Track Listing with some words of wisdom from Takla Makan
(click on the links for sample snippets!)

Spiralling was originally intended to be classic Berlin School [eg 1970s Tangerine Dream] but ended up as a series of melodic pieces with proper tunes. It was almost all done on Propellerhead's Reason.

Kahnu The massive pad work at the start of this song took quite a while to get right. In fact, the first three minutes of this track were my last to be recorded using the Atari with live mixing and mastering. There's some big modular work here and lots of little P3 loops pop up all over the place during the second half of the track. The vocal work is all Rachel on this one. The lyrics in the middle section are 'sort of' in Latin and were partly inspired by the theme music from the BBC's 'Silent Witness'. Its all nonsense really but it was great fun recording it.

Tarquin's Message Again another attempt at a Berlin School piece but ended up quite differently. Almost Jarre-like at the end. Very heavy use of the Sequentix P3 sequencer on this track. Reason again provides most of the synth work, but the Oakley modular does the bassline sequences. What was Tarquin's Message? "Your dinner's on the table"

Tarshi The titles to my tracks come mainly straight out my head the moment the first few bars are laid down. The computer needs to have each track saved as a name, and for this one I thought of a nonsense word as usual. Tarshi. If you do a Google search on the word 'Tarshi' you may find it amusing. This track is huge and it was due to all the complexities in recording it that made me realise I needed to move away from the Atari. That I accidentally erased all the audio work on my old sampler for this track is another reason. The vocals are mostly Rachel, but you can hear me during the bit with the tabla...

Angel I don't often write songs these days. But this one is more songlike than usual. You could even call it a pop song; it has lyrics and a catchy tune. It was recorded on Cakewalk Sonar. And after that experience I went and bought Tracktion. The synth pads are mostly the Korg 03R/W and the bassline and leads are my modular.