Released: December 29, 2017
Two long winding tracks, which are mirror images of each other, each give a different perspective on the same pieces of music, both clocking in at 28:44.
Named after the French Legion of Honour, and the tracks named after the order’s motto: “Honneur et Patrie” (“Honour and Fatherland”).
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On March 1 of this year, I released “melatoninone“.
As promised, it was the first in a series of long-form dreamscapes. Here is the follow up.
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On March 1 of this year, I released “melatoninone“.
As promised, it was the first in a series of long-form dreamscapes, here is a 10-ish minute sample of the next release in the series, “melatonintwo” which is up on SoundCloud under my “Works in Progress / Rough Drafts” playlist.
As per usual, let me know what you think!
We’ve got less than a month to go before the “big day”… we’ve been planning out music, and my fiancée would love for me to play some of my stuff. However, since most of it is ambient and minimal, there really wasn’t much of a place for it, except for maybe dinner or cocktail hour.
Then, collaboratively, we came up with a plan. Using two small portable speakers on either end of the porch we are having cocktails at, I will layer some of my tracks so each end of the porch plays different layers of those tracks, together making up the actual track, very similar to my installation pieces can be used (Layers 1, Layers 2, and Layers 3). Below is a representation of how those will be configured:
This however created a problem…
Because of the prevalence of Bluetooth speakers, it is very difficult to find something that matches these specifications! I started ordering from Amazon and Jet (free returns!) to test out speakers. After a couple of failures, and hitting up my friends on Facebook for their recommendations, I finally found something that works! Enter the DOSS Touch.
It’s a Bluetooth speaker with an SD Card slot, AUX 3.5mm input jack, rechargeable with a 12 hour playtime, and is decently loud at 12 watts. The controls are easy to use, and, it WILL loop at the end of the playlist, so I do not have to load even more songs on it, and can just use a cheap 8GB Micro SD Card.
Everything I needed… and… it is only $32.99 from Amazon. So, if you are ever in the market to do something like this, or, just need a REALLY good Bluetooth speaker for just over $30, then check this thing out.
If any of you are interested (and let me know in the comments), I can release a special edition on Bandcamp once I’ve done all of the processing on the tracks to be used (tracklist below) and their layered components for your own use?
Track listing:
I am pleased to announce my latest release – melatoninone. This will be the first in a series of long-form dreamscapes from musical nature – for when you need long, flowing, minimalist, distant, calming music.
Melatonin is a hormone, and is also a supplement sold at pretty much every pharmacy out there… it helps with sleep, but is a lot more “chill” than taking something like Ambien, which just knocks you out cold, or it does me at least.
The pineal gland in your brain secretes melatonin once it starts to get dark, telling the body that it is time to go to sleep. For someone like myself who at the end of a long day, it can sometimes take hours to eventually nod off and escape into the dreamworld. So from time to time, I will take a melatonin supplement.
The dreams you experience when you take melatonin, or at least, that I have experienced, are generally more vivid than a normal night’s sleep. I also like to listen to music when I fall asleep, specifically, long form minimal ambient music at a low volume, or playing from another room, just like this album. The two combined are where the inspiration for this album came from, as well as the upcoming releases in this series. I hope you enjoy it.
Please have a listen, and let me know what you think.
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The other day I finally got around to posting my latest release, Layers3: Abstractions to SoundCloud.
Layers1, Layers2, and Layers3: Abstractions are 3 minimal long form releases designed to be used either by themselves, or together, in any order. Think of it as an art installation.
Shortly after posting the release to SoundCloud, someone liked one of the tracks from Layers3, and posted the following comment:
What a brilliant idea! I recently started building some Android apps (Donation Estimator and MX Lookup), so I decided to take on this challenge as well! So, after a couple days, I have put together an Android App, which can be found in the Google Play App Store – Layers.
If you wouldn’t mind… please download it, and let me know what you think if you wouldn’t mind?
It may very well be buggy… but I am new to Android app development, so please take it easy on me.
I have some similar ideas that are kicking around along the same lines as well… so I will keep you posted here on my blog.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mobi.varosky.layers
It feels good to say that! This has been a long process. If you check the Internet Archive, there used to be this little gem of a web property out there:
Take note of the dates… I had kids, life got complicated, and music unfortunately took a back seat for a number of years. Flash forward to 2015 – I finally jumped back in, and got working on new music. Since then a lot has happened!
I’ve released 9 new recordings. 9. I’ve apparently had a lot that was waiting to come out during my hiatus.
What else has transpired during the revival of musical nature?
And, something very exciting – I have started up a collaboration project with my fellow SharePointer and Musician friend Keith Richie which we are calling VR. Click here for more information on that project! A lot more to come on that front.
With all of that going on, I’ve also been trying to get this site going… and finally, it is ready!
If you are an old fan – thank you for sticking around! If you are a new fan or just stumbled across the site – welcome, and thank you for listening! Check out the discography to listen to my music, and please make use of the contact form if you have any questions, comments, feedback, or, ping me on Facebook and Twitter.
Keep watching this site, I plan to update it regularly with news, information, new releases, and general ramblings.
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