Hi people,

Just a little sound born from other musical thoughts and ideas. It became interesting and full enough to be it's own little entity with a hark back towards a retro vibe.

Take care one and all.
Step.

Entity - Step5

Loved working on this with my friend Joe.

It all formed during lockdown 1 and although it's one of those that's never quite going to feel finished to me. (don't ask) it has so many elements that I love in music.

I love its pace, its slow build, tempo and feel. There's huge influences from Lemon Jelly and the spoken word world of music and story telling. Hopefully the feeling of not quite capturing the world around you comes to mind. What's with you in a moment? What's been there before you?

I hope you love it as much as us. Fingers crossed you latch on to feel something from it.

Cheers all.
Step & Joe

P.s. It is hiding out there on Spotify etc. with some other fun and funny sounds from us.

Clouds on the Road - Step5 & Joe

Acicula - a needlelike part; spine, bristle, or needlelike crystal.

An early idea meandering into existence. Might be it, might not. <3

Nice to make something.

Stay well all, thank you for stopping by,
Step.

Ac1cula - Step5

Thinking Out Loud - Test 1a - Step5

Morning Seth.

A live piano noodle and a little toying with it. (Snipping up the wave file, changing the positions, enjoying the FX's).

There's a naturalness and untidiness in the piano (& a mistake or 2). 
Coupled by a live feel in some of the electronic instruments and that overall warm surrounding feel we love.

I hope it warms you and makes you smile. Journey well. :)

Thank you so much for listening as always. All feedback warmly received.

If you like it ❤ it. I f you love it 'Reposts' make all the difference.

Cheers,
Step.

Awaken - Step5

A lose edit that I just seem to love. It's not finished, it's not complete, it's certainly not polished... But what is?
It sits somewhere that works. It seems to have something. I'm not sure what exactly.

I hope you think so as well.

Thanks so much for listening as always,
Your comments and shares mean the world to me.

Cheers,
Step.

Thanks to Nigel Good for the Lens Flare sample from his EDM Pack
Image: Step5 - Petronas Towers

To those who think - Step5

Drift on by one and all.
Relax, Bob around a little, Melt, Form, Create...
...And of course, enjoy it all.

Thanks so much for listening, your support means the world to me.
Repost if you love it, that helps so much.

Cheers,
Step.

Special thanks: Nigel Good - EDM Sound Pack

Image - Step5

Sounds like clouds - Step5

Really happy with this speedy little project.

The centre of my attention for one day only. :)

I really hope you all enjoy it, fingers crossed it'll pick you up and give you a smile should you need one.

If you love it a repost means the world to me!

Thank you so much one and all!

Stay well,
Step.

Locus - Step5

Great fun. Headed in a slightly more chilled direction. I hope you enjoy it. :)

But make sure you love the original! 80's gold by POWERCYAN right here:
https://soundcloud.com/powercyan/dotn
Simply awesome.  :)

Cheers for stopping by,
Step.

POWERCYAN - Disciples Of The Night (Step5 Remix)

An atmospheric track written as an intro to an as yet un-imagined script.
The scene setter.

..."is it easier above or below?"...

I really hope it takes you where you want to go. :)

Thanks so much for listening.

Cheers,
Step.

P.s. If anyone is interested I'll write part 2 for them.  :)

Ambiance / Sound FX:
Thank you HQSFX & n Beats both channels on youtube.

Wide Eyed - Step5

This is a typical conundrum for me.

I write an atmospheric chord sequence and then through thinking and working on it I come out the other end with a progressive house style sound.
In the past I often then split this extended track back in two and rework the atmospheric piece into just that, and then play with the house style piece to create a fuller house track.

Here's the track without any of those decisions being made.

Does it work as is?
Should I chop it in two and re think them?
Should I keep it as one but rework it?

What would your ears like?

Thankyou for listening as always!

Cheers,
Step.

Tracking XL - Step5 (WIP)

And then it split.

If there are any vocalists / lyricists out there inspired by this sound then please get in touch and we'll put a lyrical version together.

