This is the official soundcloud page for my work in Game Audio.  I have been creating audio content for games (primarily sound effects, but some music also) for 20 years. This page will hopefully feature some of my current music as well tracks from classic titles where I can get permission.

A music and sound artist / audio director from the UK, working mainly in the field of games and interactive media. I've worked with some of the most prestigious and innovative studios in the industry on award-winning titles that have gained widespread critical acclaim.

Get 'Return' on limited edition double vinyl & CD: lydiancollective.fanlink.to/return
Bookings: alex@heyboocreative.com

Instrumental jazz/fusion 4-piece collective. Debut album ‘Adventure’ available to buy/stream now. New album 'Return' - out 27/05/22. Featured on Ustwo Games' Monument Valley 2 OST.

With 4 million Spotify streams and 1.3 million views to date on their YouTube channel, a host of solo credits between them (from Roots Manuva to Monument Valley), London’s Lydian Collective are an exciting new musical voice who are about to make their mark in the UK and beyond. The band brings together Aaron ‘Lazslo’ Wheeler (keys), Todd Baker (guitar), Ida Hollis (bass) and Sophie Alloway (drums) – four musicians with individual success under their belts, who have found a collective voice through the band’s music.

The Lydian Collective sound is a unique combination of accessible melodies, accomplished musicianship, hypnotic rhythms and an uplifting vibe, which has already been drawing in audiences from around the world. A unique combination of jazz musicianship, melodies that catch the ear and the heart, and infectious rhythms is brought together to winning effect on their first single release “Thirty One”.

The millions who follow the band’s online channels include fans from as far afield as the USA, China and Japan – with a healthy following on home ground as well, through early support from the likes of Nick Luscombe at BBC Radio 3 and Tom Robinson at BBC6Music – as well as gigs at the London’s Royal Festival Hall, Clore Ballroom and Soho Pizza Express.

An early cameo appearance for the band was on the soundtrack album to Monument Valley 2 - www.monumentvalleygame.com. MV2 is a major game release on the iOS platform, developed and marketed by ustwo, with millions of users around the world.  Todd Baker, the band’s guitarist, wrote the entire soundtrack to the game, and the recording of his track “Child” is a key moment on the soundtrack.

Aaron Wheeler and Todd Baker are the creative minds behind the band’s sound. Both have found success as commercial composers, but they first met at college – where a love of music was their bond.  Aaron’s electronica work as Lazslo also has a successful life of its own, with his track “Mr Sunshine” currently sitting at over 600,000 plays on Spotify (you can check out a version of this track on Lydian Collective’s album). The compositions played by the band arose out of a difficult period in Aaron’s life when a back injury confined him to his sofa for many months. The pure and playful melodies which arose, and appear in the band’s music were part of his long recovery.

Sophie Alloway is one of London’s most in-demand drummers, and she is first call for a host of high profile artists. She toured for 2 years with Roots Manuva, around UK, Australia and New Zealand – appearing with him at festivals, on TV and at awards ceremonies. Her other credits include Afrobeat legend Tony Allen; pop/punk singer Hazel Thomas and UK jazz star Jason Rebello.

Ida Hollis - Ida studied Jazz at Birmingham Conservatoire and has played alongside some of the UK's finest musicians including Gwilym Simcock and Tate Britain artist in residence Tim Whitehead. She has performed at prestigious venues such as Ronnie Scott's, the 606 Jazz Club, Birmingham Symphony Hall and at Glastonbury, Latitude and Cheltenham Jazz festivals.

Funky DL is regarded as one of the most legendary, well respected and significant producers to come out of the UK. Now globally known for delivering albums with both musical and lyrical finesse, DL goes from strength-to-strength with each release. There has never been a hip-hop artist from his homeland who could match or even come close to DL's productivity rate of quality hip-hop releases, which makes him somewhat of a rare and special commodity within the hip-hop world.

'Crisp, fresh, tingling music, bang on the money... Just plain wonderful!' - Tom
Robinson, BBC 6 Music
‘We need more music like this for sure!’ - Laurent Garnier
‘Total musical genius' - Nick Luscombe (BBC Radio 3)


Laszlo (aka Aaron Wheeler) is a composer / producer, multi-instrumentalist and
founder of the 4-piece jazz funk fusion band, Lydian Collective.

Aaron has released three albums under the name Laszlo: Radial Nerve
(2011), Level Five Stage One(2013), and Cartoon Hero(2015). These releases have created an international following and have generated over 1.4 million Spotify streams, as well as hundreds of thousands of YouTube views and plays on BBC Radio 1, 6 Music, and Radio 3 - with support from tastemakers such as Giles Peterson, Nick Luscombe, Oliver Jones, and Tom Robinson.

I make music, sound and interactive things. 

On here I put bits and pieces of sound. Fragments of unfinished music, quick ideas and sketches that I like, or nice sounds that I've recorded in strange places.

For my professional music please visit:  https://soundcloud.com/staffordbawler

Stafftunes is all my old Horus/OctaveDoctor/Stafftunes music that I wrote for raves, fun, myself etc. 

I have been composing and producing electronic music since the early 1990's, starting out with only a trusty 4-channel noise tracker on my Atari ST before getting various synths and effects, despite the deluge of amazing plug-ins for my own music I still work with hardware simply because I know the kit I have extremely well and enjoy pressing buttons!   

I used to play live loads back in the mid 90's and have still been known to do the odd gig here and there, if you're interested in bookings please get in touch via soundcloud or twitter :  @StaffordBawler.

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