Saul Stokes is an American

United States

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 electronic

Electronic music

Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...

 musician and composer. He creates music that most would consider ambient

Ambient music

Ambient music is a musical genre that focuses largely on the timbral characteristics of sounds, often organized or performed to evoke an "atmospheric", "visual" or "unobtrusive" quality.- History :...

, using an array of modular synthesizer equipment that he builds from scratch. His "hand forged electronics" include handheld synthesizers, rhythms pads, and tabletop modular synthesizers. His music is largely improvisatory

Improvisation

Improvisation is the practice of acting, singing, talking and reacting, of making and creating, in the moment and in response to the stimulus of one's immediate environment and inner feelings. This can result in the invention of new thought patterns, new practices, new structures or symbols, and/or...

 in nature, especially when playing live.

Discography

• Washed in Mercury, Hypnos
  Hypnos (label)
  Hypnos is an independent record label, located in Portland, Oregon. Started in 1996 by M. Griffin to release his own recordings, both solo and for his collaborative project Viridian Sun, and has since become one of the most established and respected ambient labels.The music released tends toward...
  
  , 1997.
• Zo Pilots, Hypnos, 1998.
• Outfolding, Hypnos, 2000.
• Edge of the Forest, Self-released, 2000.
• Abstraction, Green House Music, 2000.
• Thermal Transfer
  Thermal transfer
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  (with Vir Unis
  Vir Unis
  Vir Unis is an American ambient-music composer and performer. He is the co-founder of the AtmoWorks label with James Johnson.-Discography:-External links:...
  
  ), Binary, 2001.
• Fields, Hypnos/Binary, 2003.
• Radiate, Databloem, 2003.
• Vast, The Foundry, 2006.
• Villa Galaxia, Binary/Stokesmusic, 2008.
• Metacollage, Self-released, 2009.
• Sleek Nucleus, Stokesmusic, 2011.

External links

• Official Website