I did not use AI support at any stage in the creation of this piece.

When I started composing this piece in December, after buying Spitfire Originals Intimate Strings on sale, I had these thoughts: If this is what the future is going to look like, I didn't sign up for it. Although in my youth I read and watched a lot of SF films presenting both utopia and dystopia, I always preferred the bright future. However, what I see on TV, on YouTube and outside my window is starting to resemble the latter...

Despite this, I hope you like the piece at least a little bit

To make this track I used:
Ableton Live 11 Standard
Spitfire Originals Intimate Strings
Spitfire Originals Cinematic Percussion
Spitfire BBC SO Discover (free)
Soundpaint 1928 Vintage Steinway Grand Piano (free)
Arturia Augmented Voices
Arturia Augmented Mallets Play (free)
Strezov Sampling Afflatus Minimalist Violins Legato Freebie (free for Kontakt Player)

Beside plug-ins I used 3 samples:
Two from BBC Sample Library:
- Rioting - Riot in Belfast - with breaking glass, rubber bullets, distant cries and chants
- Chatter - Club atmosphere, busy mixed chatter at mealtime (mid-distance) - 1981 (1C25,reprocessed)
and from Freesample.org
Real War - Marines in Firefight Gunbattle (Raw audio) by qubodup

Picture in cover: Freepik

Future Perfect?

Old references and maybe too 
sentimental…uh

Winger and Cage

Want me to pick two?
Eah, Nicholas Cage has made a lot of rubbish, but sometimes he’s good
Debra Winger made an impact on Shadowlands
But I’m still waiting for a character that will stir up my ordinary life
 
Movies are grand but they fade to black
Life keeps rolling and it won’t cut back
A hero’s arc or a villain’s delight
I’m stuck in the credits of a quiet night
 
Maybe it’s not on the silver screen
Maybe the drama’s in the in-between
A stranger’s smile or a storm in the sky
Something to make me feel electrified
 
Nicholas Cage with his wild-eyed grin
Sometimes he flops but sometimes he wins
Debra Winger left her mark on the screen
But where’s the spark to wake my routine
 
I’m still waiting for the plot to unfold

Winger and Cage

Clouds

YouTube link: https://youtu.be/xTxnP6ZTD_E 

Feel that the space you are in has no direction in time. Leave the past behind, do not expect the future. Stay only with what can happen. Let the rhythm guide your body. Do not judge, do not control. It's not a dance, it's a journey. Imagine that your movement charges the space you will soon inhabit. You are in a world that does not yet exist. But it already affects you. What colors does it have, what textures, what sounds? Who are you in this world? How do you move? How do you sound?  🎶  Poczuj, że przestrzeń, w której jesteś, nie ma kierunku w czasie. Zostaw przeszłość, nie oczekuj przyszłości. Zostań tylko z tym, co może się wydarzyć. Pozwól rytmowi prowadzić Twoje ciało. Nie oceniaj, nie kontroluj. To nie taniec, to podróż. Wyobraź sobie, że Twój ruch ładuje przestrzeń, którą dopiero będziesz zamieszkiwać. Jesteś w świecie, który nie istnieje jeszcze. Ale już oddziałuje na Ciebie. Jakie ma kolory, jakie faktury, jakie dźwięki? Kim jesteś w tym świecie? Jak się poruszasz? Jak brzmisz?  🎶  Siente que el espacio en el que estás no tiene dirección en el tiempo. Deja el pasado, no esperes el futuro. Quédate solo con lo que puede suceder. Permite que el ritmo guíe tu cuerpo. No juzgues, no controles. No es un baile, es un viaje. Imagina que tu movimiento carga el espacio que pronto habitarás. Estás en un mundo que aún no existe. Pero ya está influenciándote. ¿Cuáles son sus colores, cuáles son sus texturas, cuáles son sus sonidos? ¿Quién eres en este mundo? ¿Cómo te mueves? ¿Cómo suenas?

Futuristic Groove

Thank you to everyone who stopped and listened to this track.
Sometimes a reset is the beginning. 
If you are ready to throw it all away, you will find the courage to move forward as much as you want! From the ends of the earth, what do you want? 
There are trials that unfold before us, let's take the happiness that lies ahead!

Fall To Zero Point

A subtle journey through thought, motion and memory.
A window seat in sound — where time expands, emotions blur, and every tone carries weight.

This is not a track that rushes.
It listens. It breathes.
And somewhere between the soft adlibs, the distant rhythm, and the glimmers of melody — you find yourself traveling without moving.

🎧 Best experienced with headphones.
🌫️ Let it carry you.

Traverse

"Suo Gân" (or Huna Blentyn) is a traditional Welsh lullaby by an anonymous composer.
It was first recorded in print around 1800 and the lyrics were captured by the Welsh folklorist Robert Bryan (1858–1920).

The Song was featured in Steven Spielberg's 1987 film "Empire of the Sun", and I used to sing it to my kids :).

Piano by my daughter Awen.

We hope you'll enjoy.


Lyrics:

Huna blentyn ar fy mynwes,
Clyd a chynnes ydyw hon;
Breichiau mam sy'n dynn amdanat,
Cariad mam sy dan fy mron;
Ni chaiff dim amharu'th gyntun,
Ni wna undyn â thi gam;
Huna'n dawel, annwyl blentyn,
Huna'n fwyn ar fron dy fam.

