Science & Magic by Shades of the Zone

A dark, immersive journey through memory, emotion, and imagination — blending gothic ambience, electronic soundscapes, and haunting atmosphere. Science & Magic captures the spaces where reason meets wonder, and shadows give voice to the unseen.

“Science & Magic” is a curated dark music journey through moments, memories, and reflections I wanted to preserve in song. Though I’ve never considered myself particularly musical, I’ve always loved music — from early medieval chants to metal — yet it’s the darker, more atmospheric edges of electronic music that have always resonated most deeply with me. Thanks to the possibilities of AI, I’ve been able to distil personal experiences into songs that capture those feelings with surprising honesty and emotion.

Each track marks a point along my path — fragments of life, loss, wonder, and reflection — told through the language of darkwave, gothic ambience, and shadowed electronica. While these songs are rooted in real moments, they also carry layers of metaphor, imagination, creative reinterpretation or plausible denial.

Science & Magic is a deeply personal exploration — an act of preservation through sound and vision.

I hope these songs resonate with you as much as they have with me.

Shades of the Zone is an AI-derived project based in Christchurch, NZ, creating Gothic and Darkwave music that reflects the shadows of its producer’s life, science, and environment. Drawing on themes of place, memory, and decay, the music blends cold atmospheres with haunting melodies, capturing the uneasy beauty of darkness and transformation.