News:
Title theme for "Nadya's Identity Files" produced
by Chris Wirsig November
24, 2016 "Nadya's
Identity
Files," a talkshow about identity in all forms,
hosted by Nadya Rousseau, now has a new title
theme. The electronic instrumental, written and
produced by Chris Wirsig, perfectly captures the
shows topic, playing with different sounds.
"Nadya's Identity Files" can be seen live on WCOBM every Tuesday
at 11am, or watched later on demand.
New
Release
& Library Album:
no:carrier's "Broken Rainbow - Ballads for an
Apocalyptic World" November
11,
2016 The cover shows the
end-time vision with a sightless, dressed-up girl
holding a dark crow amidst a barren landscape,
oblivious of the destruction around her. Only a
little glimpse of hope can be seen in the form of
an, albeit fading, rainbow. The songs on "Broken
Rainbow" range from the topic of depression and
addiction ("Your Heroin") to the important role
alleged villains often play in fostering what is
good ("Holy Judas"), and the depths of human
behavior ("Little Death", "The Day I Met You",
"Alibis").
“Broken Rainbow” will be available digitally and
on limited edition CD from iTunes, Amazon, Bandcamp and other stores.
News:
Music for Kaspersky Lab's "Digital Companions"
corporate video September
14, 2016 Music
from
the Coe become our friends", a corporate video by
leading security software company Kaspersky Lab.
New
Library
Album:
“Ghosts Of The West Coast
- Dark Cover Versions”
by no:carrier September
1,
2016 The songs on
no:carrier's "Ghosts Of The West Coast" cover
well-known hits in their unique, dark Electro Pop
style. From Don Henley's "The Boys Of Summer",
Belinda Carlisle's "California", Tony Carey's
"Room With A View" and CCR's "Bad Moon Rising" to
the Irish traditional "She Moved Through The
Fair". Haunting, creepy and foreboding.
All songs are available in several mix-outs
(instrumental, no drums, drums only...) Listen and license directly from
our SourceAudio page.
News:
Music in "My Fighting Season" August
16, 2016 The documentary series
"My Fighting Season," first aired on the Audience
Network, follows American soldiers in Afghanistan,
with real footage captured from on the ground
cameras. Songs from our album "The 13 Crystal
Skulls" have been featured in three episodes.
New
Library
Album:
“Rising Tension”
- orchestral/electronic cues August
1, 2016 Tension, suspense, adventure,
crime...
Orchestral, electronic and hybrid cues that
underline the drama.
The new album in our library delivers exactly
that. Listen and license directly from
our SourceAudio page.
New
Library
Album:
“Strange Things In The Night - Vol. 1”
- Creepy electronic/acoustic cues August
1, 2016 Tension and suspense,
things creeping around, otherworldly beings and
much more...
That's the stuff of the tension cues found on our
library album "Strange Things In The Night - Vol.
1": Electronic, acoustic and orchestral cues for
horror, science fiction, crime, suspense, drama... Listen and license directly from
our SourceAudio page.
New
Library
Album:
“Signals From... - Electronic Instrumentals” July
29, 2016 The new addition to our music
library features electronic instrumental songs in
the vein of Tangerine Dream, Jean-Michel Jarre and
Vangelis. Of course infused with tension, darkness
and suspense, hits and stings, and captivating
original sounds and instruments.
Written and produced by Chris Wirsig, all songs
are also available in several mix-outs, from no
drums versions to no melody versions.
New
Blog
Article:
A case for presets - and creativity June
28, 2016 If you’re discussing music and sound
design – especially with a group of synthesizer
fans (or should I say “synth nuts”) – you often
hear a strong sentiment against the usage of
presets. They say to avoid them like the plague.
But are presets really all-out evil?… Continue reading
New
Blog
Article:
Make room for your singer in the mix June
10, 2016 So you’ve recorded great vocal
takes, edited them and now you’re mixing your
song, but the vocals won’t shine out as much as
you’d like them to. No problem, but it’s not just
about frequencies… Continue reading
New
Release
& Library Album:
“The 13 Crystal Skulls”
-
dark ambient instrumentals May
13, 2016 Today the new dark
ambient instrumental album by Chris Wirsig &
no:carrier was officially released after already
garnering lots of great reviews from the likes of
Huffington Post, Brutal Resonance, Daily News
Service, ShockYa and others.
The music reflects the lore of adventure, mystery
and occult topics surrounding the supposedly
Mesoamerican artifacts, the Crystal Skulls, with
Wirsig’s unique blend of acoustic and electronic
elements.
News:
“20
Matches”
running at several film festivals February
21,
2016 We're
happy to announce that the short movie "20
Matches",
scored by Chris, is now running in the first film
festivals, with more already confirmed that cannot
be announced yet.
The current festival line-up is: Ashland
Independent Film Festival in Oregon, Pheonix Film
Festival in Arizona and Victoria TX Indie Film
Fest in Texas.
