Week 1 - Oct. 7 2021 - I took “Revisited” literally, and went back to “CyberPhunquer,” one of the first songs I did for a Synth Portland challenge back in 2017, when I was laid up with a busted leg. The original song was built using samples I’d made, and recorded directly from the sequencer in my MPC Live. I liked it, but there were always things I wanted to change. 

This version was completely redone from scratch, using the MPC as more of a keyboard sampler, playing the parts into my DAW one by one. I added some touches with Korg Prologue and Roland JD-XI, and beefed up the drums with beats from Ableton Live, but most of what you hear are the original 2017 samples from the MPC Live. I had an opera snippet I sampled off the radio with the OP-1, and various heavily manipulated household objects and voice and synth samples, including a Mellotron type sound I’d sampled from my Novation UltraNova (or maybe the MiniNova? I’ve since sold both.)  I recommend headphones for this one!

PS - for the gamers out there, I bought Cyberpunk 2077 on release last year, and although I only got about 8 hours into it, I really enjoyed it, and plan to go back. The game and song don’t have much to do with each other, just felt like mentioning it! My references for this song are more along the lines of William Gibson and Bladerunner, though, which also seem to have inspired the game.

CyberPhunquer 2021

https://repeater-radio.com/shows/heterodox-records-radio/

In our first episode of Heterodox Radio, Ramon (PUX) and Jason (noyouyesme) bring you a selection of left of center electronic and experimental music from the Heterodox Records catalog. Along with sharing music we will talk a bit about the label, it's history and our plain for future episodes.

Founded in 2006, Heterodox Records is a publisher and advocate of electronic music possessing unique colors and themes. The Portland-based imprint helmed and curated by Ramon Mills (Production Unit Xero) partners with acts pushing the boundaries of artistic expression and offering listeners something unexpected. For over fifteen years and 80-plus releases, Heterodox Records maintains its goal of promoting, encouraging, and presenting sounds of an abstract and personal nature.

Heterodox Records Radio | #01 11272022

Bonus beats edit from my last birthday rushjob track. More a demo of a real work to come.

Bonus Beats (Cole in Redux)

Cut and paste with live over dubs... my 2016. final version.

8 Broken Glasses - Final version

Reminds me of my roots. This is just a demo with some serious missteps (uploaded just so I can listen to it at work to plan its development). 

A sane person would make this private, but whatever.

Plus8

1 - 11 - 20 Live @ Inversion

All tracks recorded directly from the Prophet-5 with no additional external processing. Special thanks to Peter Dyer, Paul Schilling, and Mark Wilcox.

Bright And Stringy

About:
occurian is the alias of Portland-based musician Dan Pisarcik. His debut EP was released earlier this year on Heterodox Records— a collection of frenetic, dense compositions in the IDM/braindance vein, influenced by the genre’s pioneers, such as Aphex Twin and Squarepusher.

This collection of songs for Data Cult Audio opens with a portion of occurian’s last live appearance in Austin, TX and is followed by a mix of new and released compositions from recent weeks, the song “mannequin bending” from the EP, and live streamed Twitch performances from spring 2020.

occurian's 2020 debut EP is availalble on vinyl/cassette/digital formats on Bandcamp.

Links:
Bandcamp: https://occurian.bandcamp.com
Instagram: https://instagram.com/occurian
Facebook: https://facebook.com/occurian

Data Cult Audio 0183 - Occurian

Trying new things with arbitrary deadlines. Digitone + Microfreak + Blackhole Reverb

Hin Und Her

Warts and all demo. Numbers.  5 distinct groups of notes, each playing at different intervals.  1/16, 2/16,3/16,4/16,5/16.

iterator

Home of random, genre-hopping musical experiments made along the way to finding that rich, flavorful, radio-friendly sound.

iterator

Dan Pisarcik

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