Elsewhere is a return to a more abstract, ambient, chilled-out, laid-back, space lounge sound. My earlier Departure Lounge EP was a collection of electronic, dark dub and minimal techno listening music that grew out of live performances at the time. Those tracks captured the spontaneity and immediacy of my on-the-fly process for composing, recording and performing.

For Elsewhere, I wanted to build on that process with a more intentional approach to making music. I took more time to compose, arrange, mix-down and master each track. While it still incorporates live performance, generative and probabilistic elements, the album became a more consistent, coherent and spacious work as a result. All tracks but one were posted as works-in-progress and incorporate feedback from listeners.

The music on Elsewhere was created using Ableton Suite 8 with Max for Live, Nodal generative music software, Native Instruments’ Reaktor modular sound studio and Massive virtual synth, on an Apple MacBook Pro with Novation ReMOTE ZeRO and Monome greyscale 64 controllers, and a Presonus Firebox audio interface.

My approach to these tools is to create systems for making music. In terms of style and tone, I hope Elsewhere can find a place in playlists alongside works by Monolake, Biosphere, Four Tet and The Field.

1. Persistence v.01 (11m28s)
2. Intention v.02 (11m36s) – listen to Intention v.01, an early demo
3. Tracers v.02 (10m45s) – listen to Tracers v.01, an early demo
4. Horizontal v.04 (15m01s) – listen to Horizontal v.01, an early demo
5. Meditation v.02 (11m30s) – listen to Meditation v.01, an early demo
6. Further v.02 (17m00s) – listen to Further v.01, an early demo