Ambient music in multiple movements, each of which comprises one non-repeating track that lasts for exactly fifty minutes.
This is part of an ongoing project which may or may not have additional parts added as time passes and inspiration ebbs and flows. The compositional details behind these tracks are probably not worth writing about - you may prefer to listen to them (or to have them playing while you do something else) and figure it out for yourself. Primarily they are designed to lend a sense of peace, calm and still, as opposed to some of the wilder excesses found elsewhere on this web site.
Movement 1 probably owes a lot to this track from an earlier work.
Movement 2 features multiple cello sections (both real and electronic) and a Glass Harmonica.
Movement 3 draws much inspiration from works by the Scottish musician Steve Moore.
Movement 4 owes much to Steve Reich.
Movement 5 is actually a rework of an excerpt from this earlier piece.
The individual movements can be downloaded separately but it may be best to play them as one continuous piece using this Winamp playlist. There is no artwork for this project as it is not intended to be a CD release.
Mike Dickson, Edinburgh, November 2009