midnight peaks by väderkvarn

'Midnight peaks' is not only Väderkvarns debut album, it contains a lot of first-time experiences as a composer and performer of modular synthesis.

Inspired by contemporary composers such as Hainbach and Omri Cohen, and fascinated by the world of eurorack. A new urge came to be after a visit to the Willem Twee Studios filled with vintage test equipment used as musical instruments.

Although Väderkvarn has his roots as a performer in a classical and analogue environment, he is also at home working within the confinements of a fully digital system. Therefore, this album was entirely created with VCV Rack coupled with a MIDI controller to provide real world interaction with the system.
Because of the synergy between system and performer/composer, this album must be viewed as a performance. Even though all the patches are generative and self-sustaining by nature. This makes the album a snapshot in time rather than something which could be replicated at another performance.