The Lullaby League
Experimental Ambient
I began The Lullaby League in the autumn of 2005, just after my mother’s death. From the start, I wanted to make ambient music that was calming but not saccharine—something children and adults could both inhabit. The intent was never “new age,” but narrative-driven: music that tells stories, creates spaces, and lingers between memory and dream.
Cantus
2007
Blending alchemy, ritual, and experimentation, Cantus set the foundation for The Lullaby League’s sonic language. Built from guitar, piano, field recordings, and found household objects, the piece functions as an incantation—an attempt to expand sound into a living, transformative force. It is both fragile and spell-like, pointing the way to later works.
Filia Melusine
2008
A reimagining of the medieval mermaid tale of Melusina, Filia Melusine pairs storytelling with guitar-based atmospheres and field recordings. The narration— mastefully performed and recorded in actress Phyllida Law’s clock-filled home—brings an intimate, timeless presence, complete with audible ticks and traces of place. The piece is at once mythic and domestic, a strange fable about the impact of loss.
Dormio Animus
2009
Inspired by the Atalanta Fugiens and research at the Ritman Library in Amsterdam, Dormio Animus unfolds as a fictional alchemist’s journal set to music. Layers of piano, guitar, field recordings and ambient textures are paired with readings that blur the line between translation and invention. The result is a suite that feels archival and otherworldly—part historical document, part dream.
Novo Vetustum
2013
Recorded over seven years on a battered baby grand in my living room, Novo Vetustum (“New Old”) is a suite of four extended piano pieces that push the instrument beyond its intended use. I scraped strings, thumped, added magnets, wound wire, and sampled it on a an old Yamaha VS-330. The result is an excavation, a document of time, wear, and unexpected things.
Intus Sunt
2018
A cycle of eight one-minute piano works inspired by the strange poetry of number stations. Intus Sunt (“They Are Within”) distills the piano, field recordings and number station fragments into tiny soundscape haiku. Each piece is accompanied by an abstract and expressive video.
Somnia Est
2021
Created as part of a sound installation for Where Monsters Dream in downtown Los Angeles, Somnia Est is a set of seven tracks designed to drift in and out of perception. These are pieces that live between waking and sleep—wandering atmospheres, otherworldly ramplings, and quiet eruptions. They echo the beasts within, dormant yet restless, like the mind’s own landscapes at the edge of consciousness.
