Gareth Coker (composer for film and games including Ori and the Blind Forest, Ori and the Will of the Wisps, ARK: Survival Evolved, Immortals Fenyx Rising, and Halo Infinite) doesn’t often get to gab about the music he listens to instead of the music he makes, which makes it such a treat to talk about why “Disappear Here,” the fourth album from British electronic group Hybrid, is one of his favorites. We compare Hybrid’s intensely rhythmic, building structures with the intricate harmonics and angular storytelling of Owen Pallett’s “In Conflict” before jumping into community questions about the tuba, what’s stuck in our heads right now, and music that needs a particular context to feel right.

To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below…

2:19 - What it’s like to make music for a new Halo game

11:53 - Hybrid’s “Disappear Here” (2010)

18:24 - “Empire”

29:43 - "Can You Hear Me"

37:22 - “Original Sin”

41:40 - “Break My Soul”

59:41 - Owen Pallett’s “In Conflict” (2014)

1:01:21 - “I Am Not Afraid”

1:06:15 - “On a Path”

1:10:41 - “The Riverbed”

1:15:55 - “Infernal Fantasy”

1:19:15 - “Song for Five & Six”

1:27:27 - “In Conflict”

1:35:49 - Community Questions

1:55:40 - Community Song (“Beautiful Mother” by Dirty Projectors and Björk, suggested by MinnMax supporter Michael Lynch)

Follow Gareth at https://twitter.com/garethcoker and find his work at https://www.gareth-coker.net/

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