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I often think about interstellar space exploration, inspired by many games, novels, movies etc. In the this case, I was inspired by a couple of old Ares Magazine board games from the early 80s - "Voyage Of The B.S.M Pandora" and "Wreck Of The B.S.M Pandora". B.S.M = Biological Survey Mission. In one you travel to and explore alien worlds and try to capture biological specimens. In the other those...

As I created this track it felt like a lament, and a reminder that a divided house will fall. This is one of my Apple loop compositions. ---------- "A house divided against itself cannot stand." Abraham Lincoln, 1858

I created this track whilst on holiday in New Zealand. For me, the connection with nature brings me inner peace which I tried to capture in this track. ----------- For a touch of other worldliness, I've used a NASA JPL image of the pre-dawn on Mars: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimages/details.php?id=PIA00918

I created this track on the transalpine railway journey from Greymouth to Christchurch on the South Island in New Zealand. I hope you like it.

I started this track on the flight over to Auckland from Melbourne, and finished it in Rotorua. I hope you enjoy it.

A slightly spacey feel to this otherwise very acoustic track. I hope you like it. ------------- Art taken from: https://www.publicdomainpictures.net/en/view-image.php?image=260504&picture=horse-wild-vintage-painting

Join me in a little space fantasy... -------------- Image "spaceship gif animation" by CompAnimation taken from: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spaceanimation.gif

Just three Logic Pro X synths used to create this track. I found it quite uplifting, so I hope you do too. ------------- For a great image see Music Of The Spheres by Graham Crumb, Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/imagicity/4292112556

Rock that quiff! ----------- Image taken from: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Elly_Jackson#/media/File:Elly_Jackson.jpg

For some reason I kept thinking about the invisible nano world (one billionth of a metre, a thousand times smaller than the micro world of bacteria). Here's some music for that thought.

This is one of my Apple loop compositions. I started messing around with some industrial synth and guitar sounds, which was fun, and created this track in about an hour. It had a kind of fatalistic feel to it, so i thought of rusted industry and then found this image which fits the feel I was after. I hope you like it.

There's a lot going on in this track, and I felt that it was telling a dramatic story from the natural world. This image, of wolves surrounding an American bison standing its ground, seemed to fit the bill admirably. ------------------ Image "Canis lupus pack surrounding Bison "published by Doug Smith, National Park Service. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf#/media/File:Canis_lupus_pack_surroundi...

I still own a copy of the original board game "Space Hulk" and expansions by UK games company Games Workshop, which has gone on the spawn the Warhammer 40K universe (also influenced by Warhammer Fantasy Battles). However, this artwork is taken from David Revoy's concept art for the Blender Foundation movie "Tears Of Steel": http://www.davidrevoy.com/article136/movie-concept-art-tears-of-steel-blen...

One of my Apple loop mixes - African kalimba and drum kits, acoustic guitar picking, pan pipes, and some jazz double bass. It felt like relaxing after a beautiful day.

I always felt that it's a mistake to argue that there are two kinds of people...on any grounds. There Are Two Kinds Of People (Those who think that there are two kinds of people, and those that don't). Mostly created using Apple loops, with some added classic dacca rock guitar. I used many of the same loops on this track, which is a bit heavier: https://soundcloud.com/dacca/the-cat-that-roared ---...

Homo Cavas = Hollow Man Three piano tracks, two synths and a cello track all played by me in Logic Pro X. I really hope we can pull it together as a species. --------- Image taken from: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:816_Nuclear_Military_Plant_reactor_hall.jpg

A dark and moody track full of electronic FX and wizardry, designed - along the picture - to take us out of the comfort of our own homes. Headphones recommended. ----------- iOS Tunage

I was inspired by this freely available artwork to create a rock/metal fantasy about a robot warrior and his genetically enhanced hound that are hunting some scattered humans in the future. ----------- Artwork - https://www.maxpixel.net/Warrior-Fantasy-Science-Fiction-Utopia-View-Robot-563172

This is the most inspirational idea I've heard in an age: https://dearmoon.earth Please support this idea of artists in 2023 - just 5 years from now - travelling around the moon and back in a SpaceX spaceship. "I choose to go to the Moon, with artists." Yusaku Maezawa

A fantasy dreamscape about an afterworld, created in Logic Pro X, all synths played by me.

I created the background track in BlocsWav and then added some extra synths and retro guitars. It made me think of 50s retro science-fiction. Once I found the "Flight To Forever" art from Virgil Finlay it was such a fit for what I imagined. Very happy!

Image: 'Girl Hiking On The Planet Of The Flying Whales', rui barros, Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/128442176@N05/22922738045

This is one of my Apple loop compositions, with a couple of manually played Logic Pro X synths added to the mix. It's pretty simple, but quite emotional. This music is available for free download, though I retain all copyright. This track is offered as an open collaboration, so go be creative! And please provide a link and credit to my original from the description for your version of the track. -...

I started this track with the subterranean feeling of the drummer track, and then added various dark grime bass synths and lead synths, with the final synth sweeping over it all. Apart from the customised drummer track, all synths played manually in Logic Pro X. I hope you like it.

There's a touch of regret, but also warmth, in this rock instrumental of mine. I hope you like it.