The first of this summer's ambient offerings to escape… The unsettling drone and shifting harmonics brought to mind a dear friend departed by his own hand. CP we miss you so very dearly and your spirit left this spinning rock in space far too soon.

An Empty Chair...

TakeOut Music -Electronic Sound Designs to Take You Out, best listened to with good headphones or earbuds.

TakeOut Music is the result of 35 years of experimenting with sound (including lots of listening ;) ). It started in San Francisco in the 70s, including recording loads of electronic music, playing live with a notorious punk band (really miss the Octave Cat/RE-201/Flanger combo), and being a member of several experimental electronic bands. During a period of "musicus interruptus", I completed an EE degree and got a day job in Silicon Valley for 20 years and my energies went to product designs and the music creations stopped.

In a state of burnout in 2002, I filled my basement with classic analog gear and got back to what I love and probably increased my lifespan significantly. I would build live songs by programing each synth/device, running them all through a huge mixing console, and then recording onto a DAT drive (still have 17 120-DAT tapes to go through to hear all the music made in this period). In a quest for a peaceful environment, left the large house in the Boulder suburbs to live in the amazing Rocky Mountains. My huge collection of vintage analog gear had to be scaled down, and that made a lot of EBayers very happy.

This new collection of music here on SoundCloud is a result of the redesigned studio using computer-based software tools. I didn't totally lose my mind, my beloved Korg Radias, DSI Pro 2, Wavestation EX, Moog Sub 37, Korg MS-20 mini, Eventide H9 Max, TC Electronics M-350, Arturia Beatstep Pro, Arturia Microbrute, Arturia Keystep, Arturia Drumbrute, Yamaha MX49, Korg Minilogue, Roland SH-201, Roland System-1m, Novation MiniNova, and Alesis SR18 populate my new space as well as all the MANY virtuals and emulations, etc. TakeOut Music is a concept I had in the 1970s, for "Music To Take You Out'. It relates to various states of consciousness, energy, vibration, and frequency. I mainly define the categories as: Atmospherics, Holding Patterns, and Motions.

My wish is that these synthetic sound designs bring enjoyment to others!! This is the first time I've felt compelled to share these with others and hope they are taken with the love in which they were created. 

Peace, Light, and Love to all!!

Jonas Heimbecker is a multi-instrumentalist composer/producer from Ithaca NY studying music business and production at University of Northern Colorado. Artist, collaborator, and friend.

Check out my Albums page for the full variety of my music!!

If you want to work on a project with me feel free to message :)

Squidwerks aka Greg Heimbecker is a Northern Colorado based recording engineer, sometimes saxophonist & longtime fan of music across many genres. I have a particular soft spot for ambient music in the tradition of the "great bald one" Brian Eno. As my SoundCloud develops there will be collections of my engineering efforts as well as a section of ambient music composed and performed by myself and a few of my close friends over the past 30 years or so...(be sure to check out https://soundcloud.com/nine-horse-johnson!) enjoy!

And if you're in the mood to check out one of the finest university jazz programs in North America point your ears over to https://soundcloud.com/uncjazz to check out more of my work for the University of Northern Colorado Jazz Studies Department!