Sky Above

Neonbreaker

New album out soon (2024).
Share, support, enjoy.

New album out soon (2024).
Share, support, enjoy.

Sky Above (Original Mix)

Inaction II: A Shadow Horizon

Time Rival

Volume 2 of 5 from the meditation / study / sleep project "Inaction". These 10 tracks have been edited down to a more manageable length for a proper album.


Volume 2 of 5 from the meditation / study / sleep project "Inaction". These 10 tracks have been edited down to a more manageable length for a proper album.

Inaction II: A Shadow Horizon by Time Rival

A Stillness Dwells

Sunset Envelope

The Ridges Between

Rock Garden

Humidity

Forest Stills

Coastline Drift

A Quiet Heart

Rumination

Lost in the Pages

Pieces

Tim Hopkins

Pieces, is a compilation of the singles I released in 2023, plus one extra, previously unreleased track.

Pieces, is a compilation of the singles I released in 2023, plus one extra, previously unreleased track.

Stay

Glow

Ten Thousand Things

Flow

Passage

Drift

Robot Heart

Ribs

Adrian Carter

R.N.Fox

I am always looking for sounds to manipulate. Most of the time it doesn't matter where they are from, but most of the time I am armed with some form of recording device be it my phone, my Tascam or when using a computer an armed audio grab facility. This was the case one day with an Instagram story. R.N Fox is a New York storyteller, an excellent virtual tour guide to the city an artist and radio presenter on WMFU whether that is intentional or not and a great raconteur.  Her adventures are usually interesting. 

Her latest adventure was different. A careworn explanation of how she had managed to break her ribs. There was something in the careworn delivery that just seemed to fit musically with the idea of a dance track, it doesn't/shouldn't make sense but it works. Maybe that's the way the best ideas work. I built the track and got permission and here we are.  

I am always looking for sounds to manipulate. Most of the time it doesn't matter where they are from, but most of the time I am armed with some form of recording device be it my phone, my Tascam or when using a computer an armed audio grab facility. This was the case one day with an Instagram story. R.N Fox is a New York storyteller, an excellent virtual tour guide to the city an artist and radio presenter on WMFU whether that is intentional or not and a great raconteur. Her adventures are usually interesting. 
Her latest adventure was different. A careworn explanation of how she had managed to break her ribs. There was something in the careworn delivery that just seemed to fit musically with the idea of a dance track, it doesn't/shouldn't make sense but it works. Maybe that's the way the best ideas work. I built the track and got permission and here we are.

RIBS (Adrian Carter & R.N Fox)

RIBS(Adrian Carter & R.N Fox) by Adrian Carter, R.N.Fox

RIBS

RIBS (Instrumental)

New Concerns

A little halfway house before the next round of recording begins in 2024. My studio is about to change pretty radically and I'm wondering if this is the last chapter of the "old ways" before I take on new practices as well as new equipment. Some of this will feel familiar to people who know what I do but there's other bits where I've experimented a little outside my comfort zone.

A little halfway house before the next round of recording begins in 2024. My studio is about to change pretty radically and I'm wondering if this is the last chapter of the "old ways" before I take on new practices as well as new equipment. Some of this will feel familiar to people who know what I do but there's other bits where I've experimented a little outside my comfort zone.

Mirroz  (Original Mix)

Mirroz 

Wet Concrete (Original Mix)

Wet Concrete

Good Call (Original Mix)

Good Call

An Ark Into Hell (Original Mix)

An Ark Into Hell

Ways

"Ways"

The twelfth and final EP in the Works series. Downtempo, chill electronica with my signature piano noodling and electroacoustic rhythms

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released December 20, 2022

Written, produced and mastered by Michael Southard
Artwork by George Ernst

"Ways"
The twelfth and final EP in the Works series. Downtempo, chill electronica with my signature piano noodling and electroacoustic rhythms
credits
released December 20, 2022
Written, produced and mastered by Michael Southard
Artwork by George Ernst

Exotic Fasteners (EP Mix)

Exotic Fasteners

Green Sky

How Many Ways

Inverted Dome

Fireside

The idea behind "Fireside" is quite literal. My home has a gas fireplace insert. When it starts getting cold outside, all we have to do is flip a switch and poof! Fire. A modern convenience that we absolutely love. Now that we've passed the summer months and are heading straight towards winter, the fire has seen a lot more use lately. I began noticing all of these little nuanced sounds that come out of this thing that I was oblivious to last winter. The "fwoomph" of the gas turning on, the slow, dull hiss, the occasional pop due to the metal firebox expanding and contracting with the temperature changes. These pops only accentuate after the fire gets turned off. There is a good six or seven minutes of pops, clicks, creaks and groans if you pay close attention.

