Between Christmas 2008 and New Year’s day 2009 my partner and I stayed in our bush house. During that time the weather was hot and the summer evening storms were magnificent. The one in this video lasted for over 45 minutes far to our north. I recorded 30 minues of it onto my Flip MinoHD just to see whether anything useful would come of it.

When I played it back I knew I wanted to put some of the storm to music, and finally I have.

This is a random 7 minute excerpt from the storm. I could have tried to do something fancy with having the lightning synch with the music, but I like it how it is…dramatic, awe inspiring, and memory invoking.

Imagine yourself sitting outside with the sound of night insects, it’s hot but not too hot. There is no sound from the far off storm, just the flashes that sometimes had touches of colour. The storm clouds go thousands of feet into the sky, and as far as you look from north-west to north-east the sky is flashing.

Enjoy.