Wavelengths - Ghost Hall (2016)

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The second Ghost Hall release, Wavelengths sought to unite several album concepts through its samples. Sticking with the obscure 7” vinyl samples, I picked up some audiobook style fairytales, and created a bank of samples around the themes of robots and AI - potentially replacing humans, or having a far more human experience than was currently possible. The final theme of the album was work/life balance - something touched upon both in fairy tales (Cinderella especially) and with automation of jobs by AI and robots.

The album follows a loose story of a robot meeting a human child, and wondering to itself what it truly means to be human and whether it could ever be capable of such a thing. As the tracks progress, questions are asked about the differences between robots and humans, and what it means to truly feel. Finally the question of humans outliving their bodies and uploading a "‘mind file’ to the internet to live on is addressed, though no real conclusions are presented.

This album featured a lot of jazz influences, especially in the Rhodes piano sound and some of the chords used. On the track ‘Alpha Build 1.0’ I featured a guest performer for the first time on one of my albums; Jack Rowland played an improvised keyboard solo and we would later work together on producing his piano and vocal albums. The cover art is a collage of 3 pictures taken in London around Picadilly Circus and Chinatown, representing the thoughts and confusion inside of the robot mind.