Something I made up for...well...because...why not?
:-)

Volanksa

'Archives'

Music/Guitar by Tony Haven
Vocals, Piano and lyrics by Ben Harris-Hayes

So, ironically...digging around my archives (my old hard-drives), I came across this session that I did with a fellow Cornishman, the supremely excellent lap-tapping guitarist, Tony Haven...which we entitled 'Archives'.

We started chatting about doing some vocals over one of his tracks, so this was the resulting demo...which we just kept...and until today, didn't ever put out.

So, in tribute to Tony's talent...and because I like the song...and because I came across it again after some 6 years...
Here it is!
:-)

Tony is an immense talent, and I've shared a stage with him once or twice.
Think Eric Mongrain, Andy McKee and John Gomm, in terms of playing. 
Excellent style and technique.

Do check out his own material, which you can find on YouTube, Spotify, etc.

Watching him play is the best part...two guitars, tapping and a great sense of melody.
:-)



Archives  by Tony Haven, featuring Ben Harris-Hayes

CHECK OUT THE VIDEO!!

https://youtu.be/pUYUG7GFXXc

Massive Dynamic - One Last One For The Summer

Written, recorded, mixed and Mastered in 22 (non consecutive) hours at Ethereal Tantrum Studios, Brighton...because Music is fun to do.

Lyrics
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24th July 1999. 
The sun was high and so was I.
Just being friends, pretending that it wasn't the end...of whatever this is or was then.
And the pressures of peers, on our own.
And when we lost ourselves when we were alone.
This line in the sand, So evidently done.
And that's what happens when it stops being fun...

And we may be miles apart...
Through the rivers and lands.

And this maybe full of doubt...
And this maybe...
But just maybe...  

So give it one last one for the summer.
And give it your all before it's over.

And it's one last one for the summer...
Here and now...just a lover...


29th of July 2009.
It was so good to see you and how you'd thrived.
From those days of youth, you were the living proof....
That in the fullness of time, we could all climb...

And then that summer...when you went...
But that summer's all I have left.

For the summer...endless summer...
Our...
Endless summer...Endless summer...
Our...

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An Afterword Of Sorts...
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I reminisce sometimes about the past, as many of us do.

I sometimes like to revisit those days where, perhaps, things were simpler...but when you go looking into the past, you can unearth things you didn't want to revisit.

But, working on these things is what 'self development' is all about, I'd hazard.

So, go on...delve into the past, dig up some stuff and try to find out why it hurt then and why it still holds weight now...and then, do you best to let that s**t go. 
You don't need to carry that weight with you all you life.

'One Last One For The Summer' is an (acid) trip down memory lane...to put some ghosts to rest.


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FACEBOOK: @MassiveDynamicUK - www.facebook.com/MassiveDynamicUK

Soundcloud: 
https://soundcloud.com/massive_dynamic

For The Journey...

One Last One For The Summer

MASSIVE DYNAMIC (feat. Joshua Lloyd)

'Loved'

From the 'Showing Song Of Life' E.P (2018)

Written, Engineered and Mixed at Ethereal Tantrum Studios

Showing Signs Of Life

Loved (feat. Joshua Lloyd)

Big up the COVID-19 Lockdown Crew!
Original tunes are bare!
:-)

Produced and arranged by Massive Dynamic.
...featuring vocals from Leya x Z Loop Z x Hāmihi

MASSIVE DYNAMIC - Proper Tings (Finally I Can Go On) feat. Leya x Z Loop Z x Hāmihi

Here's a track I wrote in 4 hours.

I find that due to working for clients and companies that want nice, clean-sounding and wholesome music...I sometimes forget my dark side.

So, tonight...I drunk some alcohol and made some horrendous noise using some old-school synths and samples.

And I loved it.
:-D

FREEDOM IS IN A SYNTH.

Progress

Filthy und Dirty

'Self-taught Multi-instrumentalist Weirdo'.

I write whatever feels good to me at the time and release it under various projects 'pseudonyms', but it all comes under my some-what-grandiose title of 'The Curator'.
:-)

Here are just some of my projects:

OCEANICA - Progressive Rock/Metal/Ambient

MASSIVE DYNAMIC - Electro/Dubstep/Drum n Bass/Techno/Anything synth-based

BENEDICT HARRIS-HAYES - Acoustic/Prog Rock

ENOCHIAN THEORY - Progressive Rock

ARACHNOATUR - Doom/Sludge/Noise

IN THIS DEFIANCE - Tech Metal

IN PERPETUITY - Noisecore/Mathcore/Whatever



Ranging from metal, to dance, to chilled, to film soundtracks to classical arrangements...I like to have a go at anything that's fun!

I also record and mix other bands or artists.

I'm lucky enough to have toured, had records released and most importantly, been able making music for a large part of my life now.
:-)

I'm thankful to be endorsed by:

KORG, ROLAND, ROLI, BOSS and Line-6 

All the best!

Volanksa

The Curator

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