New album....ASCENSION!

Im proud to announce ASCENSION is out now!
Please give it a listen, share it if you like it, buy it if you really like it, tell me what you think, and most of all enjoy!
https://occamslaser.bandcamp.com/album/ascension

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Ascension is the last in my trilogy of albums dedicated to Dante Alighieri's 14th-century epic poem the Divine Comedy (the other two albums are ‘Nine Circles’ and ‘Purgatory’).
This album focuses on the heavenly bodies and the final journey to Paradise. The names of each of the tracks refers to levels and chapters of Paradise.
No remixes, no collaborations, no record label, no filler, just 10 high octane tracks oozing with power.
#Darksynth #Darkwave #Synthwave #Ascension #Bandcamp

Im proud to announce FLAGELLATION is out now!
Please give it a listen, share it if you like it, buy it if you really like it, tell me what you think, and most of all enjoy!

Flagellation is a 6 track EP, thematically based on the darker practices of religious punishment.
Continuing down the dark-synth path; this EP is another step closer to evil. Packing heavy distorted synthesizers and blood-lusting energy.

https://occamslaser.bandcamp.com/album/flagellation
#Darksynth #Darkwave #Synthwave #Music #Flagellation

New album: PURGATORY

Im proud to announce my new album PURGATORY is out now!
Please give it a listen, share it if you like it, buy it if you really like it, tell me what you think, and most of all enjoy!
Purgatory is an instrumental album taking heavy influence from Dante Alighieri's 14th-century epic poem the Divine Comedy. This album is the direct sequel to the album 'Nine Circles'.
The track names refer to terraces and areas as they appear in the second part of the Divine Comedy often referred to as ‘Purgatorio’.

https://occamslaser.bandcamp.com/album/purgatory
#darkwave #synthwave #darksynth #purgatory

New Album 'Occult 86'

My fifth album 'Occult 86' is out now!



We live in dark times, the television screen is now the portal for many to attain a moral compass.
It is through the exploitation of this technology that the true prophet’s message can be heard.
Our order works to re-enkindle the power of the great deceiver, attaining spiritual wickedness in high places. The year is 1986, welcome to Occult 86…

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Occult 86 is a return to my darker side.
11 Instrumental tracks comprised of demonic synths, haunting drums, chilling leads and a healthy dose of satanic side-chaining.

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It would definitely be true that I was heavily influenced by artists such as Carpenter Brut and Perturbator when creating this album.

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A massive thanks to everyone who has been supportive of my music so far! This is my 5th full album so far and I promise there is still much more to come.
The track name ‘Polybius’ was suggested by Glyn Lee and the track name ‘Harvesting the red’ was suggested by Synthpon80s 198X. A big thanks to both!

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This album is also available on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, Google Music, Tidal and many more digital distribution stores.

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New Album!

Finally, its time to POWER UP!
My new 11 track album has just launched!
Full of uncomprisingly high energy, gritty, powerful and fast paced retro-futuristic sounds!
Please have a listen, maybe a purchase and even a good old re-share :)
https://occamslaser.bandcamp.com/album/power-up

The Glamorous EP

The Glamorous EP
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Three remixes of the Fergalicious track by the token woman from the Black Eyed Peas; Fergie!
The original track is from Fergie’s first album ‘The Duchess’. Featuring additional vocals by Ludacris (Luda to his mum).

Un-satisfied with the lack of synthesizers, side-chaining and general 80s’ness of the original; three men ventured into the creative wilds to form three new angles of sound.
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Support the artists on this EP by using the links below;

Absinth3
soundcloud.com/absinth3official
twitter.com/Absinth3Music
absinth3.bandcamp.com

Occams Laser
soundcloud.com/occams-laser
twitter.com/occams_laser_
occamslaser.bandcamp.com

The Encounter
soundcloud.com/theencounter
twitter.com/nigelxd
theencounter.bandcamp.com

credits

released 05 October 2015

Today Mad Max: Fury Road comes out on Blu-Ray/DVD etc...
So as a gesture of good will for all those scavenging the wastelands for 'guzzoline'; there is 50% off my Mad Max themed album with the code 'fury' at the checkout -

https://occamslaser.bandcamp.com/album/the-road-to-fury

Why Music Is Important

Cliche topic?
Of course it is!
But none the less it is still a worthy topic to talk about.

Music nowadays has become a commercialized product; where for most artists the be all and end all is the sales figures at the end of the month. Now of course music is a product, and the effort which (most) musicians and producers put into each of their creations is more than worth the price.
But at the heart of all the great and revolutionary music makers you will find one common attribute.....none of them chased the cash flow.

The slow burning, creative thinking, barrier breaking artists who create new genres, try new techniques and break the mold of 'modern' music are the ones who will continue being the ones to focus on.

Music is a form of art (obviously) and to many the art of a civilization can tell you much more than the written word. Paintings, operas, orchestral pieces of work, statues, monuments; all of these have out-lasted the people who wrote them/created them/worked on them.

If there is a meaning to life, surely an obvious one would be to leave your mark on the world, proving your existence long after you're gone.

I can only hope that i can follow this path and make something worth remembering one day. Till then i'd better get back to creating!



Tom / Occams Laser

Better Late Than Never!

Iv'e finally got round to posting my back-catalog of music onto Youtube.
Starting with my first ever EP - 1989

So here are the 4 tracks;

The forgotten comercial

A while back i made an advert for my Mad Max inspired album, and i forgot to really tell anyone about it :D such is life;
check it out now

So today i have just reached 100,000 Soundcloud song plays! 
A massive thanks to everyone who has helped me reach this Milestone.
Its not much but theres 50% off any of my music on bandcamp with the code 'Milestone' at the checkout; http://occamslaser.bandcamp.com/

Stay tuned today also for some remix related tom-foolery!

