Watch the full video of the recording and the tweaks on:

Recorded in one session using only sounds on the OP-1.  Recorded directly to Ableton Live 10 with a touch of reverb to widen the stereo image, seeing as the OP-1 is in mono.  It's a great little synth and plan to use on future releases.

Teenage Engineering OP-1 'Cloud Cover'

The first in a series of pieces that will eventually form a playlist of instrumental music based around different shipwrecks.  The music was inspired by an old print that I found at my parents place.  The Mohegan was a passenger ship that hit treacherous rocks in 1898 off the Cornish Coast, resulting in a tragic loss of life.  

The music is a combination of field recordings, and textured, layered guitar drones, recorded into a tascam 414 and then into ableton which is further processed.

Mohegan

Fragment Memories #1 

Fragmented memories is a series of pieces built from a 20 second piano loop and recorded to tape.  The tapes were then duplicated and run at different speeds and pitches in and out of phase.  This resulted in short reworked loops that take on a life of their own.

Fragmentedmemories#1

Fragmentedmemory#3

Fragmentedmemories#4

Fragmentedmemories#5

Fragmentedmemories#2

Fragmentedmemories#6

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Fragmentedmemories#8

Love Lost

Written around the time of the devastating Australian bushfires.  The 3-track album is a conceptual album in 3 movements, and in part inspired by the beautiful art work of Evelyn Antonysen.  The 1st track is called 'Ignis' - a 20 minute ambient drone piece with field recordings.  The length of the piece is indicative of the perpetual nature of fire, and the fire is depicted in waves of guitar feedback and textural elements.  The 2nd piece, Votum is written for piano and strings and is a call to prayer.  The 3rd piece 'Spe', meaning 'Hope' in latin is written for ambient guitar with various parts adding textural elements.

Mastered by Valotihkuu
https://www.instagram.com/valotihkuu/

Artwork kindly used with permission by
Evelyn Antonysen.

Ignis (Fire)

Written around the time of the devastating Australian bushfires.  The 3-track album is a conceptual album in 3 movements, and in part inspired by the beautiful artwork of Evelyn Antonysen.  The 1st track is called 'Ignis' - a 20 minute ambient drone piece with field recordings.  The length of the piece is indicative of the perpetual nature of fire, and the fire is depicted in waves of guitar feedback and textural elements.  The 2nd piece, Votum is written for piano and strings and is a call to prayer.  The 3rd piece 'Spe', meaning 'Hope' in latin is written for ambient guitar with various parts adding textural elements.  Also available on Bandcamp with all proceeds going to the bushfire appeal.

Mastered by Valotihkuu
https://www.instagram.com/valotihkuu/

Artwork - used with kind permission by Evelyn Antonysen.

Spe (Hope)

Written around the time of the devastating Australian bushfires.  The 3-track album is a conceptual album in 3 movements, and in part inspired by the beautiful artwork of Evelyn Antonysen.  The 1st track is called 'Ignis' - a 20 minute ambient drone piece with field recordings.  The length of the piece is indicative of the perpetual nature of fire, and the fire is depicted in waves of guitar feedback and textural elements.  The 2nd piece, Votum is written for piano and strings and is a call to prayer.  The 3rd piece 'Spe', meaning 'Hope' in latin is written for ambient guitar with various parts adding textural elements.  Also available on Bandcamp with all proceeds going to the bushfire appeal.

Mastered by Valotihkuu
https://www.instagram.com/valotihkuu/

Artwork used with kind permission by Evelyn Antonysen.

Votum (Prayer)

Recorded on OP1 synthesizer, then processed in AL10.

Frostwood

From a series of improvised piano sketches, which will form an album.

Piano Improvsation No 3 (ReelbusEdit)

Enna

Fledgling

ambient, experimental and downtempo.  Inspired by natural spaces.  

Drones, guitars, effects, synths, electro-acoustic, recorded to tape.

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