the 2014 studio diary is a project where i will be exploring sounds in my studio on a day-to-day basis (or whenever i'm not too busy to play.) typically i'll be making loops, phrases, sounds... experimenting with different equipment and techniques. no rules, no big goals, just exercising my creativity and hopefully learning a lot along the way.

i originally intended this to be a modular synthesis sound-a-day project, as i have fully  jumped back into eurorack after 10 years away from it, but the creation of a nice loop with some non-modular gear as i was setting up my new studio lead to the start of the project. i will always choose serendipity over most planned courses of action.

please check back to this diary on a regular basis. i will do my best to explain the sounds when i can and if you have any questions please leave them in the comments section.

may your 2014 be creative, productive, and peaceful.

2014 Studio Diary

Onyx Pyramid

From the album Ocelli available June 21, 2024 on Western Vinyl
pre-order / listen https://lnk.to/ocelli

Ocelli

Blurstem - Frábært Vatn

sound sources:
hohner pianet
evaton rf nomad

sound processors:
mungo g0
make noise phonogene
verbos amp & tone generator
intellijel dr. octature II

i find this small patching with the above eurorack modules so effective. quiet, calm, dusty, worn, unsure, worried, unhurried.





december 05, 2014 (the world would be happier if it were quieter)

looping xylophone and the voice of ichiko aoba from recordings we did together in japan.

sound sources:
xylophone
voice (courtesy of ichiko aoba)

processors:
qu-bit nebulae
mungo g0
make noise phonogene
modcan cv record
intellijel korgasmatron
intellijel dr. octature
pittsburgh filter
serge resonant eq
intellijel springray
make noise erbe verb

modulators:
flame c3
eowave zone b.f.
mutbale frames

december 18, 2014 (of xylophone and voice)

this is a very rough, first experiment with a process i've been meaning to try for a possible follow up and "sequel" album.... using the same concepts i used a long time ago, executed in a very different way.

this a rough tracking with little or no care taken to the mix. i am, however, encouraged...

december 19, 2014 (sti.ll experiment)

From the album Certain Limitations, available July 12, 2024 on Western Vinyl
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Certain Limitations

Luke Temple and The Cascading Moms - "I Can Dream"

slow music... loops and modulations. don't listen to while driving.

sound sources:
xylophone recorded onto a cassette walkman looped by a make noise phonogene.
verbos harmonic oscillator
piano loop on qu-bit nebulae

modulation by a livewire vulcan modulator

reverb by tc m2000 and make noise erbe verb

december 23, 2014 (slow music)

recorded in florida over christmas. a recordable cassette walkman resting inside a cheap upright piano.

i tried to make long, 20-30 minute passages but the recorder kept failing.

december 25, 2014 (tape piano)

as dirty as the christmas tape piano....

testing out the synthrotek dirt filter (kindly gifted to me from marcus fischer for christmas) on a loop playing from the qubit nebulae.

resampled by the phonogene, filtered by an MMG and intellijel korgasmatron. various modulations, various signals, various hopes and dreams ground into the dirt.


december 30, 2014 (dirt loop)

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Taken from The Enlightening Beam of Bobby Brown (RVNGNL35C)

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The Enlightening Beam of Bobby

Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - Bobbing Beams Of Light

With open arms we welcome Saphileaum into our NYAME circle. Saphileaum, has put together an extraordinarily beautiful album that reminds us of the ancient folk tales that roam the Georgian mountains.

When we listen to his work, we experience the trying trails that so many Georgian men have attempted to master. It is said that whoever conquers the ancient treasure seated deep inside the mountain shall be granted the power to wield unconceivable cosmic wisdom and earthly knowledge.

Join us, as we hike through the mountains and seek out this legendary treasure in Saphileaum’s piece, “Imaginary Treasure Mountain”.

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Only today, 4 September 2020, on Bandcamp Friday will we honour a 30% discount on this treasure of its own. Simply use the code “myprecious” on this pre-order.

Written by https://soundcloud.com/saphileaum
Mastered by Mattias Fridell
Distributed by Triple Vision

Saphileaum - Freshwater Mind (out 21st of September)

Angel Tears in Sunlight

The Eighteen Beautiful Memories

With over 100 physical releases since its inception by Taylor Deupree in 1997, New York-based music label 12k has decisively defined and developed the concept of minimalism in the realms of electronic music for more than a decade. Fusing elements from Ambient and Electro-Acoustic Composition with carefully arranged digital textures and associative micro-noises, the label's aesthetics revolve around a precisely-outlined, yet deeply emotional concoction of the technological and the organic. Eschewing the typical marketing mechanisms of the commercial music industry, Deupree has sculpted a platform whose influence today extends well beyond the confinements of the experimental community. 12k's integral approach, in which the label's instantly recognizable, elegantly spartan artwork enters into an inseparable symbiosis with the music, has created a timeless audiovisual language respected and appreciated all over the world.

december 05, 2014 (the world would be happier if it were quieter)

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