Bert Kaempfert, James Last, The Carpenters, Tony Bennett.
Brian Eno, The The, David Sylvian, It's Immaterial.
Charles Mingus, Kenny Burrell, Lee Morgan.
Dr Dre.
John Shuttleworth.
The films of David Lynch, Woody Allen and Wim Wenders.
TV soundtrack music from the 1970s.
Gurdjieff.
The Dalai Lama.
Gay disco music.
The collapse of communism in the Soviet Union and the challenges raised for left wing ideologists.
Big mountains, seas, lakes and rivers.
The concepts of political borders and boundaries.
The pleasure of discovering novel and inspiring sounds from freeware VST plug-ins.
My creative musical friends and collaborators (Adam Smith, Paul Ramos, Andrew Rispoli, Lucy Heyman, Vicky Burley, Olly Smith, Alex Nichols, David Stiernholm) and those I've yet to meet.
Sounds Like
The Cloud of Reason:
"very cool and rather beautiful"
Nick Luscombe (Flomotion)
"sublime contemporary music"
Simon Bates (Classic FM)
Marginal:
"expertly produced, twinkling with bluesy electronic keyboard tones and shuffling beats ... the ambience of Eno/Budd and the jazz-inflected instrumental palettes of Sylvian's early work"
Future Music
“completely hypnotic” ****
Bristol Evening Post
"downtempo electronica, simple yet beautiful in sound ... not all ambient bliss but also challenging"
Calmscape
The Cut:
“this EP will blow you away – stunning, soulful, eerie, beautiful, jazzy electronica”
Richie Hartness,
Untitled Music
Salary Man:
“dreamy, borderline sleaze”
Cherise O’Neill,
Electronic Music
“a whole album of lush beats and cinematic soundscapes”
Freddie B.,
The Big Chill
“great to chill out to, to drive to, to wake up to”
Poppy,
Decode
“slinky, trip-hoppy electronica balancing esoteric sound-sculpting with swaying melodies”
Anna Britten,
Venue
Music in that sort of electronica, slightly loungey style. Generally there is a sort of dark undertow to it, that's what Ben says, although there are some quite playful moments too.
This beautiful film was made by Justin from Bad Hand Film for Asleep, from The Cloud of Reason, a five track EP.
The Cloud of Reason includes field recording contributions from DJ Prokur, mexist, dobroide, K.M. Krebs / 833-45 and Reinhard Meisner, licensed under a Creative Commons Sampling Plus 1.0 license and with the express permission of the owners. Thank you again.
The Cloud of Reason also includes a new version of Ashes and Snow from Marginal.
Rock on ... and the beat ... goes ... on.
Discography
The Cloud of Reason, download-only EP, 2007
Marginal, CD album, 2006
The Cut, CD EP, 2005 (as Avon)
Salary Man, CD album, 2004 (as Avon)
I would like to meet ...
- new friends who are into the same sort of music, even in a vague way
- people who are keen on music industry DIY
- pedal steel guitarists
- film makers, musicians and artists who might be interested in collaborating
- people with an interesting or unusual perspective on life
Marginal - MySpace special crazy price
Now you can get Marginal on CD at a special MySpace price of £7.50 (GBP) including postage and packing to anywhere on planet Earth. Marginal comprises 10 tracks, bluring the boundaries between ambient electronica and jazz, including Ashes and Snow, former tune of the day on Chill, the UK digital chill out station and Benny's Song, the theme to The Chiller Cabinet on Classic FM, London. Marginal is an independent release on Karvavena records and has been featured on Chill, Classic FM and XFM in the UK and ..ting edge music shows on radio stations in Switzerland, Tokyo, Canda, Russia and the US.
Always Keep the inner light going and continue to follow your soul. No borders, No artificial vibes . Do u until the wheels fall off. May u have a wonderful New Year Ken Peel
Hey Ken, Thanks for the request. I dont know what you and Mark talk about in Bristol but I guess probably music? ;) Had a listen to your sounds. I think you have a lovely touch with your work. I like Radio Hut but Prelude is stunning. Love the vocal treatment. You have a delicate touch which is reflected in the orchestration and arrangements. Lovely work, my friend. Hex- HypJoinT x
01. Pfirter - Mi Auto - Original Mix 02. Soliquid - Piknic Bugz (Original Mix) 03. Brian Sanhaji - Interpolation Process V2. 04. Marco Bailey, Tom Hades - Glides - Original Mix 05. Alexander Kowalski - Damage 06. Michael Burkat, Lars Klein - Ansauger - Original Mix 07. Michael Burkat - Roomworks - Original Mix 08. Lars Klein - An Eye for an Eye(Original) 09. Marco Bailey, Tom Hades - Blast - Original Mix 10. Brian Sanhaji - Zero-Order Hold - Original Mix 11. Perc - Serious Moonlight - Original Mix 12. Michael Burkat - The Second Coming - Original Mix 13. alex long - black belt 14. Vegim - Return Of T - Dave Tarrida Remix 15. andrew technique - slaves of ourseleves 16. A.Paul - Math - Remix 17. A.Paul - Sympa 18. Darkrow, C-System - Hard Trick - Original Mix
Hey! Happy New Year! If you aren't playing yourself.......i'm playing The Polish Club tomorrow night.....would love to see you there!? Anyway, hope this year has started off great......take care, Kevin
The Cloud of Reason, download-only EP, 2007 
Marginal, CD album, 2006
The Cut, CD EP, 2005 (as Avon)
Salary Man, CD album, 2004 (as Avon) 
