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Create: We Live By The Machines

Tracks 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6 composed & recorded at Skylight Studio March to May 2009. Track 2 recorded at Skylight Studio May 2010
 
1. portal (23.04)
2. we live by the machines (6:46)
3. fanfare of dreams (9:50)
4. somewhere in the distance (5:18)
5. running out of time (8:08)
6. search and rescue (21:54)

Artwork by Jez Creek - ModulatorDesign

Available directly from Groove: gr-176  



No longer available - out of print
Create: Words Just Get In The Way

Composed, played and recorded by Create September 2008 to December 2008 at The Backroom Studio.
1.The Obsidian Eye (38:30)
(Live Studio 24.11.08) 
2.Closer Than You Think (24.30)
(Featuring Hashtronaut) 
3.Slave To The Groove 11.46
(A Sequencer Workout)

Additional guitar treatments on 'Closer Than You Think' added by Hashtronaut Feb/March 2009.

Tracks 1 and 2 are studio versions of pieces I played as part of the Awakenings series of concerts at Paget High School And Business And Enterprise College, Branston, UK on 22nd Nov 2008.

Artwork by Jez Creek - ModulatorDesign

 

Create: In the blink of an eye

Composed, played and recorded by Create at The Backroom Studio Nov 2007 - August 2008 at the Backroom Studio. Tracks 1 and 5 recorded live in the studio.
 
1.No inhibitions - live studio 23.06.08 [22:44]
2.In the blink of an eye [13:36]
3.A glimmer of hope [12:50]
4.Rise to the occasion [8:33]
5.Collision - live studio 20.08.08 [11:21]

Artwork by Jez Creek - ModulatorDesign

Available directly from Groove: gr-159  

Available directly from Groove: gr-151 and direct from Steve Humphries via Paypal:
13 GBP (inc postage)

Create: Lost on an Island of Adventure

Music inspired by the TV series 'Lost', composed, played and recorded by Create at The Backroom Studio, March - August 2007 (Tracks 1 - 6) and November 2007 (Track 7).

This album is dedicated to my wonderful Grandad who sadly passed away in November 2007.

1. Just Above The Surface (17.28)

2. Out Of Bounds (9.45)
3. Follow The Shoreline (11.28)
4. Run For Cover (5.52)
5. This Island Life (8.47)
6. Paradise (12.28)
Bonus Track
7. Heaven Waits (For Grandad) (4.52)

Artwork by Jez Creek - ModulatorDesign

Create: Space Time Continuum

The title track ‘Space Time Continuum’ and the closing track ‘Fading Lights Grow Brighter’ were first performed live at a mini Create gig as part of the Awakenings series of events in July 2006 and are included here as re-recorded studio versions, along with 3 new studio tracks.

Music composed, played and recorded by Create 
at The Backroom Studio from March to July 2006.
 
Space Time Continuum (15:43)
Ghost In The Machine (12:10)
Cryogenics (12:51)
Footprints In The Sand (13:07)
Fading Lights Grow Brighter (7:31)

Artwork by Jez Creek - ModulatorDesign

Available directly from Groove: gr-145 and direct from Steve Humphries via Paypal:
13 GBP (inc postage)

Create: Kindred Spirits - Standard Edition

Kindred Spirits is taken from Create's E-Live performance in Eindhoven, The Netherlands on 15th October 2005. Biospherical Remixed Imagery is taken from his Awakenings performance in Leeds, UK on 12th August 2005. A much longer version of this piece is available on the Create album Biospherical Imagery. 

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Kindred Spirits [46:32] lo-fi hi-fi
Biospherical Remixed Imagery [14:36] lo-fi hi-fi

Artwork by Jez Creek - ModulatorDesign

Available now on CDR in a mini DVD case direct from Steve Humphries via Paypal:
8 GBP (inc postage)

Create: Kindred Spirits - Limited Edition

Kindred Spirits is taken from Create's E-Live performance in Eindhoven, The Netherlands on 15th October 2005. Biospherical Remixed Imagery is taken from his Awakenings performance in Leeds, UK on 12th August 2005. A much longer version of this piece is available on the Create album Biospherical Imagery. Bonus track: Secret Place was recorded at the Backroom Studio as intro music to the E-Live performance. Steve forgot to take the CD with him so it has remained unheard until now.

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Kindred Spirits [46:32] lo-fi hi-fi
Biospherical Remixed Imagery [14:36] lo-fi hi-fi
Secret Place [6:16] lo-fi hi-fi

Artwork by Jez Creek - ModulatorDesign

The first 50 copies are a signed and numbered limited edition featuring a bonus track. The Limited Edition is now SOLD OUT

Create: Biospherical Imagery

Recorded between June and November 2004 and in October 2005 at the Backroom Studio. 

