The goal in writing this song was to explore a more directional sound by more obviously using chord progressions and using long-form composition rather than loops.

Lexical Augury

Remix of C. Reider's piece ld_1 from the album 'the Long Defeat' 
http://www.vuzhmusic.com/releases/longdefeat/longdefeat.html

Included on the C. Reider compilation/tribute album 'The More Unknown C. Reider - 20 Years of Strange Sounds Reworked by the Netlabel Underground'
http://www.vuzhmusic.com/releases/moreunknown.html

C. Reider's SoundCloud page can be found at http://soundcloud.com/vuzhmusic

C. Reider - ld_01 (Saffron Slumber Remix)

Oak Thielbar - Bereft

Out now on Skrow!Media - http://skrowmedia.com/skrow/audio-releases/skrow038/
This song is composed of two six-second clips of electric guitar repeated and processed. The two sections are intended to evoke complementary moods by extracting contrasting timbres from the clips - spacious to dense.
http://www.soundcloud.com/earthbreather is a collaborative project between Saffron Slumber and Ellipse (Kevin Stephens and Jason George, respectively) meant to focus on compositional techniques without any boundaries on genre.

Free 320kbps mp3 download.

earthbreather - Talk in Blue [Skrow038 5.25.11]

Download recommended (as always).

An experiment in using a short, familiar sample containing few notes to derive a very different, harmonically dense sound.

Glass Variation (Disintegrate)

Another Glass Variation. Download highly recommended, as the bitrate on SoundCloud messes with this piece pretty severely.

Inspired by conversations on Twitter with http://soundcloud.com/vuzhmusic

Saffron Slumber - Glass Variation (Scalding Cloud)

Saffron Slumber - Blind Sower, Reaper

Saffron Slumber - Glass Variation (Delirium)

First track from The White Tower. Released by Pocket Change Records.

Red Etude

First track from Walk Through Doors. Originally released on Zenapolae. Album artwork by ruby-throated.

Of Ice, Water, and Steam

Created for Disquiet Junto 0405, though it is submitted past the deadline.

This was created by layering effects over a looped portion of cloud 4 from C. Reider's album .​.​.​a trustable cloud. It is more or less a revisiting of old techniques as I begin to reengage with music.

original track found here: https://c-reider.bandcamp.com/album/a-trustable-cloud

Oak Thielbar - Welkin (disquiet0405)

Track 1 of Somnogen, released on Resting Bell 12/31/10. (rb092)

Download is in .wav format.

Möbius Thought

Ambient and experimental musician/composer in Seattle. Half of duo earthbreather.


For Purchase:

Ember Music - Volume 1 - http://embermusic.bandcamp.com/album/ember-music-volume-1 (Compilation: Track 7, Glade)


Free Releases:

Somnogen - http://www.restingbell.net/releases/rb092-somnogen

Cascades EP - http://skrowmedia.com/skrow/audio-releases/skrow023/

Walk Through Doors - http://zenapolae.com/zen059

The White Tower - http://www.archive.org/details/Pcr014-SaffronSlumber-TheWhiteTower

Meditations on Autumn EP - http://skrowmedia.com/skrow/audio-releases/skrow004/


Free Splits/Compilations:

At Dawn's Harbor - http://luxusarctica.wordpress.com/2010/05/01/release-the-albums (Split with Carl Sagan's Ghost, Ehrler Vogel, and Specta Ciera)

Myth of the Near Future EP - http://www.circlesandlines.org/candl15.html (Split with Carl Sagan's Ghost and Specta Ciera)

Translucence EP - http://skrowmedia.com/skrow/audio-releases/skrow026 (Split with Ellipse)

mam!records rainy day mixtape volume 2 - http://mamrecords.com/download/mam090-mamrecords-rainy-day-mixtape-volume-2/ (Compilation: Track 13, Oaken)

The More Unknown C. Reider - 20 Years of Strange Sounds Reworked by the Netlabel Underground -
http://www.vuzhmusic.com/releases/moreunknown.html (Compilation: Track 2, ld_01 (Saffron Slumber Remix))

Oak Thielbar (fka Saffron Slumber)

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