Apokalypsis by Matthew S. Rosin

I wrote "Apokalypsis" 30 years ago.

"Apokalypsis" was the first piece I wrote after buying my first professional synthesizer, a Roland XP-50, at the end of the summer of 1995. That first version of the piece was much longer, at more than 6 minutes, and it eventually appeared as the first song on the 1996 Something Yet Lingers cassette by my first solo project, Surreality. The piece always stayed with me, and in 2009, I borrowed a portion of its melody in "Threshold, Part Five," from my GODHEADSCOPE album Threshold.

With both "Apokalypsis" and my recording life now 30 years old, I return to the beginning and give the piece new life, with gratitude and the benefit of experience and new tools.

I love the piece even more today.

Restless. Searching. Never the same twice.

Matthew S. Rosin (he/him/his) composes atmospheric music that blends ambient, rock, and folk textures.

He is also an essayist and a stay-at-home dad.