I had an idea for a piece of music and decided to record it1.
Then I decided to make a video for it using a ton of weird slow motion footage I’d recorded over the years. Watch and listen here;
I’ve been steadily writing and recording music for the past few years and I enjoy it. What is it for? Who cares, I enjoy doing it. Not every hobby needs an audience.2
The video is kind of an idea I spent a bunch of time playing with back during my degree3. I really like overlaying video and getting some ambient shapes conjuring images inside your head. Footage here is comprised of but not limited to;
Some sea life at Matlock Bath Aquarium4
A cold windy day up a nearby hill5
A different windy day up a nearby hill6
An afternoon spent finding out whether my iPhone really was waterproof by dunking it in a murky stream up a nearby hill7
A boat ride near Port de Sóller in the Mediterranean8
A visit to Dark Matter in Berlin9
This particular piece of music was cobbled together pretty quickly10 in GarageBand. I have nicer software, but GarageBand is quick and easy and my audio interface is already plugged into that machine. So as well as not being a software snob, I’m also lazy. I wanted to write something that would make good use of a cheap distortion pedal I picked up a while ago11. I grew up on quietLOUDquiet music and I’ve always loved a song with almost jumpscare-levels of distorted walls of noise12. I’m pretty pleased with how this came together. Enjoy!
