Friendly greetings! I am TORLEY.
I make sonic science fiction*, including demo tracks for the world’s best sound designers.
Criticism always follows worthwhile action. The opposite is seldom true.
Listen to these (mostly) short sound stories with massive melodies and vibrant arrangements. I’ve discovered them from alternate realities, in an ongoing research project to expand the edges of expressive electronic music.
I make music & sound design. I’ve won awards, contests, and remix competitions from the industry’s finest (Spectrasonics-Bob Moog Foundation, Impact Soundworks, Samplephonics, ROLI, etc.). I do official demo tracks and preset showcases for many top sound houses like UVI and Omnisphere libraries. As Production Director for Sansar, I’ve worked on virtual world projects for LWE’s Tobacco Dock Virtual, Lost Horizon, Intel, Warner Bros.’ Ready Player One, the Smithsonian, Monstercat, the Glitch Mob, and other industry innovators and leaders.
Some recent highlights...
2021
- DEMO – “Panpopticon” made with Xenos Soundworks’ Retrowave for Cherry Audio Eight Voice.
- DEMO – “Esoteric Excavation” made with Seed Audio’s Galvanized for Spectrasonics Omnisphere.
- DEMO – “Adroit Aptitude” made with Emergent Audio’s Quantum Bird Whistle for Native Instruments Kontakt.
- DEMO – “Curiously Strong Melodies” made with Plughugger’s Mints for Spectrasonics Omnisphere.
- NFT – Soundscape design for “Tales From the Glitch – Volume #01 – Story #01 – Harlow Bones“
- DEMO – “Precision Under Pressure” made with UVI’s Hypnotic Dive for UVI Falcon.
- DEMO – “Isolated Yet Together” made with Triple Spiral Audio’s Solitary for u-he Hive.
- DEMO – “Bottled Bliss” made with Man Makes Noise’s The Bottle for Native Instruments Kontakt and Melda Productions MSoundfactory.
- DEMO – “Analogue Infinity” made with Emergence Audio’s Quantum Source Code for Native Instruments Kontakt.
- DEMO – “Extravagrant” made with Rocky Mountain Sounds’ Polar Ice X for Spectrasonics Omnisphere.
- DEMO – “Symbiotic Stars” and “Starporter” made with Hidden Path Audio’s Solara for Spectrasonics Omnisphere.
- DEMO – “Satisfying Stacks” made with UVI’s Super-7 for UVI Falcon.
- DEMO – “Elemental Automaton” made with Sound Dust’s Table of Elements for Spectrasonics Omnisphere.
- EVENT – Production Director for Sansar + LWE’s Tobacco Dock Virtual Opening Weekend
- DEMO – “Blood of the Breathless” made with The Very Loud Indeed Co.’s Altura for Spectrasonics Omnisphere.
- DEMO – “Stellar Delicacy” made with Plughugger’s Vintage No. 5 for u-He Diva.
- DEMO – “Recall Session” made with Rigid Audio’s Pad Therapy for Native Instruments Kontakt.
- DEMO – “Mineral Market at Dawn” made with Heartwood Soundware’s Lapis Lazuli for Spectrasonics Omnisphere.
- DEMO – “Dystopian Dreamgirl” made with Zensound’s Aethra II for u-He Diva.
- DEMO – “Interstitial Dream” made with Tom Wolfe’s Solus for Spectrasonics Omnisphere.
- DEMO – “Granular Dirge” made with Rigid Audio’s Grainstates for Native Instruments Kontakt.
- DEMO – “Pleasurable Deniability” made with The Very Loud Indeed Co.’s Spiegel for u-he Zebra.
- DEMO – “Sleepwalker’s Soliloquy” made with Emergence Audio’s Steel Tongue for Native Instruments Kontakt.
- DEMO – “Elegant Momentum” made with Triple Spiral Audio’s Nova for Native Instruments Kontakt.
- DEMO – “Antarctic Waystation” made with Triple Spiral Audio’s Zembla for Spectrasonics Omnisphere.
- DEMO – “Quadrastic Measures” made with UVI’s Quadra for UVI Falcon.
- DEMO – “Adored Aspect” made with Emergence Audio’s Quantum for Native Instruments Kontakt.
- DEMO – “Single Source Gemstones” made with Plughugger’s the Dark Materials for Spectrasonics Omnisphere.
