The name is based upon one of my own ides; When all life forms goes to sleep, they connect into the universal dream web, and together with other sleeping souls they become the deep sleep society. This universal dream web are used for divine purpose, and that is to use all lifeforms sleeping brains, or RAM (Random Access Memory) for temporary storage. And when that happens, the brain start to dream (or receiving and sending temporary devine memory). This temporary filled memory are very hard to understand for a living soul, and thats why all so called dreams are so hard to understand, because one simple dream are just one little fragment of a bigger overall picture, but toghether with all dreams in the whole universe, they can create new planets, stars or even new galaxies by the will from the creator himself.

Maybe.

First of all, I am Tomas, the only member in this solo project. (read more at my member profile page).

Deep Sleep Society was started in June 2001 in Stockholm (Sweden). DSS is my second solo project aside Oakman's Dreamland, The Space Navigator, Astral Caravan and Oddworld Explorer. (DSS is the second project because Oakman's Dreamland was the first).

DSS is an experimental, electronic, ambient music project, not allways made to sound perfect (and dreams are not allways perfect), so don't expect the usual kind of music. Personaly I don't know where exactly to put my music style, but some fans call it voodoo trance, new kraut and garage-techno. (If that will help you?) :-)

I invented DSS because of my own big intrest in dreams. I wanted to create some kind of 'soundtrack' for the dreamworld. And I also wanted to play something that was similar to the music & groups that I enjoy to listen to myself, for exampe Edgar Froese, Klause Schulze, Vangelis and Jean Michel Jarre to name some of them.

You will probably hear if you start to listen that my music have gone through changes, both spiritualy and musicaly, but I guess that it is an inevitable development, exactly as life.

I have recorded 17 DSS albums and 2 ep between 2001 and 2011 and my music have been played on radio at Alien Air Music - KXLU 88.9FM in Los Angeles many times (both web and air).

My music have also been part of one zombie movies (soon two) made by the British director S.N. Sibley and there will probably be more movies in the future.

(see DISCOGRAPHY and OTHER PROJECTS below or my reviews page for more information).

(Latest updated: Dec 4, 2011)

Tangerine Dream, Edgar & Jerome Froese, Christopher Franke, Johannes Schmoelling, Ash Ra Tempel, Ashra, Klaus Schulze, Pete Namlook, Spyra, Ralph Lundsten, Bo Hansson, Deuter, Steve Roach, Gandalf, Delerium, Synaesthesia, Vangelis, Jean Michel Jarre, Astral Projection, Space Tribe, Mortiis (and all his side projects), Phil Thornton, Jonathan Goldman, Uwe Smith, Richard D. James, Bill Laswell and many others.

Under a nightsky full of stars by the sea.

Analoge Synthesizers: Micro KORG, Mirage Digital Sampling Keyboard and Roland JP-8000 synth.

MIDI Keyboard: M-Audio Keystation 49e Midi Keyboard (it's useless without softsynths).

SoftSynths (used with the MIDI Keyboard): Moog Modular, Absynth, Vaz, Crystal, Space Theremin, AudioMulch, Amibient Automat, Yamaha XG S-YXG50, Arppe2600va, Wasp, TS-404, 3xOsc, DX10 FM Synth, RD-H30+. (they are all mostly used as ambient atmosfear in the background).

Guitars/Bass: Epiphone electric 6 string guitar, Acoustic/electric 6 steel string guitar, Marina 4 string bass.

All drums was made with: Mirage Sampling Keyboard, DrumSynth Live, ACID and Cubase.

Other Hardware: Yamaha FX500 Effect Processor, Peavy Rage 158 amplifier, E-bow and My Computer.

Other Software: Acid, Pro-Tools, Cubase (for recording) WaveLab, Cool Edit (for sound editing and mastering).

DISCOGRAPHY
Astral Meditation '01 <> The Dreaming Embryo '02 <> The Oneironaut '03
Sleepwalking Generation '04 <> Goodnight My Love '05 <> Dreamcatcher '05
Morpheus '05 <> Phobetor '05 <> Waiting For Aurora '06 <> The Etherial Journey '07
The Universal Dreamweb '08 <> The Garden Of Cyrus ep '08 <> Cryonic Dreams '09
The Dreamflyer '09 <> Romantic Dawn '09 <> Dreams from Arcturus ep '10
The Organic Dream Machine: An introduction to DSS '10 <> Break the Matrix '10
Oneiromancy '11 <> The Source of Creation '11

COLLECTIONS
Ancient Dreams in Space '05 <> Ancient Dreams in Space II ' 10

OTHER PROJECTS* (Soundtracks)
- A Grave For The Corpses '08 - (a zombie movie by S.N. Sibley)
- A Crop Circle video '10 - (a video by Christer Lindstrom) The Video

MY OTHER SOLO PROJECTS
Oakman's Dreamland <> The Space Navigator <> Astral Caravan <> Oddworld Explorer
Tears From Dystopia