My band Sky Trumpets recently released our first single “Thinking Hours”. This song is a laid back, ambient, self-reflective post-rock piece based around a single loop. This piece was written, recorded and produced by me at my studio.

The visuals were created using a modified code from my Optical Sounds project. I re-tuned the audio filters to work with the “Thinking Hours” wav file and ran the visualiser a number of times capturing it using the jit.record object. The resulting .mov file was overlaid onto a video I had made from some B-roll I took of a radio mast I passed during a hike up the Comeragh Mountains.

The goal was to go for a broken VHS Tape effect. I thought the constant looping of the music would fit that theme so I overlaid the jittery, unpredictable visuals over the video and I think the resulting colours and patterns sit well with the music.

I am working on another release for the not too distant future with the band and so will be revisiting the code again, however with a different theme and colour theory. I’m unsure yet as to what the theme or colour palette will be.

Check out the video below. Follow Sky Trumpets on Facebook, Instagram, Spotify and Bandcamp for all updates on new music, videos and hopefully shows in the very near future.