dark waves by steven leak

"dark waves" came about during a one week period where enough music to make two albums suddenly arrived. i wanted to make music with treated voices so i started by using my own. but i soon realized that i was looking for something more "disembodied" and so I used shortwave signals. what i didn't anticipate is how very dark and difficult the music those signals brought with them would be.
when you listen to this album, track 1 ("wish shop") is at the extreme of what i was looking to create. as the album moves on, different layers of colour and texture are brought in and by the sixth track "fallen" (my favourite), a lot of the learning that went into creating these tracks shows up.
My hope is to bring what I learned in making this music into future music projects, having "acquired" several new voices and approaches in the process.
A special thankyou is extended to my dear friend Erik Emil Eskidsen whose contributions to this music in the form of additional and intuitive sonic treatments and reconfigurations, brought it much closer to what i wanted to hear.

steven

I am a Canadian musician who creates soundscapes that are created with Arturia Microfreak and Minifreak synthesizers various electronic devices , pre-recorded loops, field recordings, and found sounds. I am a member of "The Forever Moment" a band where I co-create music with Mark Cook.