Carbon111's Music

I hope You'll enjoy some of these MP3s. Style-wise, these range from ambient noise to melodic rhythm so please bear with me:

November 3:11: Nord Stage plays the plucky soft/metallic sound and a little bit of acoustic piano. All other sounds are courtesy of the Solaris prototype I had in the studio for a couple of days...beautiful instrument.
Permanent Sunrise 3:52: All synth sounds were programmed and played on a prototype of the John Bowen Solaris, a unique and beautiful synth. The timbres in this song are mostly PPG-style wavetable patches as well as a "multi-saw" string pad and a VA sync-sweep lead. Drums are Korg Electribe ES-1.
Stumblegum 10:57: I'd been doing a lot of self-generating stuff on the Serge Modular so I was inspired to use a Serge patch as the "rhythm" on this one. Against that, the Nord Stage lays down a lead (at the beginning), a nice Rhodes and a breathy backing timbre.
Dead Leaves 4:13: The trees are naked once again so I wrote this little piece. The Yamaha VL-1 takes the lead and the background is all Microwave XT and Oasys with Prophet'08 handling bass. A slightly "gentler" treatment is here: Fallen Leaves
Crows for Marie 9:38: A longish piano-ambient-thing. The piano is "Marie", my old Baldwin spinet, the background is Nord Modular percussion, Nord Modular insects, Nord Modular FM pad and a Prophet'08 triangle pad.
Walden 1:57: A weird little "doo-dad"...not quite a song. Catchy, regardless, that's why its here. Waldorf Microwave XT, Nord Stage and Korg Electribe ES-1.
Geode 6:57: A rough mix of a simple rainy day meditation in the studio. The backgrounds are all Absynth and the EP is pure Oasys.
Long Shadows 8:22: A little sad melodic piece. The "horns" are all VL-1. I was going for a somber "end of time" feel on this one.
Inland Sea 7:44: An ambient piece with my old Baldwin Spinet. The Piano lays down a simple motif on a bed of Korg Lambda "strings" and "chorus". Listen for the MicrowaveXT "seagulls" ;)
Touch 29:11: A very dark ambient noise work. Think "alien hedgehogs learning to mate in molten sulpher". Just a warning - this one is long!
Solstice on Mars 5:14: A very mellow Electric Piano ambient piece with cool Nord Modular percussion. A christmas tune for Martians.
Aum Mani Padme Hum 5:36: A fun bit of vocal roundabout. I love the layers in this one and the way it builds. Done before I had decent preamps :(
Gem 8:34: An older tune of mine that really thrashes around. The lead "guitar" is a violin sample through distortion.
Black River 5:13: Inspired by the Rio Negro in the Amazon - lots of hand percussion in this one. Slow, filter-swept Prophet600 pads.
Walking Stick 4:00: A rhythmic song with ShortWave radio samples. I had a lot of fun with the lyrics on this one. This is an older song but I like its simplicity.

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