Tempered CINEMATIC

A cinematic piece that features bowed piano strings, timpani, bass drum, cymbals and double bass. A moody, evocative piece that evokes cinematic-orchestral pieces for dramatic scenes.

Let it blow over jazz short looped

A short jazz composition that has a lazy, carefree but moody feel. It comprises of (real instruments) harmonica, alto saxophone, mandolin, finger snaps, bass and (sampled instruments) electric piano and acoustic drums.

(Electronic music) through the past (moody)

(Short 02) An eighties styled ambient piece that uses synth strings modelled on the late seventies-early eighties synths. Evoking the aural objects of that era. Instruments used in this composition are synths only.

African tuned percussion

African Tuned Percussion is a short piece depicting African styled tuned percussion; a good piece for podcasts or powerpoint/keynote presentations.

Agitate (plastic short)

Agitate (Plastic Short) is a short instrumental of a plastic wrapper sound being synthesised and two synth percussion sounds. A percussive short.

Alien wailing cinematic score

A short composition featuring unusual soundscapes to create an eerie cinematic piece suitable for science fiction styled projects.

Ambient CINEMATIC SHORT

A creaking door, an ambient ethno underscore, a couple of synths and you may just have your moody composition.

Ambient short SOUNDSCAPE

A short instrumental featuring electric piano and a synth pad. A soundscape composition.

Bass and breaks loop

A cool electro loop featuring bass and beats.

Book review: Anglo-Australian relations and the 'Turn to Europe': 1961-1972

The seminal decisions made by British governments in the 1960s to withdraw from a military role east of Suez and to apply to enter the European Economic Community effectively ended the British Empire. For Australian governments and their officials these decisions caused a seismic shift in Australia’s place in the world. Andrea Benvenuti’s Anglo-Australian Relations and the ‘Turn to Europe’: 19611972 tells the story of how successive Australian governments struggled against the United Kingdom’s decisions to withdraw from its worldwide imperial role to a strategic and economic future based in Europe. Benvenuti demonstrates how the actions of Coalition governments of the 1960s varied from active and sometimes angry diplomacy to reverse the direction of British policy to passive and sullen acceptance of a new world order in which the British Empire was no more. This fine book skilfully analyses the end of empire from the official perspectives of both Canberra and London.