dacca

I thought I'd try my hand at some classic mellotron sounds, using the vintage mellotron suite from Logic Pro X. It's certainly a sound that takes me back.

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Image taken from:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mellotron,_Museum_of_Making_Music.jpg

I read recently that, in our Milky Way galaxy, seven new stars are born every year. Given there are an estimated 100 billion galaxies, and the universe is expected to last a while yet, that's an encouraging thought.

https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/news/topstory/2006/milkyway_seven.html

The act of creation is ongoing.

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I also created a track about the death of stars, here:

https://soundcloud.com/dacca/death-of-a-star

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Image: The Seven Sisters Pose for Spitzer, NASA JPL, 2007

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimages/details.php?id=pia09263

Tiny shiny Enceladus (500km in diameter) was discovered in 1789 by German-born British astronomer William Hershell. It's the 6th largest moon of Saturn. The Cassini probe visited there in 2005.

Much like Jupiter's moon Europa, Enceladus is covered in ice with a liquid ocean beneath and is a prime candidate for life in our solar system.

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Check out: "Enceladus Jets", NASA JPL.

https://rps.nasa.gov/resources/42/jets-of-enceladus/

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You can find my track Cassini here

https://soundcloud.com/dacca/cassini

And you can find find my Europa inspired track here:

https://soundcloud.com/dacca/europas-ocean-airport-daydream

A mixture of delicate piano loops, and manual piano/synths.

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Patly inspired by this Image: Seedhead bw {221/365} by Chris Hawes, Flickr

https://www.flickr.com/photos/chrisotruro/14874684752/in/photolist-oEqDxW

Just thinking about robots, AI and cyborgs. We're at the beginning of their era, but they're still very crude. Not long now, and they'll be thinking the same thing about you.

All synths played in Logic Pro X.

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If you don't want to hold your breath, try this:

https://soundcloud.com/dacca/dont-hold-your-breath

As I created this track I kept thinking of an hourglass, the sands of time, the passing of time. Hence the title. I don't know that this comes across, but I enjoyed creating it.

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Image (which was available for free use with modification) -

http://www.pxleyes.com/photoshop-picture/4d31871c335dc/The-Passage-of-Time.html

"Every atom in your body came from a star that exploded. And, the atoms in your left hand probably came from a different star than your right hand. It really is the most poetic thing I know about physics: You are all stardust. You couldn’t be here if stars hadn’t exploded, because the elements - the carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, iron, all the things that matter for evolution and for life - weren’t created at the beginning of time. They were created in the nuclear furnaces of stars, and the only way for them to get into your body is if those stars were kind enough to explode. So, forget Jesus. The stars died so that you could be here today."

Lawrence M. Kraus. Theoretical physicist and cosmologist.

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I also created a track about the birth of stars, here:

https://soundcloud.com/dacca/stellar-nursery

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Image: "Dead Star Creates Celestial Havoc" JPL, NASA.

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimages/details.php?id=PIA01320

A rock instrumental for people who defy categories. I created the main track (bass, drums, lead rock guitar) using Apple loops then found a number of freaky guitar instruments in Logic Pro X to add (played manually), to my own satisfaction.

Somebody somewhere will like it.

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If you enjoyed this you might like my track "Free To Be Me":

https://soundcloud.com/dacca/free-to-be-me

This track is inspired by Westworld Season 2, episode 5 called "Akane No Mai" which takes place in Shogun World.

Akane is the name of a Geisha (a Japanese doppelgänger version of Westworld madam Maeve). Akane is brilliantly portrayed by Rinko Kikuchi.

This is purely a work of fandom, and I have no association with HBO or the Westworld franchise.

This is the first of my tracks based on HBO's Westworld Season 2. Episode 8 - "Kiksuya" - was a stand out for me. Zahn McClarnon plays Akecheta, in search of his lost love.

At one point in his search he realises "This is the wrong world."