Vector Music, by Suren Seneviratne

Vector Music

by Suren Seneviratne

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demiurgoproject Fantastic sound design. I love these TG33 patches. Favorite track: B3. Suren Seneviratne - EnergyPod (Yamaha TG33).

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1.	A1. Suren Seneviratne - Stage One (Yamaha TG33) 04:12	buy track
2.	A2. Suren Seneviratne - Somnolence (Yamaha TG33) 04:05	buy track
3.	A3. Suren Seneviratne - Hypnos (Yamaha TG33) 03:36	buy track
4.	A4. Suren Seneviratne - Reset (Yamaha TG33) 00:27	buy track
5.	B1. Suren Seneviratne - Flying (Yamaha TG33) 06:03	buy track
6.	B2. Suren Seneviratne - Microdream (Yamaha TG33) 02:30	buy track
7.	B3. Suren Seneviratne - EnergyPod (Yamaha TG33) 02:45	buy track
8.	B4. Suren Seneviratne - Ultradian (Yamaha TG33) 07:03	buy track

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Vector Music by Suren Seneviratne is a true homage to the Yamaha TG33, a synth that he was hoping to keep forever, or at least a very long time until Covid-19 struck.

During the early months of 2020, Suren, like many other artists, went without work and was forced to sell surplus belongings to help subsidise food, rent and other necessities. Some sneakers and clothes went first but he avoided considering his music gear for as long as possible. As the pandemic continued to cause havoc throughout the year, selling gear was inevitable. The rare Yamaha TG-33 programmable synthesizer module was next.

By bittersweet chance, this was the perfect opportunity to make use of this unsung synthesizer one last time, and to make it count. The synth sold via Twitter and Suren suddenly had a deadline in which to make the most of it in the two days before it would be gone forever and so he decided to record a body of work using only the TG33, to shine a spotlight on its quirks and idiosyncrasies and give it the attention it deserved. This ultimatum proved to be really fruitful and resulted in the recordings that form the eight tracks on this album “Vector Music”; a raw and intimate portrayal of a forgotten digital instrument from the 1990s. The broader collective sentiment of loss, anxiety and seasonal depression during the thick of the pandemic mixed with feelings of uncertainty, distress and fear binded throughout the recording process and became sewn into the very fabric of the music.

The song titles are taken from various stages of sleep: the once instinctive process which, since 2020, was radically altered and experienced a new for millions of people around the globe due to the phenomena known as Pandemic Dreams.
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Composed and produced by Suren Seneviratne
Mastered by Luca Sammartin
Original artwork and layout by Marco Ciceri

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