This is my entry for Naviarhaiku122 - mid-point of the bridge.

Created, arranged and produced in Sensomusic Hollyhock II this track considers the consistent nature of a river's current against more fluid background sounds.

I've used Polygon by Glitchmachines, Nave by Waldorf, Firebird by Tone 2 and a sample from Remnants by The Coil.  Hollyhock's homing pad was used for some glitchy percussive sounds.

Poem by: r-d-w

Picture by: Martin Brigden

NaviarHaiku122 - mid-point of the bridge

Exploring the realms of electronic music.

I started out using Caustic, the Android music creation tool and I still use it occasionally from time to time.  I moved onto Ableton Live Lite 8,  the 'I, Improvised 3' project inspired an album created with one take recording which can be found on my Bandcamp page.

It has limitations I thought were too crippling to create full songs but you just need to be a bit creative.  True it's a compromise but it goes to show you can still make music even with these software limitations. 

I've since moved onto using Mulab 6 and more recently Usine Hollyhock II which isn't like a traditional DAW, it's more aimed at live performance.  It is incredibly powerful with a wealth of samplers, granulators, glitch tools, groove machines and physics engines.  It's also a totally modular environment. 

As well as synthesizing sounds, field recordings or found sounds hold a particular fascination in the way they can capture a unique moment  resulting in sounds that cannot be synthesized. 

The tools in Hollyhock allow me to dissect these sounds, making them non-linear which kind of takes them outside of time to give a different perspective. 

NaviarHaiku122 - mid-point of the bridge

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