As the name suggests, these tracks are relatively simple pieces. They are often based around one idea with minimal development. The idea is that they were composed quickly, often with parts played completely off the cuff to capture a mood of the day so to speak. Please purchase this album for $5 (or more) as … Continue reading Sketches of Place & Time
Category: Benedict Roff-Marsh
Space Music
Kosmicheskoye Tango
Kosmicheskoye Tango is a collaboration between Adrian Earnshaw and myself. If you are a fan of Berlin School (Tangerine Dream, Michael Hoenig, Adelbert Von Deyen, etc.) then you will probably like this album. Adrian Earnshaw: composer, synths, Cubase10, videosBenedict Roff-Marsh: composer, synths, mixing, Reason 11 I have known Adrian for a while on & off … Continue reading Kosmicheskoye Tango
Missions – Journeys in our Solar System
Missions - Journeys in our Solar System Thematically this was quite similar to Run From The Sun as they are both about exploring our Solar System but the results are very different. Right from the first full track that introduces the space toms that scream '80s & fun it is clear that this isn't to … Continue reading Missions – Journeys in our Solar System
Sleep Call : I – IV
https://youtu.be/1MhSpoheCto Full Video - pop it in Full Screen Track Times:Pt I : 00:00Pt II : 16:45Pt III : 32:30Pt IV : 48:15 Sleep Call is a double entendre. Broadly it is about wanting sleep to come, trying to make it happen. It is also an action in computer programming where the programmer asks the … Continue reading Sleep Call : I – IV
Travels in Digital Sands
If you like the music please purchase for $5 at Bandcamp. Your support is the only way I get to keep going. This album was done fairly quickly coming out of T.V. Treated. That period with all the tutorials and pieces that weren't mine (not to mention a film or two) was great in that … Continue reading Travels in Digital Sands
T.V. Treated – TV Themes given the Benedict Treatment
This is a bit of an exercise and not a serious album outing. I think the cover & pricing shows that. First up, the title is unashamedly lifted from the Neon Judgement track of the same name. Not related in any other way except that these are my treatments of some TV Theme tunes. I … Continue reading T.V. Treated – TV Themes given the Benedict Treatment
The Edge of Transmission II
https://youtu.be/CWStEYsKbrk Full Movie The original "The Edge of Transmission" album was released in the year 2000. All the promises we were given in the 80's about what the future would be like didn't pan out. Nineteen years later it seemed time to re-approach this material with a new chapter. please purchase for $5 If you … Continue reading The Edge of Transmission II
Triumph & Tragedy
Triumph & Tragedy is all about Stories of Humanity. The subjects of the stories may be Gods & Myths but they are all expressions of how we behave as humans. Our strengths, weaknesses, successes & failings, triumphs & tragedies. Each of these stories was chosen because they show a triumph leading to a tragic outcome. … Continue reading Triumph & Tragedy
Plugged-In Bach – in Tribute to Wendy Carlos (and of course Bach)
Back to Bach Ask most Pop & Rock musicians about Classical music and they tend to pull faces (about the same faces that the Classical types pull when the question is the other way around). Adjust that Q and swap Classical for Bach and most - well the older ones anyway - will say, yeah … Continue reading Plugged-In Bach – in Tribute to Wendy Carlos (and of course Bach)
Two-Part Invention No. 1 – Bach
https://youtu.be/6bHHAMkmraU This is the last week of pre-release for "Plugged-In Bach". This time it is the first of the Two-Part Inventions. Bach was a teacher as well as a composer. This was common then for musicians, as it has become again. Most Indi musicians make more as teachers than they do as musicians. I learned … Continue reading Two-Part Invention No. 1 – Bach
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