Friendly greetings! I am TORLEY.
I make sonic science fiction*, including demo tracks for the world’s best sound designers.
Don't demand perfection — insist on continuous improvement.
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 – “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 6.
- 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.
2020
- DEMO – “Cosmic Cider” made with Subsonic Artz’s Let There Be Light for u-he Diva.
- DEMO – “Lights in the Snow” made with Triple Spiral Audio’s Winter Solstice for Spectrasonics Omnisphere.
- DEMO – “Winter’s Enchantment” made with Heartwood Soundware’s Bundle of Christmas Noises.
- DEMO – “Obsessive Overload” made with Subsonic Artz + ESC’s Secret Obsessions for Synapse Audio’s Obsession.
- DEMO – “Polytechnicality” and “Immigrants From Another Universe” made with Expressive E Noisy.
- DEMO – “Mirrorbelle” made with UVI’s Program 24 for UVI Falcon.
- DEMO – “Treasury of Dreams” made with Ashen Audio’s Hestia for Spectrasonics Omnisphere.
- DEMO – “Gilded Starlet” made with Beautiful Void Audio + Triple Spiral Audio’s Mists Volume 1: Hybrid Tongue Drum for Native Instruments Kontakt.
- DEMO – “Understated With Intensity” and “And A Tailored Joy” made with Tom Wolfe’s Lunnen for Spectrasonics Omnisphere.
- DEMO – “Dystopian Buffet” and “No Future For Time Travelers” made with ZenSound’s Exodus for u-he Zebra Zebra2.
- DEMO – “Unleash the Wildebeat” made with Man Makes Noise’s Wildebeat for Native Instrument Kontakt.
- DEMO – “Augmented Expression” made with Subsonic Artz’s Neo Future for u-he Diva.
- DEMO – “Synth Lovers’ Heaven” made with UVI’s Synth Anthology 3 for UVI Falcon.
- DEMO – “Cyberpunk Nostalgia” made with Heartwood Soundware’s Opal for u-he Diva.
- DEMO – “The Last Tears of Summer” made with Sonic Underworld’s Pandorum for Spectrasonics Omnisphere.
- DEMO – “Purity of Craft” made with ZenSound’s Aeria II for u-he Repro-1.
- DEMO – “Shooting Wishes Into the Night” and “Provergence” made with Triple Spiral Audio’s Singularity for Spectrasonics Omnisphere.
- DEMO – “Acousmatic Revolution (Steampunk)“, “Curious Automaton (Sci-Fi Noir)“, “Evil In Daylight (Lovecraftian Horror)“, “Lush Triad (All)“, and “Peak Conditioner (All)” made with Cymatic Form’s Acousmatic Engine.
- DEMO – “Analog Analect“, “Chillaxologie“, “Cloning Kittens“, “Echo Pianos“, “Echokitten“, “Elastic Reflections“, and “Listen for Trails” made with Wavesfactory’s Echo Cat.
- DEMO – “Mr. Tor’s Wild Ride” made with Channel Robot’s KEYz Accent Audio.
- DEMO – “Exodelicious” made with Tom Wolfe’s Radion Pt. 2 for Arturia Pigments.
- DEMO – “That 1990s Sheen” made with Plughugger’s Anthology 2 for Spectrasonics Omnisphere.
- DEMO – “Obsideus” made with Heartwood Soundware’s Obsidian for u-he Zebra 2.
- DEMO – “Neutronika” made with ESC’s Neutronics for Spectrasonics Omnisphere.
- DEMO – “Unfold Existence” made with Sonic Underworld’s Tenera for u-he Repro-1.
- DEMO – “Ikigai River“, “Shimmering Skyline“, “Tectonic Transformation“, and “Unfolding Bioscape” made with Luftrum’s Bioscape for Kontakt.
- DEMO – “Hongkongium” and “Isawthat” made with Plughugger’s Aperture for u-he Diva.
- DEMO – “Theater of Morning Voices” and “Slow Glass Romance” made with Tom Wolfe’s Translucid for u-he Zebra.
- DEMO – “Celestial Civilizations” made with UVI’s World Suite 2 for UVI Falcon .
- DEMO – “Cloudlusting” made with Hypersamples Stratos for Kontakt.
- DEMO – “Mirability”, “Tridelight“, and “Ultrayacht” made with Hollo Sound’s Delight 3 for Spectrasonics Omnisphere.
- DEMO – “Pastel Flow” made with Channel Robot’s Shapiro 2.
- DEMO – “Joy in Nihilism” made with Tom Wolfe’s Fractal Pt. 2 for Spectrasonics Omnisphere.
- DEMO – “Exhilareaction” made with Sonic Underworld’s Genisys for u-he Diva.
- DEMO – “Fear on the Pier” made with Xenos Soundworks’ 70s and 80s Synths Volume 5: Retro Horror.
- DEMO – “Starry Sunflowers” made with UVI’s LoFi Dreams for UVI Falcon.
- DEMO – “Stringed Haze” made with Pulsesetter-Sounds’ Re:Coil for Spectrasonics Omnisphere.
- DEMO – “Awaken Your Daughters” made with Beautiful Void Audio’s After Science for Synapse Audio’s The Legend.
- EVENT – Directed production and did interaction R&D and audio design for the LOST HORIZON Festival in Sansar, brought to you by the team behind Glastonbury’s Shangri-La.
- DEMO – “Hyperacoustic Nuances” made with UVI’s IRCAM Solo Instruments 2 for UVI Falcon.
- DEMO – “Atomic Abyss” made with Triple Spiral Audio’s Trinity for Spectrasonics Omnisphere.
