Name: Discontinuity by ᴇɴsᴏɴɪᴄ
Duration: 5 min 5 s
Description: Dark electronic song featuring some percussion loops recorded from my dishwasher :) I used the rumble from the machine at 3 pitches to make everything from mid-level percussion to hihats.

I so love this hypnotiserad sound mate, Great work and that kick really shines!

This is a remix of my first vocal offering which I originally released over 10 years ago. Some of the original (free) VST's have faded from existence so I worked with a few of my current favourites and one new one. By now I had switched to a Strat guitar and this is undoubtedly one of my better, more fluid leads. At the time, I was also experimenting with keyboards and was really just getting comfortable using two hands (rather than 2 fingers). Also at this time, I was getting comfortable using Cuckos Reaper. As for lyrics, they just came from the mood of the tune. Everything is drawn from life experiences, so a "cut and paste" of some old, but not forgotten, memories. I'm not sure why I chose the 3rd person to express these images. 

Broken Dreams
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[INTRO/SOLO]

You wake up from a nightmare ...
Or was that real?
Somehow you can't get out of bed
Fingers too numb to feel.

Sun coming through the window
But there's no heat.
Now, the silence is deafening
Not a sound from the street.

[SOLO]

Sweet smells from the pillow
As you turn in bed.
Memories of warm embraces
Filter through your head.

No matter now, the bed is cold.
The covers are all grey.
The memories still linger
Of a love that did not stay.

[OUTRO/SOLO]

:: Words and music copyright Rick Engler

Image courtesy of MS Word Clipart
Drum sounds courtesy of Free Studio Drum Sounds and 9th Wonder Kit
Microphones: Apex 185
Keyboards: Casio WK-110 with built-in voicings
Fender Princeton Chorus Amp
Fender Stratocaster Blacktop Guitar
Boss ME-70 Multi-effects pedal
Analog to Digital: Steinberg CI 1 USB MIDI Interface
Mixed in Cuckos Reaper on a PC
Remixed using Reaper with a Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 and a Shure SM58.

Broken Dreams

Broken Dreams (Original)

This song is about finding one’s soul mate and having that immediate chemistry and connection with someone the very first time you meet them. One my argue that true love often first begins as an obsession and desire. There is electricity in the air, and you can feel an invisible magnetic field that is drawing both of you together both physically and spiritually. She becomes your single obsession and desire. You can’t get her off your mind. You can’t sleep. You can’t eat. Even drinking a bottle of whiskey hasn’t helped. You just need to be with her. Tell her that you can’t live without her and love her.  
YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhJ4OL9_hgc&list=PLRAGtVocmtxSPtV_Et_DhX6vzzcMb_YSg&index=10

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Do you want to know a secret ?

RATTLESNAKE

JIM ANDERS _ Jugend

there's a lot of people, who wanna get you down.
don't wanna see you smile, just wanna see you frown.
make you look real bad, give you all the blames.
they get all their joy, from twisted mind games.
their vibes are really bitter, their minds are really dark.
never trust a traitor and never trust a narc. 

Never trust a narc.  (narcissist)

Dark electronic song featuring some percussion loops recorded from my dishwasher :) I used the rumble from the machine at 3 pitches to make everything from mid-level percussion to hihats.

Discontinuity

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Emilien Day - Polyphonie 14

I am composing dark electronic music in a variety of styles as my hobby. I feel my specialty is melancholic/dreamy electronics. 
End of 2019 I became more active after I started using #Bitwig Studio. So almost all the tracks you'll find here are from this era. The music is all done by myself - no AI used (not even for mixing & mastering). Let me know what you think and constructive criticism is very welcome too.

I like electronic music of all kinds (started with Depeche Mode in the 80s,  EBM in the 90s and FuturePop in the 00s, but also like Melodic Techno, Psytrance, Harsh Industrial, ...etc.).

I've started making music in the 80s on the Amiga 2000 with various trackers and used Jeskola Buzz on Windows for a brief period during the 90s.

The gear I am using now:
A PC running OpenSuse Tumbleweed
2 27" WQHD screens
1st gen Focusrite Scarlett 18i20 Audio interface + 2nd gen Focusrite OctoPre
Novation Launchpad X
Arturia Keystep 37
Korg Nano Kontrol
My own  Octacon controller (https://github.com/ensonic/octacon)

I use Bitwig Studio with mainly the stock devices and Sononym for my sample library.

Stefan

Discontinuity

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