Split-Screen Sleepovers

Darklight has two meanings for me. 

First it's a portrait.. you could even call it a love letter, to the independent producer community. People often only see the end result of a track. the polished final product. What most people don't realise is the sheer volume of hard work that goes into personal and skills development,  technical competencies, mixing, mastering, sound design and composition. 
Then there's marketing, promotion, branding, networking, social media management, ads and analytics... all of which is underpinned by a 24/7 focus to do their best work every day. 
And it's hard. Especially when you get flippant comments from playlist curators (literally every artist I know has experienced this) who really should know better...

Many producers quit. All producers find some days harder than others, trying to make space for their passion alongside work, family and life in general. But sheer determination and commitment pushes them on, through the dark days, to find th moment where something clicks. The adrenalin from producing something that expresses that which you intended, perfectly. There's no better feeling. 

It's also a self portrait. 

Darklight has been a hugely challenging production to complete - 63 tracks,. 11 changes and a lot of clashing sounds in the early stages of development .But I'm really proud of the final product. It encapsulates the sound I want to make. A blend of light ethereal sounds, coupled with dark undertones. A fusion of dark and light. Energy and trepidation. 
I'm so happy with the result and I truly hope you enjoy it!

Darklight

Summer Voyage

Lake Of Galactic Stars

Inspired by Joel Nielsen (@joelnmusic on X)

Fall

TwoHearts

Made in 2017... totally forgot about it :-)

11/01/2024

hyperdancing

Written, performed and produced by TIMEDRIVER
Mixed by Paweł Gogoliński
Mastered by Piotr Madziar

Call Of The Void

Buy the track: https://russellnashmusic.bandcamp.com/track/keep-it-up

Keep It Up

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Nights at Sunset Beach

Nights At Sunset Beach

Nebulous

When I was eleven I got my first Yamaha keyboard. I had some music lessons for a number of years after which I started writing music myself. In the late nineties I started writing a lot of dance / trance. Here you can also listen to some of those tracks. For a few years now I have been fascinated by the 80's Synthwave style. That is why I am currently back in the studio where I spend many hours producing 80's Synthwave.
Enjoy the music !

Nebulous

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