2016 Obscurrritiess

My Spotlight

Live acoustic performance by AfroDJMac and SuperKid of "All of My Life."

All Of My Life (Live Acoustic Cafe)

This is a little song about the crazy lengths one might go to to prove their love to their girl. 

I would rather throw my money in the fire
And all of my things to show I'm no liar
I would drive my car right off of the highest bridge
I would let my body be bashed into a billion bits.
I'd rather take my life
And cut it with a knife
I would rather die than ever leave you
I'd rather get a gun 
And prove to everyone
That I would rather die than ever leave you
I'd never leave you

I tried to recreate the beautiful Univox bass guitar on this track by sampling it and building this Free Ableton Live Pack.   

I'd Never Leave You

Chilled, noisy, instrumental music made from a collection of ambient sounds and sampled instruments.  Recorded in Ableton Live to a Tascam 388 8 track reel to reel.

Made with the follow AfroDJMac Ableton Live Packs: 

Ambient Noise Collaboration:
http://bit.ly/freesynth108

Space Forest Ableton Live Instruments: http://www.afrodjmac.com/blog/2011/11/17/space-forest-synth-for-ableton-live

Korg Volca Beats:
http://www.afrodjmac.com/blog/2013/10/24/free-ableton-live-pack-92-korg-volca-beats?q=volca%20beats

Sub Bass:
http://www.afrodjmac.com/blog/2012/08/22/free-ableton-live-afrodjrack-63-easy-sub-bass?q=sub%20bass

With The Stars

Last year we were asked to write a tune for the Bond movie Spectre.
Yes we were. It didn’t work out, but became something of our own, which we love very much.
As the year closes we thought you might like to hear it.
Merry Christmas. May the force be with you.

Spectre

'Reichpop' is taken from the new Wild Nothing album 'Life Of Pause' which is to be released 19th February 2016 on Bella Union and is available for preorder now. The song is also available as an instant-grat download on iTunes, and Spotify.

iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/life-of-pause/id1061178724
Bella Union - http://tinyurl.com/ox3q3qj
Amazon - http://tinyurl.com/hljalmn


Wild Nothing - Reichpop

This track was written and recorded during a snow storm. It contains acoustic guitar, drums, electric bass, lap steel slide guitar, Korg MS-20 and Sequential Circuits Prophet 6.  
I've sampled the Prophet 6 patch I created and built Ableton Live Instruments that you can download for free at http://bit.ly/freesynth139 . 

Snow Day

Tommy Rehbein: Vocals, Guitars, Distort-o-Bass, Synth, Drums
Brian Lulek: Multivox MK-75 Analog Synth
KK Brink: Vocals
Knol Tate: Producing, Engineering, Mixing, Pall Malls

From the forthcoming International Karate album Panic United.
Written by Tommy.

International Karate - "Inamorata"

Wu Wei is a piece of music inspired by the Daoist concept of effortless action. It was made by sending a sequence to the Behringer Neutron and Model D, while running the sounds through Echo devices feeding back into each other. There's a heavily processed field recording  of rain and thunder in the background to add texture and ambience.

Wu Wei

Taste

Spacey VCR is the music I'd like to listen to when I go on my first space walk.  I picture myself swimming through the cosmos, doing acrobatics impossible with the weight of gravity.  

Recorded in Ableton Live and using Speakerphone for the VHS emulation and an iPad app called ImproVox for the vocal harmonies.

Emulate VHS in Ableton with this free Ableton Pack I made: http://afrodjmac.com/2013/06/07/free-ableton-live-pack-80-vhs-rack/

Spacey VCR

Musician, Producer, and Educator from New York. 
Host of the Music Production Podcast. 
Author of 5-Minute Music Producer. 
Berklee Online teacher. 
Ableton Certified Trainer.

Spacey VCR

Brian Funk