Music News – New EP Release; Year’s Go By

February 27, 2023

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27/02/2023 - New EP Release; Year's Go By

A synthy EP of Synthwave stuff I made and now on all the major platforms. I called it Year’s Go By as they say time is flying by and I barely remember what I did the other year which feels like I lost my mind a little lol not lol. I was born in the 80s so what that’s now under 4 decades on this earth and it’s hard to say how much it has changed for the good and for the worst or though I feel there is some sort of back peddling going on and a fight with humanity more then ever. They say the world is going get more manic and that might be true who knows but with real threats of destruction it’s hard to tell what is going to happen but I know you can’t stop the threat of things like terrorism and global disasters from happening and that’s just the world we live in now a days and forever. I do miss being young though and living in a more stress free environment but I’m not going lie I do like being a adult and  enjoy having the privileges of some things that kids don’t get but I miss being young but most importantly being in a more safer environment. But saying that things are more easy to get at like the things you want and it’s reasonable well some of it is and I ain’t talking the silly stuff that has no meaning to me like fashion items but I do like fashion though it’s just I’m more Primark lol, okay call me cheap then. Talking of fashion I decided not to but that NAFA jacket online I didn’t know if it was real or not and there was no way of verifying it so I saved my money but I do like retro designs from the 80s and 90s and would re wear them if I shopped fashionable for a change but my style is a hoodie and jeans with trainers and you can’t go wrong with that.

Music News – New EP Release; Striking Hour

January 7, 2023

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07/01/2023 - New EP Release; Striking Hour

To welcome in the new year with a Synthwave EP. I actually was testing out an old synth plugin which I love it has some good Synthwave sounds on them and by that, I mean authentic Synthwave or 80s synth music sounds. The EP is mostly energetic apart from the first track which is the slowest of the four and some of the tracks have Blues and a bit of Jazz incorporated in them. I had to get out the 80s drum kit for this one and used it in all my tracks as even though I have a good collection of drums I struggle to remember which one goes on what genre for that authentic look. Last year was alright I suppose but I could have done better with some things I hope 2023 will be a better year for me and I don’t really do much nowadays apart from making music and other things to keep me sane and active. I know a lot of people are now happy being at home and doing nothing but what they want to do but I’m going the other way and having my time at home now I really want to get out there and be young and active again which I was active when I was younger and did a lot of things as I said on my other website and in the about section of both this website and randomgas.com. I called it Striking Hour for new year’s but also when the clock hits that time be ready to do the dash so yes a bit of Cinderella-inspired bit to the title of the album. I don’t really make much Synthwave so it was good to make some and I think it came out alright though I know I could do a little better with adding more textures and stuff to the songs I’m happy with them and I hope you like them to be honest but I will be making more Synthwave and other 80s genres in the near future. 

Music News – New EP Release; Snowman On The Hill

December 29, 2022

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29/12/2022 - New EP Release; Snowman On The Hill

More winter synthy vibes as it was sort of cold out I say sort of as -2 ain’t -40 but it was icy and cold like the ridiculous cold but not as bad as some other places in the world. I love it when it snows though it’s when I like to go out and make snowmen and walk in the snow when I had my dog Patch we used to go out every year when it was snowing she used to love the snow I haven’t been out for years in the snow since she passed away but I do like winter walks in the snow just as long as it’s not that slippery. This EP is not Christmas related but about winter though it could be played around Christmas if you want. I also like to make winter music in the winter as I probably said a few times now and I also like listening to winter music whilst snowing to get that proper feel to it hopefully this EP will suit you well. When I was on Flickr I used to take pictures of the snow down country lanes and stuff and they came out the terrible, cheap cameras if you ask me but it was nice to have some photos of the snow and me and the dog and the snowman but I do prefer summer but winter is a time I either like to stay in or go out sometimes it’s too cold to go out or I’m just tired or if it’s too slippery out there. Mind you I didn’t look forward to the winter when I was growing up hanging around in those streets night after night with my two layers and Wooley hat we used to hang around the back of the supermarket when it was proper cold but so obvious as the police were always called. I remember on  New Year’s Eve it was how cold it was I was pissed let’s say and I vowed never to be in the cold again not that I kept to promise now I enjoy staying in in the hot and cold weather but I do want to change that and get out a bit more. 

