This one was written and arranged in under 24 hours. I am at my happiest when i hit a flow state, but also burned my brain with excess screentime.
It's about the inevitable journey of loss and grief, and then acceptance, peace and the return of the life urge.

After She's Gone

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The ones in dark corners
I am with you.
I sense your hush.
The ones of smoke and needles and bruises
who found glory
and saw how far a fall it is back down. 
The ones who hang around
when Main Street closes down.

The outcasts, the insane, the altered.
Each with a piece missing.
Invisible scars and otherwise.

A pact, a cult of the underground.
Where each path has it's inverse.
Where each feeling goes obscure.
Smoldering still from the impact of the world.
Cloaked in the darkness of night.
The only time we see what's real.

Words by Riley Robinson

Void of Blood and Rust

Mountain Trail

2025-02-14

Midnight Sun

I wrote this song around 12-13 years ago. It's always been a favorite. I was inspired after walking back from a coffee shop in my home town during the fall, and I was imagining what a life it would be with someone that was in my life. I actually still have a video recording of her recording me singing and playing it on my piano, very special.  It's crazy how time has flown since then.  This is one of those songs that no recording ever seems good enough.  I hope you enjoy this live take I did tonight. I wanted to redo this song cause after all these years, I changed the first line. It's simple but just better. Thanks for listening!:) 

What a Life

The trees are swaying above me
The leaves are falling gently
The sun is shining kindly
The clouds are drifting steady
Smiling cause you stay
Never felt this way
Your eyes have always carried me away

What a day what a day what a day what a day what a day
What a day what a day what a day what a day 

The stars are singing so softly 
The moon is glowing bravely
The world is sleeping soundly
And we are walking slowly
Every step feels right
Your heart is my light
Oh I feel you holding me with all of your might 

What a night what a night what a night what a night what a night
What a night what a night what a night what a night

Trusting you is easy
I will be your safety
The years have been so perfect
Being around oh your beauty 
Wouldn't it be nice
Wouldn't it be nice
Wouldn't it be nice
Wouldn't it be nice
If you were my wife

What a life what a life what a life what a life what a life
What a life what a life what a life what a life
What a day what a day what a night what a night what a life
What a life what a life what a life 
What a life what a life what a life

©Daniel Colter Valentine

What a Life (Original song live)

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LUM1N4NCE #05

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Dawn
Release Date: 07-16-2018
© 2018 Keith Richie

Dawn
An Original ‘N’otion Picture Soundtrack by Keith Richie
Inspired by the novel Dawn by Octavia E. Butler

Dawn is a sweeping cinematic score based on the first book of the Lilith’s Brood trilogy by the legendary Octavia E. Butler. This album serves as my musical interpretation of her profound and haunting tale—one of loss, survival, and evolution.

The story follows Lilith Iyapo, who once lived peacefully with her family in the Andes Mountains—until a devastating nuclear war obliterated humanity. Centuries later, Lilith awakens aboard a mysterious alien vessel, under the watch of the Oankali—an advanced species driven by an instinct to heal and evolve through genetic merging. As the last remnants of humanity are studied and prepared for a second chance at life, not all agree with the terms of this new beginning.

With themes of love, sadness, hope, and conflict, the music in Dawn is meant to transport the listener—whether or not they’re familiar with the book. You’ll feel the quiet sorrow of a ruined Earth… the awe and unease of first contact… the strange, electric connection between Lilith and the Oankali being Nikanj… and the tension of a species on the brink of transformation.

This album is a journey through emotional and otherworldly landscapes, where humanity’s survival depends not on strength, but on change.

Dawn is a tribute to one of science fiction’s most powerful stories, and I’m honored to present it in musical form.

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Nikanj

Composé, réalisé par Jacques Lemaire, mai 2020 via Studio One

- Galaxy Instruments - Noire Felt - Basic Felt
- Spitfire Audio - Ólafur Arnalds Stratus - Matrix - Looped Rhythms
- Spitfire Audio - Ólafur Arnalds Chamber Evolutions - Chamber Grid
- Spitfire Audio - Woodwind Evolutions - Woodwind Swamp
- Arturia - Pigments - Voyage
- Sonuscore - Elysion - Mars of Iron and Stone
- Spitfire Audio - Hanz Zimmer Strings - 60 Cellos - All in One - Col Legno Tratto
- Spitfire Audio - Olafur Arnalds Stratus - Matrix - Rhythmic Waves
- Spitfire Audio - Acoustic Shadows - Lea Bertucci - Trumpet Pitch Bend
- Spitfire Audio - Alev Lenz - Don't Sit Down
- UVI - Falcon - VOKLM - Cookle Cutter
- Sonuscore - The Orchestra Complete - Morin Kh High Sustain Nonvib - Violin 1 - Harmonics Tremolo - Choir Female - Sustain OH - Cello - Harmonics Sustain - Grand Piano Lid Closed
- UVI - Falcon - Beatbox Anthology 2 - AceT 1

Intimate Music - Like The Wind

Electronic, Dub Techno, IDM, Ambient. @Tokyo

LUM1N4NCE #05

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