New
Release:
Chris Wirsig's soundtrack EP for mystery short
film “20 Matches” January
22, 2016 The motion picture
soundtrack for the mysterious, creepy short film
"20 Matches" by writer/director Mark Tapio Kines,
about a serial killer in Vienna, is released
today. The music by Chris Wirsig underlines the
gloomy, confined atmosphere with a small chamber
string ensemble and electronics that blend to form
a hybrid score, reminiscent of John Carpenter’s
work, but still firmly rooted in today’s sounds.
Mark
Tapio
Kines about the music: “I chose Chris for this
project because I was interested in working with a
composer who had a background in electronic music.
I wanted a score that could feel both menacing and
modern, with a dense texture and a sort of rhythm
to it, while being sparse and claustrophobic at
the same time. That's a lot of different ideas to
ask for from one composer, especially for a short
film, but Chris and I got on the same page pretty
fast, and my notes got fewer and fewer. By the
time he sent me the music for the end credits, I
had no notes at all. It was perfect. It was all
perfect.”
Having recently relocated from San Francisco to
Los Angeles, composer/producer Chris Wirsig,
creative head of the Electropop band no:carrier
and the Electronica/Ambient project Virtual
Conformity, is lending his unique dark hybrid
style for scoring TV and movie projects, with 20
Matches being the first movie score.
The soundtrack EP is available digitally and on
limited edition CD from iTunes, Amazon, Bandcamp
and other stores.
News:
Score for mystery short movie "20 Matches" September
15,
2015 Chris
Wirsig
has produced the full score for the
creepy mystery short movie "20 Matches" by
writer/director Mark Tapio Kines and Cassavafilms.
The movie was shot only with the light of a lit
match while the protagonist tells the story of a
serial killer in Vienna. The score prominently
features a string ensemble, piano and electronic
elements. The movie will be screened at several
film festivals soon.
You can already watch the trailer here.
New
Release:
no:carrier’s “Ghosts Of The West Coast” out now May
29, 2015 The songs on “Ghosts
Of The West Coast” show the American Dream gone
wrong with a stalking ex-boyfriend looking for his
lost love at the end of the summer (Don Henley’s
“The Boys Of Summer”), the perils of fame and
showbiz (Belinda Carlisle’s “California”), lost
dreams and fortunes leading to homelessness (Tony
Carey’s “Room With A View”), and again, lost love
(Irish traditional “She Moved Through The Fair”).
Apart from no:carrier’s Cynthia Wechselberger, who
sings the somber „She Moved Through The Fair“, the
singers are: Melissa Harding („California“), who
already worked with artists like Mötley Crüe,
Sixx.A.M. and 30 Seconds To Mars, Kalib DuArte
(„The Boys Of Summer“), who is best known as the
lead singer of Audio Terrorist, and Lauralee Brown
(“Room With A View”), a well-known
singer/songwriter in the San Francisco Bay Area.
New
Release:
“Alien Tribe 2 Soundtrack” now available June
9, 2014 Finally the three
songs from the acclaimed iPad game “Alien Tribe 2″
are now available for download at iTunes, Amazon, Bandcamp, CDBaby and other retailers.
In the game a universe sandbox meets real-time
strategy and a pinch of tower defense and Master
of Orion. Depicted in the haunting Title Theme and
the two in-game songs for the outer galaxy where
danger lurks and the home galaxy with a more
soothing, relaxing song.
Rising
Tension 4 From
Drama to Action - with
orchstra and electronic
elements. Keeping the
audience on the edge of
their seats. listen
& license
Jungle
Expedition 2 - More Adventure Tension More
adventures, hidden treasures and
ancient temples await with these
emotive, tension packed cues listen
& license
Free Fall -
Ambiguous Tension When
mystery and ominous
emotions meet, these light
tension cues are the
perfect score listen
& license
Jungle
Expedition - Adventure Tension Ancient
temples, artifacts! Dark,
brooding, exciting tracks for
expedition, jungle/ethnic scenes,
and explorer action listen
& license
Rising
Tension 3 Orchestral/Electronic
tracks - perfect for (true) crime,
action, trailers, and suspense listen
& license
Undercover
Mission -
80's Synth Score Classic
synth scores, from dark
horror to crime fighters
and the Top Guns. Style of
Faltermeyer, Carpenter,
Horner, Fiedel... listen
& license
Lost
Refrain -
Somber Solo Piano Classic
solo piano cues - somber,
melancholy and haunting.
