torley.bandcamp.com/track/palant... PALANTIR SAVES LIVES! The world needs so much more subtlety + nuance when evaluating company outputs. AKA the wit and wisdom of Alex Karp.

torley.bandcamp.com/track/tribal... I’m drawn to imaginary acoustic instruments that are responsive as any “real-world” ones.

torley.bandcamp.com/track/microm... Stretched pads peppered with glitches, like a cupcake with sprinkles. Kinda more evocative action than your garden-variety “ambient”.

A wise man once said: the vampire groundhog never sees his shadow.

Each project, every track is an opportunity to explore a new idea. Wander into its extremities and discover what you pull out of the ether.

A characteristic weakness of granular delay particle sprays is sounding too clinical and spindly, which is ugly — only a few tools like Lunacy Audio BEAM have a built-in way to make them more organic, reduce shrillness, AND the macro knob does wonders for transition blooms.

torley.bandcamp.com/track/hotlin... Based on an Aphex Twin/Bjork riff I misheard on my old Mac. I get nostalgic for swapping themes and soundsets, but not waiting hours for a 4 MB MP3 file to download.

torley.bandcamp.com/track/histep Lowkey homage to Luke Chable + Phil K (RIP). The early-mid 2000s breakbeats will always awaken passion in me, when there’s dancefloor energy heading into dreamland.

torley.bandcamp.com/track/unnatu... Yes, it’s a Max Richter reference re: chords later on. I wanted to weave different melodies around that “warpy” synth riff.

I remember seeing electronic musicians with walls of synths, then got disappointed when most of them were on display and barely played — feels dishonorable to have a living work of art and not interact with the extents of its myriad soundshaping possibilities.

torley.bandcamp.com/track/intern... Made this whilst Net went out, so I wiled the time away making music (what better use?). Dreamy, drifty, those sine waves again.

soundcloud.com/rmsradio1/dr... A waltzy, jovial encounter with the delightfully buoyant sounds of Ambiente Solstice's Dreamfields for Reveal Sound Spire... like nimbly striding on clouds! 💃🌤️

torley.bandcamp.com/track/villan... There’s acting, and there’s Jodie Comer tier. Inspired by the titular character, with its springy chaos and vibrant fashion sense.

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torley.bandcamp.com/track/attic-... The feeling when you’re sorting old stuff and a greeting card from ages ago reawakens a time you’re glad you lived and moved on from.

soundcloud.com/luftrum-1/to... Based on a single patch from Luftrum 34, dub techno base-bass is extrapolated further into dreamy-dancy-trancy realms. Recommended if you like your sine chimes limber.

torley.bandcamp.com/track/k-shap... In the Burial tradition, albeit via the lens of American hypercapitalism. As a consequence, subtle hyperbolics at play.

torley.bandcamp.com/track/wander... We got a plant of this kind. I thought about making my own synth music for the life of plants. Grew up nicely, eh?

torley.bandcamp.com/track/vangel... Made with Luftrum’s stellar soundset, a pastiche tribute to the eras o’ Vangelis. Each signature sound recalls a diorama o’ memories…

soundcloud.com/luftrum-1/to... 'tis 'bout cultivating your mind's harvest. Botanical melodies, a sort of soil festivity. Pastorally produced with Luftrum 34.

torley.bandcamp.com/track/consum... Among the first tracks I made with Spectrasonics Omnisphere 3, delving into its expanded retro-nostalgic abundance (which mirrors supermarkets).

torley.bandcamp.com/track/ultrac... So many products to choose from! Space age bachelor pad with a hint of swing.

Human aesthetic judgment, it turns out, is entirely contingent on the story you’re told.

torley.bandcamp.com/track/postmo... One in a loose series of synth tributes to the 1950s onwards, as early electronic music blossomed alongside supermarkets.

torley.bandcamp.com/track/bossa-... Bossa nova can’t help but make me grin. This sun-baked flirtation sounds like the scent of Sol de Janeiro.

soundcloud.com/luftrum-1/to... New year, new version with Omnisphere 3 — enter the VAST SONIC LANDSCAPE of Luftrum 34 in this piece inspired by the solid state of the world today + Halt and Catch Fire, yeahhh it does get mildly Tangerine Dreamy 🍊

torley.bandcamp.com/track/elevat... Exactly what I think it should sound like when we’re waiting to go up to the roof. Tinny organs, kitschy bop-beats, and glidey strings. Grows into a hearty party!

soundcloud.com/plughugger/h... FREDDY'S COMING FOR YOU by TORLEY x Plughugger Hellscape I don't "normally" get this darkly dissonant, but when the earth fractures and everyone gets a brimstone bath, it's a good time to be evil. 😈

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torley.bandcamp.com/track/waterc... Blurry, fuzzy piano makes me think of watercolor paintings. When I let my fingers meander, it recalls the impressionist traditions in both visual and audio art.

torley.bandcamp.com/track/heavyf... Turning a minimalist piano line into something else. Swells with the sadness of missed opportunities, then hope shines thru by end.

I have a hard time with solid block chords, I tend to prefer "broken" (the most fixed of all!) ones that are rolled/strummed so I feel the temporal dimensionality. Also as one perceived harmony shifts into the next, I find it very beautiful to transition betwixt unexpected keys.

torley.bandcamp.com/track/lookup The constancy — like fan oscillations represented by a string machine — and the fluidity of new elements introduced in gradual heapings.

torley.bandcamp.com/track/never-... This nips into winter, like snowflake territory without overt belltrees. You can do the silliest thing with the person you love most, and that means everything.

torley.bandcamp.com/track/once-a... A bit darker in a minor key, about life’s memories that slip past our fingers before we can even record them for reliving. Then shed further in old age.

PROBABILITY LITERACY is an incredibly important life skill that informs you about making healthy diet choices for your risk appetite. 🎲 🥗

torley.substack.com/p/ai-can-alr... AI can already write the perfect pop song So what can we do now?

torley.bandcamp.com/track/los-va... That pun! Owes its propulsion to the Vangelis x Jon Anderson collabs, which always made me feel like soaring over the horizon (get it?).

The Tragic Life and Death of a Christmas Tree.

torley.bandcamp.com/track/plus-s... Those sine waves again! Sometimes I have to exercise discipline and not go TOO wild with layers, there is beauty in restraint after all. Vaguely pastoral.

torley.bandcamp.com/track/alvaichi Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto (RIP) originated this name with their pianistic clicks ‘n’ cuts. A keystone reference point that I’m fated to keep returning to.

www.maxforlive.com/library/devi... 💾 LiveSaver — autosave tool for Ableton Live. Set it to auto-save every X minutes, and prevent your work from being lost in a crash. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND.

One of the most important life skills I’ve learned from musicmaking is the observation + iteration of subtle patterns over time.

torley.bandcamp.com/track/transc... I can’t resist a delightful portmanteau either, and sparse piano notes trailing into infinity always holds promise. I start playing a few notes, and the rest writes itself!

Treat making music like wearing clothes, and you’ll never run out of ideas again.

torley.bandcamp.com/track/dulcim... Dulcimer approached naively, plucked as if I knew what I was doing, then forgot. Check out the interlocks midway thru.

torley.bandcamp.com/track/mellow... The jangly guitar and organ accents really come to the forefront towards the end — oh wait, spoiler!

torley.bandcamp.com/track/retroh... Now we’re getting into gentle synth/vapor-wave territory. The kind of tune that’d play on a gaming console’s shopping channel.

torley.bandcamp.com/track/mellow... I’m full of puns. This was something like Aphex Twin’s SAW but filtered thru 1960s.

A horror movie where the basement is less creepy than the rest of the house.