The Power of Love

Recently i was part of the Outrun Bundle on 'Groupees' and one of the incentives which i offered and subsequently got met; was to cover a song chosen by the donators. and with 213 votes 'The Power of Love' was chosen.

So here i present my cover version of this classic 80s track! With a fresh completely redesigned sound, and vocals provided by yours truly!

enjoy!

French House Tutorial

A tonne of people have asked me if i could make a tutorial on how to make 'French House'. So i felt compelled to get this finished!

Enjoy!

Attack the (writers) Block

I'm not the first and i will surely not be the last to experience it; writers block is the bane of many creatives in the search for creating new exciting things.

For me this all feels really strange. For the last year i have been rather prolific in creating new songs, EP's, and Albums! Maybe i've been burning the candles at both ends and in the words of Blade Runner; 'The candle that burns twice as bright burns half as long.'

A few things that i know effect the way i work is the pressure of social media, and also the need for the 'perfect scenario' for working. When i say perfect scenario, i mean the right conditions such as being in the right mood, not being tired etc.
Back to social media; i feel a lot of pressure to respond to people on Facebook and read all my tweets on Twitter etc, and this although sounding trivial can still add a lot of unnecessary pressure. Perhaps i may just have to start being a bit ruthless and ignoring people.

Why is it that the people you have never met, and only talk to via computers; can actually stress you out! Its mad how affected we've become by modern technology, perhaps i need to do a tech cleanse :P


ramblings over

OL out

One of my favorite tracks i've written in the last 6 months; THE ROAD WARRIOR

When i first set out on making my Mad Max themed album 'The Road to Fury'; i had no idea how well it would be received! It was purely just a project that i personally wanted to see if i could complete.

I started and finished the album within 8 days, and that included getting it sent off and published on iTunes and a few other digital distribution sites.

One of the first tracks to be completed and also one which helped guide the whole sound and style of the album was the track 'The Road Warrior'. The track is of course a direct homage to the classic Mad Max films of the 80s.

A funny thing about my album is that i didn't get to properly listen to the album on monitor speakers until a few weeks after it was published, and the final adjustments i had to make using my bog standard iPhone headphones; so hearing it back now i am so glad it sounds as it does!

So although the album was launched back on the 1st of May, it could possibly be my favorite album ive created so far!

You can grab the album here; BANDCAMP

and please have a listen to my favorite track; The Road Warrior

Anger and music writing

The people who know me best know that i'm a rather happy chappy! It's hard for anything to negatively affect my mood in a negative way.

However...

There will always be one thing (one girl) that can instantly transport me to a place where my entire body slowly fills back with uncontrollable hate. Even a slight glimpse of a picture or even the mention of their name can take me back to one specific hate filled moment.

Funnily enough though this is something i have been known to activate on purpose. And that purpose is when i need some music writing inspiration!

I found a long time ago that i can truly funnel these pure emotive feelings and turn them into powerful and emotive tracks. Writing music is usually meant to be a fun and happy thing to do, but if in doubt GET MAD :)

Proof of Trends being rather an evil tool!

As im sure most of you know; 'trends' nowadays decide on what news is actually seen and heard.
if something doesnt 'trend' then it slips into obscurity.

The fact that if i mention the trending topics of the day such as; the Denver Bronco's, The Baltimore Ravens, President Obama and his Nobel peace prize rumors, LEGO, Taylor Swift and Ryan Adams, Caitlyn Jenner, Pamela Anderson, Baywatch, The Gold Federal Reserve system, and even goddamn spider bites.... Now this blog post is something stupid like 10000% more likely to be found and read.

Isn't is slightly sad that the attention of the every day internet consumers of this world (me included) have their content from the internet completely swayed by a few buzz words.
The slightly more worrying fact is that there are hugely more important things that should be the most discussed words and phrases, such as War, Famine, World Hunger, but these dont generate such tasty profits for the wealthy sadly...



Anyway! Rant over, i just hate when the internet makes tools of us all.

Oh yes, that's right; NEW ALBUM PLANS

As I've mentioned before in the past; my plan for this year was to try and release an album or EP every month for the entire year. Its the 9th month of the year and I've released 3 albums and 4 EP's, so although i haven't quite hit that target, i still think that I've been prolific enough :)

A few other side projects and smaller ventures have accidentally taken priority recently which meant i have had to step back from my usual music making. HOWEVER, i am happy to be back fully into music mode and i'm aiming to release another full album very soon.

I've decided to fully listen to fan response from all of my previous releases which has led to the decision to make a new full power Outrun album, with heavy dark tones, tonnes of energy and a more EDM feel to some of the tracks. The 80s flavor is still the main focus of course but i know that what people react to best is meatier songs with some real balls!

The album title as of right now is going to be.....WITNESS ME.
Some of the tracks that i can release the names of include;
-Rise
-Witness Me
-Valhalla

More will be added to this list very soon and i would hope for a minimum 10 tracks before i let it loose into the wild.

Thanks again for all of your continued support.

Tom / Occams Laser

More new stuff!!!

I haven't released a music video in a while, so to rectify this; here is a nice 80s-style-lyric-based -music-video that i knocked together this afternoon for my track 'Look Into Your Eyes' from the 'Take Your Time' LP which you can purchase here; BANDCAMP

Tips N Tricks with Occams Laser - Episode 3 (Music Distribution)

Its that time again!
The third in my Tips 'N' Tricks tutorials series; this episode delves into the depths of getting your music distributed without the need for using a label.
Let me know what you think, and what you'd like in the next video.
And of course it would be awesome if you re-shared this and subscribed to my Youtube channel :)