Light Gazer is the first full length album by Outside Is Void. It features eleven songs flowing into one another for a seamless, one hour long listening trip. While the songs vary considerably in mood and style, they are tied together by their stories: the joy and strange and conflicting experiences in the passing of time, people, and things.

I worked many years on this album, tweaking every note, envelope, and timbre. I hope you enjoy it, Thomas.

The Track EP features one slightly shortened original and three remixes of songs from the forthcoming album Lightgazer.

The three remixes are complete reworks of the album songs. After having worked on finishing the album versions for a long time, I got a bit tired listening to the same songs over and over again. So I took elements of the original songs as well as some bits which did not make it into the final version. These were rearranged in a playful manner to break up the pop structure of the album versions and provide room for individual elements to stand out.

Quite simply, I wanted to write a road track. I had the word "gasoline" in my head for a while, mostly because of how it flows. It is a rather unusual and long English word. So one day I had a look at my all-time favorite road track to decide the tempo, quickly put together a driving drum pattern, and got the guitar out...

For the three remixes I made a conscious decision to create
a Sonic Sunset inspired house track [take me for a spin],
a (mostly) industrial techno piece [steel machines], and
a sonic landscape trailing off [gently, say good bye].

Enjoy, Thomas.

"Far" is one of the older songs featured on the album Lightgazer. One of the guitar sequences is actually from 2001! I worked on it a lot until I found it to be finished.

Some time ago, I thought the verse was complete. Then one night while listening to the most recent mix, I placed the headphones to the side and all the sudden the two analog synthesizer lines sounded like spherical flutes. I liked that so much, that I started programming the Wavestation to chase the ghost sound I had perceived.

And then at the very last moment - the three remixes were already done - I decided I did not like the verse bass enough either (or maybe had just grown tired of it). I spontaneously jammed a more groovy line with the modular system, which also adds to the harmonies in an interesting way. Anyway, now it is out!

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