Diary of an Internet Nobody

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A Beacon in the darkness...

In a previous post I explored some of the less cheerful experiences I had at school, but as I spend more and more time perusing the new Facebook page set up to celebrate life and memories from my old home town of Crowborough, the more the fun times I spent in that sprawling comprehensive in the heart of Sussex come flooding back. I began life at Beacon school a little late. Not very late, only…

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The Magnificent Seven: More new music.

Hi there, it’s time for another round up of my musical output from the last few months. I am continuing to learn more about my pair of virtual modular synthesisers and I have also become more adept at mixing the resulting strange noises with beats and melodic samples. Today I thought I’d pick a few of my favourite compositions and their accompanying videos, to give you a taste of how my sonic…

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Nameless Interlude - dalecooper57

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New tune, check it out

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Ali and Guy explore: Wiltshire, part two - Avon and Kennet canal/The Barge Inn

The Barge Inn at Honeystreet is certainly unusual, located as it is at the centre of “crop circle country” on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire. We were staying in the “Willow World” section of the campsite, As the name suggests, the pub sits right next to the towpath, catering to as many users of the canal as it does to seekers of quasi-mystical, arable-based geometric shapes and people who just…

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Ali and Guy explore: Wiltshire, Part one - Avebury stone circle.

Hello there, welcome to the third exploratory outing for our new blog, this time from Wiltshire. I first went to The Barge Inn at Honeystreet many years ago; it’s a pub next to the Avon and Kennet canal on Salisbury plain, which used to be owned by June and Adrian, parents of an old friend. Ali had never been there before, so we decided to treat ourselves to a weekend of “glamping” in a…

Ali and Guy explore: Wiltshire, Part one - Avebury stone circle.

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Ali and Guy explore: Fullabrook Down and Marwood Hill gardens.

This weekend we’ve been exploring more of the landscape around Barnstaple in North Devon; specifically the imposing landmark of Fullabrook Down wind farm and the hidden gem that is Marwood Hill gardens, not far away at Guineaford. An attempt at a long exposure We hope you enjoyed the tour, join us next week when we’ll be exploring in Wiltshire.

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New tune, and it's a bit of a banger

8 Minutes Of Madness - dalecooper57

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Music update: Bank holiday triple tracker.

Hello there, I hope you’ve enjoyed this long weekend (in the UK, anyway) and you’re fully rested for the short week ahead. I thought I’d give you a quick insight into my latest musical output, with a trio of trippy videos to accompany three new tracks. Here’s a nice relaxing modular synth piece; Introversion This collection of skittering beats and satisfyingly squelchy samples is called…

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YouTube finally unblocked this epic mashup I made a few years ago, check it out

Ray Of Light (dc57 Numbers Mix) - Madonna/Kraftwerk

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New tune to mark the solstice

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New Music for the solstice.

Hello there, welcome to the longest day of the year. I composed a new modular synth piece to mark the summer solstice and thought it was only fair that I should share it with the world. So here it is; Estivalium, available to buy on Bandcamp or you can listen for free on the player below.

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The Cosmic Photo Challenge: Art for art's sake (AI Redux)

This week over at The Cosmic Photo Challenge, we’ve been having one of our semi-regular forays into; Art for art’s sake. You can catch the usual gallery of pictures, along with links to my fabulous contributors’ blogs, by clicking the link above, but I thought I’d also share some AI experiments I did at the weekend. I found an AI video generator online called Dream Machine, which enables you to…

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New album release: Tunes without beats.

Hi there, I hope your bank holiday weekend is going well. As promised, here is a new collection of music for you to investigate, this time focussing on compositions which are light on percussion. All the tracks on this album are created using my modular synths, with samples, effects and all sorts of other peculiar electronic noises added into the mix for good measure. They range from truly…

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New music: Skiffle Clangers.

I have been making a lot of music recently, the rest of which I shall update you on in the not too distant future; but for now here’s a new tune made using two of my modular synths and some creative post-production mixing. I also mucked about with an online AI image generator for the first time to produce the artwork, so don’t blame me for your nightmares.  ;~} As ever, if it takes your fancy…

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