Music News – New Album Release; Festive Winters

November 22, 2022

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22/11/2022 - New Album Release; Festive Winters

FESTIVE WINTERS

This year’s winter/Christmas album and a free download on Bandcamp if you want it for on the go. It’s more of the winter wonderland vibe it’s snowing looking at the window music and at a nice relaxing pace with some upbeat tracks in there too. I love to make seasonal winter it’s my favourite time of year or one of them and love to spend time making winter music to relax at a later date as it’s good for my system. There are no carols in the album and I try not make carol tracks as I’ve already covered them in an old album I did ages ago but I’m trying to make time to practice on my keyboard again and learning carols is one of those things I want to do but I am waiting for Christmas to be closer. I’m not sure what I’m doing this Christmas not a lot I don’t really do that much around Christmas time I used to go to London but I don’t go any more but I think I’ll make more music and relax and do something but who knows what. My favourite parts of Christmas were actually going down to the church on Christmas Eve and singing and listening to the carols and also TV used to be good but I heard it is dire now as it’s all repeats. I also enjoy Christmas dinner even though I don’t eat a lot I always love the food and sometimes it can be overpowering looking at all that food on that table but less is more as they say lol. Once again the time has gone so fast and once again I can’t believe we are nearly 2023 I’ll have to remember the year when writing it down I always forget at first then cross it out and rewrite it. I don’t know what I’m doing new year I know I’ll be at home but I feel like I want to go out but don’t know where to or even if that’s what I want as I’m getting older now I’m nearly in my 40s lol. I called the album Festive Winters as it’s festive and wintry throughout which I thought suited the album and the cover is an art I made that I re-photoshopped to something without anyone in the picture. It was just going to be an EP but I wanted to do an album as I felt it was Christmas and had to be longer than an EP so, in the end, I did 12 tracks which make up the album and I always make a winter or Christmas album so I keep up with the shenanigans but as always I enjoyed making it.  I would like it to be closer to Christmas before making winter music as I get more in the mood but I know people won’t listen to Christmas music after Christmas so I do it early way before the rush so it’s all up and running but I might make a quick EP around Christmas and try to release it around the same time if I can get it booked in that is. I would say this year has zoomed right by but it’s gone kind of fast even though the months do fly by but I think I’ve been counting down the days which makes the days go slower but I have noticed that since COVID everything has slowed down. If you want more festive stuff and looking for something to do please check out my interactive page under Hub>Test Site>Interactive where you will find my advent-style interactive post with games, quizzes, music and more, I tried to make it entertaining as possible adding some surprises in there too but it’s all based on DVD menus and advent calendars.

Music News – New EP Release; Funk Dust

June 6, 2022

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6/06/2022 - New EP Release; Funk Dust

Funk Dust is a synthy Hip Hop EP I made a while ago for Space Day and is just one of the EPs I made and I made two altogether. I went for a  Hip Hop vibe and a bit of space music but not the normal chilled space music that’s atmospheric you tend to get but from the 90s and 00s mainly with 90s like Hip Hop beats but is all synthy stuff from some of my plugins I got, I also found some samples online that did the trick too. I have another space EP out soon I can’t say the date as it’s yet confirmed but in the works of being processed but that one is proper synthy space stuff and has a bit of Progressive Rock in there or that’s what it feels like but I just call it synthy stuff. This EP is when Hip Hop meets synthesizers and has a downtempo feel to it and was the side two to Space Day and something a little different from the last EP I made. I haven’t made Hip Hop for while now and that is due to not making too many genres but I’m sure I will get back on it one day but it was a good excuse to invertible make some Hip Hop beats without making them and is something I have tried before with the album Sour Eyes which I felt came out good and surprisingly different which is always a good thing. It does have some jazzy elements in there and comes with Hip Hop the whole Jazz feel and is what I like in Hip Hop too in the form of Jazz Hop something I haven’t heard for a while but now I said it I might have to dig the tracks up and listen to them. The EP is mostly upbeat but the last track is nice and relaxing as I like to finish off the EPs and albums with a nice steady track but I don’t do it all the time and spin the wheel so to speak every time it’s something I like to do. 

Music News – New Album Release; Past & Present

June 6, 2022

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6/06/2022 - New EP Release; Past Present

Another synthy album I made quite a while ago a few months back but it seems longer than that. It’s a Synthwave album and is both chilled and upbeat with a mixture of synth and the 80s which synthesizers were the 80s. I called it Past Present because it’s the old skool brought to the future and I will be making more Synthwave tracks in the future it’s just I like to freestyle my drums and Synthwave is structured. It’s kind of weird and though I don’t feel it sorry to say for myself I’m getting older being born in the 80s even though I’m not that old but I’m getting older and it feels like I’m losing touch with the youth today yes I’m an old man now lol. The past is the past and the present is the now and the future well that is yet to be decided but I do miss the past in the way I’m loving the present just not as much but who knows what the future holds I always hold that. This album was inspired by current Synthwave tracks found on the internet and has lots of heavy drum beats and melodic melodies throughout the album I wanted to make an album for once as I felt I was getting into the groove and making some good tracks so I kept going and has everything in from Pop to Hip Hop which is my two favourite genres to listen to from the 80s and love Hip Hop and Electrotype beats.

