Athletics EP (May 2022)

Athletics EP was released on Friday 20th May 2022 via Faith & Industry

 

Crows EP (August 2021)

Crows EP was released on Friday 6th August 2021 via Faith & Industry

 

Nihilism is Pointless EP (January 2021)

Nihilism is Pointless EP was released on Friday 29th January 2021 via Faith & Industry

Nihilism is Pointless EP by Sebastian Reynolds. Released by Faith & Industry.

 

Heartbeat/My Mother Was The Wind (September 2020)

Heartbeat/My Mother Was The Wind was released on Friday 18th September 2020 via PinDrop Records.

about Heartbeat:

I recorded the piano part for Heartbeat whilst on a Solo Collective tour with Anne and Alex in Germany in mid February 2020. The atmospheric sound is the processed sound of my son Noah's heartbeat in my partner's womb, recorded by the midwife during a check up sometime in February. I produced the track as a tribute to Noah, and my excitement about his forthcoming birth. Sadly he didn't survive the pregnancy and was stillborn at Swindon hospital on 24th July 2020.

As we've found since Noah's birth it's surprising how common miscarriage and stillbirth seem to be, but how hard it is to prepare expectant parents for it as a very real and possible outcome of pregnancy. This is shared with love and solidarity for the parents and families that have been through this in the past, are going through it now and will go through it in the future. And again a thank you to all our friends, family and loved ones as well as the medical staff who have been so kind and supportive during this time.


about My Mother Was The Wind:

Recorded at home on a rainy day in Wolvercote, Oxford in Spring 2020, My Mother Was The Wind is a tribute to my dearly departed mother, Sheenagh Reynolds, who passed away on 30th August 2016. I have a powerful memory of a rainy day spent with her during my childhood days, and this track was an attempt to channel the grief, nostalgia and warmth of these kinds of memories. 

 

Plague Song (August 2020)

Plague Song was released as part of the Plague Song album via Bandcamp on Friday 14th August 2020. The album features contributions from an all star cast of ambient/experimental musical artists, all responding to an original graphical score by artist and musician Nick Gill.

Released on the Plague Song album exclusively via Bandcamp on 14th August 2020. I created my interpretation of the Plague Song score as a response to the wider circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing chaos. I've tended to avoid overt political statements in my music, and this piece is intended to be apolitical in a sense, it's more a focus on the personal, emotional responses to a situation seemingly fraught with danger and catastrophe. Most of us that have lived in times of relative peace never imagined we'd see the churches closed on Easter Sunday and whole populations of people effectively put under house arrest with no promise of a definite timetable for release. Held hostage by an unknown, unseeable enemy, with the weight of uncertainty of who to trust in a situation with no clear precedent and a lot of room for abuse of power. Also a creeping fear of us being a pawn in a wider struggle between the US and China, a struggle that could easily go nuclear...

I created my interpretation of the Plague Song score as a response to the wider circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing chaos. I've tended to avoid overt political statements in my music, and this piece is intended to be apolitical in a sense, it's more a focus on the personal, emotional responses to a situation seemingly fraught with danger and catastrophe. Most of us that have lived in times of relative peace never imagined we'd see the churches closed on Easter Sunday and whole populations of people effectively put under house arrest with no promise of a definite timetable for release. Held hostage by an unknown, unseeable enemy, with the weight of uncertainty of who to trust in a situation with no clear precedent and a lot of room for abuse of power. Also a creeping fear of us being a pawn in a wider struggle between the US and China, a struggle that could easily go nuclear…..

 

The Universe Remembers EP (May 2020)

The Universe Remembers EP was released 22nd May 2020 via Faith & Industry. The EP features the singles The Universe Remembers and Everest.

The Universe Remembers EP by Sebastian Reynolds Release date 22nd May 2020 via Faith & Industry

 

Maṇīmekhalā EP released via PinDrop Records on 18th October 2019.

Maṇīmekhalā EP (October 2019)

Maṇīmekhalā, released 18th October 2019 via PinDrop, is an EP of material taken from the soundtrack for the Mahajanaka Dance Drama stage show. The lead track, Theme For Maṇīmekhalā, features a guest performance by Anne Müller and the EP also features remixes by Thai producer Pradit Saengkrai and UK cult artist Capitol K.

 

Solo Collective Part Two (June 2019)

Solo Collective Part Two, released 7th June 2019 via Nonostar, is a set of collaborative performances by myself with Anne Müller and Alex Stolze, and features 7 of my original compositions, including a new version of my track Holy Island.

 

SOLO COLLECTIVE PART ONE (November 2017)

Solo Collective Part One released via Nonostar Records on CD, vinyl and digital is out now! Solo Collective is a new ensemble comprised of myself alongside German chamber musicians Alex Stolze (violin) and Anne Müller (cello). We're a rotating cast of three soloists who take turns in the spotlight, with the other two providing supporting roles. 

 

Mahajanaka EP by Sebastian Reynolds. Released April 2018 via Nonostar Records.

Mahajanaka EP (April 2017)

Mahajanaka EP, released via Nonostar Records, is available now via all good digital platforms. It features a remastered version of the original Mahajanaka track, which came out of the research process for the dance and music show Mahajanaka Dance Drama, plus a live performance version from a concert in Berlin with Anne Müller and Alex Stolze as part of a Solo Collective tour. There are also two exclusive remixes by Colombian producer Atlasov and Oxford sound wizard Emseatee.

 

The Food of Love Project 20th Feb 2017 - Autolycus Records / PinDrop “If music be the food of love, play on” – Twelfth Night, Act 1, Scene 1 Introducing The Food of Love Project, a compilation album featuring some of the great names of folk music performing a rich variety of songs either referenced or performed in the plays of William Shakespeare. The album was curated and commissioned by Sebastian Reynolds of PinDrop and Tom McDonnell of TMD Media to mark the Oxford Shakespeare Jubilee 2016, a festival programme of events exploring Shakespeare’s incredible legacy.

Oh Death, Rock Me Asleep - The Food of Love Project (April 2016)

I produced a brand new version of the traditional folk standard Oh Death, Rock Me Asleep as part of The Children of The Midnight Chimes with vocalist Tomohawk, for the album The Food of Love Project, an album of modern interpretations of songs featured in the plays of William Shakespeare. Oh Death, Rock Me Asleep is thought to have been originally written by Anne Boleyn as she awaited execution in the Tower of London.

 
 

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Vinyl Only DJ Mix For Neon Dance Piano Day 2018 Wild Card event at Sadler’s Wells.

  1. The Snowman soundtrack intro

  2. Memoria - Murcof

  3. Moonbow - Spindle Ensemble

  4. Gnossienne No. 1, 2, 3 - Erik Satie

  5. Jynweythek Ylow - Aphex Twin

  6. Balinese Gamelan field recording

  7. Will You Gamelan for Me? - Colleen

  8. Thai Piphat music field recording

  9. Quartet For The End of Time (extract) - Olivier Messiaen

  10. Pyramid Song - Radiohead

  11. Mallet Guitars Three, Second Movement - Ex-Easter Island Head

  12. In A Landscape (John Cage) - Murcof x Vanessa Wagner

  13. Grey Oceans - CocoRosie

  14. Electroconvulsive Shock (Falling From Trees soundtrack for Neon Dance) - Peter Broderick

  15. Teardrop - Massive Attack

  16. Holy Island - Sebastian Reynolds with Anne Müller