This is the solitary instrumental EDM component of the Tracking idea. I first wrote some initial pieces of this track well over 10 years ago.
It's nice to put it together.

Thank you so much for listening as always, if it floats your boat please share the love. :)

Cheers,
Step.

Tracking - Step5

Firstly, huge thank you's to Maxwell Powers for giving us all the chance to remix his work. (It's all out there if you so fancy).

It's been an absolute treat. I decided to cut the track 'Death (it feels alright)' right back to the vocals only and then give it a go in my style.

The original is quite simply amazing and can be found here:
https://soundcloud.com/maxwellpowers/death-it-feels-alright

This remix is fun and has quite a nice groove to it.

Cheers again Max!

And thank you all for listening.

Step.

Death (it feels alright) - Maxwell Power (Step5 Remix)

The Toy Box

Any Animators fancy a challenge?

The rough scene:
Set in the future
A 'living' toy robot finds an old VTR and gets it working, playing back a very old scene... Heading back as far as is needed to get the right sort of toys for this short.

The robot watches the video crackle into life and sees a family playing in an old house & garden with old toys. The family suddenly needs to leave, (why is not necessarily important). They hastily pack away most of the toys they were playing with and exit shot leaving the video filming the old toy box.


Rough ideas of timing to music:

00:00 - Fade in on modern world empty and broken. No life, just a living toy robot. Has found something at long last and is tying to get it to work / playback. Last Chance.

00:44 - Video starts playing back. Robot so excited and hopeful. Video shows a wealthy old family playing with old fashioned toys. Robot is ecstatic because there are no people left to play with him.

01:00 - Video shows family tidying up frantically & leaving shot. Robot is sad to see people leaving. Camera is left stationary in toy box.

01:23 - First signs of movement from toy box. No people present. Robots eyes light up.

01:27 - Camera jaults from being hit on side. Small fingers can be seen at edge of shot. Static is lost from old recording, picture is clear now.

01:28 - Toy box opens and old toys; soldiers, drumming monkey (what ever suits the era we're able to use) etc. Pop out alive. Robot is blown away with happiness. Toy that hit camera walks out infront of picture joining it's living toy friends.

02:12 - Finishes on closed toy box still intact in the modern world behind the robot.

The track is completely mailable should there be something better ideas etc.

Thank you so much for listening. All feedback warmly received.

Cheers,
Step.

The Toy Box - Step5 | ANIMATOR(S) WANTED

A smooth progressive track that half developed by itself.

I hope you enjoy the journey. :)

Thank you so much for listening.

Cheers,
Step.

The Pilgrim - Step5

*a couple of level fixes required, will sort it soon*

Hi all,
Been awhile.

What's it like to be you then?

Thanks for tuning in. All comments and thoughts warmly received as always.

Cheers,
Step.

To be you - Step5

I hope no one minds; especially London Grammar.

I remixed Hey Now by London Grammar a little while back and hope it's OK to put it out there.

It's quite a minimal chilled tweak to the original (which blows my mind every time I hear it). Hannah Reid's vocals are just sublime, the rolling chords perfection, and that guitar riff... Wow.

Thanks for releasing those stems many moons ago. Such a treat.

Cheers,
Step.

London Grammar - Hey Now (Step5 Remix)

My Remix for Hummingbird's Competition for their track Walking.

Took it in a progressive direction and worked on my pitcher / midi notation skills.

Thank you so much for the opportunity Hummingbird cracking original track!
https://soundcloud.com/swenztown/hummingbird-walking

Hummingbird - Walking (Step5 Remix)

My remix entry for 'You & Nothing' by Neil Richter & RKLM.

Original here:
https://soundcloud.com/black-lemon-records/neil-richter-rklm-you-nothing

Cheers for the Opportunity,
Hope you all enjoy.

Cheers,
Step5

You & Nothing (Step5 Remix)

My remix for the Web comp. - "The Light"

Thank you so much for the listen,

The lovely original can be found here:
https://soundcloud.com/kayhee/web-feat-dora-jarkowski

Takecare,
Step.

