New Releases / News
Pleased to announce that I have 2 tracks on Aurora Production Music latest album, Hybrid Worlds. Sandstorm and Earth Spirit are available to listen, download and licence on the Universal Music website
Earth Spirit http://links.universalproductionmusic.com/gOBiic
Written during lockdown, Low Series is a digital album of 10 tracks comprising of gentle, ambient soundscapes, based on dreams & released in order of each dream.
Using a limited sound palette of synth, tape loops and field recordings, each track is purposely imperfect and slightly disjointed.
Notes that aren't written are replaced by imaginary sounds - sometimes your brain fills in the spaces.
Listen & buy the digital album here (includes bonus track)
New album for Ultraphonic, Aerials (UPMCD63) Serene Fluid Soundscapes.
Bright delicate soundscapes with a serene feel. Perfect for documentaries about life and its mysteries.
Spaces Between Shadows
* The 2016 Independent Music Awards, nominated album
Spaces Between Shadows is the latest release fromViolinist and Composer Diana Yukawa.
The Extended EP, features new tracks as well as the pieces performed on this years festival circuit. A limited edition signed CD release is scheduled for 18th December 2015 with only 1000 signed copies being made available.
Limited Edition CD Release: 18.12.15
Digital Download Release: 22.01.16
Co-written and produced by John-Paul Rushton, Tom Ingleby and Tom Evans. The album was mixed and Mastered by Andy Booth.
Wilderness 2015
One of the summer highlights for me was playing keys and electronics for Diana Yukawa on the Wilderness stage. A beautiful Friday evening in August and a gorgeous sunset made this a truly magical and memorable event. Set list included forthcoming tracks from Diana's new EP to be released January 2016
I recently finished my remix of Diagrams You Can Talk To Me. Taken from the album "Chromatics" on Full Time Hobby
MORPHZILLA UI
This is my most ambitious Kontakt library project to date and I really can't wait to share this with you. It's already developing into a bit of a monster but I want it to include more unique sounds and I would like to invite you to contribute sounds to be included in this new library.
Following on from where Micromorph left off, Morphzilla aims to provide more tools to develop unique sound patches. Field recordings, found sounds and other sound oddities from my sonic adventures have been processed to create a palette of wonky and often beautiful textures to create a mixture of organic and non organic sounds. Combine, twist, morph and automate to stretch the possibilities of this unique library and create infinite* sonic patches. Includes dusty pads, nasty impacts to beautiful textured soundscapes and more.
But this is just the start - edit the sample start of each sound, reverse and morph the samples in each menu independently, then combine and crossfade these using the modulation wheel. One patch and 2 sample menus holding over 300 unique, organically cultivated and beautifully sculptured sounds.
Although these sounds will sound great out of the box, there aren't really any preset patches in here - It's ready and waiting for you to delve in to the simple user interface and create unique instrument patches for each project. This will sound like no other sample library you own - morphing between music and sound design, it's dark, twisted and nasty but also uniquely beautiful too. If you a little bit fed up with preset sounds and want to create something a little bit special for your projects, then this library is for you.
SORRY, THE SOUND SUBMISSIONS IS NOW CLOSED. I'M NO LONGER ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS FOR THIS LIBRARY
THANKS AGAIN TO EVERYONE WHO SUBMITTED - YOU WILL RECEIVE AN EMAIL WITH YOUR DISCOUNT CODE VERY SOON
Record/produce anything from mangled field recordings, beautiful pads, guitarscapes, dark & twisted to the most beautiful textures. Make it wonky as hell or just plain beautiful. A recording of yourself playing your instrument in the most unusual way or usual way. Just make sure the end result is recorded and produced well and sounds lovely. Selected sounds will automatically be given a code for the discount on release so make sure to provide your name and email address when you send me a download link via Dropbox / WeTransfer.
Samples 24 bit / 48kHz Wav
If you are sending more than 1 sound, please zip these before sending
Include your name and email address in the email and also include your name on all of your Wav files (so that I can send you the appropriate discount code)
Send sounds via dropbox / WeTransfer to micromorphsamples [at] gmail.com
Have fun!
I'm really looking forward to hearing your sounds.
Thank you!
*maybe not infinite, but you know what I mean
micromorph
After a few months of research, recording (and late nights), here it is - Micromorph - a small Kontakt library of broken, sculptured, bent and demolished samples, based on field recordings, broken circuits and other sound oddities. It's unique, wonky and imperfect, delicate and nasty.
Micromorph v1 is no longer available to buy - Micromorph 2 is available here
I composed a piece of music specially for the Galloway forest broadcast 31st Aug - 1st Sept 2013
for more information, visit thedarkoutside.com
