Spectacular sound on this piece, Jim.  Like a walk through magical woods at night.

I posted the original track on SC many years ago. 
But just for fun I decided to post this alternative short electronic version 
Lyrics by Demelia Denton
Vocals and music Torbjørn
OCEAN'S EDGE

Receding waves
And dampened sand
Footsteps gone
No longer found

Walk upon
The Ocean's edge
Crashing, creeping
Waves intend

To wash away
And grind the sand
All Castles built
But waves rebound

Gone the Sun sting
Heat of day
Children on
The beach that played
Quiet now
As darkness creeps
Sinking sunset
Ocean meets

Sultry, still...
Soon breeze will cool
Absorbed by waves
Sand, Ocean mills

All the Castles
Washed away
Not a sign
Of children's play

Come the dawn
Another day
Artistic Castles
Eyes will gaze

Ocean`s Egde (lyrics Demelia Denton)

In collaboration with Francess Harris. She played the piano composition and I did the composition of the orchestral arrangement. Thank you for listening and enjoy. Any comment is appreciated always.

My Love Will Follow You (feat. Fr. Harris)

Economy

Rocktober day and track 24

it just starts, goes on and then stops.

The composition is definitely not finished. The synths come together at one point (tonal), which causes a weak spot. I normally experiment until I find the strong point or chance of such a fragment, but that would take too much time rn, I had to deliver 😄
Also the drums, ooh, they just go on 😆
So, I wonder if this will draw my attention later this year (or next! Time FLIES!).

24 Heartbeats of Small Bodies

Olympe

Shih-Lin Hung: L’atlas n°3 “L'intrus” (2025)
Composition acousmatique d'après la partition graphique de Ju-An Hsieh

Composition acousmatique : Shih-Lin Hung (洪世霖)
Partition graphique: Ju-An Hsieh（謝茹安）

L’atlas n°3 “L'intrus” （2025）

This is the 13th track made from my Grandad's poetry.

The others are here👇🏾
https://on.soundcloud.com/7RWUlc4x5lMqOxNecd
🧓🏼Papa's Poems ▶️ Songs ♾️

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Tuning 432Hz A Standard
Capo 6

Instruments
-Vocal and acoustic live
-Additonal backing vocal runs x 4
-Acoustic lead
-Acoustic picked rhythm
-Piano played on keys
-Native Flute played on keys
-Lost Reverse Alchemy pad played on keys
-5 String bass
-Marimba played on keys
-Cajon bass & snare played on keys 

To do
-lower bass in mix
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Papa 's notes on the poem are below the poem 🍃🍁🍂❤️
It's another real gem to have and I really adore how laser focused to nature he was.

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Sentenced without Trial (A poem by Bill Stapleton)

The executioner has come to cut thee down.
I know not for what crime.
The human race needs living space
And you have little time.

No counsel for your defence
No witness to your beauty
No guardian of your civil rights
It matters not - you're guilty!

Where are the lovers you shaded
When summer hearts were wed
Speak now for your leafy friend
Before his life is shed

Did no one see you in Springtime
When your buds were awake in bloom
Did no one pass last Autumn
On your golden carpet, strewn

Why don't you run away?
The humans are coming fast
Don't just stand there and be acquired
Your security is past

Dumb innocence give me your seed
And let me away to sow
In some undeveloped land
Where the crocuses can grow.
......
Where are the lovers you shaded
When summer hearts were wed
Speak now for your leafy friend
Before his life is shed

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23 February 1975
Bill says, " A considerable time had lapsed since I had written any poetry probably due to the shock of my heart attack. In fact I was not sure whether I could still do so. It was a great comfort to me therefore to achieve this poem after an elapse of nearly five years.
The theme of civil rights comes from the northern troubles. I got the idea while out for a walk around Silverpine, the lovely little roads now sadly changed by housing development. Many lovely old trees cut down while others await their fate with 'Security' and 'Acquired' boards ignominiously nailed to them.
The last verse is a lesson on how we can co-operate to save the situation by planting a new tree"

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Bill lived for nine more years after writing those words. It's interesting how the health shock effected his creativity and so nice he re-found it. Maybe a nice reminder to use our time well 🔆


I really love the third stanza. "Where are the lovers you shaded?..." Bill is looking at these condemned trees and wondering about the beautiful unconditional love it showed to people who are now no where to be seen when the trees need them. For me this wraps up what I've learned and had confirmed from Papa's poetry. Humans use the planet but get lost in our own pleasure and forget about what actually keeps us alive and what makes this such a wonderful planet to be on and that we do get to share. We share it with all the trees and eachother. We are however the only ones with either the intelligence to save it from ourselves or stay blinded and condemn it like these trees were condemned to their doom. Thanks Papa


This in my opinion is why laws against single use plastics and similar environmental saviours are so important. When idiosy decides to reverse them on a whim and because of only economics the indifference grows collectively and we lose our focus on the tree and the system as a whole. We then also forget that in focusing on the welfare of the tree, we focus on our own welfare. It's easy to forget this when we don't experience a direct relatable suffering however compassion towards the system still has our answers to a smoother future along side our dear tree friends 🫛

Sentenced without Trial

2025-10-27

autumn in the tundra

Azimuth
Valhjim

Shimmering bells turn slowly in the firmament, their tones panning left and right like twin orbits of sound. Distant church bells toll as an electric guitar opens the path to a quieter realm, where smooth woodwinds and soft string textures linger in serene skies.

A violin motif plays above it all and descends in near-chromatic motion, its path echoed by faint afterglow textures before the guitar and saxophone engage in gentle dialogue.

Three solitary metallic notes usher the passage to light: a bright, bell-like riff answered by two choirs singing slightly out of phase, their descent giving way to a sustained duet by a waving choir in blue textures. Above them, a female voice drifts in quiet harmony, while the violin returns to trace its final motif — seeking, at last, its true azimuth among the stars.

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Valhjim: guitar, synthesizers, samplers.

Azimuth

Kill All Futurists

Yes! Starting a new Sci Fi project based on Adrian Tchaikovsky's book, "Shards of Earth".  This track is inspired by one of the lead characters, Solace, a genetically engineered warrior who is occasionally brought out of suspension to undertake missions. 

All guitar parts were played on a PRS Santana. I created the tone using a Line 6 Obi Wah and Octave Synth effects pedals. The effect is curiously unstable so I had all sorts of fun doing the lead parts. All other instruments are played on a Maschine 2 pad, Native Instruments. The artwork is courtesy of Pinterest.

Solace

Valhjim is a music composer with an eclectic approach to different genres: rock, pop, folk, New Age, and experimental electronic music. Greatly driven by imagination and poetic imagery, he combines multiple instrumental textures to fire the imagination of his listeners. 

His more experimental ambience and electronic music is built with layers of suggestive sound textures, rhythms, and melodic lines that stir the imagination into suggestive imagery and worlds unseen, true architectures of sound that open up limitless spaces to explore. Often Valhjim's melodies sail through genre thresholds, crossing over from one genre to another, from neo classcal to electronic, or from jazz to rock or new age.

Azimuth

Valhjim

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