A delicate, nostalgic and gentle piece of music in 7/8.
All sounds are from the Roland SH-101.
Written and recorded on 30/3/20.
Written by R Cook 2020.

SH101 EP 1

Saskatchewan (SH6) - Stars of the SIlver Age

One billion to the 1000th power light years away, exit Stargate, to the left✰

Music is the wormhole on my way home.

machinesforliving is a platform for my music projects. 

I trained as a ‘classical’ orchestral musician and pianist but never felt a passion for the music or instruments I played. Synthesizers were another matter altogether.  I get lost in the scope of the soundscaping and orchestration possibilities as well as the beauty of precision.

I’ve written some background for each song which can be found ‘behind’ each track. Music is a joy and part of the healing.

Some songs are also available on Art City Glimmer's Bandcamp page.

PROJECTS
Art City Glimmer: 2010 - Present. Solo electronic pop.

Milano Rovente (formerly Thieves Like Us): reactivated 2021. Funk, soul, sophistipop collaboration with Rich Braithwaite and Jon Paul.

International Electromatics: 2011-2021. EBM project with writer MM Lewis. Currently on hiatus waiting for new lyrics😁!

Outlier: 2022-Present. Sample-based hauntology project. Sound sources include 1930s movies, obscure library music, 70s easy listening, 20th Century classical, cult TV, dance and electronica.

Academy of Saints: 2023- Present. Orchestral and chamber-pop project. 

Stars of the Silver Age: 2012-Present. Exclusively analogue synthesis-based occasional project. Lockdown album written, recorded and mixed across 4 days using just an SH101 and a Volca Beats. All tracks from that available on own Soundcloud page.

Red Sky: 2018. Umbrella for instrumental / ambient pieces.

Sixth of the Seven Trees- 2015 - present.

I'm not on SC too much, look me up on the other sites :). You can contact Jeremy though his website if you have any questions; http://www.jeremyabbott.net/

All tracks recorded using just a Roland SH-101 and a Korg Volca Beats. 
Stars of the Silver Age was my analogue synthesizer project from 2011 that I completed alongside recording in International Electromatics and Art City Glimmer. Inspired by getting my Roland SH-101 back from it's first service in the 13 years I've owned it, I reactivated the name for these recordings I completed using just my SH-101 and a Korg Volca Beats drum machine. All the tracks were written from scratch, recorded and mixed in no more than a single day each with 4 being finished on the 28th March alone. I found it liberating to make music so spontaneously and quickly - some of the Art City Glimmer and i.e. songs I'm currently working on started life up to 10 years ago in some cases... I set myself some basic rules for this project - I would only use the two pieces of equipment and each piece would be in a different key - to make sure I didn't fall back on familiar 'safe' patterns in favourite keys. It was a real pleasure using the SH-101 to get all of these sounds. I controlled it using a Doepfer MCV-4 and recorded all the tracks into Cubase. The SH-101 is a popular synth and as such seems to attract as many detractors as supporters. I think it's great; it's been a staple in my setup since I bought it in EMIS but I was guilty of using it mainly for sequenced bass-lines and arpeggio parts. I hope I've balanced the record now and done this great little synth proud. I love the way it's perfect for the dance-based tracks as well as taking the ambient tracks to another place altogether. I love my SH!