February brought the biggest blizzard in a decade to New York City, and with it, a creative storm inside my studio. My inspiration for this new track was the celestial sphere of Mercury – the Roman god of travelers, merchants, and thieves. Mercury served as messenger to the gods, and was known for his cunning and speed. With these images in mind, I began by creating an upbeat sequence on the Moog Grandmother, with a custom patch that used “Sample and Hold” to create unp

Photographer: Andrew Fryhover https://www.flickr.com/photos/51743649@N07/ The last few weeks have seen a whirlwind of activity - all of it leading to the release of Reflections Below, the first single from my forthcoming album. But before we get to that, I thought I'd share the process with you first. When considering the theme of this next album, I thought about how "Evensong" and "Arcadia" formed a journey from conception to death and beyond to the afterlife (from a medieva

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