Chimaera (an ambient collaboration)

Hi Peeps,
 
I know I'm going to be pushing it with this one... It weighs in at a hefty 14 minutes and it's more in the vein of incidental noises with just a hint of tone here and there.
 
I guess you would have to be familiar with early Tangerine Dream (Zeit/Atem) to be even remotely interested in this.
 
But I have to post this because it represents a big step for me in terms of the creation process and I want to shout out about it.
 
No pressure then, I totally understand if this doesn't get any listens or comments
 
I had already done a couple of collaborations with two separate SoundCloud artists. I asked them if they fancied doing a three way collaboration. We agreed to create and share two ten minute tracks each. No formal agreements were made as to the content of the tracks... No BPM or song key (as strange as that may sound for something like this).
 
For my version I dragged all six tracks into Sonar and then went ahead and added lots of fader automation in order to thin out the cacophony of sound and produce something that now sounds, in places, minimal.
 
More details of the collaboration can be found on the SoundCloud song page.
 
So, without further ado, I give you Chimaera (a three headed mythical creature):-
 
https://soundcloud.com/synkrotron/chimaera
 
cheers, and thanks in advance for your valued time
 
andy

daryl1968
This one has more of a 'horror' vibe to it Andy (if you don't mind me saying) - some quite eerie moments.
An amazing soundscape.

Hi Daryl,
 
Thanks for listening
 
Yeah, I guess it does sound a bit more "horror" related this piece...
 
 
cheers
 
andy

This is a great atmospheric piece Andy and friends, floating, skimming, in a state of suspended motion, looking in to a large, dark rectangular monolith that was fall of stars and then............

Brilliant stuff Andy definitely worthy of

Wookiee
Brilliant stuff Andy definitely worthy of

Hey Wookiee! Nice one! Two smilies
 
Thanks for listening and I'm glad you enjoyed it
 
cheers
 
andy

String Jammer
It sounds like a good backdrop for a space movie or sci fi thriller.

 
Hi Scott, yeah... seems I have a knack for this kind of stuff
 
Thanks so much for listening to one of my "tunes" (I use that term in the loosest sense of course )
 
cheers
 
andy

Hi Bjorn,
 
Thanks for giving this one a go
 
I think my main problem with creating slide shows and videos is mainly time. Perhaps one day I should give it a go though... See what comes out
 
Cheers, and thanks again,
 
andy

Great sound design!!  Enjoyed listening to this.  I found it somewhat soothing.
 
Is there some faint dialogue in the background between the 3:00 and 4:00 min. mark (and again at around 8:00)?  Subliminal messages maybe? 
 
Great stuff!

fjz
Great sound design!!  Enjoyed listening to this.  I found it somewhat soothing.
 
Is there some faint dialogue in the background between the 3:00 and 4:00 min. mark (and again at around 8:00)?  Subliminal messages maybe? 
 
Great stuff!

Hi Frank
 
Thanks so much for listening to this, I really appreciate your time, especially on longer pieces like this.
 
I think I know what you mean by faint dialogue, but I think it has been created by an effect called Tantra. I can't be entirely certain because this was a collaboration and that particular track was by one of the other two guys.
 
cheers
 
andy