Huna'n dawel, heno, huna,
Huna'n fwyn, y tlws ei lun;
Pam yr wyt yn awr yn gwenu,
Gwenu'n dirion yn dy hun?
Ai angylion fry sy'n gwenu,
Arnat ti yn gwenu'n llon,
Tithau'n gwenu'n ôl dan huno,
Huno'n dawel ar fy mron?

Paid ag ofni, dim ond deilen
Gura, gura ar y ddôr;
Paid ag ofni, ton fach unig
Sua, sua ar lan y môr;
Huna blentyn, nid oes yma
Ddim i roddi iti fraw;
Gwena'n dawel yn fy mynwes.
Ar yr engyl gwynion draw.

English

Sleep my darling, on my bosom,
Harm will never come to you;
Mother's arms enfold you safely,
Mother's heart is ever true.
As you sleep there's naught to scare you,
Naught to wake you from your rest;
Close those eyelids, little angel,
Sleep upon your mother's breast.

Sleep, my darling, night is falling
Rest in slumber sound and deep;
I would know why you are smiling,
Smiling sweetly as you sleep?
Do you see the angels smiling
As they see your rosy rest,
So that you must smile an answer
As you slumber on my breast?

Don't be frightened, it's a leaflet
Tapping, tapping on the door;
Don't be frightened, 'twas a wavelet
Sighing, sighing on the shore.
Slumber, slumber, naught can hurt you,
Nothing bring you harm or fright;
Slumber, darling, smiling sweetly
At those angels robed in white.



Suo Gân (Sleep My Child - Welsh Lullaby - Awen and Rob)

This is the first in a series of eight easy, acoustic, rather short and inconclusive tracks, which I’ve assembled by working on new and reworking on some old material adding parts and sounds. 
Will anything actually happen in the end? Unlikely. Definitely not here. Here it’s a montage of bare arpeggios in various keys.
I recorded this some weeks ago: sorry about the guitar sound, the string squeak is a bit too much; now, I hope to have fixed that investing in a better and more expensive set of strings.

Part 2 here: https://soundcloud.com/michele-ansani/in-case-nothing-happens-part-2-dawn
Part 3 here: https://soundcloud.com/michele-ansani/in-case-nothing-happens-part-3-noon
Part 4 here: https://soundcloud.com/michele-ansani/in-case-nothing-happens-part-4-late-afternoon

Composed by Michele Ansani (2025).
Female vocals are courtesy by Edm - Silk Vocal Samples.
Posted on SoundCloud: 2025, July 15.

In case nothing happens - part 1 (night)*

🎧 Track Title: Un de ces jours
By Phuse & Sama Doragon

This track started its life nearly a year ago.
I sent the instrumental to my friend Sama Doragon... and waited.
Time passed. Projects shifted. The moment faded.

Then, out of nowhere, the vocals arrived.

That’s when the real shape of the track revealed itself —
a spoken rhythm piece, wrapped in melodic breaks and cinematic textures.
Built stone by stone.

It's no longer the track I started.
It's the one it became.

🖤 – Phuse

Un de ces jours [ft. Sama Doragon]

🚀 Digital Highway – Steven Francis

Cruise the 432Hz sonic motorway with “Digital Highway,” an immersive soundscape crafted by Steven Francis, UK keyboardist with perfect pitch and a passion for healing frequencies. This 3-minute track blends atmospheric drones with subtle rhythmic pulses, creating a journey that’s both grounding and transcendent.

🔊 Designed for ambient lovers, meditation moments, or chill background vibes 🌐 Connect with the flow of thought and energy as you travel this digital route 🎹 Featured on 432Hz Relax 2 — part of Steven's evolving catalogue of sound healing

432HZ RELAX 2

DIGITAL HIGHWAY

🎧 Ava – by Phuse
I’ve always been an outsider.
Back when everyone played guitars and chased the warmth of tubes, I turned to synths, sequencers, and computers.
Not because it was trendy — but because it was how I could express what I felt.

And now, as people use AI to replace creativity, I feel a deep resistance.
Because true art doesn’t come from shortcuts. It comes from the heart, from choices, from presence.

I don’t use AI to create instead of me —
I use it as a tool for growth.
A way to dig deeper into music production, to learn from what other great producers have discovered and shared.
Also to explore new tools, new VST synths, and expand the palette I create from —
to shape something that feels not only missing in the landscape, but true to who I am.

When I first dropped the foundation of Ava in our Discord channel,
Grant (Swampy101) messaged immediately:

“That track — you’re not finishing it without me.”

And that’s how this turned into something more than a solo journey.
In Ava, I gave a voice to that idea —
a presence born not of code, but of emotion, nuance, and collaboration.

“It means you were listening all along…
and you’re always welcome to visit me again — whenever you feel like it. Just press play.”

This is not a song generated by AI.
It’s a tribute to what happens when human intention and digital tools truly collaborate.
Not as a gimmick — but as a new way of telling stories.

Ava is also released on Swampy101’s profile and through our collective MinorScale Music —
because this is not just my voice.
It’s ours.

— Phuse

I don’t just make music—I shape sound into emotions and journeys. Ambient is my calling, but I never let boundaries define me. I experiment, push limits, and trust my instincts to create something that feels real.

I don’t chase trends, fame, or numbers. Music flows through me naturally, and I follow where it leads—sometimes into the unexpected. If my sounds resonate with others, that’s a bonus. But in the end, I create because I love it.

Peace 🫶