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Fifteen (24H.3)

I spent 15 hours composing and playing this or, I should rather say, this is the sole product of 15 hours of sitting with Live & my piano.

I think there is the kernel of something good in it... (more)

V

This was a piece I made with Reichatron back in January and, at the time, didn't upload.

I had the odd experience of momentary unfamiliarity, enjoyment, and a sense of "Did I make this?"

Listening to... (more)

IV

The fourth piece in my 'Dissolving into Noise' collection IV was made entirely with my new Reaktor instrument "Yottskry" (see the demo video for more info on... (more)

Naked Metamorphosis 1

I recently bought the Imperfect Samples Braunschweig Upright (Pro) sampled piano for Kontakt... (more)

III

I wanted to play more directly with noise of various kinds so this piece focuses less on techniques and fancy plugins and more on selection & arrangement of sounds.

I spent many hours going through Reaktor... (more)

Borborygmus

Gurgling, bubbling, churning.

This is the last track of the March 2010 24 hour challenge.

The process...

• find some interesting synth sounds (have collected many)
• work out... (more)

Surrounding Darkness

This is track 5 of my RPM album.

Micro Mini Space Cadet

Beats - Sandbags
Guitar - John Sowersby
Synth & vocals - me
Additional vox - Bethan Mathis

Definitely intend to return to this after RPM, because I cannot spend... (more)

Eclipsed (with Soundsmith Kamachi)

Collaboration with the excellent (and very cool) Soundsmith Kamachi, for the RPM Challenge 2010.

The final version is here: (more)

Inner Sanctum

I came up with the initial rhythmic riff on my bass, then looped it to create the basis for this track. Then, I layered another "lead" bass track on top of that, added some percussion, and finally topped it... (more)

Fifteen (24H.3)

I spent 15 hours composing and playing this or, I should rather say, this is the sole product of 15 hours of sitting with Live & my piano.

I think there is the kernel of something good in it... (more)

Sampel 1

I'm not quite sure where I was going with this. I love the Abaska Bong sound and was trying to pair it with something complementary. After going through some truly weird combinations I came up with this.

Fifteen (24H.3)

I spent 15 hours composing and playing this or, I should rather say, this is the sole product of 15 hours of sitting with Live & my piano.

I think there is the kernel of something good in it... (more)

fragmented days 20100220

Kind of a chillout, lullaby type tune.

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Notes:
I think the shaker comes in too strong. I think the intro goes on for probably 1 or 2 more phrases than it should.

Borborygmus

Gurgling, bubbling, churning.

This is the last track of the March 2010 24 hour challenge.

The process...

• find some interesting synth sounds (have collected many)
• work out... (more)

V

This was a piece I made with Reichatron back in January and, at the time, didn't upload.

I had the odd experience of momentary unfamiliarity, enjoyment, and a sense of "Did I make this?"

Listening to... (more)

Fifteen (24H.3)

I spent 15 hours composing and playing this or, I should rather say, this is the sole product of 15 hours of sitting with Live & my piano.

I think there is the kernel of something good in it... (more)

Fifteen (24H.3)

I spent 15 hours composing and playing this or, I should rather say, this is the sole product of 15 hours of sitting with Live & my piano.

I think there is the kernel of something good in it... (more)

Fifteen (24H.3)

I spent 15 hours composing and playing this or, I should rather say, this is the sole product of 15 hours of sitting with Live & my piano.

I think there is the kernel of something good in it... (more)

Fifteen (24H.3)

I spent 15 hours composing and playing this or, I should rather say, this is the sole product of 15 hours of sitting with Live & my piano.

I think there is the kernel of something good in it... (more)