somnambulism by Eden Mulholland

semidormant - a poem of sound

an alternative production music library created by eden mulholland
semidormant is a vast collection of somnolent musical textures and unique sonic artefacts created as an alternative to commercial production music. nothing is polished to a high commercial sheen, it remains rough hewn, moody, atmospheric and strange. it is a functional sound-resource for projects that need something a little different, or just need a creative shot to the arm. the collection was created over years of experimenting, forgotten sketches on long lost hard drives, newly discovered.
the website is constructed with creatives in mind - filmmakers, collaborators, content creators & dreamers from any arts discipline. the music styles range dramatically from deep rumbling drones, glitchy landscapes, haunting textures - always with a darkly hypnotic edge.
there are four collections:

somnambulism. dreamlike, ethereal, mesmerising
subterranea. dark, haunting, unnerving, abyssal
phenomena. idiosyncratic, experimental, abstract
momentum. rhythmic, pulsing, dynamic, kinetic

each track title is a single line from a poem written by isabel waiti-mulholland. you can have the poem read to you by an avatar on the website as you browse the sounds.

please check out https://semidormant.com

Tracklist

1.	i knew a man	3:25

2.	who not only was blind	2:49

3.	but was impossible to injure	3:34

4.	by way of the nerve-endings	2:08

5.	this kept him in the dark	4:26

6.	about ultra violet rays	3:08

7.	or the deadly proximity	5:34

8.	of burning things	3:08

9.	and is why he wore cloths	4:30

10.	as large as sheets	6:15

11.	to prevent him comprehending	2:57

12.	his lack of excitement	2:16

13.	which was so unaccountable	1:32

14.	the temple of his mind	2:10

15.	could easily become a ruin over night	4:59

16.	for the vastness of his tent was no more	3:57

17.	important to him	3:03

18.	than heaven is to its parts	3:33

19.	he similarly together with all his body objects	1:31

20.	drifted uncontrollably	3:20

21.	among its indefinite folds	2:34

22.	each part as real to the other	3:21

23.	as whatever happened to occur	3:32

24.	in fact he only ever awoke	4:30

25.	to the true identities	3:47

26.	of thoughts and of surfaces	2:24

27.	by starting at the pressure	5:30

28.	of them standing close by looming	1:23

29.	just as a sleeper is jolted awake	8:58

30.	by forms leaning over him	6:32

31.	or watching him in the dark	6:01

32.	their eyes fixed lightly	2:28

33.	upon the hem of his circular	4:09

34.	delicately balanced	3:23

35.	lotus position	4:02

36.	and lost in the vision of his purity	1:39

37.	the banal babel of his prayers	1:28

38.	occasionally dislodging	6:22

39.	as the music of his meditation	2:55

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released December 28, 2024

music composed by eden mulholland. website design and imagery content made by eden mulholland. derelict spaceship and alien dream images generated by ai. poem written by isabel waiti-mulholland. all music © 2022 published by mushroom music

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