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Hi everyone! Here is a piece that I wrote called "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath", it is inspired by the novel wrote in 1927 by American writter H.P. Lovecraft. I wanted to describe this weird winded-dream in which Lovecraft plunges his character Randolph Carter into. I've used some weird and unusual progressions and ambient sounds through the piece to try and describe this strange and dreamy universe of the novella. Any feedback from composition to production is much appreciated!

This was composed as an experimental piece aimed to combine a "musical mode" originating in india called todi (which is basically a scale with a flat 2nd, sharp 4th, and a flat 6) with western counterpoint. Since the scale is really unstable and dissonance, it was impossible to write perfectly consonant counterpoint using the conventional rules. So I decided to make use of the dissonance to compose something which sounds meaningful and expressive to my ears. As always, constructive criticism and feedback is most appreciated! 🙂

An interesting piece for sure. Despite being set in a rather unusual mode, you manage to make it intelligible by keeping a clear shape. However, the eighth-note figure introduced in M. 25 is rhythmically jarring, at least to my ears.

This isn't what I usually listen to, but listening from a production point of view it's f'in gold. What DAW do you use? I love the hand drums and overall percussive vibe, and I like how the sax is the solo but you balance the melody with the strings and what not. Awesome stuff!