In Apparently Irreversible Succession

Album production slowed right down at this time for several reasons. In my musical life a lot of my attention was going into the SynthStudio Pack range I was developing. I was getting some modest success and notoriety from this so I was happy to spend lots of time on making the instruments and effects. Glacier Time … Continue reading In Apparently Irreversible Succession

Stairway Into The Stars

By this time I knew change was necessary in my life. Like most people I can't say I had any real idea how to do any of it which is a frustration in itself. Thematically I managed to create a mish-mash of ideas that were sort-of sequels to earlier albums like SpaceShip & The Edge … Continue reading Stairway Into The Stars

My Electric Country

My life was on a point of change during making this album. One change I was fully aware of (a new partner) but the other, while I had felt its symptoms, I hadn't acknowledged. Looking back I see a growing sense of isolation in my day job is shown in many of these tracks, they … Continue reading My Electric Country

Lonely Animals

By this time I had started to develop some friendships with other musicians in online music forums. This helped me to feel that my music had greater relevance. I felt that this album came out well overall. In hindsight, though I am not so convinced as it feels more like frustration in sound to me … Continue reading Lonely Animals

After Hours

I won't pretend this is my best album. It is perhaps interesting, particularly seeing as all the pieces feel like scraps floating in a dark well. There are some intersting textures in here. After Hours - original cover This is the street I lived in at the time in the suburb of New Farm, Brisbane … Continue reading After Hours

New Growths

The New Growths album was so named because I could feel myself coming back from the lost place of the last few years/albums. It isn't my best album I'm sure but I was enjoying composing again. I had switched to an up and coming developer's software. Really it was only half finished but his simplicity … Continue reading New Growths

Breaks Between Pauses

2004 - album as Benedict Roff-Marsh The music from this album is almost entirely lost to a failing CD burn. Only one track was able to be rescued. The cover was also not meant to be pink but that was the only toner left willing to print. Musically I think the title and the fact … Continue reading Breaks Between Pauses

The New Space Album

2004 - album as Benedict Roff-Marsh This is where I decided that I was going wrong in my composing. I was working away but not getting the results I wanted. Hardware synthesizers, by their very nature, are limited by being physical and for all those years of using them we all felt annoyed that the … Continue reading The New Space Album

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2003 - albums as Benedict Roff-Marsh The 3 albums from 2003 are now completely lost. I have the CDs but they will not play much more than static. The music is unrecoverable. In some ways this makes me sad but I do have to be honest and admit that these albums weren't my best. I … Continue reading 321

The End Of The Circuit

Sadly this CD is now effectively unreadable so the music has returned from whence it came. I knew that this was to be the last record I ever made with hardware synthesizers involved. I could see the time had come to switch to a fully software studio. Part of this was the march of technology … Continue reading The End Of The Circuit