Web (feat. Dora Jarkowski) - Step5 "The Light" Remix

Been awhile, hope you're all well. :)

Unsure of a name for this one.

Hopefully it offers you something too focus with or use to stay on target with a task, job, hobby!

Enjoy it.  :)

noname

Just a long list of thanks.

Laurent Garnier (et al) - Thank you for going live and surprising France and all of us just how well it can be done. :)

Syntheticsax - Just awesome! Thank you so much for recording this acapella, amazing and a joy to work with it's here for us all:
https://soundcloud.com/syntheticsax/syntheticsax-akapella-man-with-a-red-face

Perambulum - https://soundcloud.com/perambulum Your piano work always astounds me along with your mastering! Thank you for your help, knowledge and general brotherly kick in the right direction as and when it's always needed.

Action - Cheers for the challenge and I hope this gives you another version of one of your favourite tracks to enjoy now and again.

Thank you all for stopping by and having a listen / leaving a comment! It means the world as always.

Here's to great friends, family, sunsets and locations to see them. :)

The Man With The Red Face - Syntheticsax, Perambulum & Step5 (Sunset Remix)

Been a little while,

Here's a positive one to dust yourself down and head on out there.
Open the curtains, get out that door and adventure. :)

Thanks so much for listening and please leave a message if you enjoy any of it.

Cheers,
Step.

Make Waves - Step5

Flow- Fact of moving along in a steady, continuous stream. Hustle and Flow - It defines one's conflicting ambitions. like: A person wants to do something against any conformity. Then he has to “hustle and flow”through.

Ever been there..? I know I have. Enjoy the journey.

Thank you so very much for listening. If you enjoyed it please leave a comment. :)

Cheers,
Step.

Hustle & Flow - Step5

A short soundtrack for a moment or build.

It's deep, warm, heavy and full on.

All thoughts and ideas warmly recieved.

Thanks so much for listening,
Step.

forecast - Step5

Here we are, finally got this one together.

All my ideas to the animation scribbled below, doing my best to describe the different time points and what my brain has been up to and visualising.

If any one is keen, get in contact.

Wreckless Urbandon
The melting Pot: 00:00 - 02:25
Our character is concerned, they've just about been surviving in city life but suffering from stress and anxiety. Things are becoming too much. They miss nature, clean spaces and calm, there's too much human rubbish everywhere, from litter to politics.
The final straw is forgetting or losing their keep cup. They order a takeaway coffee in a cup. When finished they don't know whether to recycle it or put it in the rubbish bin. They don't want to put it in the rubbish bin, but can it be recycled? They put it in the side of their bag instead. It's not fully empty and leaks all over them.

n.b. There is a hint of eco warrior about our character, but that doesn't have to be the sole storyline (?) This story maybe a better told focusing on recognising stress & anxiety and helping those with it?

Too much: 02:25 - 03:45
Part 1. 02:25 - 03:05:
Over whelmed by it all the character finds them self running, frantically bouncing off human made structures, vehicles, other people, litter, objects, colours, lights etc. The city is too much.
Part 2. 03:05 - 03:45:
Colour starts to drain out of picture. The world loses it's filling. Slipping in to line drawn animation and moving to black & white. Eventually the world crackles down to just a single line with our character in it. The line is spiky not rounded before it finally flattens out. It's just the character and a flat line that they're running on. The line ends and they slip off the end falling in to nothingness, falling.

Not what I thought: 03:45 - 04:25
They are touched on the shoulder by a stranger who stops to check and offer help.
Our character is curled up tightly in a ball at the foot of a tree on the edge of the city park, the city just next door but nature within touching distance. Comfort & Support begins to feel real. Humans can help. Friends are near.

It's still here: 04:25 - 05:05
The helper comforts them and points up at the circling birds of prey between the skyscrapers above. They see wildlife all around them, friendly, surviving, thriving. They understand what they're looking for in this world, what they need to help them an what they need to do to help each other, themselves and everything. They start to move in time with the footsteps. With confidence.

