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HYPNOTIC SYMMETRY

Ian C Stewart "Hypnotic Symmetry" Soundclick MP3

A couple of years ago I finally broke down and bought myself a sequencer and a rack synthesizer. I always wanted to get into MIDI and sequencing but never got around to it until recently. Once I found a few of the significant synth sounds it was only a matter of time before I tried something like this. Um... darkly new agey I guess.

And, having never made a whole album in this style, I went ahead and made a whole album in this style. I think it was called Elements. But I don't think I ever made a cover for it or pressed up copies. I think I only got as far as uploading it to Soundclick.

Comments

Darrin said…
sorta reminds me of the ambient album that i made that wasn't ambient. or something.

new age is one of those things that baffles me. i mean, some of it is obv why it works but some of it, esp the environmental / ambient stuff, i always wonder if the said artist could ever perform the 'piece' as it was on the album. maybe they aren't supposed to. i dunno. just me trying to pigeon hole people or something.

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