Tag: space music

The Past Becomes Present Again

No A.I. – No Loops – No Presets We are creatures of memory. Memory is a massive part of being human. Happiness, suffering... all tied to memory. Memory anchors us in our pasts. Memory defines our present and future. While we spend a lot of time thinking of the past and the future - so … Continue reading The Past Becomes Present Again

Some Sought Sanctuary: Some Found It

Some Sought Sanctuary: Some Found It is an odd title, especially for a modern record. The idea behind the music is equally different from the typical. The record looks at the passage from death to the afterlife. We start at the moment of death and move through a few states before crossing to the next … Continue reading Some Sought Sanctuary: Some Found It

Tape Deco – analog echoes VST3

Tape Deco is a 64-bit Windows VST3 focused on characterful analog-style echoes. While Tape Deco can do the basics of a delay unit, this is not its forte - if you are looking for simple delay lines, might I suggest my 2020 Modulating Delay. That said, the default Tape Deco setting on just about anything … Continue reading Tape Deco – analog echoes VST3

Elegantly Drifting Apart

The album started with the working title of "Fragmented Documents" a reference to an earlier album I felt this material may have had an affinity with. When I showed the new title and cover art to my partner she asked if the title was about us. Oh sad face. No. It is about accepting that … Continue reading Elegantly Drifting Apart

Pixel Deep Plays

Everything on a computer is pixel deep. There is nothing but our imagination beneath the pixels we see. Some people say that is a reason to consider music made on computers non-music. Even some musicians think that software instruments are not as real as those made of wood and tin (with circuits inside). I don't … Continue reading Pixel Deep Plays

Documemted Fragments – synthesizer dreams

- Life is made of fragments. Later we try to organize them into some sort of sense. Sometimes this organization is done consciously, but often it is done in REM sleep - or dreams. To me making a record is very much a record of the time I was working (to borrow from Jackson Browne). … Continue reading Documemted Fragments – synthesizer dreams

Impermanent Permanence

Central to Buddhism is the concept of Impermanence coupled with the human tendency to Attachment and the pain it brings as we try to prevent change (even for the better). A great part of Enlightenment is learning to find your own permanence in the constant flow of change that is necessary for life to fully express itself. … Continue reading Impermanent Permanence

Star-Stepper

- "Bought it! This is really good. Perfect relax & reflect music. Thanks, Benedict" Torusflow The Stepper Story Evolution This story sort-of evolved backwards. I started with the outcome and then filled in the way there. Here's how it all came to be: The Star-Stepper always looked like Rod Stewart on the cover of "Atlantic … Continue reading Star-Stepper

Measured Spaces

Measured Spaces started life with the working title of SnoGlobes, those perspex domes with a scene in liquid and bits of confetti that make like snow when you shake them up. The idea of these almost cartoon, very tightly contained vignettes appeals to me (even though I don't own one). It fits right in with … Continue reading Measured Spaces