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A Sonic Archive

Original music, DJ sets, soundtracks and Childhood beats.

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TedDrops · Live SetBass / Cinematic

Peak State — Abraxas Afters

A festival-length ritual — bass-driven, cinematic, built on one slow-rising emotional arc from opening ceremony to sunrise afterglow.

Mastercodes · DJ SetMelodic / Electronic

Bass Church — Live Set

Melodic techno and electronic textures woven into a single unbroken build — the crowd held in the palm of one rhythm.

TedDrops · Live RecordingDowntempo / Warm

Into the Caverns

A dawn set recorded on the open playa — warm downtempo frequencies for the last hour before the sun crests the horizon.

Mastercodes · Live SetDeep / Hypnotic

Bass Temple Dance

A members-only after-hours mix — deep, hypnotic, and unhurried. The room reduced to a heartbeat and a horizon.

Mastercodes · Live SetMelodic / Ritual

Mastercodes - Mystic Manor Activation (live set)

An activation set for Mystic Manor — melodic, ceremonial, and built to hold a room in one long exhale.

TedDrops · Sunrise SetSunrise / Playa

The Infamous UF-FRO Art Car Sunrise Set at LIB

The UF-FRO art car at Lightning in a Bottle, playing the hour the sky turns — warm, weightless, and unhurried.

TedDrops · Wedding SetOpen Format

Butter Nuggets (3+ hour DJ Set from Tina and Rewi's Wedding)

Three hours from Tina and Rewi's wedding — open-format and generous, moving a whole family across one night.

TedDrops · Live SetBass / NYE

Nonstop Bass Drops (New Years Eve 2019 Live Set)

New Year's Eve 2019 — relentless bass, no gaps, built to carry a room straight through midnight.

TedDrops · Burning ManBass / Playa

Dragon Fire (Burning Man Bass Set)

A Burning Man bass set with the heat of the thing it's named for — heavy, elemental, unrepentant.

TedDrops · Festival SetMorning / Long-Form

A Lightning in a Bottle Morning (5+ Hour DJ Set)

Five hours of a Lightning in a Bottle morning — the full arc from last-dark to full-sun in one continuous take.

TedDrops · Live SetFuture Bass / Pop

Future Bass POP Drops (Live DJ Set from Arielle Om's Birthday)

A birthday set for Arielle Om — future bass with pop bones, bright and unserious in the best way.

TedDrops · Burning ManSunset / Ceremonial

Dragon Upon A Burning Temple (Sunset to Temple Burn)

From sunset to the Temple burn — a set that follows the light down and the fire up.

TedDrops · Ecstatic DanceEcstatic / Journey

Ecstatic Dance: The Upgrade ~ Live Set recorded at the Upgrade Retreat

Recorded at the Upgrade Retreat — an ecstatic dance journey with a clear beginning, middle, and landing.

TedDrops · DJ SetDark to Light

Shadows into Light (DJ Set from an Affinity Party)

An Affinity party set that earns its title — starting in shadow and arriving, eventually, somewhere luminous.

TedDrops · DJ SetGritty / Groove

Tripping Into Dirt (DJ Set)

Grit-forward and grounded — a set that stays low to the earth and grooves there.

TedDrops · Sunrise SetSunrise / Long-Form

A Spicy Syrup Sunrise (3+ hour Set)

Three-plus hours of sunrise at the Syrup — sweet, hot, and paced for people who never went to bed.

TedDrops · Burning ManBurlesque / Bounce

Burlesque Booty Bounce at Amori's Casino, Burning Man 2016

Amori's Casino, Burning Man 2016 — burlesque bounce for a crowd dressed for trouble.

TedDrops · Live SetElectro / Crunk

Electro-Crunk-Booty-Bouncin @ Highlove's Lounge LIB 2016

Highlove's Lounge at LIB 2016 — electro-crunk with the low end turned all the way up.

TedDrops · Loft SetSultry / House

Dionysus Sexy Party @ The Syrup Loft

The Syrup Loft, in full Dionysian mode — sultry, close, and built for a room with no corners.

