THIS LIFE

Tarrega, Sor, Improv

Written & Produced by PLAZAS
Mixed by PLAZAS
Mastered by Brock McFarlane @ CPS Mastering in Vancouver, B.C.
Artwork by PLAZAS

Music Video Premiere via Exclaim!
http://exclaim.ca/music/article/plazas-2_leave_u_behind_video

2 Leave U Behind

Written & Produced by PLAZAS
Mixed by PLAZAS
Mastered by Brock McFarlane @ CPS Mastering in Vancouver, B.C.
Artwork by PLAZAS

Single Premiere via http://exclaim.ca/music/article/plazas-silent_empires

Empathy - EP out March 2016 via @nbdlabel

Silent Empires

A track I messed around with in Ableton, 
Guitar

Enjoy!

Dont Know This

An old piece recorded years ago. Still interesting despite me being young and having little experience.
Guitar & Piano

Recorded in my room.

Trees

Improvisation March 2016

Forest Paintings is a project in which I use recorded material from a road trip out west to Vancouver. I manipulate the field recordings from each location to create a sense of that place, with some additional guitar. It was a fantastic experience bringing these places to life and I hope to continue this project in the future. 
Enjoy!

Forest Paintings Vol.1

Wonewoc

collapsed program + chemnitz zither
"can a shaman amortise coins he collects from the ground?"

0918 - 15 Re 0717 07 Lv 1 S 4 C 2 RECS_nm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPPuwFg2SvU
http://smarturl.it/RichardDevineRevsic
http://smarturl.it/RDSortLave
http://planetmu.bleepstores.com/release/1079…ine-sortlave
http://richarddevine.bandcamp.com/album/sort-lave

After a break of 6 years, Atlanta based electronic musician, producer and sound designer Richard Devine returns with a new album ‘Sort\Lave’ on Venetian Snares‘ Timesig imprint. Recorded between 2016 and 2017 using Richard’s custom built Eurorack modular system and two Nord G2 Modular units, Sort\Lave features 12 tracks of intricate electronica that ranges from abrasive percussive experiments such as ‘Revsic‘ to ‘Astra’s dazzling juxtaposition of sounds and onto the radiant ambience of the album’s closer ‘Takara‘.

Talking about the album’s genesis Devine explains “I’ve been using modular synthesizers since I was 17, but have never written complete tracks using these newer systems. This was my first experiment to see if it would be possible and I probably spent about 5 years building up the systems that I used on this album.”

“I wanted the record to sound very different to my previous works which had been more cold, digital, clinical even, and had all been made using computers. The aim here was the complete opposite, to create something that felt very organic, detailed, spacious, big and warm and just as importantly, a record that you could put on and play all the way through that flowed in a seamless way.”

This new approach was to prove fruitful and enabled Devine to create music in an entirely new way. “I really wanted to break free from timeline-based music creation and do things with my hands on the fly,” he explains. “So the tracks are more like captured snapshot performances where I could experiment and play around with the idea of probability-based sequencing for every patch, string multiple sequencers together that would feed other sequencers to come up with interesting rhythms and melodies. It was really fun coming up with new sounds this way too, I felt like I created several I haven't heard before with this album. Some of the tracks on the album were complete accidents and evolved from something that happened spontaneously. In the end I feel this is one of the best records I have released to date, so I’m very excited to share it with the world.”

Making his debut in 1995, Devine’s releases for labels including Schematic, Warp Records and Detroit Underground have established him as one of the leading figures within the electronica community. In addition to his musical productions, Devine has enjoyed a lengthy and successful career in sound design, developing patches for many of the world’s leading music technology businesses and working with companies such as Google and Nike.

Sort\Lave

Richard Devine - Revsic (TIMESIG009)

Warm Sun (demo)

Music I've composed or improvised in a variety of styles. I attempt to create a unique sound through these pieces.

Wonewoc

jojo meiler