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
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fanfare of dreams (9:50) |
| 4. somewhere in the distance (5:18) |
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running out of time (8:08) |
| 6. search and rescue (21:54) |
Artwork by Jez Creek - ModulatorDesign
Available
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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
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2.Closer Than You Think
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(Featuring Hashtronaut)
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3.Slave To The Groove 11.46
(A Sequencer Workout)
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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
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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.
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| 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
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Available directly from
Groove: gr-151
and direct from Steve Humphries via Paypal:
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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.
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2. Out Of Bounds (9.45)
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3. Follow The Shoreline (11.28)
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4. Run For Cover (5.52)
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5. This Island Life (8.47)
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6. Paradise (12.28)
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Bonus Track
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7. Heaven Waits (For
Grandad) (4.52)
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Artwork by Jez Creek - ModulatorDesign
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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.
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| Ghost In The Machine (12:10) |
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| Cryogenics (12:51) |
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| Footprints In The Sand (13:07) |
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| Fading Lights Grow Brighter (7:31) |
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Artwork by Jez Creek - ModulatorDesign
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Available
directly from Groove: gr-145
and direct from Steve Humphries via Paypal:
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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.
Artwork by Jez Creek - ModulatorDesign
Available now on CDR in a mini DVD case direct from Steve Humphries via
Paypal:
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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.
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
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Create:
Biospherical Imagery
Recorded between June and November 2004 and in
October 2005 at the Backroom
Studio.
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Imagery (47:00)
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lo-fi |
hi-fi |
| Endless Corridors (5:06)
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lo-fi |
hi-fi |
| Signs Of
Life (15:00)
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| Mystery
Voices (3:12)
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| The Day After (8:36)
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lo-fi |
hi-fi |
Artwork by Pablo Magne - www.pablomagne.com.ar
Available directly from
Groove: gr-131
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Create:
From Earth to Mars
Recorded March 2004 - May 2004 at
the Backroom Studio
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Light Bank [14:36] |
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Oblivion [5:53] |
lo-fi |
hi-fi |
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Earth To Mars [19:37] |
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Gethsemane [10:00] |
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Solar Flare [13:52] |
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Re-Entry [5:32] |
lo-fi |
hi-fi |
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Goodbye (Tribute To Michael Garrison) [5:24] |
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Artwork by Pablo Magne - www.pablomagne.com.ar
Available
directly from Groove: gr-120
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Create:
Reflections From The Inner Light
Recorded December 2003 - February 2004 at the Backroom
Studio
Artwork by Pablo Magne - www.pablomagne.com.ar
Available directly from
Groove: gr-109
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Unreleased material
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Create:
The First Light Of Spring:
Recorded between December 2005 and January 2006 at the Backroom
Studio
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Movers [8:34]
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| Photon
Search [5:59]
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| Cloudless
Sky [12:52]
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Dark Descent [6:57]
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The First Light of Spring [18:32]
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Indigo Five [7:17]
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Esplanade [6:35]
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Listen to Create music at
Soundclick.com
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The Recording
Process
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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.
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Equipment used:
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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
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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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