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To begin with I would like to thank you for coming to listen to what I have presented you today. Staying true to my motto of creating experimental electronic music that results from unscripted jam sessions, here comes my latest upload which features plenty of quirky sounds and curious samples.

As always, the Boss RC-300 loop station is the MIDI clock master to which I sync my humble Eurporack. As an inspiration for the whole session, I played back the Youtube video "Minimal Glitch - Modular Improv" by Modular Cult (@user-451526715), just to start things going, and then I added my sounds on top of his experiment and also modulated his original soundscape in order to put my spin on the whole affair. To spice things up, I decided to employ yet another Youtube video, "Saraz Handpan F Harmonic Minor 9" by Saraz Handpan. Since I love the intricate but calming timbre of handpans, I employed sounds of this lovely handpan playing F Harmonic Minor, that I put through the Mutable Instruments Clouds which was heavily modulated, again, to put my spin on it.

As you might have read in one of my previous write-ups, I love to include speech samples, especially by narrators who talk about music, which may or may not fit the session's narrative. This time, I settled on a lecture by Karlheinz Stockhausen, who is considered to be influential but also somewhat controversial composer, and one of the pioneers of electronic music. His explanations of changing musical moments really matched my approach, since I love to change up the flow of my jam sessions to keep things interesting. Additionally, to emphasize the transition from one particular segment of this track to another I used a famous Monty Python catchphrase.

During the course of this particular session I heavily relied on a combination of several modules, most prominently the Turing Machine with its expander Pulses, the LxD, the A-147, and the Radio Music. This setting ended up creating some glitchy rhythms, which very much reminded me of the track "Vertical Invader" by Frank Bretschneider & Taylor Deupree (@frankbretschneiderofficial, @taylordeupree). I decided so sample this track directly onto the loop station and after adjusting the tempo to my session's original tempo of 112 BPM, I was able to quite successfully incorporate this amazing minimalist track into my musical flow. 

Interestingly enough, the harmony of Vertical Invader went really well together with the sound snippets that came from the Radio Music module at this stage of the jam session. Also, the conglomeration of all these sounds matched the E Phrygian scale that I have been toying with for the last couple of weeks on my guitar and my synths. Since I am not much of a player, I decided to play back a couple of related Youtube videos and see if anything comes up that really fits the whole narrative. Indeed, in her Klezmer lessons, Robin Seletsky usually plays in E Freygish (which basically corresponds to the E Phrygian Dominant scale) and her clarinet's timbre tied the whole picture together. However, I mostly wasn't able to play back her videos in a rhythmically meaningful way, so I put many of the samples in post production.

Most of my tracks can be downloaded for free, and I encourage you to use them in your jam sessions and live sets. If you use any of my material, I really would like to know what you could come up with. So drop me a message and please give a shout-out to Mrs. Audio Boy!

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I hope you enjoy this one!


Samples from the following material were used:
* https://youtu.be/MFvynwLkGco
* Frank Bretschneider & Taylor Deupree - Vertical Invader
* https://youtu.be/NOSGbVNYFq8
* https://youtu.be/B83Iu_4FIIU
* https://youtu.be/M6hT2mGIlKo
* https://youtu.be/fK8nyiolmas
* https://youtu.be/7ZuAH-6E2vk

Electroacoustic Moments [Jam session sections: RAW2021 - 8]

Vision - Midnight Passion (Extended)

Youtube video: https://youtu.be/BNbc4-evQS0
Somos 
Unha area
Nun mar de recordos
Deixando ir o tempo marchar por nos

Estragando 
As nosas almas
Olvidadas 
Nas rompentes das nosas vidas

Somos 
Pequenos heroes
Con barro en lugar de pes
E a area metida no noso ser

Fundimonos 
Cada vez
Ainda que creemos poder
Salvarnos e volver florecer

Os heroes 
Verdadeiros
Non levan nunca
Simbolos no peito

Un corazon 
De seda e ferro
Alumea
Sempre o seu sendeiro 

Somos 
Pequenos heroes
Con barro en lugar de pes
E area metida no noso ser

Fundimonos 
Cada vez
Ainda que creemos poder
Salvarnos e volver florecer

E ahora
Que nos levan
Sinto a culpa
Cravada como unha agulla

Somos 
Pequenos heroes
Con barro en lugar de pes
E area metida no noso ser

Fundimonos 
Cada vez
Ainda que creemos poder
Salvarnos e volver florecer

Lyrics (English)

We are
A sand
In a sea of memories
Letting time march over us

Unravelling
Our souls
Forgotten
In the breakers of our lives

We are
Little heroes
With mud instead of feet
And sand stuck in our being

We sink
Each time
Even though we think we can
Save us and make us bloom again

The heroes
True
Never carry
Symbols on the chest

A heart
Of silk and iron
Illuminates
Always its path

We are
Little heroes
With mud instead of feet
And sand stuck in our being

We sink
Each time
Even though we think we can
Save us and make us bloom again

And now
That they take us away
I feel the guilt
Stuck like a needle

We are
Little heroes
With mud instead of feet
And sand stuck in our being

We sink
Each time
Even though we think we can
Save us and make us bloom again

We are
Little heroes
With mud instead of feet
And sand stuck in our being

We sink
Each time
Even though we think we can
Save us and make us bloom again

Pequenos Heroes

CMIND - MAY NEVER COME (JOSE RODRIGUEZ RMX)

https://electroaggressionrecords.com/r010r-total-disinformation-awareness/
https://youtu.be/ov6pSSBLKMA?feature=shared
2CD release in December

R010R - Operativ [Electro Aggression Records 2023]

Artist: https://soundcloud.com/silverlake44
Track: Field Of View
Label: https://soundcloud.com/goldenforestrecords
Format: Digital Mini-Album
Release date: 08/12/23
YouTube: https://youtu.be/ieOn_kVU7qo

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Silver Lake are proud to present their new musical project, "2003", 
a special year that marked their lives, the 20th anniversary of which they are celebrating today, through this collection of IDM and Braindance titles, inspired by the path travel to date of today, passing through very distinct atmospheres symbolizing the good and bad moments of life.

PREMIERE | Silver Lake - Field Of View [Golden Forest] 2023

The Laughing Heart With - Charles Bukowski

Blackberry

At the Polytechnic by FOKKER

ALDEN TYRELL - DISCO LUNAR MODULE (Lindstrom & Prins Thomas Remix)

Cloudchaser

Μιʀʀɸʀ

Caroline

https://coletivodelixo.bandcamp.com/album/florestas-queimadas-zer0-likes-records

Pela Sombra - FREE DL

VIBEY⚡⚡⚡ SEXY💋💋💋 ELECTRO🎧🎧🎧

Synthesizers, loops and abstract beats.  These are a few of my favorite things?  I am a strange breed, other worldly, and a super freak.   Cold wave, minimal techno, electro abstract, avant- hard, hardcore techno, break core, IDM, EBM, Death Rock, punk Rock, New Wave,Dark Wave, Ambient, MiamiBootyBase, SpeedBase, Dub, RagaMuffin, Dubstep, Industrial, Noise, Experimental, world beat...did I forget anything?  Neophyte, for sure, and these are all my newly found treasures, that I have dug up from around the world.  One day I will produce some tracks again, until then, I will spend every minute listening to all the newly found gems!

ALDEN TYRELL - DISCO LUNAR MODULE (Lindstrom & Prins Thomas Remix)

The Electro Slut 💋 VIBEY SEXY ELECTRO

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