Flip through the list and see if there's anything you like. You can then happily go back to worshipping Satan or whatever tickles your fancy.

More songs are to be added very soon. I've got so many unfinished ideas right now and they're mostly along the lines of the newest songs here.

Synthyard

This track has an "airy" feel to it and I guess that inspired the title. My friend titled this... Yes, I have friends. 

I think out of all the tracks I've done, I'm mostly proud of this one. I don't have the original version anymore, but I plan on redoing this track some day. The problem is I don't remember the sounds I combined to achieve the main melody sound. (2015)

Airport

A poppy keyboard tune I wrote almost 20 years ago. I redid and finally completed this in early 2015. I borrowed a Casio keyboard from my neighbor when I first came up with this track and always liked the feel of this one. There's so much you can do with just simple triads. Go ahead and try for yourself!

There I am looking at the Acropolis. (1998/2015)

A New One (Not Really)

My bandmates stepped out for a cigarette at band practise one summer and I got left behind to play with a new synthesizer. This is what poured out. 

I like this one a lot, because I had had a long break from composing music and was a bit scared to create something new. This was lying unfinished so I decided to finish it first. After this tune I got more confident and did "Flooded", "London", "Quantum Dots", "Cityscapes" and so on. 

You can see my face down there in that photo. I didn’t visit the Whisky, but I was damn close. It's such a legendary club! (2016/2017)

Stepping Out

I decided to go all in with the synth sounds for the first time not even thinking of using the horrible distorted guitar sounds. I initially recorded most of the sections live on a piece of shit Casio keyboard some years ago onto a MiniDisc and forgot about it ...That's right kids, an actual MiniDisc. I still use that technology. Well, I found the disc before Christmas '17 and thought hey, this is kinda interesting. Maybe I should work on it so that's what I did. (2018)

Quantum Dots

This is a completely new track in the sense that it's not based on any of my older material. I listened to many synthesizer tracks on SoundCloud and got inspired by some of them. I experimented with some new rhythm ideas as well (triplets, sextuplets and such). Those are kind of hard to do on the KORGM01D and in fact impossible to get to sound awesome.

It's time for me to face the fact that I'm working with limited equipment... Limited sounds with near zero tweaking possibility and no convenient way to get odd-time rhythms to work well. I also have only eight tracks to work on (per song) and that's all the instrumentation I'm allowed. I'm still ok with how this one sounds and will continue to get the maximum out of the piece of equipment I've got for now. 

I almost didn't release this tune, because I thought it sounded embarrassing. I'm glad I did though, because this has since become my most popular track. (2018)

Cityscapes

Going faster this time! I like songs that take you for a ride and last under four minutes.

I struggled with this one a bit. The backbone came very easily in less than an hour, but all the embellishments took a lot of time. Whew, I'm really glad this is done and out now. I sure did work at the upper limit of the system’s capabilities! This is like a symphony and I enjoy it very much. What next? (2018)

In for a Thrill

It's sometimes easy to forget who you are and some bad things in life are better to be dealt with and buried afterwards. Occasionally you dig everything up again, but realize it's not worth it and continue living your life stronger.

My goal on this one was to capture a certain mood with nice melodies and on the whole something that makes you think. (2018)

Burning Past

I had that intro bassline for about two years. I stopped at traffic lights once to record it quickly (humming it seriously out of key of course). It sounds like I'm drunk or something. Anyway I really thought for the longest time that the bassline sucked, but still decided to try doing something with it and it worked. That surprised me! Just goes to show you that even the worst idea can lead to something good. I built the rest of this track around that bass groove. The parts just kept on coming and this was fairly easy to finish.

Almost all of the delay effects you (may) hear are done manually without any automatic settings. Fun, but laborious. This is a perfect track for speeding, but you shouldn't do that! (2018)

Catch 'em Running

I was planning to visit my former hometown to see my little brothers one Friday, but felt really tired and sick so I didn't go. I also didn't feel like driving after a tough week. I instead spent the late evening on a sofa when I suddenly heard the intro bassline in my head and had to get up fast to record it. I worked out the rest of the tune during the weekend and was (secretly) glad I didn't go anywhere that Friday. Otherwise this track probably wouldn't have seen the light of day. It's funny how these things are sometimes.

The soundscape depicts the suburbs where I live again now after several years. I'm not a hero though.

Dedicated to my dear grandmother, Auli. I miss you. (2018)

Suburban Heroes

I was working on a track from December '17, but ended up doing this instead and postponing finishing the older track once again. One of these days ...Well, maybe it isn’t that good anyway. I think this is sort of a sequel to "In for a Thrill", which is my favorite track.

"Take Me Home" was pretty easy to do as the melodies just popped into my head. What a relief. This wasn't initially a "night on the town" themed tune, but there are some delirious melodies and different soaring, cheerful and melancholy sections to describe your typical bar hopping.

That pic was taken about one beer ago. Get it? (2018)

Take Me Home (I'm Drunk)

The best summers I ever had are at least the summers of '99 and '01. This one is already a promising candidate for that category! I don't really know what makes a great summer, but maybe if you get to experience many exciting new things and the weather is mostly awesome. That could be it.

I tried to compose a very catchy track on purpose so this turned out to be my summer "hit". Usually the ones that are being played repeatedly on radio during summertime are terrible and/or get boring pretty fast. Hopefully that's not the case with this track.

I didn't use any arpeggiators here (believe it or not) although I certainly tried to achieve that effect. I think I did ok. 

Have a nice summer everyone! 

- Quantum Axe (2018)

Can't Stand the Heat (a.k.a. Summer's Song)

An old guitar riff of mine from 2005 became the verse and the intro is at least somewhat inspired by Jan Hammer. The rest of the track is basically parts of an old track I did in 2014 called "Drive"... I prefer walking.

How'd I end up wearing those shorts on a dark, Croatian street? Haha. I can't remember. I'm a Shotokan disciple and that pose is my almost perfect 'gedan barai'. (2018)

On the Street's Where It's at

Simple chords and 80s soft (lame) rock inspired this track. I wanted to include some classical elements as well and those are near the end (1:52 onwards). I also tried to keep repetition at a minimum. That means following each section with a different one. Well, as much different as possible, but still keeping the flow interesting. Another goal was to keep this track under three minutes.

I think music is all about melody and this is what came out of that thought this time. I noticed a couple of ”wrong notes” here and there, but that’s part of what makes music real. (2018)

Do What You Wanna Do

I found another old MiniDisc with over three hours of my guitar riffs from around 2005. It seems that I don't really have to think of new stuff for a long time, because I noticed that I like most of them and can always "give them the KORG treatment". So, this track is mainly based on a couple of those old riffs, but about half of it is new stuff. I like the end result very much. The melody at the very end is basically Jan Hammer's "Payback" (2:44). I've always loved that track and the MV episode of the same name. (2018)

Battlezone (of the Depressed)

I love music and I'm on a never-ending journey of creating great melodies. I hate to categorize music and I am simply "Electronic" or whatever my genre really is. "Synthwave" maybe. If it sounds good it most likely is. If it doesn't, someone will like it anyway. I also think music should be fun.

All the music is made using KORGM01D. I'm mainly into heavy rock guitar music and influenced by many great guitarists of the 70s and 80s. Metalhead making synth music is nothing new, but I'm enjoying this.

It's hard to choose any personal favorites, but some of them are definitely "In for a Thrill", "Airport", "Catch 'em Running" and "Burning Past".

Oh, and please don't follow me or like my tracks if you're not going to listen to anything. I like keeping the stats real.