freedom key
Music that could be the soundtrack to the film you imagine: ambient industrial, dark, hard driving, orchestral electronica and hard to categorize.
orchids orchids
A rythmic, driven, dark story; a man reflects with bitterness on his life, confronted by his current situation. Featured on the "sound tracking" EP (available soon).
chills (teaser/excerpt) chills (teaser/excerpt)
He wakes up in an unexpected state, surrounded by strangers; scared and confused... Note: this is a short excerpt. The complete song is 5 minutes and is featured on the "sound tracking" EP (available soon!).
more more
What will we feel in those last moments? Will we have done enough? Featured on the "sound tracking" EP (available soon).
dust dust
Ambient and rythmic, but a strange situation. How could this all occur? What has already happened? Featured on the "sound tracking" EP (available soon).
static (teaser/excerpt) static (teaser/excerpt)
Her mind is filled with static today - and thermoptic camouflage... (samples are in Japanese). Note: this is a short excerpt. The complete song is 4 minutes and is featured on the "sound tracking" EP (available soon!).
freedom key is an ongoing project using found sounds, spoken word samples, and tones to evoke stories. The sounds and samples are the inspiration that guides the rest of the music. freedom key is more an experience; often cathartic, usually soothing.
The "sound tracking" EP will be available for purchase soon. Check back or sign up on the freedom key mailing list (I'll give you a no spam guarantee - brief updates when there is something new!).Have you performed in front of an audience?My strongest influences are from the ambient sounds and spoken-word samples that initially shape the work. Also, an early background playing in a concert band and, later, conducting one. Music I like to listen to includes Skinny Puppy, Tom Waits, ohgr, Veda Hille, Download, Beck, Ani Difranco, Shadowy Men from a Shadowy Planet, Fat Boy Slim, Moby, Mussorgsky, Debussy, Tchaikovsky, Holst, and many more.G4 iBook running Logic Audio, Yamaha EX5R, Korg MonoPoly, Roland A30 keyboard, Minidisc recorder for finding sounds, P-II with a Yamaha DSP-2416 running Logic Audio, various bells, whistles, pieces of metal and other noise-makers.Although spoken-word samples are used, no musical samples of any other artists' work are ever used (ever).