well done inquisitive surfer.  you have discovered my bonus notes: general additional 
ramblings about my tracks, of interest to almost certainly no-one.

MS2K = Korg MS2000R (synth).
i3 = Korg i3 (keyboard).
Buzz = Machine for modular digital composer; see www.buzzmachines.com.

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island shores: notes
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Sound sources (all with some degree of buzz/soundforge/nuendo processing, often extensive)

- beats
   Samples: various

- verse subs
   Buzz: M4wII (?)
- chorus subs
   MS2K: "Sub Bass" (preset)
- chorus bass
   i3: some lame GM bass preset, put through lots of distortion
- chorus bass sweeps
   MS2K: "Tsunami Bass" (me, edited)
- chorus bass pad
   MS2K: "Stream Pad" (preset, edited)

- pads
   Buzz: FSM Infector
- string-pads
   Buzz: M4wII
- high chords
   Buzz: ?
- even higher pads
   i3: "Colour Pad" (preset, heavily software fucked)
- swirling beeps
   Sample: some basic saw wave fragment (heavily software fucked)
- arpeggiated beeps 1
   MS2K: "SeiTrance" (me)
- arpeggiated beeps 2
   MS2K: "Stairs Pad" (preset, heavily edited)
- sweeping resonant synth
   MS2K: "Flashlight" (preset)
- siney synth riff
   MS2K: "Tone Wheel" (preset)
- trumpet pad
   Sample: "keiretsu - see me fall"
- noise sweeps
   MS2K: "Stream Pad" (preset, edited beyond recognition)
- piano
   i3: "Piano 8'" (preset)

- vocals
    the legendary Gwyn Herbert, aka Lady G


Story

Over a period of a few months around Easter 2001 I built up a bed of very ambient
trance sounds, with nu skool breaks.  It was all very nice, but sorely missing
something before it could be a finished track.  Fortunately I knew Gwyn, the
finest jazz singer in the North East, who had already done tracks with fellow
kollective member Jon (BigDeck).  I gave her a copy of my loops and asked if she
wanted to record some vocals.  She did, so she came round for an afternoon, we
knocked together some lyrics and recorded a few takes, simple as that.  (Dont you
just love working with professionals?!)  

The only basis for the lyrics was that she thought my track sounded watery - we
just went from there.  So, there was no deep personal meaning intended, although
with hindsight some lyrics touch a nerve!

So then I try and put the vocals in, but find all my synths are occupying the exact
frequency range of her voice.  It doesnt work.  Frustrated.  Abandon it.

Fast forward to the start of 2002 and I realise I've got these quality vocal tracks
gathering dust, an inexcusable situation.  So, I moved the track from Buzz to Nuendo
to see if that sparked anything, and it did.  About two thirds of what you hear in the
final track was rewritten from scratch at this stage, with about half of what formed
the original track preserved at least partially, and half scrapped altogether,
excluding beats.  Apart from insert effects over the whole drum track channel group,
the beats were kept just as they were: they were programmed nearly a year ago, so
they're not that hot, but they're alright I suppose.

Begun - Spring(?) 2001. 
Done - Mar 22 2002(!)