I started creating music on my old PC back in 2002 using DAWs such as Buzz, Fl Studio and Reason. As my artist name suggest I mostly compose tunes that have an ambient edge. My main passion is creating soundscapes, be they soft drifting drones/piano pieces/heavily synth driven, weirdly abstract and classical and orchestral pieces. I mainly compose using apps on my IPad but also make use of whatever instruments I have lying around such as my Pocket Operators, Modal Craftsynth, my favourite is ...
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Another track inspired by a visit to the National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park. the IBM1130 was one the first IBMs developed for the office.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_1130By TheOxfordAmbientCollective
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Another track inspired by a visit to the National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park. EDSAC was the one of the world's first digital computers.https://www.tnmoc.org/edsacBy TheOxfordAmbientCollective
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Another track inspired by a visit to the National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park. W.I.T.C.H was the one of the world's first digital computers.https://www.tnmoc.org/witchBy TheOxfordAmbientCollective
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Another track inspired by a visit to the National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park. Colossus was the world's first digital computer.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossus_computerBy TheOxfordAmbientCollective
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This track is influenced by a recent visit to the National Museum of Computng at Bletchley Park here in the UK. The track was created in AUM and used apps such as Stria and ID700 with MIDI notes from Harmony Bloom and effects from Bleass Motion EQ, Bleass Delay and Otherdesertcities. Here is where to find out more about The Bombe. https://en.wikipe…
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The Far Tower In Fluorescence (with Soundpainter)
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A few weeks ago my music friend Soundpainter (aka Andrew Janik) got in touch about using one of my tracks from my Sound Installations album as he thought that it would work well with the track that he was producing. This is the result. It has been great fun going back and forth with Andrew exchaning ideas.…
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Ghost Hackers V - Dark Worm by TheOxfordAmbientCollectiveBy TheOxfordAmbientCollective
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This track was composed in AUM using apps such as Hida (going through a Rymdigae effect) and Hillman (going through a Nembrini Delay effect). Notes/MIDI came from Chordjam with additional sounds coming from Fluss Recorder (going via a Speaker effect), All mastered in Grand Finale.By TheOxfordAmbientCollective
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This is track was created on my Roland MC307, which I puchased off eBay last year. I finally worked out how to record from it properly. It was great fun!By TheOxfordAmbientCollective
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::::>>>>::Journey To The Sun::::::Naviar Haiku 521
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My contribution to Naviar Records Haiku Challenge 521.Haiku by Kobayashi Issa https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/kobayashi-issaBaskingin the New Year's sun...my trashy hutPicture by Jonathan M. Hethey https://unsplash.com/photos/photography-of-grass-with-sun-light-ka9D9DiEVvwBy TheOxfordAmbientCollective
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Sonic Installations V- The Death of William Blake
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The melody for this track was made in Fugue Machine. There are two instances of the Hillman synth app panned left and right. Each of these are going through an effect called Speaker. Grand Finale is being used for mastering. The title was inspired by a recent visit to London as I walked through a small City of London burial ground and suddenly foun…
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A collaboration with a music friend Encym (Roland). I have done a few collaborations with Roland now and it is always a pleasure to work with him.This track contains a number of wonderful samples that Roland sent me earlier in the year. These have been manipulated with an apps such as Fluss and SpaceCraft and with effects added from a Nembrini dela…
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Butterfly And Ship (with Pete Swinton) 2.Dysphasia
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This is second of the four tracks of a new collaboration with my music friend Pete Swinton. I will be re-working some of his tracks from his excellent Butterfly and Ship album.peteswinton.bandcamp.com/album/butterfly-and-shipThis track is a re-work of his track - 05. Two ShipsIt was mixed in the AUM app on my iPad and used iPad effects apps such as…
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My contribution to Naviar Records Haiku Challenge 511.Haiku by Shubham DasguptaIn dark autumn nightsdew and the new bamboo shootsreaching out to moonPhoto by naraaBy TheOxfordAmbientCollective
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::::>>>>::Moonlight Discord::::::Naviar Haiku 508
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My contribution to Naviar Records Haiku Challenge 508.Haiku by John HinksDeep, dark summer nightA Sudden shatt of moonlight Blesses the templestepping stonesBy TheOxfordAmbientCollective
