An echoing arena of rising notes and descending bass, something of a mirror-chamber of reflecting ideas and melodies that build and envelope the listener. There’s a certain lightness and humble euphoria to this track, a meeting between the meditative and the energising.
Composer
From the choir-like church-hall sample of sound, through neo-classical strings, industrial rhythms, and organic fragments of nature, Adagio One is everything we’ve come to love from renowned composer David Ratmoko, and yet in being so, is nothing like you’ll be expecting.
A phenomenal collection of electronic dance tracks and genre-fusing originals, recapturing the essence and freedom of purposeful production, whilst leading with a unique and intoxicating level of both realism and strict numbers-based creative craftwork.
Impressively engaging for a new starter in production and sound-design, Don’t Do This features a timeless groove and a riff and effect-line just quirky enough to really blend the melodic and emotional tones with a clear sense of character and rising anticipation. We’re in a sort of early Fatboy Slim arena, a playful instrumental realm of sweeping synths and more clean-cut riffs alike, all separated by the opposing sections of this ongoing rhythm.
Composer Ube Palomino captures the imaginative freedom of instrumental expression, with the uniquely evocative, intimate to cinematic arrangements of The Hinterlands Suite.
Coming in at over six minutes of exploration, Time Irrelevant sees its listeners plunged into a web of multiple layers of distorted guitars and classic eighties rhythms. At the same time, subtle waves of synth and electronic instrumentation meet with organic, acoustic ones, to craft something that’s both a looping realm of comfort, and a consistently evolving delivery of rising anticipation.
An ever-inventive and often ground-breaking composer of our time, David Ratmoko continues to push the boundaries of modern instrumental music, with the vastly immersive layers and euphoric intensity of Prelude Two.
Built around fast yet evocative piano playing from musician Haley Myles, with full orchestral support as things evolve, Concerto for Renaud unites emotional intensity with a distinct and recognisable melodic thread – a haunting but deeply moving progression that’s quickly unmistakable.
An anthem at its core, a call for listeners to scream out the word and concept of Liberty – this is a song that encapsulates the modern day frustrations and lingering hopes of those experiencing repression. As such, it’s boldly relevant in our world right now, universal in its poetry and its intricate balancing of the uncertain and the confident and hopeful.
Aptly-titled The Space Between, this track welcomes us into a superbly atmospheric realm of equal parts depth and lightness. Intricate sounds and samples pan through the mix, vocals whispering suggestions of direction for your mind; essentially a call to free yourself from the chaos of the world.
Creatively shaking the foundations of modern composition, David Ratmoko presents the deep ambient synths and Baroque electronic arpeggios of Prelude One – an iconic redirection with an unpredictable shift towards trap rhythms and darker, cinematic sound-design as things progress.
Ambient calm, healing frequencies, impressively intricate design – a collection of compositions that are profoundly rewarding to relax into. Renowned Tasmanian producer and artist Darren J Harris welcomes audiences into his latest ethereal wonderland, for the deeply soothing and imaginative new album Subliminal.