“Memory Falls is a peculiar place. To the average passerby, a facade of elderly trees and overgrown paths may appear unremarkable, but to a friend of the oaks – well-versed in the forests’ myths – or a peaceful traveler with an open mind and heart, something much greater will appear.”
Modern New Age
Sample free original compositions and gapless playback, split album, with in-depth thematic collaboration between two artists, Device Operator and Bell Square. This album was heavily influenced by east-Asian new age classics, unique timbres and instruments associated with eastern folk music, and also the styles and emotion of modern ambient vaporwave. We wanted to create an album that would do modern new age music justice and follow in the footsteps of the earlier new age artists, while also incorporating aspects of vaporwave.
To achieve this we used VST recreations of 1980s synthesizers commonly used in classic new age music, such as the DX7, Synclavier, and CZ-101. We also utilized kontakt instruments that enabled us to write original compositions using the sounds of ancient eastern instruments such as the dudukt, guzheng, and the morin khuur, and also write new drum sequences using samples of real hand drums.