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This track was recorded and played in AnimoogZ.By TheOxfordAmbientCollective
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This track was recorded in AUM and used apps such as Sunrizer and Hilman, The melodies came from Fugue Machine. Effects used were Nembrini Analog Rack Delay and Nembrini Delay3000.By TheOxfordAmbientCollective
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This track was recorded in AUM ans used apps such as AOX02,auDSPr and Noises - all going through the effect Rymdigare.By TheOxfordAmbientCollective
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Themes From Copenhagen III - Radio Cristiania
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This track was played in Free Christiania. It is based on a track that I never got round to completing. It was recorded in AUM and used the ID700 synth and Axon02. Effects used were Lo-Fi-Af and Rymdigare.By TheOxfordAmbientCollective
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Themes From Copenhagen II - Trinitatis Kirke
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This track was played in the Trinitatis Kirke in Copenhagen. At the time there was a wonderful organ recital in progress, so I felt compelled to create this track. It was played on the Moog Model 15 app. Effects from Eventide were added later on.By TheOxfordAmbientCollective
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This track was played whilst flying from Heathrow to Copenhagen. It was recorded in AUM via AnimoogZBy TheOxfordAmbientCollective
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Sonic Installations III (drone droids) by TheOxfordAmbientCollectiveBy TheOxfordAmbientCollective
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Sonic Installations II (raadiolained) by TheOxfordAmbientCollectiveBy TheOxfordAmbientCollective
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Butterfly And Ship (with Pete Swinton) 1. Sinyphasia
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This is first of the four tracks of a new collaboration with my music friend Pete Swinton. I will be re-working some of his tracks from his excellent Butterfly and Ship album.https://peteswinton.bandcamp.com/album/butterfly-and-shipThis track is a re-work of his track - 01. OSC Sine 63Hz 0dbFS.It was mixed in the AUM app on my iPad and used iPad ap…
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Sonic Installations I (sagedus) by TheOxfordAmbientCollectiveBy TheOxfordAmbientCollective
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::::>>>>::::Celestial Paths::::Naviar Haiku 466
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My contribution to Naviar Records Haiku Challenge 466.Haiku by Louise HastingsOpen road…the distant cloudsstepping stonesBy TheOxfordAmbientCollective
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A collaboration with a music friend Encym (Roland). I have done a few collaborations with Roland now and it is always a pleasure to work with him.This track contains a number of wonderful samples that Roland sent me. These have been manipulated with an app called SpaceCraft and with effects added from a Nembrini delay. Radio sounds have come from a…
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Ghost Hackers III - Red Attack by TheOxfordAmbientCollectiveBy TheOxfordAmbientCollective
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Ghost Hackers II - Blue Defence by TheOxfordAmbientCollectiveBy TheOxfordAmbientCollective
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A track recorded in AUM using Patterning 2 (using samples from a Pulsar23)going through Varispeed app and Reelbus tape effect. Synth sounds from DRC app with effects from OtherDessertCities with notes from Euclidian (midi notes generator).By TheOxfordAmbientCollective
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This is a rework of my track Conjunctions VI with my new music friend Ferekans. You can find has excellent work at:https://soundcloud.com/ferekans-musicBy TheOxfordAmbientCollective
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The second Incantations track played on my Harley Benton SC-550 II guitar ). The track was recorded via an Audient Sono Guitar interface into AUM on my iPad. Effects used were Nembrini Delay 3000, Gauss (a looper/sequencer), Kosmonaut and Bleass Slow Machine.By TheOxfordAmbientCollective
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This is one the first times that I have done a track with guitar (in this case a Harley Benton SC-550 II ). The track was recorded in the Roxsyn app from Yonac and further embellishments were added in AUM.By TheOxfordAmbientCollective
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Project Adzan (with Pete Swinton) -3- Ghost Nebula
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This is the third track of a new collaboration with my music friend Pete Swinton. I will be re-working some of his tracks from his excellent Project Drone Adzan Maghrib album.peteswinton.bandcamp.com/album/projec…dzan-maghribThis track is a re-work of the Project Adzan 6. It was mixed in the AUM app on my iPad and used the excellent apps VHS Synth,…
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Journey Through The Event Horizon (with Didier de la Rose )
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A collaboration with a new music friend Didier de la Rose. Didier sent me some stems from one of his tracks and here is the result!The track was mixed in AUM apps such as Eventide Crystal, Bleass Delay, Kosmonaut, Bleass Chorus, Rymdigarre, Eventide Blackhole and Barricade.You can find Didier's excellent work at:…
