OHMZ - Hopes (Pacific Gardens Exclusive)

Maybe one day I’ll grow up to be a real song, but today I’m just a twinkle in the eye as an unmixed sketch.
If something about me moves you - please share with a comment, perhaps it will help me evolve in to my full potential.

My name is just my “born on” date.
If any words or phrases come to mind when listening to me - please share them so if I do grow, maybe it helps shape my name.

My track image is a screenshot of the project file used to create me.
You can try to follow along - but Soundcloud did make them kinda small.

Sketches

241110_02_BU07

a dream...🌙☁️

Etapa 1: transición al sueño 

Etapa 2: sueño ligero

Etapa 3: sueño profundo

Etapa 4: REM

TRÄUMÆ

SPACE

Stardust

Dreaming

Dreaming (prod. chxsen)

This track is me just trying to get back into the game! 

Wanderer

https://progressiveform.bandcamp.com/album/taeji-sawai-as-planetary-dreams-pfcd112

01. E E R I N E S S E - NEU Summer
02. 結婚と男の子と王様のお話
03. -esh -- Teardrops On The Easel
04. Alone In Mountain
05. 僕の耳が聞こえなけりゃいい
06. SAWAI HANO
07. H'nogrphy - Calm Ver
08. H'nogrphy
09. Check My Head, One Two
10. Mother
11. Hello, Harrow, How Low
12. Pyhthmic
13. Your Pictures On The Wall
14. S_lowl Melancolic
15. Rie


【As Planetary Dreams】Introduction

Taeji Sawai began his activities as an audiovisual unit called portable[k]ommunity in 2000.

Since then, he has produced ACO's (SONY MUSIC) album "irony," provided sound support for EYE and media artist Daito Manabe, and is a member of the art collective teamLab. He can be said to be one of the driving forces behind the electronic sound scene in recent years. This album, "As Planetary Dreams," is a compilation of his own works.

The album starts with the grand prologue "NEU Summer", followed by M2 "A Story of Marriage, Boys and Kings", which humorously and coquettishly expresses positive vibes, M4 "Alone in Mountain", which has glittering synths that create an uplifting feeling, M5 "I Don't Want My Ears to Hear Me", an industrial pop tune that gives a glimpse of the artist's eccentricity, M8 "H'nogrphy", an ambience track that expresses various emotions with pleasant roses and ornamental sounds, M9 "Check My Head, One Two" and M10 "Mother", which color various scenes with beats.
The album ends with M15 "Rie", a piano piece that Sawai writes in one stroke on the upright piano while adding comfortable electronic sounds.

The original cover art is by animator and character designer Asano Naoyuki.
The artwork was supported by director Seki Kazuaki, who has worked on music videos for Sakanaction, Hoshino Gen, and Perfume.

This is an album that you should definitely listen to, as it embodies the sound of Japanese electronic music that has been around for nearly a quarter century since 2000.


◆【As Planetary Dreams】Credit

All Tracks Written, Performed, Arranged & Produced by TAEJI Sawai, 2017-2024

Except
M1, 2, 6 & 11 Voices by Hano Sawai
M3 Breath by Miyu Hosoi
M8 & 12 Voices by Hano Sawai, Run Yaegashi

The beauty of sound lies
in its ability to weave between "happiness" and "sorrow".
Whether its value is questioned or not,  
I believe sound should fulfill that role.

音の美しさは、
"幸せ"と"悲しみ"の狭間を紡ぐことにある。
その価値を問う者がいようといまいと、
音はその役割を果たすべきなのだと思う。

Taeji Sawai M15 "Rie" from "As Planetary Dreams" PFCD112

OHMZ - Uplift (Exclusive Pacific Gardens)

Stardust(S+ R)

curse (prod.outtafunds)

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Weaver of the sounds of the stars, irreplicable by AI

I have been associated with the music industry in various capacities for many years but had drifted away from music creation - something that had been a significant part of my life since I was 8.
I missed it without realizing it was missed.
When I recently started dabbling with composition again - it was for myself with no desire to reengage with the music “business”.
It is simply a way to play with something that was lost, had evolved - yet strangely familiar 
Carving out the time has been enormously rewarding,

I think of the music creation process like playing with Legos. 
Sometimes just putting two pieces together can be satisfying - others don’t need to appreciate it for it to bring personal happiness.
You can make it as simple and rudimentary or as complex and technical as you like - which brings with it the debate to share or not.
You can have fun smashing some random pieces together that others might not find interesting at all, or you can spend weeks overthinking a grand design that takes months to refine, just to find - others might not find it interesting at all.
Of course, The reverse can also be true for both.

Having standards is good (so you don’t blow up speakers or ears), but the music industry encourages artists to overthink everything, to jump through hoops, and to appease the quality standards for systematic large-scale distribution.
Artists get lost in fine-tuning mixes, tweaking EQ, stressing about mastering techniques, marketing messages, logos, and distribution strategies to get placement on mega platforms.
Crafting an opus for days, weeks, months, YEARS to never release anything.
It can suck the joy right out of putting a vibey polyrhythm together.

That is not this.
I wanted a space to share a cornucopia of musical musings without overthinking if it is good or done, or how it fits into a catalog/genre, what others will think about the levels or mastering technique, etc.

Just a low-friction path to share with my friends what I sometimes spend evenings or weekends on.
Create a track and set that track free to find its own path in this crazy mixed-up world.

I do enjoy investing time in tracks to carry them through the rest of the process like instrumentation, arrangement, sound design, placement, mixing, mastering etc. - All of which also have satisfying and creative moments.
Maybe that will happen to a few of the tracks here… but for the most part, these will be direct bounces of projects from the MIDI building block process.

The tracks can each have their chance at the limelight.
I'm not blocking them.
If a moment moves you or something about a track captures your imagination - let it know.
Maybe that will encourage it to move to the next stage of development.

Above all - don’t over think it.
(I’m not) 🙂

Enjoy.

A little bit of music to drown the vulgarity

Something to listen to while you drive home crying

The Beauty of the Pacific
demos to pacificgardensmusic@gmail.com

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