M. Cross Dougherty is a North Carolina-based multi-instrumentalist and ambient producer. Serene and engagingly present, his production style reflects a love of FM, analog, and modular synthesis, sampling, and DAWless recording. Dougherty writes with a nod to pioneers in the industry, such as Brian Eno, Boards of Canada, and Hiroshi Yoshimura, to modern practitioners r beny, Jogging House, and Chihei Hatakeyama.

Dougherty's upcoming EP, Cosmic Engine, is an ode to his father-in-law, Anthony Louis Acampora, who passed in late 2022. Each song colors a sonic landscape, with themes centering on Eastern practices and aesthetics. The EP's final track, "Desatita," is Sanskrit for "the place beyond space" and an autumnal reminder of where creativity and life intertwine.

Transmission" is the first selection of a four-part homage to M. Cross Dougherty s father-in-law, Anthony Louis Acampora, who recently passed away after battling parkinsons and dementia for over a decade. The ambient construction of "Transmission" consists of warm synth pads - comparable to Anthony's late-in-life moments of clarity - frayed with randomized samples coursing with LFO modulation, delay, and reverb; symbolic of the unpredictability of Anthony's illness.

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