This one is hard to describe.  It incorporates a lot of sound design done in Absynth 4 and Guitar Rig.  I have also dipped into my arsenal of crazy, raging, angry guitars.

The production phase was a procedural experiment for me, cutting music specifically to picture.  I can’t post the images, but I can definitely post the music.  It starts off slow with some of the sound design, but quickly evolves into an angry, thunderous beat-down.

The vibe reminds me of the mercury vapor glow of cities at night.

I thought it wouldn’t kill me to post a second piece of music tonight.

This one was actually originally composed in late November of 2007, and it was included in the yearly “Christmas Masters” for 2007, though it wasn’t shopped around to agencies or really posted anywhere.  I just wasn’t ever happy with the flow and fullness of the instruments.

Fast forward to May of 2009 and a spur-of-the-moment re-master.   Now it’s a final product.  It’s weird how things sometimes just come together months of years later when an idea just pops into your mind out of nowhere.

Enjoy!

The album is tentatively titled “Tears For Andromeda”.  I don’t know where this track will fall in the overall order of things.

The first track to be actually marked as “complete” is this one…”Goodbye From Colombo”.  It features the final words of Arthur C. Clarke from late last year, along with the result of hours of sound design and sequencing.  As usual, I’ve mastered with Adobe Audition 3.0.1 using the Waves plug-ins.  The soft-synths used in the track include Omnisphere, Colossus, and Atmosphere.

You can listen to or download the 320Kbps MP3 below.  You’re also welcome to download the FLAC version (~25 megabytes).  It’s Creative Commons, so see the footer of this page for details on how you can use the audio, but you’re free to download a copy and share it with your friends, obviously.

There’s more to come.  Enjoy!