Somehow, the sky in this city embraces me.
The clouds are part of this scenario, without them it would be just the blue.
And without this blue it would just be darkness.
I also need to return this with a hug.
This city calls me, because this is my refuge.

Cloud's City

Madomo Planet - Cloud's City

Strings 5

Piano 50

Resurrection 1

Wooden Ocean - Final Sun

Resurrection 2

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Jason Peters is a DJ/producer and label boss for Roam Recordings.
 
He is also a long time staple of the San Francisco dance music community where he plays regularly for some of SF’s more discerning clubs and promoters such as Sunset Sound System, Housepitality, Monarch, and The Great Northern. On Jason Peters’ travels outside of the Bay Area he has played events such as SundaySunday, CRSSD festival, Block 9 at Glastonbury, Red Light Radio, Kater Blau, and the Alfresco festival.

Jason has music scheduled for release in 2023 on Playground, Nein, and his own Roam Recordings. In addition to his solo work, Jason has a more psychedelic techno leaning project with his partner _Mr_Jenifer and releases under the Psybody moniker. Together Jason and _Mr_Jenifer also run the Psychicbody record label.

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LAYER #316 | Jason Peters

After debuting on Collective Leisure with a powerful remix for Stack Effect last year, Hard Ton (SXDNS176) is finally back on the rising and shining British label this time with a solo EP: “Synthetic/Safe” delivers two beautiful originals – three if you consider the Dub version of “Safe” an entirely different piece – which come heavily packed with the characteristic and sophisticated chic-à-go-go Disco sonority of the acclaimed Italian duo, who have been quite busy the last few months with well-received appearances on Iptameno Discos, Polari, Live At Robert Johnson, Ruvido, and Belong. The consistency of their work is more than proof they cannot get enough of bringing to life high-quality themes for many different kinds of dance floors. It’s kind of impressive, in our humble fanboy opinion.

Premiered here, the aforementioned “Safe (Dub)” is as dazzling as its original sister – and yes, it can be considered an entirely different piece, not when it comes to the elements used, but the aura. Less lyrical and more acid, the Dub mix manages to deliver a more upbeat message. It’s like when you express yourself twice, using exactly the same words, but in a different tone. If you can’t decide between them: buy both, play both. And before we leave: The nostalgic "Pacific State" sample and the OMG piano layer turned "Safe" one of our favourite works by Hard Ton. 

You can find (and buy) this and other music pearls on the Bandcamp page of the label: https://collectiveleisure.bandcamp.com/

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PREMIERE454 // Hard Ton - Safe (Dub)

James Zabiela Live @ 24 Kitchen St Liverpool 03.23

Over the course of this year together with streamer friend Jacob's motivation (and occasional lending of his voice) I put together these tunes, some original and some renditions of beloved favourites from over the years, using only the Commodore 64's SID sound chip and modest use of effects.

It's been fun working within the limitations of this dusty old microcomptuer that is older than me (and something I once despised being 'stuck' with for way too many years past it's expiry) and I'm excited to share them in a nice neat little EP package. 

In some ways it's been one of the most roughest years of my life, and in others, one of acceptance, gratitude and even humility. I like to think those emotions are reflected in these tunes and hope you get a giggle at the very least out of them!

Some further technical info:
Multiple instances of the 6581 and 8580. Each given their 3 voices and filter per track to express their extensive, panoramic and digital-analogue-hybrid glory.

The resonant filter sounds are from the later 8580 SID chips that were indeed capable of such things, but rarely used in any games, as each SID chip often sounded wildly different from the one another, making the filter considered too unpredictable for production use.

On paper the SID chip is a very capable paraphonic synthesizer, and I wanted to see how far I could push it with the small amount of knowledge I have gained over the years about synthesis in general. It's nice to prove that the SID is capable of these sounds, but you could argue some of what makes the SID unique (brain-scrambling arpeggiated chords, constant swapping of waveforms, drum sounds overriding melodies and forfeited amp envelopes to squeeze every bit of polyphony out of the 3 voices) are not present in these tunes. Making music within those limitations is a skill in itself and I hope to be able to make something within those boundaries one day!

SID Futures

Fun remakes and remixes of retro games as inspired by my favorite streamers. Tunes marked (SID) were made using the Commodore 64's SID chip - usually multiple instances and effects.

SID Futures

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