I love the breathy/wind/breathing noise. And it keeps elevating and getting more intense with the static ripping. Great job.

I love the breathy/wind/breathing noise. And it keeps elevating and getting more intense with the static ripping. Great job.

Oof lovin that wall of sound feel that flares out to the sides.  Gave me visions of liquid terminator reacting to the pulse of the drums. That sweet pad that comes in opens it up even more. oh daaaamn that hit at 4:02   Such an organic sound with the breathing feel of the drums. The outro distortion so good.  Love it!

Oof lovin that wall of sound feel that flares out to the sides. Gave me visions of liquid terminator reacting to the pulse of the drums. That sweet pad that comes in opens it up even more. oh daaaamn that hit at 4:02 :o Such an organic sound with the breathing feel of the drums. The outro distortion so good. Love it! <3

genuinely terrifying! feels very prescient
I'm sleeping with one eye open tonight

genuinely terrifying! feels very prescient I'm sleeping with one eye open tonight

very raw and gritty sound design that resonates with me. the twinkly notes provides extra uneasy atmosphere too. gorgeous and cinematic when it swells around the 4 minute mark. disregarding some mix things, im getting curious what doesnt work for the project (and what the project is). I thought this kicked butt. nice work.

very raw and gritty sound design that resonates with me. the twinkly notes provides extra uneasy atmosphere too. gorgeous and cinematic when it swells around the 4 minute mark. disregarding some mix things, im getting curious what doesnt work for the project (and what the project is). I thought this kicked butt. nice work.

Thank you! And welcome to the first comment-reply I've done all year, pretty sure. I have just had like no time and felt really guilty about essentially ignoring everyone.

Anyway, to answer your curiosity, I gotta reply with shameless self-promotion.

My music practice is pretty bi-polar or all over the place between EDMetc... and ambient/cinematic/experimental stuff, and that's cuz my musical DNA is equally erratic - I grew up on 90s techno/trance/rave music, folk music and opera, and post-rock, most notably Sigur Ros before anyone knew who they were, and the golden age of Godspeed! You Black Emperor while they were still writing the soundtrack to the end of the world (I got to see them at my local ancient destroyed theater and it was amazing).

SNC = "Starry Night Cowboy", a narrative that emerges from a lot of my space-ambient, most notably on these albums:

The Message
The Pulsar Suite

Starry Night Cowboy is also a "sound" I'm chasing, or album concept, or aesthetic, or however you wanna describe it - I usually truncate the idea to "post-rock-industrial space-ambient with a decidedly country twang". Which sounds completely pretentious and it probably is indeed completely pretentious.

But here we are.

These experiments are about trying to find that sound and a workflow. The Pulsar Suite was a hybrid-workflow, starting on my gear/modular rack and then coming into the DAW for editing, arrangement, and other elements. The Message came from a kind of opposing direction - guitar and post-rock elements, collaboration with JWH, vocals and cinema.

There's elements of both in the SNC white-whale I'm chasing, so I've been exploring workflows to that effect. The Pulsar Suite was one of the most organic productions I've ever done - literally just grew out of nowhere (that's not true, it grew out of one of the most stressful, depressing and tortured periods of my life, and then things just got worse whee!), and to date I still don't understand how I made it. I listen back and hear things I can't explain.

Anyhow, two sketches down - neither really working for the sound. So this coming week we are abandoning the gear/modular and picking up the guitars directly. Meanwhile, Sketch 2 here did hit on some interesting industrial shit, so we're gonna be exploring the Pulsar-23+Tempera a bit more.

I say "we" as in the "royal we" because apparently I am just that pretentious.

Anyway, thank you for the listen and comments, they are always appreciated, even if I don't get time to reply