- DEMO – “Techno Investor” made with Xenos Soundworks’ Glowstix for Cherry Audio DCO-106.
- DEMO – “888 Voices” made with Cherry Audio’s Eight Voice.
- DEMO – “Arcane Alchemy” made with Xenos Soundworks’ Retroscapes for Cherry Audio CA2600.
- DEMO – “Fluorescent Fiber” made with Stingray Instruments’ Granular Dreams for Spectrasonics Omnisphere.
- DEMO – “Mystical Orrery” made with UVI’s Kinetics for UVI Falcon.
- DEMO – “This Way to the Dancefloor” made with Plughugger’s Analog Progressive for u-he Diva.
- DEMO – “Elation Peak” made with Tom Wolfe’s Voltis for u-he Diva.
- DEMO – “Betrayal at the Shipyards” made with Sonic Underworld’s Axion for u-he Dark Zebra.
- DEMO – “Iconic Intermission” made with Triple Spiral Audio’s Theatre of Dreams for Native Instruments Massive X.
- DEMO – “Forest Timbres” made with Man Makes Noise’s The Jumalauta for Native Instruments Kontakt.
- DEMO – “Fashionable Weapons” made with Tom Wolfe’s Novus for Native Instruments Massive X.
- DEMO – “Retrogaming Championship” made with UVI’s 8-Bit Synth for UVI Falcon.
- DEMO – “Haunted Sequencer” and “The World Feels Endless at 2 AM” made with ZenSound’s Virgo for TAL-J-8.
- DEMO – “Life Flashing Before Your Ears” made with Cherry Audio’s Polymode.
- DEMO – “Sorry I’m So Fun” made with Plughugger’s Ultra Pigments for Arturia’s Pigments.
- DEMO – “Kraftlicious” made with Luftrum’s Luftkraft for u-he Diva.
- DEMO – “Exothermic Embrace” made with The Very Loud Indeed Co.’s Kuuma for Knif Audio’s Knifonium.
- DEMO – “Travel Through Hell To Get Home” made with The Very Loud Indeed Co.’s Grafos for Spectrasonics Omnisphere.
- DEMO – “Medicine in the Mountains” made with The Very Loud Indeed Co.’s Irazu for Spectrasonics Omnisphere.
- DEMO – “Interlocking Seascape” made with The Very Loud Indeed Co.’s Kuroshio for u-he Zebra + HZ.
- DEMO – “Tiny Window Into Another World” made with UVI’s PX Memories for UVI Falcon.
- DEMO – “The Crystal Fields” made with Sonora Cinematic’s Magnetica Redux for Native Instruments Kontakt.
- DEMO – “Novel Emotion” and “Party With Parents Away” made with Xenos Soundworks’ Timeless 80’s for TAL Software’s TAL-J-8.
- DEMO – “Infinite Togetherness” and “Upbeat Chill” made with Xenos Soundworks’ Retro Synths for Cherry Audio DCO-106.
- DEMO – “Many Hands Make Lights Work” made with Plughugger’s Lumos for Spectrasonics Omnisphere.
- DEMO – “Transmission From Jupiter” made with TAL Software’s TAL-J-8.
- DEMO – “Melange Madness” and “Super Fun Club” made with Xenos Soundworks’ Signature SNES Synths for Plogue chipsynth SFC.
Blog
Mah idiosyncracies (some)
AKA things intrinsic to my music that I increasingly notice, the more I do them. Do you notice these too? Polyrhythms for no good reason Beginning start of 8 bars with bassy bang Copypasting stab/phrase only a few times through arrangements A-B-A structure where the B...
Ever clapped so enthusiastically at a concert that your hands bruised?
Now I can say I’ve had that experience. Flashback to a record store in 1997 — some 20+ years ago, when I asked my Mom if I could pick out several CDs. She found objections to some of the cover art, but was otherwise agreeable and supportive. I had just sailed past the...
Constant state of reformation
You never outgrow the things you love — more specifically, the unfinished questions from childhood and youth that live on, as recurring motifs throughout the rest of your life. My first “serious” synthesizer was an Alesis QS8. Over recent months, incrementally (and...
On bad advice and musical expression
There’s a lot of bad advice about electronic musicmaking out there. Facade trash that seems like it should be worthwhile, but apply a little oil-o’-critical-thinking and it falls apart like a cheap suit. Here’s one: “It doesn’t matter what you use, it matters how you...