So I got my trusty field recorder and picked up all of these nuanced sonic prizes and made a sample pack for myself. They are quite noisy, but that adds to the character I think. These samples, accompanied by my unique instrument set, lays the sonic backdrop of "Fireside".

Instrumentation:
Fireplace Samples
Antique Upright Piano
Roland Juno DS88
Arturia Beatstep
Hyve Touch Synth
Ellitone Multi Synth
Time Plate
Rival Plate

Creative Effects by
Audio Damage
Goodhertz
Unfiltered Audio
Valhalla DSP 

credits
released November 6, 2020

Written and Produced by Michael Southard
Mastered by Michael Southard
Artwork by Bryan Kraft & Michael Southard

The idea behind "Fireside" is quite literal. My home has a gas fireplace insert. When it starts getting cold outside, all we have to do is flip a switch and poof! Fire. A modern convenience that we absolutely love. Now that we've passed the summer months and are heading straight towards winter, the fire has seen a lot more use lately. I began noticing all of these little nuanced sounds that come out of this thing that I was oblivious to last winter. The "fwoomph" of the gas turning on, the slow, dull hiss, the occasional pop due to the metal firebox expanding and contracting with the temperature changes. These pops only accentuate after the fire gets turned off. There is a good six or seven minutes of pops, clicks, creaks and groans if you pay close attention.
So I got my trusty field recorder and picked up all of these nuanced sonic prizes and made a sample pack for myself. They are quite noisy, but that adds to the character I think. These samples, accompanied by my unique instrument set, lays the sonic backdrop of "Fireside".
Instrumentation:
Fireplace Samples
Antique Upright Piano
Roland Juno DS88
Arturia Beatstep
Hyve Touch Synth
Ellitone Multi Synth
Time Plate
Rival Plate
Creative Effects by
Audio Damage
Goodhertz
Unfiltered Audio
Valhalla DSP 
credits
released November 6, 2020
Written and Produced by Michael Southard
Mastered by Michael Southard
Artwork by Bryan Kraft &amp; Michael Southard

Against Our Sky

Fireside Patterns

Meta Wolf

At the Violet Hour

Stride

"Stride" is a short collection of works based on some of my more popular Instagram videos. These are largely improvised performances that have been reworked into full tracks and presented in EP format.

This release marks a change in my musical career. Up until this point, Time Rival albums were mostly ambient soundscapes with piano and lush synthesizer pads. Music that was more rhythmic and beat driven in nature has historically been released under the name Supply Fi. After much thought, I have decided to release all music going forward as Time Rival, and drop the name Supply Fi. So what does this mean?

~ Back Catalog Supply Fi releases will still exist on Bandcamp, Spotify, and everywhere else they already exist

- Upcoming releases will all be under the name Time Rival and will be genre fluid, consisting of Ambient, Electronica, IDM, Downtempo, Neoclassical, Lo-Fi, Experimental, Film Score, Strange fusions of all of these, or something new that interests me.

- If you really were into my ambient albums, don't worry, there will be plenty more. You just may get some variety in between those.

Organizing my musical output this way will make it easier for me to be on top of social media & marketing, and also allow me to be more free creatively and not be confined by genre barriers.

Thank you for sticking with me!

~Michael Southard (Time Rival)

credits
released August 7, 2020

Written & Produced by Michael Southard
Mastered by Michael Southard
Artwork by Michael Southard

"Stride" is a short collection of works based on some of my more popular Instagram videos. These are largely improvised performances that have been reworked into full tracks and presented in EP format.
This release marks a change in my musical career. Up until this point, Time Rival albums were mostly ambient soundscapes with piano and lush synthesizer pads. Music that was more rhythmic and beat driven in nature has historically been released under the name Supply Fi. After much thought, I have decided to release all music going forward as Time Rival, and drop the name Supply Fi. So what does this mean?
~ Back Catalog Supply Fi releases will still exist on Bandcamp, Spotify, and everywhere else they already exist
<ul>
<li>Upcoming releases will all be under the name Time Rival and will be genre fluid, consisting of Ambient, Electronica, IDM, Downtempo, Neoclassical, Lo-Fi, Experimental, Film Score, Strange fusions of all of these, or something new that interests me.
</li>
<li>If you really were into my ambient albums, don't worry, there will be plenty more. You just may get some variety in between those.
</li>
</ul>
Organizing my musical output this way will make it easier for me to be on top of social media &amp; marketing, and also allow me to be more free creatively and not be confined by genre barriers.
Thank you for sticking with me!
~Michael Southard (Time Rival)
credits
released August 7, 2020
Written &amp; Produced by Michael Southard
Mastered by Michael Southard
Artwork by Michael Southard

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