek of a hallowed swap monster. It’s the voice of the dreaming. Armed with the large, bright, Alien-Yadaki, our nomad now continues on the journey of the songlines, emboldened by this new wielding. The foreign device now speaks as the voice of the ancestors, amplifying the hidden songlines, a mystic voice through a contemporary vessel; Bayaami is transformed. The sound of an animistic religion, its devotees and proponents are here recontextualised; the forms of an ancient art are now channelled through the soul of the Saxophone.”    


Baayami: From the Ski  - Mark Oliveiro - Saxophone - Kyle Hutchins

Full instrumental track of "Synth-step Odyssey" an instrumental backing track for live mono-synth performance; developed for performance on the arp odyssey.

Synth Step Odyssey [Instrumental] (By DJ Nyquest)- FULL MIX

Part One of the instrumental track of "Pixel Bay Drive" an instrumental backing track for live mono-synth performance; developed for performance on the arp odyssey.

(part one)

Pixel Bay Drive [Part 1] - {Instrumental} - (By DJ Nyquest)- FULL MIX

Part One of the instrumental track of "Pixel Bay Drive" an instrumental backing track for live mono-synth performance; developed for performance on the arp odyssey.

(part two)

Pixel Bay Drive [Part 2] - {Instrumental} - (By DJ Nyquest)- FULL MIX

A work for Solo Viola, intended as a fictional transcription of early period Anglo-Saxon courtly dance/improvised string performance. The form is modular and employs modern indeterminacy, runic lettering and Renaissance notation.



Godwinus Le Dauncere - Music for an Imaginary Dancer [Solo Viola - Lacey Kesterke]

Kykeon software test in 27-step sequence, with improvisation on Eurorack modular featuring mutable instruments, make noise and korg modules. Featuring live improvisation by Lady Electric, one take, no post production.

Strung-Glitch: Kykeon Software + Lady Electric (Eurorack Modular)

A darkwave/synthwave/cyberpunk track by NyQuest, July 19.

GAUNT MANDALORE (Original Mix) - NyQuest - DARKWAVE

A sci-fi mid-tempo synthwave and cyberpunk hybrid track, with an outrun bass and jazz inspired synth leads.

Preview of Nyquests 2020 release: "Singapore Sling"

Mixed by DJ Derek Turner and Mister. E

Featuring Mister E. and NyQuest

O.B.City 2061 ft. Mister E - by NyQuest - Synthwave Mix

Mark Oliveiro, a Sydney native, Doctor of Music and Lecturer in Music Composition at the Australian of Institute of Music, and is a composer with diverse extra-musical interests. Whilst notions of narrative, programme and theatre, have always been a stoic component of his music; Oliveiro offers an exploration of the quintessence of ceremony inherent in all human expression. 

An obsession with history, mythology and ancient literature, renders Oliveiro’s work riddled with themes from archaeological study and obscure urban legends, alike. His music has been described as; “epic”, “unashamedly ritualistic” and “atmospheric” with “Dreamtime overtones”. At present, Oliveiro has an interest in exploring, by way of conceptual abstract and musical aesthetic, the notion of reconstructing lost or imagined performance traditions. Dance and movement, theatrics and technology, language and social media, are just some of the non-musical solutions most apt for the ever expanding, contemporary composer tool belt. 

With a keen and equal interest in music of the acoustic and electronic medium, Oliveiro’s music has been represented at national and international conferences and festivals hosted by: the North American Saxophone Alliance, the World Saxophone Congress, the International Horn Society, the Australasian Computer Music Association, the International Computer Music Association, the Society of Electroacoustic Music in the United States, Electronic Music Midwest, the British Trombone Society and many more.

Oliveiro is a graduate and distinguished alumnus of the Sydney Conservatorium, the College of Music and the University of North Texas and the Jacob’s School of Music of Indiana University. His music has been commissioned by the International Horn Society and the Meir Rimon Commissioning fund, the Australiasian Art Music Fund, the Settimane Musicali di Stresa e del Lago Maggiore, Chronology Arts, Pictures on Silence, as well as numerous professional individuals. 

Oliveiro is an active Disc Jockey and Music Educator.

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