The music on these CDs was composed on a Fairlight Computer Music Instrument between 1983 and 1988. Together with the Synclavier (made famous by Frank Zappa's use of it) the Fairlight was among the first synthesisers controlled by a computer. It had a sampler, a sequencer (called Page-R), on-screen waveform display, and a central processor unit that took two people to lift.

In 1982 I was involved with a studio that bought one, and after two months teaching myself how to use it I warmed to its possibilities and limitations. There were things it did that no other piece of equipment has ever done since, yet at the same time I was forced to input material into the sequencer monophonically. The sequencer held up to eight monophonice lines, forcing me to think contrapuntally. This 8-voice polyphony was like having a constantly changing chamber octet at my disposal.

By 1988 it was gathering dust in the corner of the studio, having been superceeded by newer technology and fashion, so I made an offer and bought it cheaply for my own embryonic home studio. In 1990 I sold it and it drifted out of my life. I mad great use of it, sometimes composing pieces in a few hours, and have very fond memories of the Fairlight.

Fairlight Memories consists of two CDs, the first of which, "The Love of Don Perlimplin and Belisa in the Garden", contains 20 tracks, and the second, "Contents of the Pay Jar" contains 18 tracks. Two tracks from each CD are available for listening via Real Audio, and for download.

	Love of Don Perlimplin and Belisa in the Garden
1	Preparations for the Wedding
2	Perlimplin Dreams
	Contents of the Pay Jar		o
3	Seresa I
4	Seresa III