Track from the album Involution (2002).

Created between September 13 - 30, 2001, in the aftermath of the WTC terror.

Tracktitle refers to ‘seeing’ the thousands of souls lifting upward to infinity. This occurrence in itself is the hidden beauty that co-exists with terrible disasters. 

Instruments used:
- semi-acoustic guitars	
- clean and heavily processed electric guitars
- voices

No synthesizers were used on this track!

Cover Art - Arend Kreeft (my uncle)

Ascending Of Unseen Beauty

Opening track from the Involution album I did back in 2002-2003.
I wanted to explore a dusty western soundtrack.

From the album Involution (2002)

Instruments:
Granular Groove Percussion
Drones & Samples
Semi-Acoustic Guitars
Fretless Bassguitar
Chimes
Beerbottle
Leather Belt
Lone Whistle
Voices

Composed, Played and Produced by Patrick van de Ven
Cover Art - Arend Kreeft (my uncle)

The Hangman's Trail

My tribute to the music of Patrick O'Hearn. Closing composition of the album Involution.

From the album Involution (2002)

Instruments:
Synthesizers & Synthetic Percussion
Samples
Textural Electric Guitar
Fretless Bassguitar

Composed, Played and Produced by Patrick van de Ven
Cover Art - Arend Kreeft (my uncle)

Indigo Dawn

Composed, arranged, performed and produced by Patrick van de Ven from feb - apr 2003. 
Inspired by the 2 hawks circling the firmament around the studio-sky.

Additional recording january 2004. Final Mix: Feb 2005

Instruments used:
- Synthesizer
- Organ bass
- Semi-acoustic guitar
- Electric Guitar

On sunlit wings

Composed, arranged, performed and produced by Patrick van de Ven
from 1 July - 22 Oct 2002. Final production februari 2003

Instruments used:
- Clean and Processed Electric Guitars
- Clean and Processed Rhodes Piano
- Fretless Bassguitar
- Velvet vocals

Composed, Played and Produced by Patrick van de Ven
Photo: Patrick van de Ven

Musical influences:  Andy Summers, Patrick O'Hearn, Michael Brook

Cloud breaking

Homo Sapiens to Homo Spiritualis. We still evolve, inwards.

Created between November 22, 2001 - March 22, 2002.

Patrick van de Ven	
- synthetic soundworld			
- throatsinging voices			
- floating voices				
- metal objects				
- manjira

Milan van de Ven (my sister in law)
- voice

Ran Kirlian 	
- deep ambience rumble			
- stone scratches
- water
- rainstick
- whispers

Cover Art by Arend Kreeft  (my uncle)

Involution

From 2001 - 2004 ambient composer Patrick van de Ven (Netherlands) was searching for the perfect melt of synthetic and acoustic sound material.

The album Involution (2002) is a direct result of these compositions.

Patrick van de Ven

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