Music Discovery: Reverie by The Exponent

I heard this song on the webpage of octasine – a free and open source FM synth plugin. It’s one of the best plugin demos I’ve ever stumbled upon and it’s also a great track on its own. The Exponent expertly leverages FM synthesis to create what I can only describe as nature sounds: chirping, croaking, squeaking and so on. Not to mention the great sound design of the main instruments. They mix old and new styles of synth sound design in a wonderful way.

This track was created entirely in the aformentioned octasine as a part of the one synth challenge on KVR Audio Forums (thread). The Exponent got the first place with this track.