Continuum is Anderhill’s first musical composition of the year 2020. This long-play single is based on the opening track of the EP, Time & Texture. By extending the original three-minute piece to 14 minutes, I’m able to develop the track and slowly build the sound.
Remakes of older short tracks into long-play singles is something I do more often in 2020. I’ll also create more long-play originals. – dse
The Long Wait is an album by Anderhill. Released on November 6, 2021, the album continues Anderhill’s journey into darker experimental and ambient sounds. The album includes four new tracks as well as two tracks, “The Final Hour” and “The Light Shines Brighter,” previously released in 2021. Although the music has a dark quality about it, there is also an underpinning of hope and joy.
This may mark a short break in my my experimental work as Anderhill, as I’m currently working on some guitar-based songwriting for potential release in 2022. I may have a few other surprises in the vault as well. – dse
During the year 2019, Anderhill made a lot of music. There were a handful of compositions that didn’t wind up on any EP or album, so I created, All That Remains, 2019.
This EP has six shorter, mostly mellow tracks, including the guitar-based loop of “Old Medicine” that sounds like something from the early 20th century. There are also a couple of pure drone tracks: “Short Mind Waves” and “Gods and Angels.” – dse
Anderhill’s last EP of 2019, Meditative Running, both pushes forward and continues to explore the familiar. While this music sounds like classic Anderhill, the compositions on this EP explore rhythm, echo, and reverb in new ways.
The fourth track, “The Distance,” continues experimentation in composing longer works. The title of this EP lends itself to the idea that physical activities such as running, walking, or cycling can have meditative qualities. The music was created during a three-month physical-training period. – dse
After composing my first long-play, dark-ambient track, Clear Black, I decided to write something that felt lighter, brighter, and more hopeful.
Anderhill’s second long-play composition comes in at 12:54 in length. Waves of Light is a joyous and uplifting piece of experimental ambient music. Although it moves slowly, it’s also filled with a sense of wonder and hope, taking the listener on a short inspirational journey. – dse
After experimenting with longer compositions on the album, Subway Music, I decided to experiment even further with extended pieces of music. Creating longer pieces is an art in itself. Clear Black is the first of many Anderhill long-play singles. It comes in at 13:25 in length.
It also may be the best dark ambient composition that I’ve written to date. The title came first. It actually came up during a conversation with a friend as a reference to black coffee.
If you have the patience to listen closely to longer ambient works, they are rewarding. Each long ambient piece takes you on a unique musical journey. – dse