Here is all my music...
Albums
2022 - Wildflower State - Night Walks
Ambient album made in Penestanan, Ubud, Bali. Every night i would walk through the fields and record the sounds of nature, in the daytime i would add music to these environments
2021 - Wildflower State - Wildflower State
COVID anxiety channeled into meditative ambient music
2013 - Mezzanine - Strange Paradise
My rock band's debut album, this was the peak of my alcoholism and depression which is certainly reflected in the lyrics. A proud moment in a dark time
2012 - Mezzanine - Vile Horizons
Our second E.P, tighter and fuller production.
2011 - Cory John Rist - Grandiose Posturing - Soundtracks
I had some spare time between band recordings and decided to do soundtrack re-imagining including a snippet from the movie each piece was inspired by at the start.
2011 - Mezzanine - Novella
My bands first E.P, the fun and 'us against the world' mentality was in full force here, the best time to be a band is the early days.
2010 - Cory John Rist - On the Outskirts of Silence
My first foray into ambient and experimental instrumental music, the start of a fascination with mood and free form music.
2008 - Pinko - Desertion
From the same time as 'Isolation' below. Grappling with young man things (sex, alcohol, depression).
2008 - Pinko - Isolation
Influences like The Brian Jonestown Massacre and The Velvet Underground begin to emerge.
2007 - Pinko - The Charade Facade
The beginning of my hermit period, just recording music all the time. I seem to have discovered reverb around this period.
2007 - My Broken Band - He Died of a Broken Heart
My interest in basic home recording was on the rise and this very scattered colledtion of songs is wehat came out, a few covers, a few originals.
2007 - My Broken Band - Songs in the Key of April
I was part of a message board where we discussed music all day long, a few musicians decided to do an album challenge in April 2007 (way ahead of its time), this is the result.
2006 - Cory John Rist - 1984
Having been very influenced by the Orwell book at the time, my best friend played piano and i arranged and spoke a summary of this work to music.