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Albums
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Lake of Thoughts
Deep space music. Dark, as in absence of light. The emphasis is on drifting soundscape and less on rythmic sequences.

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The Seven Hundred Steps
My first album is a collection of tracks created over the period from 2005 to 2007. They belong to the "Tales of Sarnoth" subgenre of my style. This is what I call the science fiction ambient style because it's space ambient with a mixture of symphonic elements. It has been described to me as "like movie soundtracks," but I think the pieces have more structure than that. Here and there you might here traces of influence from Brian Eno and Robert Fripp, such as Sagittarius Rex, or Book of Luminance or Night Gaunt. On the whole, I think these tracks sound more original than influenced, but this is never an easy judgement.

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I would like to thank those people who have purchased my CDs. It's nice to know there is an audience for the uncommon listening experience, and that your quest leads you here to one of the unfrequented corners of the web. Please feel welcome to email me your feedback if you like (apsteffe at netwood dot net).



Latest MP3
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A History of Lost Souls
D H E Q B
W E O B Q
U M E M U
Q E M O W
B U O M D
Play (flash player) 6:50


Previous MP3
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Distant City
S W M A S
X S E S Z
G X E Z I
X W O I Z
S X M F S
Play (flash player) 8:19


Other Sites of Interest

  • Ruccas.org

    Site hosting many experimental, electronic music artists. see www.ruccas.org (I have a posting on this site).

  • SonicJourney.com

    Music by Micheal Meara at SonicJourney.com. Original ambient music of deep, dark sound spaces. I think the web site is nicely done. Link to SonicJourney.

  • Amphis

    Original music of the ambient genre. Original and very listenable. A nice melding of strange melodies and sequences with arcane titles. This music is hosted at Amphis.

  • Steve Roach

    It goes without saying...Steve Roach has been a primary influence.


Music Software Projects for Experimental Musicians


Art Gallery
A collection of computer-generated pictures I have posted over the last several years. Enter here

Music Magnum

The music of Al Steffens

Al Steffens' Music - The Music Magnum Site

I create music on a computer. I make ambient, classical and experimental music. The terms computer music and electronic music imply a style as well as the means of performance. On the one hand, I am amenable to the experimental approach that is the classic form of electronic music, but the computer is for me just a means to an end. I will attempt, at times, to create music that sounds like it could be from a chamber orchestra. At other times I might like to produce a ring modulator drown. Somewhere in the mix between music as enjoyment and music as science is where my expression lies.




"Write a wise saying, and your name will live forever."
-- anonymous

"Ok, I guess I just don't get it."
-- Bozo

"Those that are left for dead may one day return to take their pleasure among the living."
-- anonymous
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