Description : I just painted a picture of abandoned sanctuary and I thought it could sound like this...:)
Description : Headphones are recommended for a more immersive experience :P - - - A weary American soldier is walking through the remains of what used to be a small town in the middle east, only to rediscover the horrible reality that sometimes war can affect even the ones who have no part in it.
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This is my first attempt at creating a virtual environment to tell a story and convey emotion. Hope you enjoy! Comments are welcome!
- ER
Description : Guys, I have been asked again to do another track for another friend's son.
He has asked me to do the track with an eighties heavy ascent.
I have come up with this I hope you all like it.
Description : This is for my friend Danke who can't sleep at night. Yes, heat, heat...I guess Africa is hotter, but don't let the title and intro as well, deceive you! This is not African music nor the imitation of it. It's just a picture of starry African sky at night, painted with my european musical sensibilities and some imagination. So this is for Danke in the first place and then maybe for anyone who would like to fall asleep.:)...
Good night!:)
Description : Dear Loopers...Let Ed and me take you to the world of yet another musical fantasy born out of our latest collab efforts. Ed provided basic structure of the track with ever solid rhythm section, tasty synths and vocal pads while I took
on a role of pretending to be multi-instrumentalist again by smuggling in some sweet strings, bulgarian flute, celtic harp,
unexpectedly blurry piano and this time a tiny bit of real live acoustic guitar...what an adventure for a vst/keyboard guy..:) As always
my sincere thanks to Ed not only for letting me enjoy his great musical company but also for still standing as one of the firm pillars of Looperman society !
Description : Un tema sencillo, suave. Espero que les guste.
Description : I went to the beach and set up my stereo recording mic under a gazebo near it (I apologize for some of the air gusts being recorded haha; we had a strong SE wind that day :P Tried my best to place it out of the wind); wanted to record myself playing live and do some cheesy roleplay in the process - wanted to make it feel like the listener was sitting there beside me. ** This is what the beach looks like: http://static.travel.usnews.com/images/destinations/80/south_padre_island_main.jpg **
Lo and behold, I'm about halfway through the song when my buddy Mark, a friend from college, heard me singing and decided to join me (he seems to never part with his guitar lol).
The expression on his face was that of confusion as to why I had my mic with me and a audio-capturing device, which I plugged into an outdoor electrical plug that the gazebo owners installed lol (I've done recordings like this before but didn't like the results; we messed up a little at the end but I was like meh it's not bad anyways.) but I'm glad he didn't say it out loud or it would have ruined the recording lol. Luckily, I was playing a song he and I wrote together some time ago, so he was able to just jump right in. He's a great guitar player.
Even though it was a little awkward at the end since we hadn't seen each other for like 4 months (you might be able to tell by the way I responded to his "thats so cool" comment haha), I think it turned out just fine. It was a lovely evening and the clouds were all poofy and happy. Lots of people were there too, though I made sure to sit far away from all of them. Ahh, it was a beautiful day. I'm glad I live by the ocean :P * Just kidding, I recorded this in my studio; though I do live close to the water, this was not recorded there :P I did everything, down to the wind blowing into the mic, except for the sound of water and the kids in the background. I got those sounds here: freesfx.co.uk/login/
The guitars and vocals were one-takes to give a more realistic feel. No pitch-correction or autotune. Just wanted to try making another soundscape (or whatever you want to call this :P) about what it's like to live by the ocean.
Description : the other end of the scale from me, yep people, this is a ballad. its for all the people who have lost somebody long before their time was due,
i used my experience of tragic loss and how i hid my mental health issues that stemmed from it while writing it, its repetitive but has fresh verses
its to Matthias music Du Bist Nicht Mehr Hier almost the same title, He has suffered too that's why he wrote the music and dedicated it to his brother. i hope i have done it justice
Description : electrorockreggae thingymebob
Description : DO to the thief claiming that this music is hers
The story of the track is off for a minute.
Description : This track contains several loops, all of them are from looperman artists - listed below. I don't know if "ambient" fits well for it, but i get most loops from that category. :)
Inspired by the Final Fantasy series and my ex girlfriend. Hope you will enjoy it (not my ex! :D). As always, free to use for a song, any opinions-critics welcomed... UPDATE 2015.10.24.: improved audio quality - lower lows, higher highs. Now in 256kbps!
