This is a song written on top of an African Rhythm called Sofa. It’s 110bpm. Love Prevails is the name of one of the synthesizer settings.  It was created for a Performance at Niche Wine Bar Open Mike.  The EQ is a little off and the transitions are rough, it was performed live and it is not the final mix.

LovePrevails.MP3

From the CD, Cross Dressing Kittens. 86 bpm. Melody inspired from a Harry Belafonte song, Coconuts, and a Samba bell pattern.

Coconuts.MP3

BubbleRings

120bpm. I composed this one all with a Kaossolater by the pool one hot beautiful day. Lots of wet people having fun.

Poolside1

120 bpm. I composed this by the pool. Lots of Sun and bathing suit’s. Blue sparkly water. All improve jamming. A samba cow bell pattern keeps trying to take over. Reminds me of a Yaz song from the 80s.

Poolside2

JellyfishLake

100 bpm. 8-3-12 downtempo
Dedicated to the big creepy fish and eels sleeping in big holes in the reef.

Grouper

CrystalWater

4-20-12 .  90bpm
This reminds me of swimming from Kealakekua to Honaunau. There is a spot where the bottom goes from 60 ft to about 700. It’s where whales and other dark things live. It feels different.

BlueWater

8-18-12. Recorded late night in the tent at Lake Eden Arts Festival.

KelpForest

I produce PlayaTech, Organic House, Folktronica, nature infused electronic dance music. I am a West African Drummer. All the rhythms I use come from what I play on the djembe or the DunDuns. I program all African rhythms into vintage 808 and 909 drum machines. A lot of the African Rhythms also get translated into base lines. , 

The qualities I like in my music are: new age asthetics, meditative sound, mallet percussion, Latin percussion, electronic influences, exotic instrumentation, ambient soundscapes and danceable beats.  Rhythmically dense and synthesizer heavy.

The gear I currently work on is:
Hammer Head 909 drum machine 
Tunafish DAW sequencer 
GarageBand DAW
Moonfish sequencer  
Block Waves and Groove Box
Korg Kaossilater synthesizer 
Audacity WAV editor 
Rooms full of ethnic acoustic instruments

CiceroStutts