Possibly my first attempt to really get into something more 'ambient' and less noodly, though the noodling always comes through. #1 and #6 are particularly good (I think) and encapsulate much of what I was hoping for. The other four are selected from several others than never made the grade.
Shout out here is due to Jonathan Fitoussi whose album Plein Soleil, whilst perhaps not a direct musical inspiration, certainly helped a lot. I need to look at more of his stuff.
Album cover by an AI bot I found somewhere. Rather nice, I think. Also only completed to any state of approval on about the eighth attempt. "AI has power to kill 'many people', says former Google boss" sounds more optimistic than threatening.
A playlist for the album can be found here.
Titles conceived, composed, arranged and performed by Mike Dickson
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