- DEMO – “Alethiometrics” made with UVI’s Drone for UVI Falcon.
- DEMO – “There Will Come Acid Rains” made with Rocky Mountain Sounds’ Genesis Elements: Dystopian Rains.
- DEMO – “Analog Anachronism” made with Tom Wolfe’s Recapture for Arturia Pigments.
- DEMO – “All the Words for Water” made with Man Makes Noise’s Puro for Spectrasonics Omnisphere.
- DEMO – “Summerlanding” made with Sound Dust’s Pendleonium 4.
- COOL TOOL – Did 18 Artist chord progressions for Plugin Boutique Scaler 2.
- DEMO – “Hologram Highway” made with Luftrum & Sonic Underworld’s Luftrum 22 for Brainworx bx_oberhausen
- DEMO – “Synchronicon” made with Sonic Underworld’s Synchron for u-he Zebra.
- DEMO – “Beat Bazaar“, “Chockablock Knock“, “Daydream Driftwood“, “Foxygene“, “Hands Stretched Skyward“, “Metroholistic“, “Unify the Timelines“, “Pizzicato Points” all made with PluginGuru Unify 1.0.12.
- DEMO – “Beat-Filled Heart” made with ESC Heart Beats for Spectrasonics Omnisphere.
- DEMO – “MPE Luxury” and “Alpha Express” made with the MPE PRESET PACK #1 and TORLEY PRESET PACK for BLEASS Alpha.
- DEMO – “Eternal Decade” and “Purest Romance” made with Xenos Soundworks’ Pure 80’s for u-he Repro 1 & 5.
- DEMO – “Teksommar” made with Subsonic Artz’s Norse Myths for u-he DIva.
- DEMO – “Bitcrush City” made with Tom Wolfe’s Automaton for u-he Zebra.
- DEMO – “Carpenterology” (feat. Emily Dolan Davies) and “Shadows of Better Worlds” made with Oblivion Sound Lab’s Dark Vision for u-he Diva.
- DEMO – “Cruise Ship of Theseus” (made with Synapse Audio’s The Legend), “Junofication” (made with TAL Software’s TAL-U-No-LX), “Self-Healing Heart” (made with u-he’s Repro-1), and “Robopagan” (made with u-he’s Repro-5) for The Unfinished’s Humankind 2020.
- DEMO – “Fugue-Adjacent” and “Pianoir” featuring UVI’s Austrian Grand (part of the Key Suite Bundle) for UVI Falcon.
- DEMO – “Saxosqatsi” made with Sound Dust’s Saxomaphonium for Kontakt.
- DEMO – “Solarian Sandscape” made with MIDIssonance’s Signalo for Spectrasonics Omnisphere.
- DEMO – “Classical Mutations“, “Risky Pleasure“, “Nootropical Paradise“, “Primaveral Playfulness” made with MIDIssonance’s Mondo for Spectrasonics Omnisphere.
- DEMO – “The Anxiety of Impending Rejection” made with Tom Wolfe’s Atomos for Spectrasonics Omnisphere.
- PRESETS – 15 nasty big-bass and arcade gunzzz for AudioKit Pro’s Bass 808 synth.
- COOL TOOL – Beta-tested and made product suggestions for Audio Cookbook’s REV2 DEGRADER™.
- DEMO – “Unlock Alternate Reality” and “Antigrav Aqua” made with Sonic Underworld’s Auralis for Spectrasonics Omnisphere, curated by Luftrum.
- DEMO – “Quantum Kinetic” made with Hidden Path Audio’s MOTOMACHINE for u-he Zebra 2.
- DEMO – “Folk Art Freedom” made with SoundsDivine’s Acoustic Reality for Spectrasonics Omnisphere.
- DEMO – “Merging the Multiverse” made with Rocky Mountain Sounds’ RedMod Moog Tribute for Spectrasonics Omnisphere UPDATE!
- DEMO – “Smooth Rolla” and “ReProgrammed” made with Electric Himalaya’s RePercussion for Repro-1.
- DEMOÂ – “Ironic Curtain” made with Rhythmic Robot’s Dark Machine for Kontakt.
- DEMOÂ – “Foleytronica” made with UVI’s Xtreme FX 1.5 for UVI Falcon.
- DEMOÂ – “Dark Mode Drama” made with Plughugger’s Dark Mode for Spectrasonics Omnisphere.
- DEMOÂ – “Vocalogy” made with UVI’s Voklm for UVI Falcon.
- DEMOÂ – “Undead Influencer” made with UVI’s Savage for UVI Falcon.
- CONTEST – Won 2nd place in Tone2’s demo-song contest for Icarus2.
- DEMOÂ – “Souvenirs of Ideas” made with Sonic Underworld’s Atrea for u-he Repro-5.
- DEMO – “Asymmetric Information aka Hedonic Groove” made with Sound Dust’s Boom & Bust for Native Instruments Kontakt.
- DEMOÂ – “Discology” made with Plughugger’s Future Sound of Retro: Synth Disco for u-he Repro-1 & 5.
- DEMOÂ – “Opal Fortress” made with European Sound Collective’s Deep Forest for Spectrasonics Omnisphere.
- DEMOÂ – “Arts of Space” made with SubsonicArtz’s Origin for Diva.
- DEMOÂ – “Synthwave Sunset” made with UVI’s JP Legacy (part of Vintage Vault 3) for UVI Falcon.
- DEMOÂ – “Northbound Unknown” made with Hidden Path Audio’s ARCTA for Spectrasonics Omnisphere.
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...
