Sheila Rafferty writes electronic music with a very physical anchor point. Working with her husband Ian on congas and percussion, she builds tracks around feel and environment as much as around melody. “Soaring On” was recorded out on the North Yorkshire Moors, and you can hear that in the way it stretches out: no rush, just a steady groove and a big open horizon of sound.
The track comes in on hand-played drums with a loose, human groove, small variations and accents giving it a natural swing. Behind that, slow synth keys hover at the edges, before a thick low pad rolls in and fills the background. Nothing suddenly explodes or drops away, it just keeps moving forward at the same walking tempo, like a side-scrolling level that never quite breaks its stride. As it goes, little details in the synths rise and fade, but the conga pattern stays locked, so your ear settles into the repetition.
For sync, “Soaring On” is a natural fit for 2D platformers, exploration games, and calm traversal scenes where you want momentum without tension. It also works for nature documentaries, travel segments, and slow drone shots over landscapes: places where you need movement and atmosphere but don’t want the music to steal focus from the visuals.
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