More than just music that tries to characterize creatures in my life, this is a love letter to many of the cheesy sounds of the '70s and '80s, with a contemporary take on them. It's a re-imagining of the fundamental elements that define classical, electronic, and nostalgic music. It's also an attempt to share the phenomenon of hallucinations with you. In this album, there are vocals without voices, leading to the sensation of, "did I just hear that." Listen hard and you might hear more than what is actually there. 

Some convey the feeling rather than the actual phenomenon. An easy one to hear this in is "Sewage Matted Hide." Which clearly says through instrumentation, "A walk, a walk, a long long long walk" and, "I hate my life, I want to die." The rest may or may not elicit the phenomenon or feeling for you. (Note that I don't feel the aforementioned way, but did at the time)

This album is finalized to be enjoy on your home Atmos system. I've ensured that it'll even sound acceptable on a crummy cell phone speaker. Enjoy on whatever device you prefer!

Creatura Thema

Egotism Vanishes

A dense song that hits you like a fever dream.

Fever Dream

It sounds like the warm side of blue.
This tune is written in the irrational time signature of 5/5. Music just doesn't get written this way. 
Also, this piece features a melodic call and response. It's written in Phrygian G. I hope you find it beautiful.

Cerulean

Do you choose to fight the dizziness and press on to your goal?
This song features a storm of notes and, expertly plucked oud solos.

Lightheaded

Great conversations start with a single phrase. This song features two synths having a talk.

Chatterbox

Relic....
"The Sun reclaims.
 It makes a secret of you,
 The time remains,
 The Sun still shines upon you  "

Relic

A complex piece that features five musical points. It utilizes the irrational time signature of 6/5.

Five Points

A call and response featuring a bright synth and a stormy piano. Watch the drums.

Captain

This song travels through various keys in the mode of Locrian.

Locrian Clock

A song with a whimsical fairlike feeling to it. Like you're walking down the midway and looking at rides that'd probably make you sick.
It's a journey of a song. It changes from Dorian to Aeolian midway through.

Midway

A song stapled together along the way; ode to the rat king.
Aside from being a bad omen, the Rat King is sometimes how I feel when I've not cared to change or shower in some time.

Too, there is a family of rats that live out by the dumpster where I smoke. One of the larger ones has trouble jumping into the structure and I've seen him fall several times. This song is also for that rat and the similar struggles we experience. None of this is sarcasm, I'd say as much. It's beautiful to find something little and learn to care deeply about it. This is how you grow your care.

You do know what a Rat King is right?

Rat King

An electronic song about a depressed frog, written in the time signature of 8/2.  

He's sad and hates his life; you might hear him sing as much. 

(There are no actual lyrics in this song, it's the FX uncanny distortion on the backing chords that make it sound like someone saying, "I hate my life, I want to die".) 

**This is not a vague way for me to cry for help, but an expression of how I have felt many times.**

Sewage Matted Hide

Enjoy the song about a spider creating its web in a field, and waiting for the next hapless victim.

*This is the non-surround sound version of Argiope*

It will sound better on your headphones or stereo setup than the surround version. For surround sound please wait a bit more (Album out October 19th)

Argiope

Imagine the naivete of scoffing at danger. This song is of that ignorance and doesn't contain the surprise the title may imply.

This song is in the irrational time signature of 7/5 and in the mode of Phrygian C#

Fawn and Headlight

A bass-heavy track made to honor the multitude of bats that take flight at night. A "Flight of the Bats" if you will.

****With the right playback environment, this song will induce visual hallucinations of a physical sort; the periphery is especially active. This is due to the persistent and recurring use of 16hz, which is also the resonant frequency of the eye. I recommend using amplified studio headphones to experience this.****

Chiroptera Exodus

This song is about a raccoon that I've seen wandering about. I once mistook him for a handbag by the side of the trash, with a remarkable design on it. After I walked closer it was clear that this was no handbag, but a creature. He leered at me defensively but soon was overcome by whatever loot he'd acquired and, paid me no mind.
I've seen him since, including one encounter where this same wild animal had climbed to my second story door; that's another story. 
Ever since that first day, he's been named Handbag, for my mistake, and his lack of a tail. What a rough little buddy.

Handbag The Raccoon

I'm a writer of uncannily tuned melodies and incorporator of irrational time signatures. If something hits you as odd that you play or see from my creations, it's because I want you to notice the beauty in deviance and dissonance for yourself. With each piece, I lovingly place nuance and hide meaning; songs should tell a story, even if only through instrumentation. 

With the name Shuriken Miasma, I’m trying to evoke the sound of my music; frequencies, like a cloud of tiny daggers, finding the vital spaces of your ear. Sharp highs and warm lows are the vehicles this assault usually takes. These songs use the full spectrum of stereo, which helps take you to the music. I also want you to feel the emotion or circumstance I’m writing about.
 
Most of my inspiration comes from my life experiences as a human, martial artist, student, and person with Dissociative Identity Disorder. 
(Click the YouTube link below for music videos, some including martial arts)

I’ve written about sunny days, walking along the sidewalk. I’ve worked arduously to convey moments of psychosis I experience due to my neurological disorder, even hallucinations, and feelings of unease. The song “Throw you in the River;” is what I would describe as a musical argument, in the form of call and response. The album "Creatura Thema" is an experimental attempt at sharing the phenomenon of hallucinations with the listener, but also has many thematic layers beyond that; an onion of an album. I guarantee there’s a song on here that will worm its little way into your brain funnels. 

I compose original music and strive to learn more with each song completion. I’ve been writing music for 10 years, and my knowledge has been enriched by several years of experience working as an audio engineer. My music theory is self-taught, and about five years in I began to experiment with modal music. 

Today I primarily work with modal music and like to challenge myself by constraining my compositions to various arbitrary rules from track to track. Sometimes nostalgia blooms and my song reminds you of a video game you once played. Other pieces will take you to the edge of sadness; if that's your thing I suggest you listen to my song "SAd Cacter;" purposely miscased to connote the key the song is in. 

Aside from here, you can find my music on all major platforms. If you want to use my music, or can't afford to purchase it but would like copies, please message me directly.

Welcome, and thank you for listening!

~[S]huriken [M]iasma~

Argiope

Shuriken Miasma

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