dacca

People often make the mistake of thinking that people who base their lives on reason have no passion. Well, fuck unreason. Nuff said. Fight against the War On Reason! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thinker

Just some crazy shit fun.

With this futuristic track I wanted to capture a sense of alien mystery, a sense of awe and majesty, and above all a sense of wonder. I hope you like it!

We are all alone with our thoughts.

What does the future hold for us? Can we even begin to imagine what it would really be like to be "human", say 1,000 years from now?

A dark track, but one I enjoyed creating. ------------ Image taken from "Ninth Circle of Hell, Dante's Inferno" - Gustave Doré

This is a Logic Pro X remix of one of my old GarageBand tracks: https://soundcloud.com/dacca/the-wild-hunt Enjoy!

The delicate interplay of guitars...

Happy New Year 2017 - we made it! Possibly one of my craziest tracks but hey...it's been a crazy year! -------- Is It Midnight Yet? - TeamAwesomeForce 2014

At times I fluctuate between optimism and pessimism which I think suggests realism but who knows? Only the future can tell. Backing track created using Blocs Wave, with ThumbJam guitar played through Middle Atmosphere guitar amp from AmpKit, and some manual drum kit playing.

In the film Gattaca Jude Law plays Jerome, genetically perfected but an invalid due to an accident. Ethan Hawke plays naturally birthed and genetically defective (with heart problems) Vincent a second class citizen due to his imperfect DNA. Jerome helps deceive authorities that Vincent is him, allowing Vincent to pursue his dream and travel into space to Saturn's moon Titan. If you've seen the fil...

Tonight a car was driven into a crowd at a junction one block away from my regular tram stop in Melbourne CBD. Such hatred is pointless, as love is greater than hatred. My heart goes out to all those affected. I had created the slow clav track when I first heard the news, so the rest of track (cellos, rock guitar, acoustic guitar, bass) quickly turned dark. But that doesn't change my firm belief t...

Through a dark pact the Svartálfar sorcerer had learned the power to turn creatures to stone, just like the medusa, the basilisk, and the cockatrice. He used this power to enslave many peoples, and slowly built up his armies. Some slaves have tried to escape his lands, but magical wards warned the Svartálfar and he uses The Dark Portal to appear in the path of any escapees. He could also return to...

I'll leave the story to your imagination, but you start in Smuggler's Cove on dark and windy night... ---------- Art: Joseph Vernet's seascape "Tempest", 1730.

This is the final track for my four track E.P. Art Forms Of Life https://soundcloud.com/dacca/sets/art-forms-of-nature inspired by the graphical works of Ernst Haeckel.

Come with me on my (electronic ambient) magic carpet to celebrate my 1,000th track on SoundCloud. All synths and drum kits played manually. ----------- Image taken from: "The Flying Carpet" by Ivan Tsarevich, 1880

My third track inspired by Ernst Haeckel's drawings in "Art Forms Of Nature", 1904. I've squared the image here, to make it fit for SoundCloud. This one comprises three separate Novation LaunchPad tracks each with different effects (bit crusher, phaser, spread stereo) and filters (different noise gates and flanges mainly), on different pans. I hope you like it.

Mostly Japanese instruments available on my iPad, plus some light acoustic guitar touches and round sine synth.

A follow-up to my track Blasoidea https://soundcloud.com/dacca/blastoidea, I hope you like it! For another track about Trilobites, try: https://soundcloud.com/dacca/a-trilobite-dreams --------------- Image modified from "Aspidonia", Ernst Haeckel's "Art Forms of Nature"(1904)

All synths played manually in Logic Pro X, plus a drummer kit and a couple of techno loops later in the piece. I sat down to create music with no preconceived ideas at all, and this is what I created. It made me happy to create it, so I hope it makes you happy too.

A very bloody battle a long time ago...but what is significant is the aftermath of the battle, which was witnessed by Jean-Henri Dunant. The horrors he witnessed led him to start a campaign that led to the Geneva Convention, and to the formation of the Red Cross to help reduce the suffering of war. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Solferino Remember those that suffered at Solferino, the nex...

Previously on Blastoidea https://soundcloud.com/dacca/blastoidea I played my first live performance on my new Novation Launchpad Pro in device mode, hooked up to my iPad and the Novation Launchpad app. On Superelectropadilicious I am playing my first live performance (over several separate track recordings)with Novation Launchpad Pro in Note mode and Drum mode connected to my Mac Book Pro and usin...

My heart always returns to rock.

I've used the Novation Launchpad app on my iPad many of my tracks over time, but this is my first track with a live performance using the Novation Launchpad Pro hardware in device mode, plugged into my iPad. There is much, much more to the Novation Launchpad Pro so I've barely scratched the surface but hey...you have to start somewhere. This is a pretty simple track, ambient reggae, but I wanted t...

Definitely inspired by years of listening to bands like American psychobilly outfit The Cramps https://soundcloud.com/thecrampsofficial, other American bands like The Reverend Horton Heat https://soundcloud.com/the-reverend-horton-heat, Australian bands like Melbourne-based The Fireballs https://myspace.com/fireballsaustralia, British bands like https://soundcloud.com/themeteorsofficial, or Danish...