Applied loops :
DJ4REAL : 0102056-0000849 (Sax 120), 0102056-0021138 (Violin vibrato singular), 0102056-0021641 (Sax attack the floor),
DJFREDVAL : 0002663-0007540 (FV 120 BackBeat2), 0002663-0007541 (FV 120 BackBeat3), 0002663-0007542 (FV 120 BackBeat4),
MEGAPAUL : 0448131-0059810 (Ricky K Armada 100bmp G), 0448131-0068095 (Grasslions 75bmp A Bass), 0448131-0061055 (Chinese Gyros 90bmp Cmajor),
SHORTBUSMUSIC : 0500098-0054224 (Acoustic guitar with Harmonics in Dm-F), 0500098-0062445 (Acoustic guitar with Delay in Dm-C-B),
MRROBOT : 0082073-0002480 (Mr Robot smooth synth 125 bmp 8), 0082073-0005872 (Johnny Cash like Drums),
SERIALCHILLER : 0000003-0000094 (Chilla Synth Skank Riff),
DJKNIGHTLIFE420 : 0165908-0027771 (Toxic Whistle),
TARATOXIC : 0096919-0027238 (Pan flute),
GUITARGURU : 0057331-0003621 (Harmonic 2),
MINOR2GO : 0159051-0031469 (Power Rap T7 Marimba Flanged),
SHATNER : 0227480-0045258 (Battle On),
MHYST : 0203623-0017135 (Celtic Vibrato Flute Melody),
REI4REAL : 0039029-0005928 (Rei zapjam05 A 90),
KASHYAP : 0040306-0015442 (Beat it up 2).
Description : Guys, I've Just looked at my old music archives and thought to bring some of them out for you guys to listen to.
I've made this track in loving memory of my dear brother who sadly died of cancer. He was my rock, my confidant I am already missing him.
I hope you enjoy it if you do then please leave me a comment.
Description : A miasma of digital sound... like in a dream.
Description : I've Just looked at my old music archives and thought to bring some of them out for you guys to listen to.
I hope you enjoy it if you do then please leave me a comment.
Description : Glen Cloy is one of the glens of Antrim (Tumbleweed's county) in Northern Ireland. The little people, actualy fairies, populate all of them and they all have very old ghost stories that have been told for centuries (and still are)...This one is about Shaman of old and his journeys through the spiritual world...That sums up what Ed told me about the concept for our 7th (how convenient^^) collab work. The main core of the track is Ed's work and the original length was 5:18, but I wouldn't have been Orlando if I didn't tempt to compose my longest intro to date (3:10) to inject my own fantasies about little creatures of Glen Cloy (soft spot for spiritual world..hehe..). Other than that I also added some synths arrangements and vocal samples for the rest of the track and probably ruined it a bit..haha..but that's how collabs are sometimes..:)^^.....All my thanks to Ed...and Irish ghosts ofcourse...
Description : Guys, I've Just looked at my old music archives.
Ive stumbled upon this free Vst called Piano one.
I have never experienced sounds so true to a real piano, Ive paid a lot of money to a very well-known company for such vst which Ive never used because it did not sound like a piano.
The music of this track is replicated; However, the piano sounds are done with this vst.
I thought to share this little gem with you guys.
neovst.com/piano-one/
What an asset. Good stuff man.
Wowowow
This has an amazing underlying melancholy to it. Lost touch with a once beautiful reality. Wonderful!
hi orlano,
listening to your track after a long time.
This was on a different trajectory it seems, needed some time to get hold of it tho.
Anyways it's still a greatly produced track with all the right vibes in place
thanks for the track
TJ
Great! Very spellbinding!
Dark Space and relaxing ... Its great
This one is a fav from me, great work!
hi there,
this is a truly calming and deep music.
Really like the sound and the tone. Also, the melodic progression is truly enjoyable.
Well done!
Hey Orlando,this is truly wonderous my friend!Picture myself miles from home sitting by a small lake surrounded by overhanging trees with abandoned decayed small boats.Your music always paints a picture for me which no other on here can touch.So intricate,minimal and musical.Take care.
hello Orlando
Still, flat and cold soundscape you have here! This is
a beautiful piece with a lot of positive soothing power.
I can really hear some pleasant and healing resonance of string plucked instruments in this.
I enjoyed floating melodies - reminding me a bit of the sound of a Sunvox virtual synth I used earlier https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzkulKz8qBI
Thanks for taking me to the Zen zone for a moment!
Best to you, Alex
Hello Orlando
What a cool name for a picture and track :)
Cant say any about the painting :) but i like the sounds you used here and if the music fits to the picture, then it must be a very nice one.
I realy enjoy tracks where i can close my eys and strat dreaming. And this one is realy good for that
Great work on the sounds and mixing also.
Excelent stuff to relaxing
stay tuned
joe
Euphoric is how i would describe this track.. or fucking awesome, think ill go with the latter haha
Its the synthwork in this im loving most though, amazing work.
