Negative Space

overdrive

｢変身 ~ FIRST TRANSFORMATION｣

Concept music for a graphic novel.

Music written, produced, performed, mixed and mastered by Thomas O'Higgins Horna.

Cover art: "Sleep and Death, the Children of the Night" (1883) by Evelyn De Morgan. Edited by me.

This track is not to be used to train AI.

TRANSFIGURATION

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Out of the Box April 2022
Double Trouble variation of the original Open the Box 2 recording September 2022

She's Trying To Swallow Her Laughter REMIX

Space Within #6 (from the field)

My remix of this mind-blowing muterial track. @muterial

Original: https://soundcloud.com/muterial/descent?si=357476e85d094144a451cd2d402be52d&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

descent | muterial | pelegrim broken mind mix

This track was made with Pigment 4, Synthmaster One, Cube CMI V  & Spatk 2 (Perc/Toms/Congas,FX)

Brazil

Tango memória do futuro amor agora perdido

Is anyone still out there?
Well hello there if you are taking some of your valuable time to read this! As the lyrics to this (probably)final song say, its been a long while……
The last time I checked into Soundcloud was maybe last December, wow…. 
I packed up for a holiday in Hawaii, ran the Honolulu Marathon, watched a volcano erupt, cast my dog’s ashes into a lava field and drank a tropical island's worth of cocktails while watching the sunset with my wife. And then returned a few weeks later decidedly unenthused about the Cat and my collaborator.
Gina had been making noises about returning to an on again / off again musical partner. That wasn’t unexpected and was actually a bit of a relief as I hadn’t been enjoying this for a while. Our last few songs had been tortuous to finish, including this one which was finally finished I think way back in October 2022.
Cat Came Back was always a lot like an arranged marriage - nothing at all in common but we kind of made it work 3 minutes at a time. But by late last year, it had become very hard work. And as you fellow Soundclouders know, outside of personal satisfaction, the rewards for all of that hard work are not very large. So, if the personal satisfaction is gone, there’s not a lot left to motivate oneself. 
In addition to that, there were a few rather large elephants in the room regarding my collaborator that I won't go into but nevertheless constantly weighed very heavily on my mind throughout our time together and I was finding these increasingly difficult to continue to ignore for the sake of making music together.
So anyway, when I returned a perhaps brief hiatus accidentally turned into this - silence for what, 7-8 months? Haven’t picked up an instrument in all that time and they currently sit in my garage gathering dust. Took up Chess, what a rabbit hole that is! Continued running. Listening as always to a lot of old jazz. Continued seemingly never ending renovations to my house. Spent a lot of time with my lifelong friend, William Styron’s Black Dog, as a matter of fact he's here sitting right by my side now. 
So what now? I sat down a few days back and listened to a few things that were unfinished as of late last year. Maybe its time to start again. Find a new collaborator or two? Anyone know anyone who might be a match?
In the meantime I’ll dip my toe in and check out what some of my favourite Soundclouders have been up to while I was away. I'm sure I've missed out on some really great stuff.

Minor Exotica (Turned To Black)

Visions – Ambient Lo-Fi by Nexus

Visions floats through the hazy edges of the mind, blending ambient lo-fi textures with soft, emotive melodies that feel like half-remembered dreams. 🌙✨ Nexus creates an atmosphere of calm introspection — gentle keys, drifting synths, and subtle rhythms that shimmer like light through fog.

Each track unfolds slowly, inviting you into a meditative space where time feels suspended and every sound carries quiet meaning. Perfect for studying, reflection, or peaceful late-night moments. 🌌🕯️

Drifting Embers

A soft piano variation of Dimensional Maze, which I ended up using as a canvas to test out Cinematic Studio Piano.

Bending Lines, Crooked Shapes

Minimal/contemporary improvising, playing piano and sax, electronics. Combining acoustic and electronic approaches. Working with poetry, theatre, soundtracks.

Space Within #6 (from the field)

Rosmarino Baia