Dystopian Machina4102/1Dark bass drone & bullroarer build with expansive pads, bright keys, big drums & textures to a powerful ending2:51
Album ANW 4102Transcendent
Philip Guyler (PRS) | Paul Clarvis (PRS)Build menace and tension with ominous drones and dark textures, eerie bowed marimba, ethereal pads and driving percussion. Philip Guyler’s music is used by film, TV and brands. Percussionist Paul Clarvis works with artists and on film soundtracks.
6 tracks
- Awakens4102/2Ominous drone & dark textures develop with mysterious vibraphone motif, driving percussion & synths2:34
- Bones4102/3Uneasy drone & rhythmic pulse build with sinister crunchy footstep fx, eerie bowed marimba, dark pads & percussion2:39
- Creating Ascension4102/4Pulsing analogue synths & organic percussion build with ethereal pads & dark drones to a tense riser effect ending2:16
- Gatekeeper4102/5Sinister bottle blowing motif with ominous drones & sparse piano builds to a driving synth & percussion groove3:13
- Fumes4102/6Tense metronomic rhythms & pulses steadily build in menace with surging distorted pads & percussion crashes2:11
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