3753 cruithne

Continuing with my beat-oriented theme of late. Autechre-like, but they're still 1,000 times better than I am. This one's noisy and glitchy, just the way I like it.
posted by wastelands on May 10, 2009 - 6 comments

chthonian planets 4

A curious alien has snatched one of our spacecraft from orbit and sent back a very strange signal...
posted by wastelands on Apr 25, 2009 - 3 comments

accreting protostar

High dynamic range and distortion wrapped in a a heartbeat-like 73 BPM.
posted by wastelands on Apr 5, 2009 - 1 comment

hyperluminous quasar

Something a spacecraft might hear on the edge of the solar system
posted by wastelands on Mar 29, 2009 - 2 comments

galactic halo

A mellow, trippy piece with a discordant edge. File under "dark ambient for stoners."
posted by wastelands on Mar 22, 2009 - 3 comments

exoplanet

2 minutes and 30 seconds of crap
posted by wastelands on Mar 7, 2009 - 3 comments

event horizon

A dark, drone/noise piece that develops slowly
posted by wastelands on Feb 23, 2009 - 0 comments

death is the road to awe

A relaxing drone; noise waveforms are dominant again
posted by wastelands on Feb 19, 2009 - 3 comments

industrial society and its future

Extra dark and ominous; uses mostly noise waveforms instead of sine waves
posted by wastelands on Feb 13, 2009 - 6 comments

some of them are hard to look at, since they are disfigured

Exceptionally resonant bass channel with two layers of percussion on top [more inside]
posted by wastelands on Jan 31, 2009 - 7 comments

civilization crumbles whenever we need it most

Dark ambient work with an industrial undertone and extreme use of reverb [more inside]
posted by wastelands on Jan 26, 2009 - 1 comment

bide your time and everything becomes clear

Dark and moody. Lots of reverb. This is my fourth generative piece.
posted by wastelands on Jan 20, 2009 - 3 comments

what goes on in those dark rooms

Six layers of sound, created completely from scratch in the Operator soft synth, sent through a filter delayed return track
posted by wastelands on Jan 8, 2009 - 3 comments

i've seen what they do

Second generative piece; bassy pad and six layers of percussion
posted by wastelands on Dec 31, 2008 - 0 comments

isolated research station orbiting a bizarre planet

Endcaps of warbling drone punctuated by bass stabs, and a middle section of high rhythmic complexity [more inside]
posted by wastelands on Nov 29, 2008 - 0 comments