Taiwanese-born audio technologist Mei-Fang Liau moonlights as Floating Spectrum, a moniker that encompasses the immersive, cinematic soundscapes she conjures up. 

Her debut album, A Point Between, arrived last autumn on Temporary Residence, an exploration of organic and synthetic textures created through using everyday household objects, synthesizers and software synthesizers built by Liau herself. Built on the foundations of two compositions she wrote for a dance performance, she examined themes around life: how it emerges, flourishes and eventually decays and the emotions associated with these different phases. 

Her work is meditative, thought provoking and intricate, something that is stimulated by her technological ambition and her ability to create depth and texture in simplicity. 

Here she eases us into the new decade with a mix of beautiful, ambient soundscapes. Just what the doctor ordered...

Floating Spectrum: The 'Monday Is OK' Mix

welcome to my wormy hell.
  the music grinds off-key.
                               C. Bukowski 

All music free to download.

All instruments & artwork - peter wessell. 
Using mainly Korg Volcas(bass, modular & sample), Moog Theremini, Yamaha piaggero piano, guitars(fretted & fretless & some bass). Arturia keylab49 with various vst synths, mainly SURGE synth by VEMBER AUDIO.

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