Interzone

Ballardian Neo-concrète / Synthscore / Ambient / Imagined Soundtrack

Artwork by Tiny Little Hammers. Mastered by James Trevascus (DEVS, Dark).

Releases 23rd November, 2020 as Limited Edition Cassette + Digital Download/Streaming.

Cassette Editions come with hand-numbered OBI strip and an 8 page zine of liner & production notes + instructions to download bespoke drum loops created for and used in the project.

Interzone is a neo-concrète exploration of the intensive zones beyond standard perceptual audio thresholds: the inner spaces of sound brimming with texture and microtonal details hitherto unheard, exploring time, spatial relationships of sound, lost futures, and the liminal intersection of technology and ritual.

Inspired by the prescient works of J G Ballard, David Cronenberg and Mark Fisher, Interzone transcribes the unheeded warnings and pre-occupations of yester-decades into an audio document, a lexicon to decode a (post-)pandemic-era society. It makes excellent accompaniment for reading fictional dystopian literature, social media feeds and headlines alike.

Synopsis:

'To escape a global extinction event Earth’s populations are induced into comas, their bodies housed in vast concrete banks known as Cathedrals.

In the wake of catastrophe, Penrose, a gifted interspatial medium, returns to a silent Earth on a resurrection mission. Psychically linked with the sleeping-dead, Penrose discovers a bio-technologically realised universe, the Interzone: a boundless consensus reality beyond time; the shared dreamstate of a sleeping world.

With life support dwindling, Penrose must choose between a limitless utopia or humanity’s survival, and the bitter reality of a dying world...'

The Rise Of The Synths Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

The Original Soundtrack to The Rise Of The Synths, composed by Robin Ogden (OGRE/OGRE Sound), directed by Ivan Castell.

Releases everywhere 16th October, 2020 as Digital Download/Streaming.

Synopsis:

The Rise Of The Synths is a documentary charting the rise of the Synthwave movement. Narrated by iconic director and composer John Carpenter, The Rise of the Synths is a journey across time, from the roots of the scene to its impact on today’s pop culture.

The Rise Of The Synths examines the role of nostalgia in the 21st Century, 80's revivalism and the collective pop cultural dreams and misrememberings of yester-decades, to find the roots of the worldwide grass-root music scene known as Synthwave.

An irresistible blend of modern electronic compositions infused with 80’s pop culture nostalgia, over the last decade years, Synthwave has transformed from a whisper on selected internet hubs to a global cultural phenomenon. Despite accounting for millions of plays and streams across social media, and a devoted legion of fans, the scene has largely gone unnoticed by the mainstream – until now!

All Hallows’ II

Soundtrack and interactive narrative experience with Dallas Campbell.

Released on Bandcamp 25th January 2019 as Digital Download/Streaming and Limited Edition Cassette.

Synopsis:

35 years ago investigative journalist Ellis Ledstone admitted himself as a patient to an alternative healthcare facility, The Shepard Institute Of Psionic Inquiry. 6 months later, police would break down its doors to discover the remains of a dozen patients in The Institute’s basement. Until now, the events leading up to that night have been largely withheld from the general public. For the first time ever we attempt to piece together that story. 

All Hallows’ II includes the unaltered case files of the events of 1983. The reader is encouraged to come to their own conclusions by examining the interviews, reports and artefacts within. 

All Hallows’ II is a full length soundtrack album by transatlantic synthesists Robin Ogden (OGRE) and Dallas Campbell. The sequel builds upon the previous instalment of All Hallows’: slasher synth chase sequences, atmospheres laden with powerful dread and eerie soundscapes score a true horror story, track by track, to thrilling and cinematic conclusions. All Hallows’ II is a conceptual narrative journey into cults and the occult, unfeeling cosmic horrors, and the unplumbed darkness of the human condition. 

The Chairman - Original Soundtrack

The original soundtrack to The Chairman, directed by Frank White IV.

Released on Bandcamp & MEGATAPES, 20 August 2018.

Synopsis:

Unsanctioned by the board of directors at their powerful multinational, The Pantheon Group, Joy and her supervisor, Vincent, run an experiment on telepathic abilities. Katie, an unwilling research subject and powerful psychic antenna, prepares to silence the chaos in her head by drowning. Her father Miguel, held in a nearby warehouse, must intervene by contacting his daughter telepathically, or watch her drown via hidden cameras. When the experiment is ultimately interrupted by a call from corporate headquarters, Joy must return to the office and face her reclusive, unnatural employer, the Chairman. 

The Chairman is now streaming via Amazon Prime (U.K. / U.S.A.)

MEGACOPTER - Original Soundtrack

The original soundtrack to MEGACOPTER: Blades Of The Goddess by PizzaBearGames.

Released on Bandcamp 18 June 2018, as Digital Download/Streaming & Limited Edition Cassette.

1. Blades Of The Goddess (Titles)

2. Reptoids (Destroy I)

3. Blood Lust (Seek I)

4. S.C.U.D. (Destroy II)

5. AZ-TECH (Seek II)

6. Wave Incoming! (Destroy III)

7. Obsidian Butterfly (Seek III)

8. Boss Fight: Reptoid Copter

9. Air To Surface (Destroy IV)

10. Hunter (Seek IV)

B A L L A R D (DATA068)

Original soundtracks for the short fiction of J. G. Ballard. 

Released on Bandcamp 25 February 2018, as Digital Download/Streaming, Limited Edition Cassette, and Vinyl via Data Airlines.

Side A

Inspired by the short story 'The Zone Of Terror' by J. G. Ballard.

After a nervous breakdown, Larsen retreats to a desert resort under the care of psychologist Bayliss. A series of psychoretinal hallucinations begin to evolve, induced by Bayliss' course of psilocybin treatment; the spectres of translucent men walk amongst the uninhabited chalets, as Larsen falls outside of time. 

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