The album title "Standstills" has moods are frozen in time, and you have plenty of time to take them in. The music has been created with modular synths and tape machines. The dusty atmosphere is mostly kept together by a piano playing loose melodies.
Architect PhrasesSpace-harp strings, a slow piano, and eerie ringing noises give an angelic feeling. There's a peaceful sense of yearning in the atmosphere. Feels melancholy and hopeful like dying and going to heavenElectronic · 88 BPM · C major12:24
Rebuild UnfoldSoft bleeps and blops in stereo and loose piano melodies. It's all like a slow and soft breath. It feels like we're at the hospitalElectronic · 106 BPM · C# minor8:01
SerendipityA space journey in stereo. Soft synths make us float away and the beautifully plucking strings have no real sense of directionAmbient · 118 BPM · C minor4:44
Piano ShadesA piano plucking random melodies. Crackling sounds from the room. Piano notes and eerie ringing noises playing in reverse, giving you no sense of directionElectronic · 109 BPM · A minor2:30
The Long WaitA simple piano melody is being caressed by long notes from a human like machinery. We're floating away into space. It's strange but so beautifulElectronic · 127 BPM · C major7:52
Sneak UpFreaky sounds sneaking in from all sides. Piano, synths, and random bleeps and blops. It feels a bit dangerous but without ever panickingElectronic · 118 BPM · A minor7:48
BehindhandDrones and tapping rhythmic patterns. It's a spiritual journey, and the spirit feels light, as it flies around free from time and matterElectronic · 95 BPM · C major11:25
About this album
Standstills I is a 7-song album from Songs From Tin Pan Alley, released in 2021. It's electronic and ambient, dark, mysterious and dreamy, built on synth, modular synth and tape machine. The songs run 88 to 127 BPM, in keys like C major, A minor and C# minor, and they're all instrumental. It's a natural fit for trailers, film and documentary work, TV and news promos and commercials.
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