With Standstills III SFTPA is doing another round of amazing moods frozen in time. It's dusty and warm analog playing around with sounds and beautiful melodies. Very filmic.
Before LeavingA mellow piano melody wrapped in dust. Like a fading memory. A synth arpeggio joins in, and you feel like you have to move, as if time is running up. Very filmicElectronic · 98 BPM · A minor7:17
Balcony LifeGritty sounds from real life sound either very old or like being sent from light years away - a bit scary. It blends with optimistic plucking and electric guitar.Electronic · 103 BPM · C major8:38
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II4:52
SitcomSlow melody on an old gritty piano and a television playing in the background. Space ships or something large and angelic hovering by. Haunting but optmistic.Electronic · 124 BPM · C major4:29
Train to BerlinSubmarine like repeating sounds. A mysterious piano. Warm noise. Slightly ominous mood. Dark synth melodies.Electronic · 120 BPM · F minor6:12
Rush HourBirds singing in the trees, car's driving in the area, bicycles passing by. A chaotic synth arpeggio. The conflict between attempting to be stressless while experiencing the flood of a rush hourElectronic · 108 BPM · A minor4:23
A ConversationSynth arpeggios having a conversation between left and right. It's calm. And in between these exchanges of phrases a light is shining, as if the two are connecting or having an eye opening experience.Electronic · 107 BPM · C major3:24
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II4:21
GuitarsAcoustic guitars playing happy arpeggios with a thick buzz hanging aroundElectronic · 86 BPM · Eb major3:56
Beauty in FailureAn innocently happy synth bouncing around playfully, while the skies seem to be opening, shining a divine light on the innocence. It evolves into a guitar arpeggio.Electronic · 108 BPM · C major4:01
ClosureSomething's opening and in the distance are tinkering wooden bells. It has a spiritual mood to it and smells like the morning. It evolves into something that asks for an answerElectronic · 93 BPM · C minor6:42
Home AgainRandom but peaceful synth sounds chattering. As if the family has been out all day and now they sit around the table and talk about how their day has been.Electronic · 148 BPM · F major4:29
About this album
Standstills III is a 10-song album from Songs From Tin Pan Alley, released in 2024. It's electronic and ambient, built on modular synth, synth and tape machine. The songs run 86 to 148 BPM, in keys like C major, A minor and F minor, and they're all instrumental. It's a natural fit for medical, documentary, technology and space. Some songs come with alternate mixes for editing, so it cuts to length without a re-edit.
Genre
Electronic, Ambient, Glitch, Minimalism
Instruments
Modular Synth, Synth, Tape Machine, Noise, Sound Effects, Piano
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