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four patterns
Simon Slator was there at the beginning, back when I
first became interested in free ambient music on the
web. I'm not sure exactly when I discovered his music,
but I know that several of his releases (notably
Skylight,
6AM,
and
Four Patterns
) became staples of my ambient
music library.
I spent many hours in those days trolling websites to find
the kind of ambient music that I loved most--gently
drifting pads of subtly shifting tones, very minimal and
harmonious. I would download almost anything that
labeled itself as 'ambient'. I quickly learned, however,
that the term is very fluid and at times I found it difficult
to find the kind of music I was searching for. In this
context, Simon's music was a treasure.
This hunting is part of why I started the Free Floating
blog, then radio show, then netlabel. It was to provide a
place where like-minded listeners could find the
treasures I had unearthed in my digital digging. And I
feel that I have been successful in helping connect
listeners to this music.
And so it is time to come full circle.
In re-releasing Simon Slator's
Four Patterns
as part of my
In Hindsight
project, I have the opportunity to connect
Simon's music with new listeners, a task I am very proud
to undertake.
As you will hear, Simon has a wonderful sense of
atmosphere and subtle tonal progression. He creates a
lush and serene soundscape in which to lose oneself. I
hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
Brad Ross-MacLeod
Vancouver, WA
March 2014
from the artist
I’ve been composing music on-and-off for almost
twenty years, starting back when I was in my late teens.
For the first few years, it was all melodic instrumental
music created using very amateur technology; but
around 2002, I started learning how to use virtual
synthesizers and Digital Audio Workstations. Fortunately,
this also coincided with my first experiences of Brian Eno
and Steve Roach; and within months, my first proper
Ambient piece, “6am”, was born. On release, I hoped
that around fifty people in total would download it – the
target was smashed in three days! Over the next two
years, four more ambient ‘soundscapes’ appeared; but
after that, life and family took over and I wouldn’t record
anything new for almost ten years. Last year, armed with
better technology and a greater musical knowledge, I
started making music once again.
Simon Slator
1/ four patterns
all music by
simon slator
53/53
four patterns was originally released by simon slator in
2003 via jamendo but has been unavailable for some
time
About “Four Patterns”
four patterns
simon slator
ffm•027
Released February 2014 by Free Floating Music
Patinting by Lucette Bourdin
Cover design by Brad Ross-MacLeod
Released under a
Creative Commons Attribution-
NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-
ND 3.0 License.
http://freefloatingmusic.com
This piece, my third official ambient release, was the first
time I’d looked at creating something more
mathematical and theoretical - my two previous
ambient works both had a theme of some kind. As the
name suggests, the piece consists of four distinct
patterns of a few minutes each. Each pattern is
repeated four times using four different synthesizer
patches, but no two patterns were playing at the same
time. It was about a weekend’s work in all – the Saturday
spent composing the patterns and getting the right
sound, the Sunday spent mixing and mastering, and it
was released on the Monday!

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