Category: Anderhill

Portrait of An Abstract Personality w/Ghost On This Earth

After I composed six tracks that you can check out on my Anderhill album  Zero to One, I sent them to Ghost On This Earth to tweak at will. The result is this dark ambient album with some unique and quirky sounds in the mix.

This is Portrait of An Abstract Personality, a collaborative project of Anderhill and Ghost On This Earth.

The cover art is an original drawing from Ghost On This Earth.

I gave Ghost On This Earth full creative freedom with my sounds from Zero to One. I said, “you can cut it up into pieces, slow it down, speed it up, reverse it, change keys, layer over or under, whatever. Have fun with it.”

Here’s what Ghost On This Earth told me, “I believe I took two parts from each track, (from Zero to One), via the slice tool and I added effects. Basically, I used a lot of reverb and reverb decay and a lot of equalizer treatment on high-pitched parts, and also a low-pass filter. Automation clips also played a big role in the production.”

Ghost On This Earth added, “I took inspiration from artists such as Eno and Ekoplex.”

The result is the dark ambient album Portrait of An Abstract Personality. It was a fun and fast project. Maybe we’ll do more in the future. – dse

Zero to One

I composed these six tracks as part of a collaboration with Ghost On This Earth.

The tracks are simple and experimental. Ghost On This Earth (with my permission) took these tracks and incorporated the sounds into a ten-track album, Portrait of An Abstract Personality.

When you listen to this album and then Portrait of An Abstract Personality you’ll hear some elements of Zero to One in the mix. But I told Ghost On This Earth to use these tracks however he wanted:

Cut them up, reverse them, slow them down, speed them up, layer over or under, etc. The result is a great dark ambient album from Ghost On This Earth and Anderhill.

Learn more and listen to about Portrait of An Abstract Personality here. Enjoy. – dse

Open Your Mind

My mom used to call Rock & Roll the devil’s music. Before that people called the Blues the devil’s music. I’m sure other forms of music were demonized before that. We tend to curse what we don’t understand.

I’ll admit that I’m not a big fan of certain genres of rap music due to some of the lyrics. But I still try to keep an open mind. I mean, I don’t have a lot of room to complain. Listen to some of my discordant noise recordings and you can see why.

If my mom were to listen to my work as “A Cult of Lies,” she would likely think the music comes straight from the depths of hell. To the contrary, I believe the music comes from a place of spiritual insight. I’m not claiming to be some kind of Godly entity. But it takes a higher level of thought to accept and create discordant and noisy music.

One of my goals as a composer is to create music that might at first seem ugly and turn it into something beautiful. That takes an open mind. But it’s possible to mix the oddest of combinations to good results.

There is no right or wrong in music. Why on Earth would one combination of music be more “good or evil” than another? It makes no sense. Why would one limit themselves to strict rules when there are seemingly endless combinations?

Ambient, drone, and noise music may not be your thing. But you could at least give them a try. You have to be willing to open your mind. I’ll admit, it can take a lot of patience to listen to these genres of music. However, in time, you might discover the meditative qualities. There is a sense of deep calm and peace in ambient music.

You might just begin to hear the beauty in the discordance and the peace within the clashing rhythms. Hint: low volume works wonders. Or use headphones and take it all in.

I invite you to open your mind. Listen. – dse

Uncharted Waters

I’m at it again. I’m creating something new as A Cult of Lies. It’s another composition that’s not quite music but it isn’t pure noise either. The track takes you on a journey. You can use your own imagination, but for me it’s a journey at sea.

In this latest effort from A Cult of Lies, I randomly cut up big chunks of 8-bit noise and then randomly patched them back together. Then I stacked and mixed the tracks with large doses of delay and reverb. Finally, I added a human voice and a musical bit. The result is as magical as it is dark, and as majestic as it is chaotic. Enjoy. – dse

90% Off Full Discography

It’s been five years since I started creating electronic music under the name Anderhill. The first Anderhill EP, The Beginning, was released in November, 2018.

Since that time, I’ve composed a lot of music. It’s not all great. Some of it might not even be “good.” I suppose that depends on your definition of good. But it is all experimental. It’s art. My latest effort is called 8-Bit Experimental.

As a celebration of the five-year anniversary, I’m going to offer the entire Anderhill catalog for 90% off. That’s a great deal if you love experimental electronic music, ambient, or drone.

To put this in perspective, I already charge less for my music than most commercial artists. My entire catalog currently adds up to $300. That would be closer to $500 if I were a “known” name.

Now, take 90% off $300, and you can get the entire Anderhill catalog (including music from “A Cult of Lies” and “The OWG“) for just $30. That’s a steal.

This offer is only good until the end of 2023. In 2024, the price goes back up. – dse

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Purity

Here’s a brand new subtly-musical noise composition from “A Cult of Lies.” Purity uses 8-bit technology mixed with other samples. It represents the pure sound of digital circuits decaying as the music slowly builds and then recedes and fades.

Will this track lead to a new EP or album by A Cult of Lies? Perhaps. I have multiple musical projects already in the works and another one might be too much. But I do love creating this kind of ambient noise. – dse