Dreamscape Album

Dreamscape is a computer music album. That means that it is not recorded in a studio, with tons of hardware, but composed and optimized for a cheap sound card : the AWE32. The Challenge was to create good themes with only a simple and cheap soundcard. The accent has been made on the melody. This album has a very unique sound, computer like, remembering some video games music. Also, people who buy it will have the original midi files!

This is another challenge. Doing a full album made only with the General Midi standard from Roland (GM). It was recorded when I was leaving at Hillairet street directly from the AWE32. Every single title is a picture of my mood at the time I did it. Princess Diana died and I did a very sad piece of music. I shared it on the net and thousands of webmasters copied it on their web pages…

This song is a very technical song. It has 3 melodic themes and it changes all the time. A lot of work has been done on the rythm section. With several good themes, quality arrangement, this song is worth listening. The name comes from my beloved oncle Amedé, which is/was a very intelligent person.

16 Years Old - 3:41

A Piano music made when I was 16 years old. This is a fresh song.

4th Waltz - 6:08

This 4th waltz is again made around a piece of piano. This song has a very good music theme, starting cool but getting more and more crazy with some lead solo at the end.

Diana`s death - 3:51

This song has been made in memory of Diana\’s death. the news arrived in the middle of the aldum writting. I’ve decided to create a very nice song, not too sad but with a very beautiful melody. After that we went with my wife to leave some roses in the morning at the hospital, mourning with thousands of people…

Alkasenzer - 4:27 

The name resume the meaning of this song : Alkasenzer is a medecine against headache. Simple an efficient melodic theme, organ solo bridge. Another cool song.

Underground - 3:48

The night fall, and all the ugly and dark things are doing a party. It’s madness! I like this song.

Waiting Death. - 4:16

I was waiting in my harmchair, in front of a fire. My dog was sleeping on my foot. I was waiting its coming. A shadow passes thru the window. I`m ready. I`m waiting for the one, the dark one with no eyes, no face : the death“. This is a part of a very old song written when I was about 16-17 years old. The melodic theme was still here in my head and came back to my finger. I decided to keep it alive again with this new version. It is a kind of resurection for the song I guess…

Jazzy 3:17

This piece is a long organ solo over a very sophisticated drum background. I had a lot of fun to improvise this typical solo – for the ones who knows me.

Hot and Lazy - 2:57

Description : It was very hot in my studio we are in July in Paris. 2 AM and I was about to go to have some sleep. Do you remember stacked emotions in Gems One? I took the improvised theme from 10 years ago and I decided to re-arrange it. The feeling of this night is very well translated by this song and the solo of organ at the end.

Newfield - 3:48

This song is an homage to my mentor and god : Mike Olfield. I got this melody under my finger for a while. You can be sure that this will be included in Impossible Piano my new album, but only played with Piano. The arrangements changes between pop to pure orchestra. With a 1997th sound card, it is not an easy task.

Ants Dance - 6:26

One of my prefered in this album. A little bit weird, with a good synth lead solo, differents arrangements within the song and also a very pop melodic theme. The end is very surprising, and changes suddently to an orchestral improvised end. Let’s the Ants dance!

Fresh Air - 4:49

Can you imagine a fresher song? With a very sophisticated rythmic base and a very pop medodic theme, Fresh Air is the kind of song to make you stand up and jump! Notice a cool jazzy organ solo in the middle of the song. the perfect song to finish an album with a positive note!