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Hello there, welcome to the longest day of the year.
I composed a new modular synth piece to mark the summer solstice and thought it was only fair that I should share it with the world.
So here it is; Estivalium, available to buy on Bandcamp or you can listen for free on the player below.
And here’s the video…
This week over at The Cosmic Photo Challenge, we’ve been having one of our semi-regular forays into; Art for art’s sake.
You can catch the usual gallery of pictures, along with links to my fabulous contributors’ blogs, by clicking the link above, but I thought I’d also share some AI experiments I did at the weekend.
I found an AI video generator online called Dream Machine, which enables you to produce animations from single still photos.
Here are my three favourites so far, along with the word prompts I gave it to work with.
These were the three photos I gave it:
And these are the results of the machine’s dreaming…
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I have been making a lot of music recently, the rest of which I shall update you on in the not too distant future; but for now here’s a new tune made using two of my modular synths and some creative post-production mixing.
I also mucked about with an online AI image generator for the first time to produce the artwork, so don’t blame me for your nightmares. ;~}
As ever, if it takes your fancy when you’ve listened for free on the embedded player below, purchase this or any other of my musical output via my Bandcamp profile.
And here’s the video to go with it
Hi there, I hope you’re all looking forward to the weekend, which would be the perfect time to enjoy my new musical release.
Because today is Bandcamp Friday, the one day each month when all proceeds from music sales on the site go straight to the artists with no admin fees.
Check out the sonic maximalism of String Virus via the player below and grab yourself a very reasonably priced copy to keep and play whenever you like.
Stay tuned for more music in the not too distant future
Rhonda and I went for a walk around Arlington Court in Devon yesterday, as part of The Cosmic Photo Challenge; taking time to explore the house for the first time, as well as the gardens I’ve visited many times before.
Hello there, I’ve just dropped in to let you know about another new musical release, this one a two track EP of extended modular synth pieces.
Not only can you listen to and purchase my two latest compositions via the embedded player below, but you can watch the accompanying videos here, too.
Enjoy the full audio visual experience and don’t forget you can check out the rest of my music on my Bandcamp profile
For my latest audio visual project, I have been taking words out of other people’s mouths and using them as integral components of my compositions, even if they’re not entirely intelligible.
I began with vocal samples of notable cult figures that I isolated from YouTube videos; Philip K Dick, David Lynch, Timothy Leary and Alan Ginsberg, which I then treated with effects and built the music round them.
Here’s Philip K Dick talking about the concept of living in “The Matrix”, long before Neo met Agent Smith in the movie.
Next up, David Lynch explaining Transcendental Meditation via the humble donut.
And now a potted history of LSD, with ’60s counterculture heroes, Leary and Ginsberg
Once I got the hang of this new ouvre, I requested volunteers from the many writers and poets on my social media feeds, hoping they could record some original material to further inspire me.
The first to offer his services was Al Jagiello from Chicago, who sent me some clips from his podcast, “Population”, which I turned into this jolly little number; Katz & Dogz.
There will be more where that came from, I can assure you.
Watch this space…
Yes, it’s time for more strange electronic noises, created in my garden studio (oh alright, in the shed) over the bank holiday weekend.
This new release is a single extended piece, which took two days to produce and continues my recent run of slightly more chilled out, atmospheric sounds.
As usual you can listen for free via the embedded player below, or purchase the track for yourself on my Bandcamp page.
I hope you enjoy Project Atlantis.
Hello there, it’s time for another burst of musical creativity, this time in the form of some upbeat, reggae and dub-themed dance mixes I’ve called the Psonic Psunshine EP, I hope you enjoy it.
As usual you can listen for free via the embedded player below, or hop over to my Bandcamp page if you’d like to buy these or any of my other music to play at your leisure forever.
After listening to weeks of the radio building up to/looking back at Glastonbury festival (of which I am not a fan), it occurred to me that I hadn’t been to a music festival for a decade or more and I really fancied returning to that happy place after such a long hiatus. So I began searching for cheap, local festivals and came upon one only an hour and a half away in Cornwall, called Leopallooza.
There were several bands I liked or wanted to see, along with a good selection of unknown musical pleasures to enjoy, so I booked a ticket and collected some simple camping gear, because the weather had been glorious for weeks…
Of course, the day after I purchased my basic survival shelter and accessories, the rain started and pretty much didn’t stop for the intervening month until I left for the festival last Friday (July 21st), which was at least sunny.
Saturday, or rather late Friday night, the sky opened and it rained.
And rained.
Then it rained some more and kept raining.
Then, behold, the mud arrived.
But did we care?
No, frankly. I didn’t notice any dampening of spirits whatsoever for the entire good natured, family friendly, all inclusive three days I was in The Wyldes, mud and all.
As for my personal roundup of the music at the festival.
Top bands in no particular order-
Hot Lava, Mystery Jets, Willie and the Bandits, Bad Nerves, BILLY NOMATES, The Scribes, N’Famady Kouyaté, Orbital, Dutty Moonshine Big Band, Another Sky, Sprints, Smokey’s King Shufflers.
I thought Bloc Party were a little disappointing compared to the previous time I saw them, but the crowd clearly loved them, so maybe it’s just me.
Aurora was ok, she’s got a good voice, but not really my cup of tea.
And Leopallooza has *the* best festival bar I’ve seen anywhere; it’s right on the arena with a great view of the stage, it’s under cover, has sofas, armchairs and a pizzeria next door, it really doesn’t get much better than that.
A really fantastic weekend with a great atmosphere from start to finish, rain or shine, it’s a real shame it was the last one.
Anyway, here is my photo journey through The Wyldes, come and explore Leopallooza with me…
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