Farewell to Mount Fuji is now available on Bandcamp. There you can listen to all of the tracks and purchase, either the individual tracks, or the whole album.
This album was the one that heralded the move from Atari based sequencing to PC based. To the listener this probably won't mean a great deal, and indeed the music itself will not have changed much in either its scope or presentation. But to me this album has seen the most dramatic of changes in the way I compose and record my music.
The new album features five distinct tracks. Apart from the last track which is unashamedly a true song, the other four long tracks are based on multiple reoccuring themes that intertwine around each other. This is similar to my other more lengthy tracks on the other three CDs. I loved making 'The Bell' on my last album '1632'. This long track, reminiscent in parts to the work of Mike Oldfield, uses a common theme throughout, but different melody lines, beats and general moods to create a variety of parts that could almost be separate works in themselves.
Inspiration comes from many sources, and as you go through life you pick up on many new styles. But one of the most suprising sources for many of the pieces on 'Fuji' was from Howard Shore's musical score for the film version of the Lord of the Rings. I don't tend to listen to classical music much, but hearing Howard's choral work made me want to do some of the same. Unlike Howard, I couldn't get a real choir so I worked with a mixture of samples, synths and Rachel's own voice to create some fairly dramatic choral pieces and backdrops.
Remember that the whole of Farewell to Mount Fuji and any tracks from the album may be listened to on my Bandcamp page. From there you'll also be able to download my album in a variety of different formats, including CD quality FLAC, for just 2.50GBP.
Front cover artwork is by Paul Nagle
Track Listing
Spiralling
Kahnu
Tarquin's Message
The Tarshi
Angel (be my friend tonight)
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