Music News – New Album Release; 13 Moons

April 25, 2022

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25/04/2022 - New Album Release; 13 Moons

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It’s a bit early but I decided to do a Halloween album using my cassette shoebox I bought a while ago and still haven’t got full use of it but I’m thinking and using it when I feel like I can and have a good idea. The album consists of taped and nontape instrumental tracks that I taped the samples on the recorder and then chopped them up a bit to make the final sounds so technically there are two versions to some of the tracks on the album. As I said I know it’s a bit early but I was messing about and thought on the spot to make a Halloween album using the recorder as I like the eerie sound to the track which reminded me of some of my old mess about tracks I used to make also using the tape player as I was a tape deck boy. I would say I miss the cassette tape but I don’t but I would say I miss fiddling about with the tapes and the fact you could bootleg anything I’m sorry but I did record a lot of my songs off the radio when I was younger but yes digital is better.  The tracks are eerie and slow and melodic to get ready for Halloween or for music for the day which is still a long way to go but I’m sure it will come round fast. I’ll probably do another Halloween album nearer the time but for now, it’s nearly summer so I’m making House, Jungle, and other rave genres, for now, that’s all up on Soundcloud.

Music News – New Album Release; Space Lemonade

April 25, 2022

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25/04/2022 - New Album Release; Space Lemonade

Space Lemonade is a what I call this album aka Afrofuturism music which is a new concept music-wise and I see there isn’t a big splash in the music world so I thought being I was interested in the topic and wanted to try something new I thought I’d make a new album as there was one before but it didn’t turn out the way I liked it so I made another one but this time without too much of the bongos, there’s an album with bongos and other African drums that wasn’t too great and this one is without the African drums and more Sci-Fi mixed with Sci-Fi music genres like G Funk and Synthy genres. The album was inspired by the old genres like G Funk, Electro, and other synth-based genres that were Sci-Fi and synthy that I used to listen to growing up and really feel the music. I would say it’s the 80s inspired even though it the not the normal Synthwave album you will hear and the sounds come from the 80s but also the 70s when there was a big popular thing with Sci-Fi here in the UK but also it was on a lot on the TV worldwide and also in fashion but that was before my time and I was born in the 80s a decade after. It was after watching the film Black Panther that I decided to make some Afrofuturism too after getting a few ideas from the film which I and the public thought was inspirational.

Music News – New EP Release; R Us

March 29, 2022

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29/03/2022 - New EP Release; R US

This EP is about the lost toy store Toys R US a loved shop by many and part of many side jokes that I actually can’t remember. My experience with toy shopping was always disappointing as I never got what I was looking at which is the way of life but damn that action figure looked cool on the TV and I refuse to swear about it lol. I also decided to make it as I was messing about and discovered some things in the making of it that I yet haven’t discovered if I set out what I was hunting for which was toy music. Without sounding too old-fashioned ain’t the toys nowadays technical oh wow and also quite expensive to keep buying or is it phones and IPads they desire? I desire synths which are my toys and I like to mess around with them a lot but I know they ain’t toys but I call them that as they are fun and you never get bored okay you do but it takes a long time depending on many days, weeks, months or years you’ve been playing for. I can go for a while but I take breaks and do other things like promoting and video visuals and editing and also photoshop but also my website too which I love to do in my spare time which is all the time at the moment. 

Music News – New Album Release; The Synth Way

March 22, 2022

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22/03/2022 - New Album Release; The Synth Way

I’ve been on my MIDI keyboard a lot and I think I am finally going back to how I used to play but probably a bit slower now and less technical with the keys and the overall design of the tracks.  This EP is a free download as I used the tracks in a blog post I made not so long back which was about my top 5 favorite synthesizers plugins I have a few now and I actually kind of collect the best ones and can be quite expensive but there are deals you know I love a good bargain and I wouldn’t say I was cheap without sounding off speed so to speak. There is something about synth music that does it for me and all the BS aside it can appeal to anyone and as a producer there is a lot you can do with and fits all sorts of genres some are quite surprising but not really if I thought about it but it’s a win, win situation for me anyway. You can read about the synth plugin I use and what I like in the blog post I made which has some demonstrations of what the synths sound like to get the full picture of them and how they sound and why I love them so much.