music - tm

"Exactamundo Trio" [mp3 removed]

An earlier tune, "Solo for Synthesized Strings," rescored for jazz piano, upright bass, and percussion. This is my contribution to the "library" genre, I guess.

"What or Why" [mp3 removed]

The Reaktor Aerobic groovebox has 6 "units" each of which is separately sequenceable up to 16 steps and has its own "live" rhythm synthesis settings (including pitched sounds). A "snapshot" is a pattern with all six units playing together. I wrote about 13 snapshot patterns, then slaved the snaps to Cubase so that note-on commands trigger the patterns for as long as the note is held. Thus the Aerobic parts of this song are played "live" in continuous take. I re-used my 808 pattern from the last song (flanged slightly) to give the beats more "bottom" and wrote a lead line for two Absynth presets ("ugly wahwah clav" and "enormous and unnumbered").

"Aerobic 808" [mp3 removed -- later version is on bandcamp]

Composed with two softsynth sequencers: Reaktor's Aerobic and an RMIV 808 kit.
The main "tunes" are presets with drums taken out or tweaked. The 808 riff I "built." The "hard" sound pays homage to MG's (aka Marc Green's aka Markus Grünert's) Wo Gehobelt Wird... 12 inch. That kind of gritty techno-trance works for me as a genre, wish I owned more of it. Curiously the 12 inch I have has a different sleeve than the one on discogs. Mine has an assault rifle, that one is bullet holes. Woo.

Update, 2013: This was being linked as exercise music - whatever - I changed the filename and kept it up but note to self: do a remix of this and add some tunes.

Update, 2014: Tune reworked and moved to Bandcamp - see above.

"Grow a Brain, Grow a Rabbit" [mp3 removed]

This one is probably the most like an abstract painting (extended in time) of recent efforts, or a braid where different strands are emphasized.

"Spunky Cluster (Nausicaa Mix)" [mp3 remixed and posted on bandcamp]

Played the main melody line of "Spunky" in a different Absynth patch ("Nausicaa"), moved the sections around to emphasize a rhythm in the middle I liked, and added a new tune, or motif as we say. There is a skronky sound at about 1:14 that I'm especially proud of.