This is a mix of songs that I have written/covered and recorded. Genres include progressive rock, acoustic ballads, electronic music and more. I usually play each instrument myself, but sometimes feature other artists on selected tracks.

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A song I wrote for music production class. Inspired by the music of Mike Oldfield.

Lyrics:

For a moment I'm frozen
Everything seems to move so slow
Awestruck by the destruction
As it all is going up in smoke

We all knew it was bound to end this way
We connected the dots
Fragile beings with violent minds
It was doomed from the start

Looking back at the way things used to be
Why did it end up like this?
So much promise wasted on a whim
Flushed right down the drain

So wake me up from the blackness
Pinch my arm and wake me up
Can we undo our regression?
And somehow make the madness stop

Did we survive, is it over yet?
It seems nobody knows
Gazing out over endless fields of ash
As another bomb blows

[Chorus reprise]

Fields of Ash

A Second Chance

This song was recorded in 2012 and originally intended as part of a concept album on climate change. While some aspects of the recording have aged poorly and the rest of the album was never finished, this song is still very close to my heart. Featuring Pernilla West on vocals and Jesper Nielsen on bass.

Lyrics:

Out of nothing, burst into life
Ever growing, tested through time

Still evolving, subject to change
Could there be a natural end for this world

Tell me, could it be true
What we have done, you and I
How did we become blind
To the despair of this land

[Chorus reprise]

Tell me, could it be true
What we have done, you and I
Soon when everything ends
We can no longer deny

Out of Nothing (feat. P. West & J. Nielsen)

Peripety refers to a sudden turn of events or unexpected reversal in a story. This song was originally intended as an intermission between two halves of a sci-fi concept album.

Peripety

I wrote this song at a time when the world (and people in it) seemed to make less sense than usual. Ahamkara refers to the Sanskrit term that describes a state of subjective illusion, where the mind has bound one's sense of self to an external thing or concept.

Lyrics:

Oh glorious prophet, show us once more
Give us the answers unknowable
We will embrace all that you have to say
Internal resonance - shared mental state

अहंकार

A word is but a sound
And the silence has been cured
Accepted without hesitation
And the truth has been obscured

What does not suit you, you will detract
Mental gymnastics - alternative facts

[Chorus reprise]

अहंकार

A blind search for profit at any cost
What must be offered to your corporate gods?

[Chorus reprise]

अहंकार (Ahaṃkāra)

Blade Runner is probably my favorite film of all time and with the sequel coming up soon, now felt like the appropriate time to tribute it. It goes without saying that Vangelis' score is untouchable. I do not aspire to improve on his work, but merely to express my own humble interpretation of this iconic soundscape.

Artwork by Vihn Pham - artstation.com/artist/zinph

Like Any Other Machine

Produced this song for a cyberpunk pixel art indie game.

Artwork by David Carmona - artstation.com/carmonster

Hellscape

Previously unpublished song from 2019. Originally conceived as part of a soundtrack for a film project.

Stranded in Time

This song is based on samples I recorded for a music production course back in 2014. Among other things, you will hear my laundry basket being used for percussion and a drinking glass for the main melody. The song has taken various forms over the years and I think it may have finally settled into something I'm happy with (for now).

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Tobias Frolov