From dark romatic to sad
farewell. listen
& license
Amidst The
Ashes - Harsh Electro Metal From
hard rocking to otherworldly
weird, these tracks send you into
an occult, action-packed
netherworld listen
& license
End Of Days
-
Apocalyptic Tension Dystopian
futures, alien worlds and harsh
sounds - perfect for action,
horror, science fiction... listen
& license
Terror
Fields -
Dystopian Action Threatening
machines, warrior cyborgs,
and humans fighting alien
technology listen
& license
Creeping -
Pulsing, Droning Atmospheres Futuristic
and ohterworldly tracks, full of
tension, fear, and eerie
atmospheres listen
& license
Hackertracks
And Cybercrimes Computers,
networks, crime and murder -
haunting, suspenseful tension
tracks listen
& license
Badlands
Danger Zone Dystopian
worlds, deserted temples, and
unknown adventures await with
these hybrid droning, foreboding
tension cues listen
& license
Low-End
Tension Low
frequencies and sub basses, dark,
eerie cues, perfect for tension,
suspense, and dystopian challenges listen
& license
Transmissions
From Hell.
Industrial & Dark Wave Instrumentals
from the early 90's, perfect for
tense, creepy, and chase or club
scenes. In the vein of Nine Inch
Nails, Skinny Puppy... listen
& license
We Are
Inside -
Ambient Horror Harsh,
creepy and dystopian, bringing
your fear factor to new levels.
Perfect for horror, fantasy,
challenges, and scripted reality listen
& license
Dark Piano Chilling
solo piano cues,
perfect for drama, crime, horror.
From somber sadness to eerie
stalkers listen
& license
Deep Into
The Rose -
Electronic Instrumentals Emotive,
hypnotizing instrumentals in the
vein of Tangerine Dream, Vangelis,
Stranger Things listen
& license
Heavy Metal
Beast Hard
rocking cues
for action, sport, horror.
Original Heavy Metal feeling listen
& license
The cover shows the
end-time vision with a sightless, dressed-up girl
holding a dark crow amidst a barren landscape,
oblivious of the destruction around her. Only a
little glimpse of hope can be seen in the form of
an, albeit fading, rainbow. The songs on "Broken
Rainbow" range from the topic of depression and
addiction ("Your Heroin") to the important role
alleged villains often play in fostering what is
good ("Holy Judas"), and the depths of human
behavior ("Little Death", "The Day I Met You",
"Alibis"). 
The songs on
no:carrier's "Ghosts Of The West Coast" cover
well-known hits in their unique, dark Electro Pop
style. From Don Henley's "The Boys Of Summer",
Belinda Carlisle's "California", Tony Carey's
"Room With A View" and CCR's "Bad Moon Rising" to
the Irish traditional "She Moved Through The
Fair". Haunting, creepy and foreboding.
The documentary series
"My Fighting Season," first aired on the Audience
Network, follows American soldiers in Afghanistan,
with real footage captured from on the ground
cameras. Songs from our album "The 13 Crystal
Skulls" have been featured in three episodes.
Tension, suspense, adventure,
crime...
Tension and suspense,
things creeping around, otherworldly beings and
much more...
The new addition to our music
library features electronic instrumental songs in
the vein of Tangerine Dream, Jean-Michel Jarre and
Vangelis. Of course infused with tension, darkness
and suspense, hits and stings, and captivating
original sounds and instruments
If you’re discussing music and sound
design – especially with a group of synthesizer
fans (or should I say “synth nuts”) – you often
hear a strong sentiment against the usage of
presets. They say to avoid them like the plague.
But are presets really all-out evil?… 
So you’ve recorded great vocal
takes, edited them and now you’re mixing your
song, but the vocals won’t shine out as much as
you’d like them to. No problem, but it’s not just
about frequencies… 
Today the new dark
ambient instrumental album by Chris Wirsig &
no:carrier was officially released after already
garnering lots of great reviews from the likes of
Huffington Post, Brutal Resonance, Daily News
Service, ShockYa and others.
The motion picture
soundtrack for the mysterious, creepy short film
"20 Matches" by writer/director Mark Tapio Kines,
about a serial killer in Vienna, is released
today. The music by Chris Wirsig underlines the
gloomy, confined atmosphere with a small chamber
string ensemble and electronics that blend to form
a hybrid score, reminiscent of John Carpenter’s
work, but still firmly rooted in today’s sounds.
The songs on “Ghosts
Of The West Coast” show the American Dream gone
wrong with a stalking ex-boyfriend looking for his
lost love at the end of the summer (Don Henley’s
“The Boys Of Summer”), the perils of fame and
showbiz (Belinda Carlisle’s “California”), lost
dreams and fortunes leading to homelessness (Tony
Carey’s “Room With A View”), and again, lost love
(Irish traditional “She Moved Through The Fair”).
Apart from no:carrier’s Cynthia Wechselberger, who
sings the somber „She Moved Through The Fair“, the
singers are: Melissa Harding („California“), who
already worked with artists like Mötley Crüe,
Sixx.A.M. and 30 Seconds To Mars, Kalib DuArte
(„The Boys Of Summer“), who is best known as the
lead singer of Audio Terrorist, and Lauralee Brown
(“Room With A View”), a well-known
singer/songwriter in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Finally the three
songs from the acclaimed iPad game “Alien Tribe 2″
are now available for download at 
