Late night live session with my Mood Matriarch, Behringer 2500, Modal Cobalt, Modx6 and Deepmind 12 into a Strymon Nightsky and Zoom CDR70. Brought together in Reason 12. Mixer is an Allen and Heath Zedi 10FX, which has multi channel outputs via USB.
Matriarch continues to surprise the more I experiment with modulation using its LFOs into filters and such. Many blips and drips. Three of the sequencers are synched but the Deepmind (string pad) is asynchronous to offset.  Very little post processing (not my thing). Just a high pass here and there in Reason 12 to remove some of the mud.
Cobalt was recorded and sequenced live in two passes to provide some glitchy digital slices.

Ghostship

Ocean Breeze

A Better World

Nashville

Just Cry 2-4-25

Rise and Fall

Love Crossroads

Lot of things and dreams, 
and many open gates.
Ways and beauty scenes, 
full of lights and flames.
Many of dreams are vain,
some of them are only pain.
How to be able to see,
the space where are the same, 
you and me.
There in lands 
in waves of flames, 
where to move means to dance.
In streams of light 
that my eyes do not see.
How to be able to see,
the space where are the same, 
you and me.
In waves of flames
I’ve seen your face
in beautiful space between.
There I found lights of love
in deepest place of land 
I want to see.
How to be able to see,
the space where are the same, 
you and me.


Love Crossroads

Be My

Late September Heart is a quiet story of almosts — the words not said, the looks held a second too long, the song left hanging in the air. Set against a backdrop of worn leather booths and late-night jukebox hum, this track leans into a slow-burning country-blues feel. It’s the kind of song that doesn’t raise its voice, but lingers like smoke — steady, honest, and full of the things we don’t say. For nights when something stirs, even in silence. For what almost was.

Late September Heart erzählt leise von allem, was fast passiert wäre – Worte, die in der Kehle stecken bleiben, Blicke, die zu lange halten, ein Song, der in der Luft hängen bleibt. Der Sound: rau und warm, wie eine Jukebox in einem Diner kurz vor Feierabend. Country-Blues in seiner stillsten Form – ehrlich, zurückgenommen, und voller unausgesprochener Dinge. Für Nächte, in denen etwas bleibt. Auch wenn nichts geschieht.

Late September Heart

Travel

This track tells of a young man in love with a young woman but unable to pursue her because he must look after his very young child. He laments that nobody knows how he feels nor knows of his sacrifice.

Nobody Knows

I've written my own stuff since I was a kid and have basically chronicled my life, which most songwriters do. I was quite into guitar until I broke my hand fending off an intruder who tried to break into my home. Little finger didn't play fair. So now I'm into synths and keyboards, have built a decent collection including a Moog Matriarch, Prophet 5 Rev4, the Behringer 2600 and 2500 semi-modular, the UDO Super 6 (truly awesome), Novation Peak, Yamaha Modx6 (such a workhorse),  Deepmind 12, Digitakt, Modal Cobalt (surprising and, yes, digital) and the Behringer Crave. They each have their strengths, but the Matriarch is my go to for inspiration. (Update: Super 6 is now the fave)

Ghostship

Peter Judd