THE BÖTZINGER COMPLEX

I've always loved how music makes me feel, how it can change a mood or trigger memories. I've experimented with making music of different genres at several points in my life.

I first found a desire to play woodwind instruments in my 20s and was drawn the airy sound of panpipes and wooden flutes. I now have a collection of flutes including some I have made myself and I use them to create simple melodies which I then develop into full songs.

The music for The Bötzinger Complex is produced at home with a small recording setup. I have a variety of drums and other percussion instruments some of which are improvised. My music has the sounds of coffee cans, rice shakers and almost anything I can hit with a stick. I record my music digitally but don't quantize my beats or use many filters (just a little EQ and compression).

The lyrics for my songs generally just pop into my head as a few lines and then get expanded and refined. The lead vocals are TTS (Text To Speech). When I started I worked with some session musicians for vocals and guitar but I like the freedom and control I have by generating TTS vocal parts.

The other vocalising is just me and a microphone. I use the deep vocal fry and heavy rhythmic breathing of throat singing as a percussive element in all of my songs.

The title of my first album is "inside-out". It's music made by breathing and it's music that connects my internal thoughts to the external world. The music available on this site are just demos and not the final recordings.

I hope you enjoy them though.