Prog multi-instrumentalist Tim Morse will be releasing his new album “The Fourth Crossing” on September 07, 2026. “The Fourth Crossing” is primarily instrumental electronic music, in the tradition of such artists as Synergy, Vangelis, Tangerine Dream, and Brian Eno. Most of the music on “The Fourth Crossing” came out of improvisation and often was directly inspired by the sounds used on the recording, with the emphasis being on emotion expressed through ambience, melody, harmony and sonic textures. The compositions are primarily keyboard driven, with percussion and occasional guitars making an appearance.
“The Fourth Crossing” mirrors Tim’s first recording experience. When he was 16 years old, he had saved up enough money to buy a Mini-Moog synthesizer. Completely entranced by this extraordinary instrument, he squirreled himself away recording music with the Moog, a couple of guitars and a piano using a reel-to-reel tape recorder. Says Tim: “I have fond memories of that era and “The Fourth Crossing” is the updated version of the music I created all those years ago.”
“The Fourth Crossing” isn’t a concept album per se. Instead, it is a collection of musical vignettes – each one exploring a different emotional journey. While the title of the album has a specific meaning to him, Tim would rather not share it with the audience and instead let them create their own meaning from it.
Says Tim: “I had decided that my next CD would be an instrumental, electronic music album and at the beginning of the year I started working on ideas. Most of the initial composition came from improvisation, and in many cases the sounds I was working with inspired a piece of music. In fact, I’d say on The Fourth Crossing that the timbre chosen is nearly as important as the music performed on these pieces. I also found inspiration came from different sources/places. On one song entitled ‘Space Station Lounge’ I used the Brian Eno technique of creating music for a particular environment – in this case, Sci-Fi 50’s space station. I’m very pleased with the hypnotic and spacey atmosphere it conjures and look forward to creating a video for the composition.”
“I recorded most of the music in my home studio, and for the first time I wrote and played everything on my own. I spent a wonderful afternoon in Los Angeles at the Vintage Synthesizer Museum playing old analog synthesizers and recording important parts of the album. It was only in postproduction that I brought in another person (Craig Long of Paradise Studios) to help with the final mixing and mastering.”
The pre-release publicity for the new album recently caught the attention of Doug Helvering (of The Daily Doug podcast, with over 500,000 subscribers). After he viewed The Fourth Crossing‘s video trailer, he reached out on social media to enthusiastically comment that he ‘enjoyed your track!’ Check out “The Fourth Crossing” trailer via the YouTube player below:
Tim Morse began his instrument instruction at a young age and started composing immediately upon picking up the guitar. He later moved onto the piano and studied as a music composition major, writing extended pieces such as a string quartet and two piano sonatas. During this time Tim performed with various Rock and fusion bands and played on many recording sessions.
Tim’s first album of original music was entitled “Transformation” and was released in 2005. The album was well received by the Progressive Rock community and was recognized as keeping in the tradition of seventies Prog-Rock yet recorded and performed with a modern edge.
His second album “Faithscience” was released in 2012 and musically it picked up where “Transformation” left off, continuing to explore the best of Progressive Rock. In addition to this release Tim became a member of the Jerry Jennings band and formed The Mangoes with Bret Bingham. The Mangoes released their debut album in 2014 and it was appreciated for its pop sensibility and quirky humor. His more recent solo releases “III,” “The Archaeology Project” and “Soundtracks” were also warmly embraced by critics and fans alike.
Tim’s cover version of the classic YES song “Awaken” has received the ultimate compliments from members of YES – Rick Wakeman enthused, “Best YES cover I’ve heard …well done to everybody” and Jon Anderson said, “Great job with ‘Awaken’… the fact you sat around and decided to perform it is a treat…. not an easy work!” Composer/musician Adam Holzman was so impressed by this performance of it that he offered to do his own remix of the song (both versions can be found on Tim’s Youtube channel).
Watch Tim Morse/Parallels “Awaken” cover version:
Tim is also a published author and his book “Yesstories” has sold over 20,000 copies worldwide. His book “Classic Rock Stories” was published by the St. Martin’s Press and was featured on the Howard Stern show and VH1. He has also written for music magazines over the years including Mix, Guitar World, Keyboard and Bass Player.
Pre-order “The Fourth Crossing”: https://timmorse.bandcamp.com/album/the-fourth-crossing
Tracklist:
01. Submerged
02. Vibration
03. Assembly Line
04. Dreamcatcher
05. Hieroglyphics
06. Eternal
07. Confusion in Aisle 14
08. Structure
09. The Fourth Crossing
10. Zephyr
11. Space Station Lounge
12. The Celestial Cathedral