A contemplative exploration of being, via a downtempo synthscape..
🤍 vocals courtesy Alan Watts

Image: Optics: spectra of various substances. Colour aquatint by R.H. Digeon, ca. 1868.

Lyrics
The feeling of being is a sort of spectrum. Just as light is at one end red, and at the other end violet. And you have to have these extremes in order to have colour at all, in order to know light.
So you see, likewise, we have to have the experience that there is somebody else, something else going on, altogether out of our control, in order to have the experience of being me.

The feeling of being is a sort of spectrum.
Why do you think you have to have something to depend on?
So, we get finally, not quite finally, to the void.
That which is void is precisely the world of form. That which is precisely form is the void.
And.. what then?
When you get to the void, there is an enormous and unbelievable sense of relief. That's Nirvana.

You mustn't cling to the void. You have to void the void. And so, the void of non-void is the great state, as it were.
The feeling of being is a sort of spectrum.

You cannot nail a peg into the sky. And so, to be a man of the sky, a man of the void, is also called a man not depending on anything.
And when you're not hung on anything, you are the only thing which isn't hung on anything, which is the universe.
🤍 Alan Watts

Speaking In Dreams

Nirvana

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Scotty. (almost) everywhere. Hasty home recordings in between realities while the children are (sometimes) quiet or at their mom's.

"Repetition is based on body rhythms, so we identify with the heartbeat, or with walking, or with breathing." (K. Stockhausen)

I see a meaning in the limitation to minimalist sounds. My work blends elements of post-punk synthwave, EBM, minimal techno and trance, merging the divided aspects of our being into a cohesive, transcendent experience.

Kraftkabel is the artist name of Philip I. Buckland. I am a musical scientist in a parallel universe living in a studio flat orbiting Jupiter. My keyboards are suspended in gravity nets, and my mixer is controlled by the power of the mind. My cosmic sequencing software masters through the power of emotion, and my keyboards are simultaneously both retro and new.
My music originates from the point of divergence of these universes - the mid-late 1980's, but is spliced by genre splicing interludes. I use a time machine and dimensional portal to get to work.
For the other nerds out there:
Hardware synths: 
Moog Subsequent 37; Roland Jupiter X, JD-Xi, VR-09, S-1; Korg Prologue, NTS-1, Monotron Duo; Sequential Take5; Yamaha DX7; Akai PRO MiniAK; Novation Mininova; Arturia MicroFreak; Modal SkulptsynthSE; Teenage Engineering PO-20.
Main software: Ableton, Arturia Analog Pro, InSidious, random free stuff from the interweb and Dexed to program the DX7. Audacity. All played through Arturia Keylab and Keystep (which has a better arpreggiator).
Plus some guitars that I can't really play very well. And an mbira, tin whistle and an alien head-shaped ukulele.

A Musical Journey of FlexHead
Best known as a local Northern California Funk Band, FlexHead and their sound have developed and grown in popularity since 2015. Influenced by the community, culture, and sounds of their hometown, they perform music that speaks to fans across the musical spectrum. Their signature style has become synonymous with a diverse collection of melodies and compositions. This Funk Band is on the rise, and nothing can stop them from achieving the success they work so hard for. 

Contact FlexHead at FlexHeadFunk@gmail.com

Much of my music is FREE TO DOWNLOAD.
Love this space, wherever it is, and the amazing sounds of humanity. Happy to mix my music with yours, if you have an idea or no idea : ) -- if you would like to remix, remake, redeem any part of anything here, let me know.   ~ 

These are the wonderful musicians I've been lucky enough to work with so far on SC:

MOON DUST - https://soundcloud.com/petri-kiviniemi
Oorlab - https://soundcloud.com/oorlab
Kamikami - https://soundcloud.com/kamikami-sc
Spökpappa (The Ghostfather)- @user-805491886
Cycle of Hands - https://soundcloud.com/cycleofhands
Wane of Summer - https://soundcloud.com/wane-of-summer/tracks
Ami Dreamer - https://soundcloud.com/ami_dreamer
Bonetender - https://soundcloud.com/bonetender
Shrowd ($ad)- https://soundcloud.com/avercoffee
Terry Wigmore - https://soundcloud.com/user-536194718
JBeAt {to my own drum} - https://soundcloud.com/jbeattomyowndrumindiepop
joerxworx - https://soundcloud.com/joerxworx
Koma Gaeshi - https://soundcloud.com/koma-gaeshi
letterfounder - https://letterfounder.bandcamp.com
Dean Massicotte - https://soundcloud.com/deanmassicotte
..dusboblaze.. - https://soundcloud.com/user-430072946
Don't kill butterflies - https://soundcloud.com/dontkillbutterflies
Arma Ignifera - https://soundcloud.com/herronsound
Nicholas Ridiculous - https://soundcloud.com/nickrdavies
Rhiannon's Liquid Soul - https://soundcloud.com/bre-cabin
MingMonk - https://soundcloud.com/mingmonk
ŞöļäçėŠțřëęț - @solacestreet
arse-myth - https://soundcloud.com/arse-myth
mannu - https://soundcloud.com/the-mannu

Hello, Welcome to TBD.
All these creations are made by hard work and years upon years upon years of practice and trying to explain this world and the human condition to myself in the process through poems & songs. Thanks for all of your wonderful support.
Peace and Love to Everyone,
Carl Culliton


PS: The world needs good art and new ideas from the mindsets of artists living authentic lifestyles. In a world where we are poisoned by labels I think it's more honourable for humanity to show your true colours at the hard issues and lay them bare for a better future and in my opinion this should be more important then the success of whatever brand you are trying to create as a musician or artist. That's why I am The Beautiful Dark. My name is unlikely to help me become affluent and successful but it lays bare that this world has many dark inhumane ideas and mindsets to transcend and get on top of to move our existence on a path to a greater good for all life. So I'll do that for my children and I won't apologise for not trying to please people with any shallow so called truthful status quo. I'll share my actual truth from my whole being and you can use your own discernment to process that if you decide to embrace it. Cheers

Official Soundcloud for Dark Electro Producer Scratch Kelly 
West Coast, Tasmania 
Darkwave + Dark Ambient + Wave + Experimental + Industrial

Scratch Kelly constructs a synthesis of dark ambient, industrial and wave music. She creates a diverse sonic landscape, from brutal and unforgiving industrial sounds to dreamy dark wave territory marked by melodic synth bass so deep you could drown in it. Her music is designed to bring a sense of realisation, contemplation and healing to the darker places of the psyche.
First surfacing in 2018 with as part of the Hobart based duo Soundtractor, and moving onto solo music production in 2022 with a series of self-released EP's and albums. Her work is heavily influenced by darkwave and industrial electro, but her  inclusion of complex, often experimental rhythms and emotive melodies sets her apart from the rest of the dark electronic scene. She has received her greatest exposure so far on radio and at the Unconformity Festival.