Night time: 05:05 - 05:45
An urban fox appears as the camera spins back in to the depth of the city. They're running with it. It's enjoying being followed. It's playing. They are as well.

Balance 05:45 - 07:05
Our character and friend run with foxes, birds of prey, insects, wildlife. GLOWING FIREFLIES EVERYWHERE. In between cars, traffic over bins through doors around street corners, through the park, smiling. Laughing, running. Making their world.
The towers and human mess loses it's filling. gliding back to line drawn animation and moving to black & white, except for our two characters and the wildlife / nature. The world simplifies down to just a single line with our characters and wildlife. The line finally flattens out. It's just the characters and wildlife and a flat line that they're all running on. The line ends and they stream off down and up as birds, fireflies and water.

Samples thanks to:
Footsteps on concrete sound effect - ProFX
Station Anouncement - Perambulum
Street Ambience - Daniel Simon
Traffic Jam - Yo Mama

Wreckless Urbandon UNMASTERED - Step5

Here's our full remix of Tiny Fighter's Hollow Talk.

We were truly blessed to know that Tiny Fighter loved what we did and that they decided to release it.

Please have a listen on Spotify.

Hit the Spotify link above or use the link below:
open.spotify.com/track/4pGxINeDjF…TuSU6zXUChHGbNcQ

Tiny Fighter also made a video link below:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCwvjFlSqtA

Tiny Fighter:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/0TqpxHIKbhZJzcXreXDEvv?si

Cheers all,
Step & Perambulum.

Artwork - Step5 (original image from Tiny Fighter)

Spotify

Hollow Talk - Tiny Fighter (Step5 & Perambulum Muted Whisper Remix)

It's been along time one & all. 
A few interesting stories and life lessons learnt since last we listened together, and now we've all got to deal with what's out there.

Be good to each other, think about one another. Don't be selfish.

Anyway. I wrote a really quick, fun and simple track and it made me think of space whales. So I called it that. 

P.s. I don't think they're carriers so don't worry! :D

Love to you all.
Step.

Space Whales - Step5

Honoured to share our second remix for Tiny Fighter and their track Perfect Game.

Really hope you all enjoy.

It's all up on Spotify. Please use the link.

Cheers,
Step & Perambulum.

Perfect Game - Tiny Fighter (Step5 & Perambulum Fall Apart Remix)

One step forwards. Two steps back.
Another step forwards and you're back at the start.
One more step and you're as far you've ever been.
That's your fifth step, and nothing is holding you.
Now it gets interesting. . . (Step5)

Hi All,

It's mainly electronic for me, generally around the chill out, lounge & ambient styles. But it can, and will flow about the place.

I'm always on the hunt for collaboration work as I find this pushes me in to new areas and produces far more new ideas for my own sounds.
I would love some of you out there to write and perform lyrics for any of my tunes if they resonate with you, have a listen and let me know.   :)

About me:
I'm an English composer who watched his brother learn the keyboard and picked bits up. I then found myself borrowing time on his Amiga500 to write tunes in OctaMED. I learnt to play the drums for a year and then had a go at the guitar... One day it'll do more with me than just hurt my fingers! ;) I've always loved the piano and find synthesizers fascinating!

Influences include: Chicane, Genesis, Pink Floyd, Air, Rhian Sheehan, Vangelis, Jean-Michel Jarre, Above&Beyond, Dirty Vegas, Groove Armada, Lemon Jelly, Ulrch Schnauss, etc. etc. . . 

These days I find myself within FL Studio, it's been great for me over the past 10 years or so, but I'm definitely still just a beginner. Trying to adventure out into new sounds and styles... slowly! ;)
I love writing Ambient Chill Out and sounds with a Progressive Electro nature to them, and the percussion is important to me.
I love to collaborate, so please let me know if this could interest you.

Cheers for reading all!

A couple of sounds hovering out there on Bandcamp:
https://step5.bandcamp.com/


Step.

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