If you dont mind me asking what vst's you using for these?
especially the pluck at 15seconds been trying to make a sound like that for a while! haha
Congratz bro,
xyilent
Orlando, How are you? Well, I hope.
Often times, I begin a track with no idea where it's headed. A lot of the times, I try to build something similar to thi in the sense that it's a minimalist, drumless soundscape. But that creative force that lives in me always brings forth the driving beat. Just once, I'd like to create something as ethereal, and captivating as yours. Maybe you're much more at peace with yourself that I am. Which leads me to ask the question: Does the creativity reflect the state of mind, or does it influence it? When you create these pieces, do you let the music channel through you, or do you bend the ambiance to your desire? Myself, I believe that music has always been here. Long before we were, and it will be here long after we're gone. We are nothing more than a vehicle for it to be presented to us. We give it it's voice. But, there are those who simply let it flow through them, and then there are those, more like myself, who, although let it flow, bend it to fit my own agenda. Your pieces are almost always so calm, and reflective, where mine are always aggressive and driving. Even in the more "fluid" works. It's interesting that yours, and mine, evoke such strong emotions in the listener, but they are so far apart on the spectrum.
At first, I didn't really listen that deeply to your work. But much like a truly good cup of coffee, there are so many complexities, and elements that go into it, that it takes time to fully learn and appreciate everything involved. I'm glad I kept coming back.
Thanks for sharing, my friend.
Take care.
Aaron.
Great background to any stressful work, calms me right down.
Yet another winner from you! I absolutely love this one, the sound was a bit more on the tense side but absolutely ace in execution and production. Great work Orlando :)
Brado
Hey whats up, how do you make those ambient pads man? do you reverse synths or reversed pluck delay sounds with huge reverb?
Made me think of ice crystals forming on a window on a frosty winter morning. The wind blows the light fluffy snow in every direction as you quickly scrape the ice off your car windows hoping your car starts in the frigid temps. I don't miss those days one bit but we did get frost the other day.
I liked your last track as well, similar concept and just as interesting and can be interpreted many ways.
Wayne
link the painting ! :D
Im digging the vibe alot! Good track:)
Sounds dark and relaxing at the same time, might just be me.
Really love the melody, hopefully you will make more of this.
from karl.
This is a lovely minimalist track. The sound evolves naturally and tells your story of the abandoned sanctuary very well. It gives the feeling of something frozen in time, mixed with memories of both joy and sadness. It's a beautiful first song of the day for me to listen to. Made me feel calm and pensive. So thank you :)
TA
Hey Orrie,
Im sorry mate it seems that I have missed this one some how.
My place of sanctuary is listening to your music mate.
I can see you still polling all ladies of LM ?????
Fantastic track its really captivating.
Very big well done to you mate.
Jamid
Wow!!-- Very beautiful piece. Sounds like a mixture of some of Frank Zappa's solo keyboard projects with a touch of Beck. Will this be available for download someday? Thanks for the listen PDmzuak
Aptly titled...a place of safety...now abandoned to its quietness...a touch of meloncholy...peace....you paint the picture perfectly with your patient approach to composition that evolves along its way...and always a most enjoyable listen over here...well done (as always) Orlando...Ed
good work man.
it reminds me of walking through the old abandoned hospital on the game " The last of us". great sound with headphones!!
Bonjour Orlando ....
Just a few words, and if I may: It's Magic .... You ensure your subject with a certain musical conviction no doubt. A multitude of images unfold as in a kaleidoscope. And to conclude .... Great serenity here.
Dan
Hi.
This is some classy stuff and you clearly specialise in drumless, mysterious minimalism. I have a lot of musical limitations and am a bit lost without a good solid groove, which is why I tend to use a lot of drums, whereas you often use none.
I'd find using none quite difficult and have only ever done one proper drumless track (chillout with lots of strings but also guitar).
Anyway, this is another hard one to review as it seems to just keep stretching itself on and on, without any obviously different sections. Lots of gliding notes and a constant air of mystery and intrigue. And melancholy calm.
Seems about the right length so I don't suggest cutting it down, as I did with your last lengthy, drumless ambient piece.
Good work.
P.S. I've wondered for a while why you generally only write 2 or 3 line track reviews when you're clearly capable of saying a lot more ie as you do in your own track replies.
i like it , smooth , nice track man :)
Very Nice sentiment. I could feel the emotions of sanctuary in your music. Nice work my friend.
Cru
Your progressivity is amazing...epic, 'big' tracks you create...this one is scary and freezing...got my brain to remember last year's losses...that is the mission of art...to create feeling in the listener...your tracks always tell a story...donwanna hype you but you are one of the best artist here (and there)...
Warmest handshake, Danke