[quote=monstret]very raw and gritty sound design that resonates with me. the twinkly notes provides extra uneasy atmosphere too. gorgeous and cinematic when it swells around the 4 minute mark. disregarding some mix things, im getting curious what doesnt work for the project (and what the project is). I thought this kicked butt. nice work.[/quote] Thank you! And welcome to the first comment-reply I've done all year, pretty sure. I have just had like no time and felt really guilty about essentially ignoring everyone. Anyway, to answer your curiosity, I gotta reply with shameless self-promotion. My music practice is pretty bi-polar or all over the place between EDMetc... and ambient/cinematic/experimental stuff, and that's cuz my musical DNA is equally erratic - I grew up on 90s techno/trance/rave music, folk music and opera, and post-rock, most notably Sigur Ros before anyone knew who they were, and the golden age of Godspeed! You Black Emperor while they were still writing the soundtrack to the end of the world (I got to see them at my local ancient destroyed theater and it was amazing). SNC = "Starry Night Cowboy", a narrative that emerges from a lot of my space-ambient, most notably on these albums: [url=https://neonliminal.bandcamp.com/album/the-message]The Message[/url] [url=https://neonliminal.bandcamp.com/album/the-pulsar-suite]The Pulsar Suite[/url] Starry Night Cowboy is also a "sound" I'm chasing, or album concept, or aesthetic, or however you wanna describe it - I usually truncate the idea to "post-rock-industrial space-ambient with a decidedly country twang". Which sounds completely pretentious and it probably is indeed completely pretentious. But here we are. These experiments are about trying to find that sound and a workflow. The Pulsar Suite was a hybrid-workflow, starting on my gear/modular rack and then coming into the DAW for editing, arrangement, and other elements. The Message came from a kind of opposing direction - guitar and post-rock elements, collaboration with JWH, vocals and cinema. There's elements of both in the SNC white-whale I'm chasing, so I've been exploring workflows to that effect. The Pulsar Suite was one of the most organic productions I've ever done - literally just grew out of nowhere (that's not true, it grew out of one of the most stressful, depressing and tortured periods of my life, and then things just got worse whee!), and to date I still don't understand how I made it. I listen back and hear things I can't explain. Anyhow, two sketches down - neither really working for the sound. So this coming week we are abandoning the gear/modular and picking up the guitars directly. Meanwhile, Sketch 2 here did hit on some interesting industrial shit, so we're gonna be exploring the Pulsar-23+Tempera a bit more. I say "we" as in the "royal we" because apparently I am just that pretentious. Anyway, thank you for the listen and comments, they are always appreciated, even if I don't get time to reply <3

Wow this is seriously intense.

I love how the kind of tearing noises build up over time.

The changeup just past 3 minutes is a real tension release as well.

Wow this is seriously intense. I love how the kind of tearing noises build up over time. The changeup just past 3 minutes is a real tension release as well.

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First of all thank you for the reply. I checked out your two linked albums; the Message is great but I LOVE the Pulsar Suite especially - that's some incredibly cinematic space music right there.

Even though it's grittier and more abrasive, it feels like SNC sketch 2 could fit on a more aggressive Pulsar Suite to me? Was thinking "the storm" is a good marker. Anyway, you know what you're looking for and I don't. I'm sure you want to evolve the sound to find the perfect mix of all those elements you describe too and it sounds like a fun thing to chase. I hope you find it!

This track is very good though, maybe for a different project in the future.

[skipped quoting reply from Neon Liminal to not take up more space] First of all thank you for the reply. I checked out your two linked albums; the Message is great but I LOVE the Pulsar Suite especially - that's some incredibly cinematic space music right there. Even though it's grittier and more abrasive, it feels like SNC sketch 2 could fit on a more aggressive Pulsar Suite to me? Was thinking "the storm" is a good marker. Anyway, you know what you're looking for and I don't. I'm sure you want to evolve the sound to find the perfect mix of all those elements you describe too and it sounds like a fun thing to chase. I hope you find it! This track is very good though, maybe for a different project in the future.

Oh, I like this. That ripping, grating noise patch hits me just right. I like the pumping the kick does to the track, and the overall Fri e tension is fantastic. Love how it opens up occasionally and breaths that tension around 3:30 and 4:20 or so.

Overall, I love this feel - “The Storm” would definitely be good. Even as a sketch, the mix feels like it could use some air - some high end come in occasionally (I was wondering if it was gonna fully open up at 3:30 or so), but it seems to be occasional instruments. It feels like a ray of light when it does!

Oh, I like this. That ripping, grating noise patch hits me just right. I like the pumping the kick does to the track, and the overall Fri e tension is fantastic. Love how it opens up occasionally and breaths that tension around 3:30 and 4:20 or so. Overall, I love this feel - “The Storm” would definitely be good. :) Even as a sketch, the mix feels like it could use some air - some high end come in occasionally (I was wondering if it was gonna fully open up at 3:30 or so), but it seems to be occasional instruments. It feels like a ray of light when it does!