Feels like the break has been good to you, Matt. A really powerful statement, this...

This is version 1.0 of my release, in sequence. This is not intended to be shared publicly and is for demonstration purposes only.

I'm Still Here

Magic Bullet

I've been looking for a home for this melody for awhile. The Reason Object Challenge was the perfect occasion to develop it and try to make it big. Art by Rob Jackson.

Light Entering

Exploding Head Syndrome

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Episode 55 - Colt 45 Grandma

"Imagine yourself inside a micro-computer....." Listen to this remastered version of my 2018 tune, "Micro" and allow it to shrink you down in size, transport you back in time to the early 1980s and deposit you deep inside the beating heart of a micro-computer. Back in the day, these fantastical devices would threaten to take over our world and transform our simple, carefree lives for ever.
The artwork is a screenshot from the 1982 game, "ZX Galaxians" written for the Sinclair ZX81 by the long-since defunct Artic Computing. Credit to www.retro8bitcomputers.co.uk for sharing the image.
Micro 2.0 was created during early-autumn 2019.

Micro 2.0

At the farthest extremities of the electromagnetic spectrum, way beyond the realm of visible light, further even than the mysterious infra-red frequencies, lurk countless, unheard communications from distant worlds.....

"Radio And Microwave" was composed and recorded by Observatory using Ableton Live during the summer and autumn of 2019.

The artwork is an original collage by the incredible Harl Vind, entitled "The Sinister Art of Dexterity".

Radio And Microwave

Enceladus was one of the Gigantes from Greek mythology, a son of Gaea and Uranus, who is said to be buried under Mount Etna. More recently, he gave his name to Saturn's sixth-largest moon, discovered by Herschel in 1879 and thought by many to be the only other body in our solar-system that might harbour life. Could this be true? Why not join me on an inter-planetary mission to explore its icy depths and we can find out for ourselves...

Artwork is by the inspired collage artist, Harl Vind and is entitled "Gigantomaniacs".

Enceladus

"canal (noun) - a long, thin stretch of water that is artificially made either for boats to travel along or for taking water from one area to another"

This track was inspired by permitted-exercise-during-lockdown wanderings and was produced entirely in Ableton Live during Spring 2020.

Massive thanks to Oscar Pullen for the use of his wonderful photograph.

Canal

Sometimes we fall
We lose it all
Feels like we're dying
No use in trying

We're in the throes again
New all-time lows again
Will we wake up again?
Will we break up again?

We'll find a way
To get through these days
We'll keep on trying
We'll stop the crying

We're on the rise again
New all-time highs again
We're wide awake again
We will not break again

The Throes - Single

The Throes

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Unless You Crave Danger is Matt Bovett, a multi-instrumentalist songwriter from Missouri City, Texas. With a focus on lyrically-honest songwriting, he fuses programmed and performed analog and digital sounds, ignoring genres and pushing sonic boundaries while staying true to his ‘80s/‘90s influences and roots. Working entirely alone, serving as his own writer, producer, engineer, and mixer, he is able to ensure his original visions for his songs are kept intact and served from every possible perspective of the writing and recording process. His most recent releases are the singles "Prey", "Lies" and "The Throes". His debut album “Ch. 1” includes songs “Worthwhile”, “Mess”, “Give”, “Quit Me”, “Against Me”, “Breaking Down”, “Enemy”, “Control” and “Prayers”. He has also released covers of Depeche Mode songs “Fly on the Windscreen”, “Black Celebration”, and “Here Is the House”. Matt currently resides in Austin, Texas, where he writes and records music.

The Throes

Unless You Crave Danger

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