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Inspired by the 1983 film with the same name, starring Catherine Deneuve, David Bowie and Sarah Sarandon.

I started with a couple of manually played electric bass tracks using iFretless Bass and two different amps from AmpKit. Then I added an iFretless Guitar track using a cool screeching lead guitar amp from AmpKit, and finally I customised a drummer track.

A sun spiral is an ancient shamanistic symbol representing our Sun. In this surreal and futuristic fantasy, our protagonist witnesses an actual sun spiral.

A deliberately dark ambient piece, created with thoughts of Tolkien's High Fells of Rhuadar in mind, and the tombs of the Nazgul. There they lay, undying, in tombs so remote and so dark...

A very simple vocal from me, and one of my Apple loop mixes / compositions.

Spread your wings.

This is one of my Apple loop mixes/compositions.

It had kind of magical, slightly ethereal feel to it. The free artwork I found seemed to suit the track perfectly.

I've tried to evoke a sense of unease for the listener as they travel through this dimly lit, seemingly endless industrial tunnel.

I'd say I drew inspiration from the all-time greats at this kind of music, Tangerine Dream.

A reflective rock instrumental, thinking about our place in the universe and our own Milky Way. Through you, and all of us, the universe knows itself just a little bit more for each day of our lives.

The Earth is always spinning as it moves around our own star - The Sun - and our entire Solar System moves around the centre of our galaxy - The Milky Way - every 230,000,000 years. Then, of course, the Milky Way is hurtling through space at truly astronomical speeds - around 1.3 million miles per hour or 2.1 million kilometres per hour!

So in our short human lives, and the short lives of all Earth creatures, every day we are in a new part of our universe. Your home may seem like the same place it was yesterday, and the day that and so on. But, in fact, we all live each day in a different part of the universe.

The truth is we are made of star stuff and we as much a part of the universe as any star or galaxy we might observe in our brief sojourn.

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Backing track created by me in Blocwav, with some additional rock drum kit and rock guitar (via ThumbJam/Ampkit). Final mastering and mix also done by me.

The Old Mountain is so beautiful and mysterious, a long abandoned Incan citadel in the Peruvian Andes. I have not yet visited, but hopefully one day...

This is one of my Apple loop mixes/compositions.

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Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Peru_Machu_Picchu_Sunrise_2.jpg

Synths and reggae...electro reggae.

The main reggae track was created using Novation LaunchPad, with a couple of simple but playful synth leads added.

Does anyone use wallpaper any more?

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All synths played manually in Logic. Just synths, no other instruments.