dXI

Coming from a classical and jazz background, I wanted to find more comfort in the repetitive nature of electronic music (which I have been a fan of for quite a while now). I limited my production to entirely synthetic sound sources (no samples, recordings, etc) and no dedicated drum channel.

While repetition was a central goal, I produced each track so that the music is never stagnant. I wanted the primary force of musical development to come from evolving the timbre rather than through harmonic or rhythmic progression.

The album to depicts a journey down into the depths of the ocean and back to the surface. The nine tracks are arranged symmetrically corresponding to the 5 layers of the ocean. Over the course of the album the tone evolves from dark to hopeful.

(I produced, mixed, mastered, and made the cover art myself).