Heavens and Highlands. CD006

Tracks :-

1). “The Path”
2). “Pegasus”
3). “Skybird”
4). “Highlander”
5). “Timewarp”
6). “Nebula Walse”
7). “Is There Anybody Out There?”
8). “The Night Sky”
9). “Starburst”

About the Music...

This is the first of three new (previously unreleased) electronic music CDs. The highlands in the title are the Scottish highlands in the UK. This extensive mountainous area has a rugged timeless majestic quality that I love. The night sky looks beautiful ringed by the mountains high up in the clear night air.
The music starts with an ascent up to some high point where the vista unfolds. Images of past lifestyles, life and death and the Scotts going to war pervade the musical feel. Then above all that there is the night sky. A vast expanse of space filled with stars, massive supernova and black holes. These are places where even time itself is twisted. Astronomy, technology and age old landscapes are the very varied impressions I’ve tried to express in the music.

Technical...

There is quite an unusual mixture of synthesis used on this album. Analogue physical modelling features in several tracks along with my trusty microprocessor sequencer. Some tracks use more modern sound sample based synthesisers and computer sequencing. In the “Highlander”, human voice fragments are used only to excite and sound through physical models of real instruments, drum bass guitar other ‘plucked’ strings etc., with strange results. “Pegasus” is based around a percussive acoustically modelled imaginary instrument, a kind of half way stage between a purely electronic synth. sound and a ‘real’ instrument.

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MP3 Download; 664K
Estimated time = appx. 2min.

Excerpt playing times
1-1.5min.

[WMA = Windows Media Audio excerpt
MP3 = MP3 download]

10min. 44sec.
5min. 43sec.
5min. 09sec.
8min. 13sec. WMA1
7min. 22sec. WMA2
6min. 55sec.
5min. 20sec.
10min. 00sec.
10min. 34sec. MP3

Price £12

Heavens and Highlands. CD006

Tracks :-

1). “The Path”
2). “Pegasus”
3). “Skybird”
4). “Highlander”
5). “Timewarp”
6). “Nebula Walse”
7). “Is There Anybody Out There?”
8). “The Night Sky”
9). “Starburst”

About the Music...

This is the first of three new (previously unreleased) electronic music CDs. The highlands in the title are the Scottish highlands in the UK. This extensive mountainous area has a rugged timeless majestic quality that I love. The night sky looks beautiful ringed by the mountains high up in the clear night air.
The music starts with an ascent up to some high point where the vista unfolds. Images of past lifestyles, life and death and the Scotts going to war pervade the musical feel. Then above all that there is the night sky. A vast expanse of space filled with stars, massive supernova and black holes. These are places where even time itself is twisted. Astronomy, technology and age old landscapes are the very varied impressions I’ve tried to express in the music.

Technical...

There is quite an unusual mixture of synthesis used on this album. Analogue physical modelling features in several tracks along with my trusty microprocessor sequencer. Some tracks use more modern sound sample based synthesisers and computer sequencing. In the “Highlander”, human voice fragments are used only to excite and sound through physical models of real instruments, drum bass guitar other ‘plucked’ strings etc., with strange results. “Pegasus” is based around a percussive acoustically modelled imaginary instrument, a kind of half way stage between a purely electronic synth. sound and a ‘real’ instrument.

| CD Catalogue | Ordering information | Home |

MP3 Download; 664K
Estimated time = appx. 2min.

Excerpt playing times
1-1.5min.

[WMA = Windows Media Audio excerpt
MP3 = MP3 download]

10min. 44sec.
5min. 43sec.
5min. 09sec.
8min. 13sec. WMA1
7min. 22sec. WMA2
6min. 55sec.
5min. 20sec.
10min. 00sec.
10min. 34sec. MP3

Price £12