MUSIC PRODUCER AND SOUND DESIGNER.
DANIEL DAHLSTROM
ABOUT ME
■ I’m Daniel Dahlstrom, a UK-born music producer and sound designer based in Brisbane. I create electronic and cinematic music across chillout, lofi, future bass, pop, and drum and bass styles. Starting with guitar just a few years ago, music quickly became my main form of self-expression. With a degree in Electronic Music Production and experience tutoring...
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Here is a range of musical compositions I have created over the years
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This composition draws inspiration from Japanese noise music, a genre that prioritizes texture and experimental sound over traditional instruments and melodies. Central to this approach is the use of feedback loops, which generate evolving and unpredictable audio patterns.
In this piece, recorded audio was processed in Ableton Live using a sequencer with randomization features. Feedback loops were created by routing the original signal through a return track with audio effects, then sending the processed output back to a separate channel. A limiter was applied to prevent clipping, while gain was carefully adjusted to sustain continuous feedback.
Indeterminacy & Feedback LOOPING
Creative
sound design
This track is inspired by Alvin Lucier’s 1969 sound art piece I’m Sitting in a Room, where he repeatedly recorded his voice played through a speaker, capturing the room’s natural resonant frequencies over time.
For this composition, the process is adapted by using the human body as a resonant chamber. The subject sat with their back against an eight-inch studio monitor, while a dynamic microphone was placed on their chest and stomach to capture the heartbeat. Multiple recordings were layered, revealing increasingly rich and dynamic vibrations as the experiment unfolded.
Heart Beat Resonance
cinematic audio
Double edged swords.