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Biospherical Imagery (47:00) lo-fi hi-fi
Endless Corridors (5:06) lo-fi hi-fi
Signs Of Life (15:00)
Mystery Voices (3:12)
The Day After (8:36) lo-fi hi-fi

Artwork by Pablo Magne - www.pablomagne.com.ar

Available directly from Groove: gr-131

 

 

Create: From Earth to Mars

Recorded March 2004 - May 2004
at the Backroom Studio

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Light Bank [14:36]
Oblivion [5:53] lo-fi hi-fi
Earth To Mars [19:37]
Gethsemane [10:00]
Solar Flare [13:52]
Re-Entry [5:32] lo-fi hi-fi
Goodbye (Tribute To Michael Garrison) [5:24]

Artwork by Pablo Magne - www.pablomagne.com.ar

Available directly from Groove: gr-120  

Create: Reflections From The Inner Light

Recorded December 2003 - February 2004 at the Backroom Studio

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Narissa [13:29]  lo-fi hi-fi
Dark Skies [6:51]
Touching the Void [14:02]  lo-fi hi-fi
Medusa [4:34] lo-fi hi-fi
Surface Control [9:15] lo-fi hi-fi
Downside Up [7:47] 
Kaleid [12:51] lo-fi hi-fi
Chasing the One [9:37] lo-fi hi-fi

Artwork by Pablo Magne - www.pablomagne.com.ar

Available directly from Groove: gr-109  

Unreleased material
Create: The First Light Of Spring: 
Recorded between December 2005 and January 2006 at the Backroom Studio
Shadow Movers [8:34] lo-fi hi-fi
Photon Search [5:59] lo-fi hi-fi
Cloudless Sky [12:52]
Dark Descent [6:57] lo-fi hi-fi
The First Light of Spring [18:32]
Indigo Five [7:17]
Esplanade [6:35]
Listen to Create music at Soundclick.com

The Recording Process

Both 'Reflections From The Inner Light' and the follow-up 'From Earth To Mars' were recorded using just one midi-keyboard and a software studio program called Reason. However, most people who hear 'Reflections...'  wouldn't know that he only uses Reason, this is because Steve knew that if he only used the sounds which came with Reason, he'd end up sounding like everyone else using Reason, so to expand his sonic palette he invested in some sample CDs and sourced lots more samples from the Internet. This enabled him to produce the more retro sounding music he wanted to make. Both recordings used a layering process to build up the sound from multiple sequences/drum patterns/melodies etc. which were then structured iprior to recording  to hard drive. 

After Steve finished recording 'From Earth To Mars' in May 2004, he decided that it was time to take the plunge into hardware synths. Now when he is in the studio working on a piece he takes a more live approach to recording, playin the the chords/pads/leadlines on the synths over the top of the sequences/drum patterns running in Reason, repeating this over and over until everything is just how he wants it. Steve feels this is a more organic way of producing music. 

The next, as yet untitled Create CD, which was recorded between June and December of 2004, will include hardware synths in addition to Reason which once more handled the main sequencing/drum pattern duties and some fx-sounds.

Equipment used:

Steve's studio currently consists of the following equipment: 
Hardware: Access Virus B, Access Virus Indigio, Alesis Andromeda A6, Creamware Minimax ASB, Creamware PRO 12 ASB, Dave Smith Mono Evolver, Doepfer Schaltwerk Sequencer, EMU PX7, Evolution MK261 Midi Keyboard, Evolution UC-16 Midi Controller (2), Korg ER 1 MK 2, Korg MS2000BR, M-Audio Keystation 49 Midi Keyboard, Roland V-Synth (DX7 Expansion Card), Roland JV1080 (FX/Vintage Synth Expanded), Roland JP8080, Yamaha CS1X
Software: Arturia Mini Moog V VST, Arturia CS80 VST, Arturia Moog Modular V VST, Arturia Arp 2600 VST, Korg Legacy Collection (MS20 Controller), Native Instruments FM7 VST, Propellerheads Reason 2.0, Sonic Projects OBX VST

Astrogator is the joint project of Steve and Jez Creek, a.k.a. Modulator ESP. The music that Steve records with Jez is more improvised than his own material. During the initial recording sessions, which took place in December 2004, Steve and Jez would jam together for around 10-15 minutes to see what sounds/parts. etc. would work, then hit record and just play. The only things Steve had prepared were some sequences in Reason, the rest was made up as they went along. Some of the music from this session appears on the debut Astrogator CD 'The Darkness Between'
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