Sonic Encounters: An Original Music Podcast by Synthesist Mark Mosher

"Of Snow and Light" is episode 8 of the Sonic Encounters podcast season 2. It's an original soundscape featuring some warm classic synth sounds and pads.Photo is from a very unique skiing experience I had at Copper Mountain Colorado where I got to ski at night in a snow storm with only a headlamp and ambient light.Music and cover art by Mark MosherCopyright Mark Mosher 2019http://SonicEncounters.comhttp://MarkMosherMusic.com

Music and cover art by Mark MosherCopyright 2019

Story:This is the Krell again. We are beaming a 3rd tonality to your station. Are you receiving? Video of performance: https://youtu.be/9XzcPMncBWo.Instruments & Instrumentalities:The piece is a live improvisation on the Nord Lead 4 using only expressive real-time synthesis around a single original program. It was recorded in one real-time pass without edits. CreditsMusic, Sounds, Story, Video by Mark Mosher© 2018 Mark J. Mosher

Story:A secret mission in the Arctic to recover the ancient artifact begins.Composer Notes:A real-time performance with single synthesizer. Improvised and recorded in a single take with no edits.Credits:Music, Story and Cover Art Painting by Mark Mosher© 2018 Mark J. MosherSonicEncounters.comNewEcho.com

Story:This is last known transmission the expedition to explore the undersea cave of the giant.Composer Notes:I sketched the cover image and used it as a graphical score.Credits:Music, Story and Cover Art by Mark Mosher© 2018 Mark J. MosherSonicEncounters.comNewEcho.com

In celebration of Halloween, this episode of Sonic Encounters features the song “Primeval” from my horror soundscapes album NO GHOSTS. JUST FEAR. It’s a very short and creepy piece where I use hand crafted synthetic sounds (subtractive and additive synthesis) to create strange tones, textures. and rhythms to build tension. Fast note-runs, and radical tempo changes will creep you out. This piece was performed using Percussa AudioCubes infrared controllers...

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https://SonicEncounters.com Podcast S01:EP01. In a deep dark corner of universe, ancient bureaucrats monitor and nudge the machinery that controls the decay of the all things. Sometimes they dance. Welcome to the Department of Entropy.Credits:Music, Story and Cover Art by Mark Mosher © 2018 Mark J. MosherSonicEncounters.comNewEcho.com

Story: Composed and performed in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate.Artist Notes:Inspired by the movies "Blade Runner" and "Soldier". In one session, I improvised and composed a set of musical motifs. I then mixed and arranged these motifs into the finished piece.Instrumentation & Instrumentalities:I used the gorgeous sounding U-HE virtual synthesizers for this piece.Hive (3 instances)Zebra 2...

Story:This is the Krell again. We are beaming a 2nd tonality to your station. Are you receiving?Artist Notes:This is another piece inspired by the ground-breaking work of Louis and Bebe Barron on the film Forbidden Planet. I use oscillators as the primary source for the piece.Instruments & Instrumentalities:Blofeld + Launchpad Pro + OctatrackThe soundtrack is live improvisation using the Waldorf Blofled synthesizer with custom programs from INIT...