For flute and string ensemble. Performed by Royal Northern Sinfonia and conducted by Mark Edwards.

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Cathedral Ruins

Composition for wind ensemble based on modal improvisations. Conducted by Mark Edwards.

A Thousand Plateaus

Original Composition using the Dorian b2 #4 mode. 

Recorded and produced by Dario Lozano-Thornton.

Violin: Anna Jackson
Bass: Jimmy Brown
Recorders: Dario Lozano-Thornton
Guitars/Glockenspiel: Tom MacMillan
Vocals: Sarah Morton
Drums: Charlie Goulty

Carnivalesque

A reincarnation of the original composition using the Dorian b2 #4 mode.

Performed by DB Sound Project.

Sax: David Keighley
Guitars: Tom MacMillan
Bass: Adrian Sander
Drums: Ben Grant

Recorded and produced at The Garage Studios in South Shields, 2016.

Mastered by Tony Stewart.

Carnivalesque [Slight Rebirth]

Originally from the remote Pennine region of Northern England, composer and guitarist Thomas MacMillan has been an active force in Berlin’s independent music scene since 2018. Alongside performing with his alt-rock project Carnivalesque and collaborating with art-rock icon Kat Koan, he writes music for solo guitar.

Drawing inspiration from video game composers such as Akira Yamaoka and Nobuo Uematsu, as well as the niche micro-genre Fogcore, his forthcoming EP explores liminal spaces, analog horror, and nostalgia – a sound world that feels both comforting and quietly unsettling.

Photo by Nora Amparo, 2025. ©

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