Instrumental Sketches

9-21-11

10-5-11

Earlier this summer I was asked by Tarik Moody to be the producer for a very special project here in Milwaukee called Unlooped vs. Dilla. The idea was to get an electronic producer together with a string quartet and perform a tribute to J Dilla. Of course I jumped at the opportunity to be a part of this collaboration. Thru the experience of rehearsing and performing I met some amazing musicians who then became good friends who happen to all live in my neighborhood! (Riverwest).
One day I was working out some ideas in the studio and Allen Russell (one of the violin players) came by to grab some of his gear he left behind after the performance. We both immediately knew that he had to jump in the booth and start playing violin on the track I was working on. The following is what we came up with…..
btw, The Dilla vs. Unlooped show was amazing and we are going into the studio later this Fall to record the performance. Stay tuned and I'll post the recording.
You can see pictures, videos, and a description of the event here: <a href="http://www.unlooped.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.unlooped.net</a>/


Gypsy Ninja

This is a scratch track of an idea I was working on back in August of this year. I Haven't arranged it yet but I like the way the lead plays against the drums. I though I would post is and see what you all thought before I develop it more. Thanks for Listening.

8-23-11

This track was written in collaboration with Scott Radke a few days ago. 

Scott and I met back in Mpls in 1997 and began writing experimental electronic music together under the names Deputy and Olson & Radke. In Feb of 1998 we released our 1st record together on Hipass, a vinyl label we started on a credit card and a desire to get our music heard. 
www.discogs.com/label/HiPass
Over years we released dozen or so records together gaining a lot of momentum in Europe and here in the US. 
14 years later Scott has moved to Milwaukee and we've started writing again together. This track is an example of what we're creating.

10-24-11

Scott Radke and I had initially sketched out a basic template for this track a few weeks ago. We were going for a sloppy funk electro feel, Kraftwerk meets Madlib but ended up shelving the idea after a few hours. This morning as I woke up the loop was in my head so when I got to the studio I was inspired to add on the lead synth parts and sketch out an arrangement. The vocal sample is courtesy of freddy fresh, who shared his massive sample library with is. Although I have no idea where the vocal sample came from, knowing freddy  I'm sure there's a good story behind it. I hope you enjoy it.

Keep on Movin

Here is a song that my 3 year old son Clive and I created. The song started out by Clive singing thru a program called mouth. I played Moog along with him as he laid down the vocal parts. We then went back and layered in  background vocals,  more synths and effects to the mix. Clive has appropriately titled the song: Clive Sing Microphone


Clive Sing Microphone

I haven't been able to fall asleep yet tonight and thought writing some ambient music would help. Then I thought I should share my sleeping situation with the internet....and the song.

Sleep Tired Internet

Inspired by the records The RZA has sampled from, this is my take on 24 Carat Black's - Poverty's Paradise

Original Song here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOl3IJoNJAo

Instrumental Sketches

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