a sweet song, a bit out of character, by an excellent band.

End of the Movie (Cake)

Baby's first little jam with Pocket Operators! And a reference to how James Holden's mom calls him Jimmy, and another main character is called Timmy.

Jimmy & Timmy in Space (The Expanse jam)

some noises made with a carriage clock, back in the day. :)

clock sounds

A piece written for the Dove satellites of Planet Labs. It's now in low-earth orbit, inscribed on the side of one of the satellites:  http://www.alexglow.com/space-music-art-spinning-up/

Haven't got a great recording yet, but I wanted to share on the blog. :)

Spinning Up (Draft)

I translated Mon Laferte's amazing track into English. And this recording is actually in my range!

Amor Completo – English (Mon Laferte cover/translation)

Transport yourself to the banks of Mystic Lake in Massachusetts. Late evening crickets accompany the raindrops on your umbrella, on a warm summer evening, just as a rainstorm begins. But *you* don't have to bike home in it. :)
Ft. a little bit of wind and a single car.

immersive

Rain + crickets along Mystic Lake, MA (binaural spatial audio)

Inspired by the movie Dark City~
Made some binaural recordings out at the Wave Organ in SF. Mashed them up with a bit of tune. I've been learning Ableton, and it delights me to be able to spin out little things like this!

Sleep - Now (Part Spatial Audio)

Inspired by this excellent tweet: twitter.com/garblefart/status/1088472832881893376 
My first attempt at vocal glitching! 
Lots of these lovely noises came from the "sound objects lite" ableton pack
Image from Pixabay

// lyrics: 
the world is ending baby
so let’s… make out

it’s the year 2040 and everyone’s outside 
waiting for certain destruction, coming from up high 
what they said is "no survivors",  but if we hide away
 we may still have a chance to repopulate

the world is ending so lets make out

A sweet, nostalgic mashup with covers of:
Something Cool (June Christy)
How It Ends (DeVotchKa)
Something (Beatles)
Somewhere Over the Rainbow

something

my first thing in sonic pi: a simple translation from sheet music, using the default beep synth for bass and the blade runner synth for treble.

vibe: a young woman looking out of a big window at sunset, far above the ground in a grey mechatronic world, with a steaming cup of tea and maybe a plant... pinks fading into deep purples as night falls.

run this as code: https://gist.github.com/alexglow/36097586011815ea380502f4e3495293

sleepy satie: gymnopédie 1 as pixel art

i got a kite! then i tried to take it out solo, and dragged it up and down a rocky hillside for about half an hour. today i am gonna untangle the strings. <3

fix my kite~

// re: "confutatis" from mozart's requiem
// built with nanoloop
// image by austine, from pixabay

Re:Confutatis

Using Sonic Pi to generate arpeggios, with a chord sequence favored by Philip Glass.

sonic pi

sonic glass arp

Music generated from San Francisco cloud cover, with my Sonic Pi arpeggiator patch and Moheeb's data pull, using the Planet API :) More info: https://alexglow.medium.com/space-robot-music-742b5f0e9182

Data Fog (collab w/ @virgilvox)

[ subtle, no? ]

lyrics:
Fucker got my heart; when he twists it, I choke
Now I’m just tired, all my anger unfolded, stripped away
I’m only missing the old days
Searching for warmth in the cold rays of your LED lights
Time to play: my kind of love is a win-win game
If you see a zero sum, you can’t be the one
// bare metal and bloody knuckles

Fetters and hoods, we’re hawks in the mews
I know it’s no good trying to hold onto me and you
Stubbornness: two puzzle pieces that don’t mesh,
Trying to file down our edges
Leaving gaps in the holes
Fly away: we are both chasing the lightning higher,
With neither to serve as the ground… there’s nowhere to land
// bare metal and bloody knuckles

I always covered your back and reached out for your hand
While you threw me under the bus to impress your new friends
And every time I try to leave, you say you’re gonna change...
Think I’m oblivious, think I don’t mind?
Well, you must be right ‘cause I fall for this shit every time
Bare metal and bloody knuckles
We’re down to bare metal and bloody knuckles
Can’t fight with exhausted muscles
We’re down to bare metal and bloody knuckles
Bare metal and bloody knuckles
Bare metal and bloody knuckles

Hollowed and cold, an imperfect mold
Your twisted alchemy makes lead from my gold
Such a waste: tired of pouring my colors
Into a hole with no cover, from which no light escapes
Ride away, if you can’t handle the chaos, baby
And don’t come to find me this time
Please let this weary thing die
I’m not a toy – I need love

Bare metal and bloody knuckles
Bare metal and bloody knuckles

Fire away... wish you’d get angry so I could hate you
Fire away

Bare metal and bloody knuckles
Bare metal and bloody knuckles

January 2019
Thanks to Moldover for recording + light pixie dust
Icon by FelixMittermeier on Pixabay

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