To celebrate the release of my sister's first solo harp + piano album, I put together this remix of one of my favourite tracks. It invokes feelings of standing along the shoreline in the shade on a sunny day, watching the endless waves break on the beach. One challenge working on this piece was I couldn't lean on quantization as I had to follow along with the real human playing the harp.

Links to my sister's music
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/squiddycat
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1eM1OYtRaYBkO5DvpyTF91?si=UVYunzZ8TPWC7SKIJiB03A
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ElizabethSutherlandPiano/
Website: https://elizabethsutherland.com/

Selkie Call of the Sea (Swell Mix)

Escape Trajectory began as a piece about wanting some space but ultimately became a track about... space. Space and hoping to elevate ourselves out of our mundane Groundhog Day routines, filled with hope and a touch of longing. It starts with a beckoning call from orbit, builds until escaping to zero-gravity where we reach our goal and go out on a high note. It is a follow-up release to Temporal Flow, a track about our perception of the passage of time.

This contains recordings of Sputnik's beeping from orbit, radio chatter between NASA Ground Control and Shuttle Discovery plus another little recording you may recognize from the first lunar landing.

Escape Trajectory

Launch yourself into orbit with this upbeat reimagining of my spacey chillout track.

Escape Trajectory (Sputnik Remix)

The long-lost closing Track From the 8:34. 

Cruising Altitude (Instrumental)

Come On

To celebrate Nate's 10th birthday I've put together a compilation of all of his chats from his CDs. Obviously he didn't say anything for his 1st birthday but I got some words from his 2nd birthday onwards. 

Nate Talks 10 Times

The Wave

March of Atanis

The main parts of this track fell together in a 20 minute stint on the train. I then spent two weeks turning it into this track. Again, I was trying for something a little more melodic. Hope you like it!

King's March in C Minor

It's been a long time in the making and while I could spend another 5 months trying to finish it I have to wrap it up. Here it is, Flashes of Alpha (formerly known as "Massive")... a study in too much bass.

Flashes of Alpha

Recorded in my bedroom with my mate Aaron (he's on guitar) back in 1989 or 1990 when we were 16-17yo

Abodē

I wanted to create an emotional orchestral piece after watching the most pivotal scene in the Vikings TV series. This mix has Ragnar's speech which I personally love but many people don't.

Listen to the original version on Soundcloud or YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoTMsCg_SYs

Isolation (Ragnar's Valediction)

I wanted to create an emotional orchestral piece after watching one of the most pivotal scenes in the Vikings TV series and came up with this.

Isolation

This was my first track produced during lockdown so I wanted a sunny, happy, upbeat track to get your toes tapping. Sure, it's a bit kitsch but it's still fun. Wait until the end for a surprise cameo from one of my favourite music movies.

Stellar Corona

Another classic track dug out of the vaults, dusted off and uploaded for your ears.

Requiem (Classic Track)

Best with headphones!

Close your eyes, open your ears and take a journey from the frozen middle of winter, through the warming of spring and into the bright sunlight of summer in this relaxing, ambient piece.

I was trying to convey the sense of time moving slowly but also rapidly, like how it feels living the same week on repeat while in lockdown for 112 days.

Featuring ambient recordings sourced from many providers including foley captured many years ago by me and my trusty MiniDisc recorder. This is likely the only track I've produced with me whistling.

An interesting, but totally unrelated note, this track goes for 420 seconds.

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