Lost Terrain - Serge Explorations (2009)
Lost Terrain contains three aural journeys powered by the mighty Serge Modular Synthesizer. These pieces are composed from self-generating modular synthesizer patches with a little manually-played synth added for good measure. These are organic, synthesized soundscapes designed to evoke lost landscapes, either "passing or past", nevermore to be seen again by the human eye.
- Artic-11/25 23:56
- The tundra rules supreme in a snowblind land fogged by ice and peopled sparsely by creatures who worship the moon with their feral appetites. The days and nights are five months long.
- Forest Area-9b 12:01
- Connifers are the masters of all in this green realm of overgrown caves, shrouded lakes and beds of fern misted by permanent rain. The denizens of this world are often heard but rarely seen.
- Cenote-88 10:58
- A vine-draped jungle well in the Yucatan is home for a myriad of strange beings lost to myth for many years now. The lord of this realm sleeps fitfully at the bottom of the pool.
DOWNLOAD: High-quality (lossless FLAC) versions of these songs as well as full-size (300dpi) cover artwork are available bundled for download as a single 211MB zipped file.
NOTES: Artic-11/25 and Forest Area-9b are wholly Serge Modular while Cenote-88 has a lot of Electric Piano and a few other timbres provided by the Nord Stage. Additionally, Artic-11/25 was created entirely with two Serge M-odules, the Creature and the Gator. Some of you will recognize Cenote-88 as a reworked version of "Stumblegum". And, yes, the cover graphics are a bit of a reverent homage to certain albums by a pioneer of the "ambient genre". ;)
A special thank you goes out to Rex Probe and Sound Transfom Systems!
These songs are free for personal enjoyment but are not licensed for commercial use. If you like this type of generative music, be sure to check out my album Touch.
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