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Project Adzan (with Pete Swinton) - 2 - Eternia
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This is the second track of a new collaboration with my music friend Pete Swinton. I will be re-working some of his tracks from his excellent Project Drone Adzan Maghrib album.peteswinton.bandcamp.com/album/projec…dzan-maghribThis track is a re-work of the Project Adzan 3. It was mixed in the AUM app on my iPad and used the excellent apps Mononoke …
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Project Adzan (with Pete Swinton) - 1 - Shortwave
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This is track is start of a new collaboration with my music friend Pete Swinton. I will be re-working some of his tracks from his excellent Project Drone Adzan Maghrib album.https://peteswinton.bandcamp.com/album/project-drone-adzan-maghribThis track is a re-work of the Project Adzan 1. It was mixed in the AUM app on my iPad and used the excellent …
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This track used a Behringer Pro-1 synth (kindly on-loan from a friend), and played using the arpeigiator on my Arturia Keystep. It was mixed via a Behringer Xenyx 502 and Behringer UCA202 into Audacity (with some additions of numerous effects and stuff).By TheOxfordAmbientCollective
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Music For Schools Vol 2 (3 - Electromagnetism)
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The original idea for this track came when I took delivery of a new toy a EMF v1.2 which is a handheld device that lets you listen to electromagnetic fields. I used this to record (using an old Olympus dicataphone) the sounds coming from my Android phone and with the EMF connected up to my Behringer Neutron synth to filter the sounds. This sample w…
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Music For Schools Vol 2 (2 - Nuclear Reactors)
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Recorded in AUM using apps WebDSR (which lets you play online radio stations across various wavelengths), Stria (a synth), Beatcutter (creates lots of crazy glitch sounds). Effects came from Dubstation 2, Bleass Slow Machine and Barricade (a limiter/compressor).By TheOxfordAmbientCollective
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Back in 2016 I released my Music For Schools album. I thought that I would start work on volume 2.As with the first volume these tracks will try and get some of the feel of the soundtracks from the schools TV programmes that I grew up with in the 70s and 80s.This track is all mixed in AUM and makes use of the apps Fundamental, auGENx, ID700, Fugue …
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A track created with sounds from my Behringer Neutron synth and apps such as AnimoogZ, Mononoke and Ripplemaker, all mixed in AUM. The last Conjunctions track.By TheOxfordAmbientCollective
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Themes From Forgotten Films X: Finally We Are No One
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The last of the Themes From Forgotten Films tracks..played in the Model 15 app from from Moog.By TheOxfordAmbientCollective
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Themes From Forgotten Films IX: Shadows on Callisto
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This track was mixed in AUM using Ripplemaker, PPG Infinite and Mononoke.By TheOxfordAmbientCollective
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Themes From Forgotten Films VIII: Circles of Light
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Sounds recorded in Thumbjam and mixed with Bleass effects Slow Machine, EQ Motion and Delay in AUM.By TheOxfordAmbientCollective
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This is another piece for the Conjunctions series of tracks. I recorded some sounds from my Moog Theremini onto the Koala Sampler app on my phone which I used to mash up sounds which were then uploaded into the Auria app on my iPad for further tweaks.By TheOxfordAmbientCollective
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The Ariel School Incident (Collab with A Spot On The Hill)
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I have worked with Dan Cook (aka A Spot On The Hill) a few times now and I love creating reimaginings of his tracks. The piece is a rework of his track "The Ariel School Incident" from his new album - Unguarded(link below).https://aspotonthehill.bandcamp.com/By TheOxfordAmbientCollective
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A track created with https://soundcloud.com/help-help-help (pangea3000).The track was mixed in AUM using a drone sample that pangea3000 sent me and using tha apps Borderlands and ID700 with some effects frpm Bleass. The track was mastered in Auria.By TheOxfordAmbientCollective
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A rework of the excellent track from Marco Lucchihttps://soundcloud.com/marcolucchi/20210929-alt-version?in=marcolucchi/sets/g-r-kair-s-ggysThis piece was mixed and reworked in AUM using the awesome Spacecraft app and Monono app and Bleeas effects.By TheOxfordAmbientCollective
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Themes From Forgotten Films VII: Memories of Yesterday
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A track played in AUM and made with the SampleTron and Hillman apps.By TheOxfordAmbientCollective
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