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Skies of Gliese 581 d
Oct 6th
Gliese 581 d (pronunced “gleeze”) is a super-earth in the habitable zone around the star Gliese 581, in the constellation Libra (20 light years from Earth). It was discovered in 2009, and in 2011, scientists came up with a model that could explain atmosphere and liquid water on the planet. In other words, it’s a planet outside our Solar System that could support life.
My latest song Skies of Gliese 581 d features a spacey, electronic feel and uses some new components from the just-released Reason 6. As with all my music, it’s a free download and CC-BY-SA licensed, so you can remix and reuse it.
Download “Skies of Gliese 581 d”
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The Mess We’re In
Apr 4th
Have you ever wondered what would happen if the Internet “woke up” as a sentient intelligence, and then decided to just leave? Yeah, me neither… This song is called The Mess We’re In, lyrics and music by Philip. Turn the volume up and give it a listen!
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A Dream Squared
Mar 27th
We finished a song! A Dream Squared features lyrics by Jenny and music by Philip. It was pretty random how it came about; I was messing around on the piano, and Jenny had a few lyrics in her journal. And then we let loose the cats in boxes.
We guarantee that no glockenspiels or guitars were harmed in the making of this song.
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(No Longer) Solo
Mar 2nd
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I’m working on a solo album, and hopefully 2011 will be the year that I actually Get Things Done and finish it up. Here’s a short sample of a song that features Jenny, entitled (somewhat ironically) (No Longer) Solo. This is just a taste of what’s to come!
Update: I completely forgot to mention the most awesome part about this song – it’s our first collaboration. Jenny wrote the lyrics and I wrote the music (just like Music and Lyrics, aww how sweet).
Other songs I’ll soon have finished include The Condition, The Paradox, This Mess We’re In, and Happiness, Our Hearts Have Failed. Doesn’t that just sound fun and interesting?
Noisewaves – chiptunes+post-rock bliss
May 31st
I just discovered an amazing (and obscure) genre – the blending of 8-bit chiptunes (think classic Nintendo) with post-rock. Noisewaves is a band from Grand Rapids, MI, and they recently (May 2010) published their self-title E.P.
The genre is familiar if you’ve ventured into any minimalist post-rock, but the 8-bit layers help create a unique sound that really makes this music stand out. The third track, Voice Recognition, Everything, is guaranteed to make you feel warm fuzzies inside (or is it cold, digital buzzies?).
Download Noisewaves, available for free under a by-nc-nd Creative Commons license.