TedDrops · Lounge SetDark / Lounge

Vampire Lounge Set 2

The second Vampire Lounge set — nocturnal, velvet-dark, and patient.

TedDrops · Lounge SetDark / Lounge

Vampire Lounge Set 1

Where the Vampire Lounge began — after-dark textures for a room that prefers candlelight.

TedDrops · Sunrise SetDowntempo / Warm

Rancho Relaxo Sunrise Set

A sunrise set at Rancho Relaxo — downtempo and warm, made for the slowest hour of the party.

TedDrops · Loft SetSunrise / House

Penthouse Sunrise At Z's Loft

Sunrise from a penthouse at Z's loft — the city coming up while the room refuses to sit down.

TedDrops · Live SetDebut / Archive

Resourcery (My first ever DJ Set)

The first set Ted ever played, kept exactly as it happened — the origin point of everything after it.

TedDrops · Live SetWhimsical / Bass

Adventures in Whenderland - Live Set

A trip through Whenderland — whimsical, bass-lit, and never quite where you expect it to be.

Original Music

SØNÐRŚ

sondernoun

The profound feeling of realizing that everyone, including strangers passed in the street, has a life as complex as one’s own, which they are constantly living despite one’s personal lack of awareness of it.

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Cinematic Electronic2024

Imperfect

A widescreen original production — imperfection rendered as beauty, built from analog warmth and cinematic swells.

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Ambient Score2024

Architect of Worlds

An ambient sound-design piece scored to an imaginary title sequence — drifting pads, distant choirs, and slow gravity.

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Electronic Experiment2023

Brave Enough

An electronic experiment about seeing the world differently — restless percussion under a single held, hopeful melody.

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Soundtrack Concept2023

Through Film

A soundtrack concept for a film that doesn't exist yet — a theme searching for the story it was always meant to carry.

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Original Music · The Archives

High School & Childhood

Thoughtful (Instrumental)Original Beats
Porcelain Keys (instrumental)Original Beats
Venus (instrumental)Original Beats
The Beach (2001)Original Beats
MandalinOriginal Beats
Open Gates (instrumental)Original Beats
BT - Communicate (Teddy Saunders Remix)Original Beats
Future Crunk (instrumental)Original Beats

Scored to Picture

Film Soundtracks

Oh the Places You'll Go

at Burning Man

The score written for the Burning Man film — a slow-building cinematic swell that carries the piece from the first dust-lit frame to the burn itself.

Cinematic Score20236:24

Magic Moments

Soundtrack

An original soundtrack composed to the picture — warm, unhurried, and built to let the quiet moments in the edit breathe.

Original Soundtrack20225:08

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TedDrops & Mastercodes

Peak State — Abraxas Afters

Bass Church — Live Set

Into the Caverns

Bass Temple Dance

Mastercodes - Mystic Manor Activation (live set)

The Infamous UF-FRO Art Car Sunrise Set at LIB

Butter Nuggets (3+ hour DJ Set from Tina and Rewi's Wedding)

Nonstop Bass Drops (New Years Eve 2019 Live Set)

Dragon Fire (Burning Man Bass Set)

A Lightning in a Bottle Morning (5+ Hour DJ Set)

Future Bass POP Drops (Live DJ Set from Arielle Om's Birthday)

Dragon Upon A Burning Temple (Sunset to Temple Burn)

Ecstatic Dance: The Upgrade ~ Live Set recorded at the Upgrade Retreat

Shadows into Light (DJ Set from an Affinity Party)

Tripping Into Dirt (DJ Set)

A Spicy Syrup Sunrise (3+ hour Set)

Burlesque Booty Bounce at Amori's Casino, Burning Man 2016

Electro-Crunk-Booty-Bouncin @ Highlove's Lounge LIB 2016

Dionysus Sexy Party @ The Syrup Loft

Vampire Lounge Set 2

Vampire Lounge Set 1

Rancho Relaxo Sunrise Set

Penthouse Sunrise At Z's Loft

Resourcery (My first ever DJ Set)

Adventures in Whenderland - Live Set

High School & Childhood

Film Soundtracks

Oh the Places You'll Go

Magic Moments