The focus this music offering is, Rhythm and Improv inspired  Drums--the *STAR* here is IKMULTIMEDIA.COM 's "Modo Drums"  the co-star is  IKMM's Amplitube5  and the mvp is the vox,  a combination of tts technology and my vast  knowlegde of vocal rendering and vocal virtualazation-- I call him, "Simon" :)

Lyrics

Perhaps the greatest killer of men.
Brought about by an even blend,
of differences and fear of the enemy within.

It brings out the worst men of man,
who points a finger of accusation
at what they do not understand.

They make what they fear a scapegoat
in the name of God and the society of men
while washing their hands in the waters
of truth + sin.

They burn what they do not see in the mists of Flaming icons.
Frightened children huddled around a blazing fire,
all try to pretend they are braver than any.
Whilst spinning tales of bravery + envy,
mocking the fear that is so close to their heart,
yet denying all they are,
or have ever been.

The Everlasting Apocalypse Prejudice

The Pond

I mostly made this to explore my new Modo Drum kit "Jazzy Drums" which is a Mahogany wood based Jazz kit and the new Modo Bass 2, but as many of my songs do, this one took on life of its own (most likely due to the overall emotional impact on me of the recent and horrible Uvalde Texas massacre ). The horns are programmed by me--as is everything else as per usual--from my i k multimedia milhavious orchestra 2 vst and really shows I think that that vst is versatile and can be used for more than classical music. This was created and mixed in FLStudio 20.x. The consistent but always evolving  glitch is run from Massive to Grossbeat  vst to the master which hopefully adds some low presence texture and a darker contrast to "lighter" horns as does the dirty bass

T21PP3D

Somewhere just beyond reality lies the elementals light and shadow... after all what is "real" to most is what they can see or feel..  Light and shadow interact to make that vision or even perception of vision--Light and Shadow "resonant" on both a visual spectrum and an emotional one... Light 'emboldens' us and 'Shadow' makes us cautionary  We fear darkness and Shadow is the anteroom of that realm. These are two contrasting emotional states which we incorrectly label as good and evil, these latter two are perceived states and not universal  much less elemental. Never forget humankind has made "Good" and "Evil" in their own image to reflect there biases of "light and "shadow" among other thing of a similar nature...

The Shadow of Life

A revisit of a song from a few years back, this time with the fusion of Trip-Hop and Jazz

0ceanside 717

'Deep Ocean' was the virtual Modo Drum (Jazz Kit) I created for my revisit to "Ocean Side". That kit featured very heavy damping on the heads and a very strong dark sound and was a very large kit (max of what Modo drum allowed) This track further explores that Jazz kit, and what it brings to the Wintermut3 over catalog and sound...

Deep Ocean

Most complex machines have an ignition sequence, "Wintermute is a complex machine, it needed... Ignition,,,

Ignition

An example of what I would say is true "Post Electronica". This NIs "Massive" is brought to bear in the "bridges" ranging over 3 to 4 different Channel groups

Another Goodbye

Untitled No 5

A "character sketch" somewhat of one of my all time favorite screen characters - "KGB" from the movie Rounders (1998) brilliantly played by John Malkovich... get out the Oreo s ;) Yet another of my Caustic 3 explorations...

The Sun King in all his Madness... 

For this song and other themes for the Sun King--"Battle at Horizons End"--I wanted to work with the idea of being exposed to the very apex of the Sun all day... in other words.. Mad with Heat exposure. So most his themes are dark and unpredictable  and etc. but still some how "joyous" and misguided... when I thought of Sun King .. the first idea that came to mind was Louis XIV...aka "The Sun King" that was a strong driver as well ...

the opening analog synth via IKMultimedia's "Syntronik" Juno is massive and plodding to show the sheer and over-whelming size of our "Sol"

Then the king in all his glory and madness enters via about 5 to 6 pianos

Chronicles of the Winter Wars

The Sun King

I have always had a general rule about Wintermut3, "I make music I want to hear" A Part of that has been to overcome barriers and "traditions"  of what Electronic music has been and continues to be--the upshot being, Wintermut3 will move in directions (Funk, Metal, Rock, etc ) that are of interest, despite being a pure electronic artist. Note this does not exclude me from making more "common" types of Electronic music. I will never stop making--as long as I breathe--Trance, Jungle, Breakbeat, Techno, etc.  

to that end, from Blade Runner: 

Dr. Eldon Tyrell:  "More Human than Human"
which I extend to Wintermut3:
"More Real than Real"  (on creation of "virtual" music)

Overall I am inspired even driven by this quote:

“Once you free your mind about a concept of harmony and music being correct, you can do whatever you want. So, nobody told me what to do, and there was no preconception of what to do…"  :Giorgio Moroder

In addition to living by the above quote:
Welcome to my nearly 20 year journey:  my music project Wintermut3 originally created in late 1998, with a first public release in early 1999 on mp3.com and other Music sites...

Originally inspired by the works of William Gibson, Wintermut3 is about bringing the listener into the sights and visions of the music. 
The music is highly story and concept driven and is made to immerse the listener in mood and feeling. 
The overall goal is to take the listener to a place they have never been before.
Highly infused with the music of Progressive Rock (Yes, Rush, Genesis, etc.) and early electronic (Tomita, Vangelis, Tangerine Dream, etc) all blended in with more "contemporary" electronic sounds (Massive attack, Enigma, Orbital, the Orb, BT, etc) into something I call: "Concept Electronica". None of the sounds you hear in Wintermut3 are "loops" or "samples" especially the more organic sounds (electric guitars, horns, etc), I lovingly lay every note and run them through various software (DAWs, VST, VSTi, etc) and or model the Instrument that renders them. I have spent many many years to get Wintermut3 to sound as "real" and organic as I can... I take great pride in this ;)
Regardless, what results is music that follows the original premise of my musical "project" Wintermut3--music that is a logical progression of what is known and loved up to the point of the project's inception over 16 years ago--In short, it is music "Built for the Future", not now...but it is always fine to like, love it now...