ELWOOD'S MUSIC CATALOGUE
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10		 Description & comments
Foundation and Empire 16b Jul 09  18:00 Electronic   10 A reworking of my old 1980 guitar improvisation Take 3.
Pan Technicon  64 Dec 08 234:00 Electronic   8 A gargantuan self-indulgent electronic epic. Yes, almost 4 hours of it!
Pleiades  63 Jul 08  18:35 Electronic   9 Trippy swirly guitar piece. Very very weird.
Planetary  62 Mar 08  45:20 Electronic   8 Spacy abstract electronic suite (unfinished).
DNA  61 Feb 08  52:10 Electronic   8 Electronic minimalist pieces.
XY  60 Jan 08  18:30 Electronic   8 Another abstract electronic work.
Calling Katrina  59 Dec 07  17:00 Electronic   8 Abstract electronic work based around a telephone call from a rather windy place in 2005.
Fractal Passion  56b Jun 07  26:35 Abstract 8 An erotic electronic work, if there can be such a thing.
Waterworld  57 Mar 07  16:15 Concrete 8 An abstract piece made entirely from the sound of running water.
Opus 56  56 Jan 07  11:00 Abstract 8 A curious abstract MIDI piece.
The Expanse  55 Dec 06  76:50 Abstract   8 Spaced-out atmospherics. 'Charon's Lament' revisited with a vengeance. (See below)
The Hitch-Hiker Symphony  28/
 54		 Dec 06  62:00 Rock 10 A rock symphony based on the original radio series of Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
Interface Reconnected  53 Sep 05  52:20 Rock 10 A complete MIDI reworking of my 1984 album "Interface" in two large MIDI suites.
The Dreamer of Dreams  52 Aug 05  41:28 Surreal 10 A sound painting based around my poem "The Dreamer of Dreams".
Morphic Resonance
  50 Jul 05  39:00 Wacky 10 39 minutes of percussive pianistic pandemonium.
To Touch the Silver Butterfly of Spring  48 Jun 04  31:00 Avantgarde  9 Inspired by the electronic works of Morton Subotnick.
Tratisitub  46 Jan 04  64:10 Avantgarde  5 A musical 'tsunami' in one huge movement.
Symphony no.4
  37 2004  39:20 Orchestral 10 A proper orchestral symphony, albeit in MIDI form.
Symphony no.3
Charon's Lament		  24 1984  58:00 Surreal  5 My 3rd electronic symphony. Flawed but interesting.
Concentric Circles  19 1983  57:43 Electronic  7 A Jean-Michel Jarre - ish electronic work. Easy listening for the most part.
Symphony #2
'Impulses'		  18 1983  73:17 Avantgarde  6 My 2nd electronic symphony. Very "out there".
Aurorae  17 1980  30:48 Surreal  6 Atmospheric and eerie, like church organ music through the looking glass.
Interference
The Violence Concerto		  15 1980  25:22 Surreal  6 Created using sounds generated by interference patterns. Scary!
Symphony #1
'Son of Man'		  12 1980  66:21 Surreal  5 My 1st electronic symphony. Very odd.
Herringbone Concerto  10 1980  15:04 Rock  8 Jaunty guitar & synth piece. A good "fun" piece which should get you whistling.
Concerto
for 2 guitars & Synthesiser		   9 1979  17:55 Avantgarde  9 Combining guitars and synthesiser, a piece I'm quite proud of. Takes a few listens to get into it.
Electronic Rhapsody   4 1979  18:54 Avantgarde  6 Surrealistic abstract piece.

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