Full recording of concert at Ambient Leeds, December 16th 2024.
Paul Taylor: Keys and bass pedals.
Title inspired by lamppost sticker in venue's beer garden.
First outing for the boomalicious bass pedals (some fine tuning required, but no anticipated reduction in volume). Hence the presence of Mr. Crackles at various junctures in the recording...
My back catalogue of over 30 releases is available on Bandcamp:
https://paulstephentaylor.bandcamp.com/
For aficionados of piano improvisation, maximalist soundscapes and everything in between.

Pan Controlled Zone

TOUCHING TOO LOUD (single #1) from long awaited Spark In The Machine LP out 1st December 2025
on Bandcamp: https://olaszmidt.bandcamp.com/album/spark-in-the-machine-2

Press Release: 

Ola Szmidt’s music breathes in the rhythm of wounds.
Those visible, and those hidden beneath the skin.

She lets them speak through her in their own language.

It is the voice of women whose tenderness has been silenced for years, pushed into the shadows. Now, in subtle whispers, in trembling resonance, it slowly finds its way to the surface.

Each phrase is like a breath of freedom, a fragile yet courageous touch of the truth. Though still “too loud” for a world accustomed to silence.

This album is an intimate testimony of healing.

A process in which pain does not vanish, but transforms into strength.

In the space between silence and voice, between fragility and courage, Ola captures something essential: the path of reclaiming oneself.

It is music for all those who know that scars are not an end.
They are like a memory. They make us more sensitive and stronger same time. They are like a map leading towards freedom.

Touching Too Loud is a journey through the landscape of body and soul that have learned to live with scars.

They told us to be quiet.
To fold our feelings into silence.
To carry pain like a secret,
and let fear stitch itself into our skin.

But silence is not the end.
Beneath the weight of what was done to us,
our voices never disappeared

TOUCHING TOO LOUD is the sound of that waiting ending.
It is the trembling breath of women rising from shadows,
the fragile resonance of truths once too dangerous to be spoken.
Each musical line is a scar turned into a voice. And from those multiple lines, a song is formed.

This is not music for forgetting what happened.
It is music for remembering.
This is music about growing up, becoming stronger,
For feeling the wound and the healing at once,
for reclaiming the body, the tenderness, the right to be heard.

Here, our voices are no longer small.
They are subtle, yes, but unstoppable.
They are soft, but unbroken.
They are free.

Press Release written by Karolina Wolska
meditativedrawings.com  

#electronica #livelooping #rc505

Spark In The Machine

Pre-Order Deluxe Vinyl

TOUCHING TOO LOUD

An experimental electronic track fusing rhythm and soundscape moodiness. 

Dionysus

This is a remix of one of my favourite personal favourites. I'm manually playing the Hydrasynth through most of the track instead of using a sequencer - maybe that's why. 

Gear: Roland MV-1; ASM Hydrasynth Desktop; After Later Pachinko; Make Noise Morphagene, Wogglebug; Joranalogue Orbit 3.

Cover art: Collage by FoN. Source: Some 1972 Life magazine. I don't know if it's really accurate to call it a collage since it's not glued down ('colle' = glue in French). So, assemblage?  Whatever. 

The track was inspired by my love for Iggy Pop's 'New Values' (1979). Check it out!

Copyright (C) 2025 Flock of Nazguls. License: CC BY-NC-SA.
No AI slop. Just FoN-tastic human slop by yours truly.

Pressure Wave (Ultra-Turbulent Mix)

closing track from 2024's "Coraje Mundo" album

Time Bandits

Katie's Dyke __

Ice Flowers of the Winter Palace

Suicide


I'd like to say I feel your pain
But only you have your perspective
I'm sorry society cannot ease
This suffering mind too hectic
Oh mental stigma
Be gone from here
Help these souls understand
We're here
If you end it all
Are you at peace?
All we know is your life will cease

You are a beautiful unique one
One who will never be made again
An accident of opportunity
So brilliant
Stay with our community
If you end it all
Are you at peace?
For all we know is your life will cease

You are loved
You can find your zen
Don't mind the priests
Words of fake noble men
If by your hand
Or in a plane
As far as we know
The end is the same

Don't feel guilty
Our minds can moisten
A calmer selves
That seems too poisoned
Remember your child
Remember being young
Just hug yourself
Let's carry on

Suicide (Poem and Notes 🧸)

Let me share a secret with you. This is my praise for this genre of music. Both making music, but also listing to great track is giving me sooo much back. 
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My source of energy
Are waves of melancholy

Detuned sawwave melody
Recharging my battery

Straight beats of low complexity
Set my mind and body free

Pads of ethereal harmony
Relax my brain just perfectly
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Recorded and produced in bitwig studio. All sounds made with native devices. Vocals by myself, but partially run through a vocoder.

SynthWave Religion

There is a very long and convoluted story behind the creation of this track, but it basically involves Stan manipulating some demos for the original version of the track "Volesh Pribe" and sending them back to me. 
Jason - Guitar/bass/drum pads/synth/vocals/etc
Stan - Sound manipulation

Follow Stan here: https://on.soundcloud.com/RtAXsibOG6euugdbqO

Blue

Unrivalled master of the sitar, Ravi Shankar inspired millions in the West to adore Indian classical music. A true cultural giant, this Rough Guide showcases a unique talent who spawned a musical revolution.


http://www.worldmusic.net/store/item/RGNET1371

Rough Guide To Ravi Shankar

Bangla Kirtan

Bandcamp: https://paulstephentaylor.bandcamp.com/

Paul Taylor is an accomplished pianist and keyboard player specialising in improvisation. The music is evocative, alluring and unique; combining unusual harmonies and sonorities with an original and fluid technique.