the first leaf falls off of
a treasured hand-picked rose
then it is understood

the passing of time

Thomash - Pollinations In C [André Pahl Edit V2]

Music for Other World : The Blox (Pakhamon Much Hemanchandra) 

BICTFest 2024 (Bangkok International Children’s Theatre Festival) x Kitblox

The 3 Wheels

Meltwater - A vast glacier stretches out across the top of a volcano, snow-capped and frozen. In the ablation zone the blue ice waits, gradually warming up in the heat of the sun and the heat rising from beneath. Eventually a drop of water is freed from the ice and starts to inch down the glacier.

Written, performed & produced by Stephen Caulfield
Recorded at Parkview Studios
Mixed & mastered by Stephen Caulfield
Artwork and photographs by Stephen Caulfield

Blue Vessels

Meltwater

Blue Vessels - A drop of meltwater makes its way across the surface of the glacier that released it. Along the network of channels and passages, the blue glacial water contrasts with the bright white ice and creates a network of possible paths and routes that mark and scar the surface.

Written, performed & produced by Stephen Caulfield
Recorded at Parkview Studios
Mixed & mastered by Stephen Caulfield
Artwork and photographs by Stephen Caulfield

Moulin - A blue water stream picks up speed as it heads toward a moulin, a deep, dark hole in the ice reaching down into the glacier. The water picks up speed, reaches the edge and falls into the depths. The drop is seemingly endless and weightless with no concept of direction, other than down towards the bottom. 

Written, performed & produced by Stephen Caulfield
Recorded at Parkview Studios
Mixed & mastered by Stephen Caulfield
Artwork and photographs by Stephen Caulfield

Moulin

Entrainment - Underneath the towering glacier, the huge weight of ice slowly gouges the earth and crushes any rocks in its path as it gradually carves a valley into the new landscape.

Written, performed & produced by Stephen Caulfield
Recorded at Parkview Studios
Mixed & mastered by Stephen Caulfield
Artwork and photographs by Stephen Caulfield

Entrainment

Subglacial Lake - The water flowing downwards is trapped between the bedrock and the glacier’s impenetrable ice walls into a frozen lake that does not freeze. Ice crystals float through the water along with microorganisms that somehow find a way to bring life to this cold, dark environment. 

Written, performed & produced by Stephen Caulfield
Recorded at Parkview Studios
Mixed & mastered by Stephen Caulfield
Artwork and photographs by Stephen Caulfield

Subglacial Lake

Jökulhlaup - Each drop of water entering the lake adds to the weight of the water pressing against the ice. The pressure builds as heat continues to rise from beneath until it can longer be contained by the ice around the lake. The walls cracks and the base of the glacier gives way as the water explodes out in an outburst flood. The water is free of the glacier and continues to follow the path downwards towards the sea. 

Written, performed & produced by Stephen Caulfield
Recorded at Parkview Studios
Mixed & mastered by Stephen Caulfield
Artwork and photographs by Stephen Caulfield

Jökulhlaup

The Southern Ring Nebula

all music was created digitally using fl studio and vst plugins. far from what i want it to be, but still close enough. nothing is ever finished, it seems. can always be better, more, zoom in further or have variations extend. the search for virtual instruments... i do some jams on a keyboard over basslines, but can't play. i need to adjust the notes digitally. still i want to convey the feeling of an actual performance (played as opposed fully digitally created) which is all in the details. of course the music theory -- consonance and dissonance, each individual note having been chosen carefully; also the complex layering of rhythms, harmonically and melodically; especially to program on a mechanism something organic sounding; a note slightly off beat creating a twinkle or tension, an accent note to complement the coming tone, pre-programmed rubato, and ... the build-up: the velocities which are so important throughout a piece, creating soft-spoken poetry or tense drama, which can be in a single score, depending on interpretation. and last but not least the mixing of the sound. a lot of time spent on details and to consciously discern and compare versions, a lot of effort goes into the mastering of the mix. i like to create a flow that's entrancing but have been experimenting with other types of music lately, like non-repeating basslines. autodidact and love to learn.

@sophialogy
@orpheus-immanuel
@wvandenacht
@illewilly

Ritual music for people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

As one of the founders of Voodoohop, Thomash has sparked innovation on the electronic scene. Through his multidisciplinary art collective he has caused great impact on the Brazilian underground music scene which over the years caused waves internationally. South american elements mixed with contemporary electronica are the essence of his work creating the feeling of being in a comfortable psychedelic dream.

Guided by a hedonistic attitude that stimulates individual and joint freedom of expression, his sound is a clever and unpretentious mix that combines slow melodic techno, krautrock, synthesizer layers, psychedelia, dub and ritualistic tropical rhythms.

Born in Germany, he lived in Brazil for 10 years which allowed him to absorb the exotic multicultural latin roots and combine them with the precision and minimalism of german electronic music.

Curiously, he also has a degree in artificial intelligence, which allows Thomash to create
a unique style full of oddly spaced percussion and detuned synthesizers working within their own logic, as if in a machine-learning universe.

Using his programming skills he developed tools that allow him to harmonically mix acoustic samples with live synthesizers and drum sequencers resulting in a unique hybrid between live and dj set that is always pulsing, changing and evolving.

Previous gigs include tours to Japan, South America, the USA, Canada and festivals such as  Sónar São Paulo, Melt! and Fusion, Lethargy and Wiener Festwochen..

Stephen Caulfield is a composer and producer from Reading, UK, crafting immersive ambient soundscapes inspired by nature, memory, and the flow of time. His current Blue Water series traces the journey of a drop of water through glacial and post-glacial landscapes, blending piano, electronics, and field recordings into layered, evolving pieces. Stephen writes and produces all his music himself, often incorporating his own photography and field recordings. His work has been featured on BBC radio and in documentary films.

New tracks tagged #Minimal Classical