WHEN THE WORLD SLOWS DOWN

released on
SYNTH STATION sampler LP (Radio Cosmos, 2008)
THE SILICON SCIENTIST - BOOKMARKS II CD (Anna Logue Records, 2009).

Music & Words: Stefan Bornhorst.
Instruments & Voices: The Silicon Scientist.


When The World Slows Down (2008)

LAUREL

Another track from the WINDOWS ON THE WORLD album, to be re-released on CD in 2011.

Music: Stefan Bornhorst
Recorded in Summer 2005, remastered in Winter 2011.

Laurel (2005)

A very old track, recorded on reel-to-reel 8-track around christmas 1996. No sequencing or other modern stuff... ;) This was the first recording I made after I got the Minimoog, so this one is featured a lot here. The other instruments are just the Keio Minipops and the Solina String-Ensemble, nothing else.
Written & performed by Stefan Bornhorst.

Alles ist aus (1996)

An experiment, recorded in 2008.
Instruments: Polymoog synthesisers, Moog Little Phatty, Korg MS10, Korg MS20, Solina String-Ensemble, Farfisa Compact-Duo, Yamaha YC-45D, Vox Continental, Roland Strings RS-202, Elkatwin 61, Mellotron 400 (choir tapes), electric & acoustic guitars ("vocoded"),  Roland CR78 ("vocoded"), MAM VF11 vocoder.

Silicon Ridge I (2008)

The 2009 remix of "Solitary Dancer", originally released on the "Windows On The World" album. Written & performed by Stefan Bornhorst.

Solitary Dancer (remix 09)

20th anniversary re-recording of INSELWINTER I. Recording of the original version started on 26/12/2002, the final mix was done on 30/12/2002. The dates are the same for the 2022 version, just 20 years later. :) 
Instruments used on the new version: Oberheim DPX-1, Emulator II, Minimoog, Mellotron 400, Roland Strings RS-202, Access Virus A, Novation Summit, Sequential Prophet-10, DSI OB-6, Korg ARP 2600, MAM Vocoder VF11.
Written & performed by Stefan Bornhorst.

INSELWINTER I (2022 Version)

Oceans Of Green - album mix (2008)

This instrumental was recorded in 1997 on 8-track analogue tape. Instruments: Minimoog, Mellotron, Yamaha SS30, Korg DW8000 & Roland CR78.
Written & performed by Stefan Bornhorst.

Auf den Dächern (1997)

Recorded in one all-night session on September 22, 2024. All sounds are from the Behringer MS-5 analogue synthesiser with some added reverb and delay.

Untitled Instrumental [22.09.2024]

Preview of the instrumental mix of "On My Own". The full version will be released on The Silicon Scientist's new album "Outside The Night".
Written & performed by Stefan Bornhorst.

On Her Own (instrumental mix - excerpt) (2014)

Adrian Borland cover, the final track on my album "Outside The Night".

Four Lonely Hours Away (2015)

A little improvisation "played" on the Polymoog's voltage controlled filter. The reverb was the Strymon Big Sky. 
Written & performed by Stefan Bornhorst.

Polymoog Overtones (improvisation 12.2013 - stereo version)

A remix I've done for my friends THE SWEEPS from Hamburg. Actually more of a remake than a remix... ;) Written by The Sweeps. Vocals by Kristina Lachnit & Niels Wesner, Christoph Duwe played Virus & Mellotron choir, Niels is featured on Moog Prodigy & Elkatwin and I did the rest (Polymoog, Little Phatty, Korg DW8000, MAM vocoder, samples, rhythm programming... and lots of claps & orchestra breaks! ;) ).

Facing The Night by The Sweeps (The Silicon Scientist extended remix)(2008)

Polymoog galore: The extended mix of "Lost City", taken from the "Bookmarks II" CD (2009).
Instruments: Polymoog synthesisers, Multimoog, Roland SH101, Roland SH2, Korg MS20, Waldorf Pulse +.
Written & performed by Stefan Bornhorst.

Lost City (extended mix) (2008)

My first "live in the studio" solo track, completely improvised on the spot. Instruments used (for those who are interested) : Matrixbrute & Little Phatty (sequences), Minimoog (leads), Emulator II (voices), JX-8P & OB-6 (pads). No multitracking, no midi, no syncing, no safety net. ;)
Written & performed by Stefan Bornhorst.

"Lost One" - live at Studio Ruhrstraße Stemmen, 22/07/2019

3 snippets from improvisations recorded live at Studio Ruhrstraße on a misty sunday in November 2012. Yamaha CP70, Polymoog & DSI Mopho (rhythm on part 1).
Written & performed by Stefan Bornhorst.

Piano & Polymoog improvisations 11.2012

Outside The Night - Timeline 2009-2015

FOUR LONELY HOURS AWAY [ambient mix #2 - 05.2015]

The title track of my forthcoming album, recorded in October - December 2020.
Instruments: Emulator II, Novation Summit, Minimoog, Polymoog, DSI OB-6, Roland CR-78.
Effects: Strymon Big Sky & Timeline, Relab Sonsig Rev A & LX480, Soundtoys PhaseMistress, AudioThing Outer Space.
Written & performed by Stefan Bornhorst.

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