Paris Fenced In

Amang The Heather (Free download)

Thanks to my Dad, Pete Grafton for the photo (Dam Square NL),
part of the Youtube Slideshow 'Nights On The Streets'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhJmkil1n3s

De Nachtuil

Klövensteen (meaning 'cloven stone' in Plattdeutsch dialect)is a beautiful tranquil place on the edge of Hamburg. 

The kick and snare for this track are Behringer ARP 2600 samples kindly provided by my mate S. A. Fred.

Starting sequence: Waldorf Blofeld keyboard
Strings: Prophet Rev2 
Funky line: Novation Bassstation Mk1

Vocal sample taken from Plattdeutsch dialect poem 'De Wilde Al'

Klövensteen

A raw and ready hardware session track utilising my newly acquired Elektron Model Samples for drums. Synths are are mainly Prophet Rev2 plus some Korg Minilogue.

On The Road To Heerenveen

A new timbre I made on the Waldorf Blofeld led on to this wee track.

Drums: Elektron Model Samples
Main Synth: Waldorf Blofeld
Secondary synth: Prophet Rev 2

Falkensteiner Ufer

A track inspired by the novel 'The Underground Railroad' by Colson Whitehead.

Choir/pad sound: Waldorf Micro Q wavetable/FM/VA Hardware Synth
All other Synth sounds: Korg Minilogue Analogue Synthesizer

The Underground Railroad

Synthesizers used:
Hard: Korg Minilogue & Waldorf Micro Q
Soft: Tal-Uno-62 (Roland Juno 60 emulation)

Roamin' In The Gloamin'

Old-School style track featuring:
Analogue synths MAM MB33 & Korg Minilogue
+ soft-synths Korg M1 Legacy & Polysix

Thanks to my Dad, Pete Grafton for the photo
 https://petegrafton.com/

Road To Happiness

Thanks to my wonderful stepmum, Elspeth Wight, for the painting :)

Grey Sunshine

Happy holidays everybody, here's a little something to get you into the festive mood :)
Photo thanks to  my Dad:  https://petegraftonphotos.com

Christmas Window Display

Christmas Window Display (Free Download)

My contribution to the 'Time Machine' compilation Tape.
The brainchild of Orazio Del Core https://soundcloud.com/oraziodelcore
Buy it here as a digital download or good ol' cassette tape :)
https://timemachine.bandcamp.com/releases

Ardrossan South Beach

A track I made to demonstrate some patches I created on my newly acquired Dave Smith Instruments Prophet Rev 2.
All sounds, including drums, were made on this analogue polyphonic synthesizer.
EQ, compression & stereo spread were added in Ableton using Melda Production & Kjarhus Audio plug-ins.

Kashubian Prophet

An almost beatless track featuring some timbres I made on the DSI Prophet REV 2.
Photo by my Dad, Pete Grafton.
https://petegraftonphotos.com

Mechanical Friendship

Dave Smith Instruments  Prophet Rev 2: resonant starting sequence ,synth bass & 'talking' alien.
Korg Minilogue: Arabesque lead line 
Waldorf Micro Q: creepy pads in the middle :)
Thanks to my Dad for the picture.
https://petegraftonphotos.com

They Became Alive

Grab it for free (or a small donation) at my Bandcamp page https://arrantrax1.bandcamp.com/track/we-are-more-than-machines

Thanks again to my talented Dad for the picture!!
https://arrantrax1.bandcamp.com/track/we-are-more-than-machines

We Are More Than Machines

They Faded To Ultraviolet

Thanks to my Dad, Pete Grafton for the photo.
https://petegraftonphotos.com

Morning Frost

Primavera

Heizkraftwerk Wedel

Shoreline Seals

Senegalese Fishing Boats

Searching

Freshly Cut Grass

My entry for the Cybernetic Audio Forms challenge https://soundcloud.com/user-218161937: 

One synth (Korg Minilogue), only self crafted timbres. 2 effects (internal Minilogue Delay & DAW Valhalla vintage verb on send channel). 
Molot and TDR Feedback compressor & Melda EQ on master channel.

All Minilogue

A soundtrack I created to a youtube photo presentation by my Dad:
'Hamburg Altona 1999-2020' 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vefxuTv3K10&t=357s
Mainly Prophet Rev 2 Synthesizer + some Korg Minilogue & MB 33 towards the end.

Altona

Synths used:
Prophet Rev 2
KOrg Minilogue
ReDominator Alpha Juno VST

Download on Bandcamp: https://arrantrax1.bandcamp.com/album/hanging-out-in-golden-space-e-p

Hanging Out In Golden Space

Hardware synths:
Novation Bassstation
MAM MB33
Prophet REV 2

Download on Bandcamp: https://arrantrax1.bandcamp.com/album/hanging-out-in-golden-space-e-p

Flight Of The Condor

All sounds programmed on Sequential Prophet Rev 2 & Korg Minilogue.

Download on Bandcamp: https://arrantrax1.bandcamp.com/album/hanging-out-in-golden-space-e-p

Thanks to my son, Gianluca Grafton, for the picture.

Somewhere Under The Sun

Prophet Rev 2 & Korg Minilogue on Synth duties again.

Morphic Resonance

Retro Dance Styles from Italo to Electro via Motor City.
'Machrie' and 'Whiting Bay' E.P.s  are available for download on Beatport.

https://www.beatport.com/release/whiting-bay-ep/1887794

https://www.beatport.com/release/machrie/1873968

Arran Trax

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