Defuse

Defuse (7.38 Mb) is a calming and mellow chillout track described as "evocative and thought provoking" with "simple but effective percussion, great melodies and fine mixing".

Transit

Transit (7.28 Mb) is a rich and uncomplicated chillout track with upbeat drums.

Nightingale

Nightingale (8.6 Mb) is a chillout track layered with rich chords, crisp bells and a peaceful harp melody. This piece placed 1st in SDCompo Round 6.

Kenda

Kenda (Zipped MP3, 7.76 Mb) is one of my favourite tracks to date with bittersweet melodies, upbeat drums and a catchy bass line.

Dealing with Creative Block

I've added a new article to the Tips & Tricks page - Dealing with Creative Block.

Alarin Music on Dublin Radio

Dreamer (MP3, 5.15 Mb) was recently played on Near FM, a great community radio station in Dublin. The presenter was James and you can download an MP3 of his introduction to Dreamer here (MP3, 1.40 Mb).

Dreamer

Dreamer (MP3, 5.15 Mb) is one of my favorite releases to date. It's calm and peaceful and has been described as "like my sofa, very comfy", "a beautiful lush piece of music", and a "great wispy calm track". This piece placed 3rd out of 12 entries in the recent Soundevotion Competition III.

Renoise Winter Competition Results

The results are in! Last Day of Winter (MP3, 3 Mb) placed 7th out of 51 entries in the Renoise Winter Competition. I'm pretty happy with that :).

Last Day of Winter

Last Day of Winter (MP3, 3 Mb) is my entry for the Renoise Winter Competition. Upbeat ambient with icy crisp samples and a Japanese influence.