A part of my master thesis 'Music technology as a tool and guideline for composition'.

The intention was to compose "vertically". Recording one instrument and finalising that sound file before finding the second (and later the third) instrument to record along with the first sound file. The challenge was in trying to not think ahead and having to adapt to what was decided previously.

Recording, production, and mixing by Esca Jensen

Glockenspiel - Esca Jensen
Piano - Esca Jensen
Drum - Esca Jensen

Layers

A part of my master thesis 'Music technology as a tool and guideline for composition'.

A traditional singer-songwriter pop-song. A recreation of a song previously written by myself. 

Composition, recording, production, and mixing by Esca Jensen

Vocals - Karoline Nygård Jermstad 
Piano - Marianne Austvik

Traffic Lights

Bass flute - Ivan Ushakov 
Bassoon - Jørgen Vie 
Trumpet - Øyvind Mathisen 
Piano - Marianne Austvik

Droplets

Windchimes

Out Of Time

Composed and written by Esca Jensen and Vebjørn Haugnes

Ensemble: 
Vocals - Karoline Nygård Jermstad 
Keys - Marianne Austvik 
Guitalele - Esca Jensen

Visesang

Ensemble:
Trumpet - Øyvind Mathisen 
Percussion - Carl Haakon Waadeland

Water

Ensemble:
Piccolo flute - Ivan Ushakov 
Western concert flute - Ivan Ushakov 
Alto flute - Ivan Ushakov 
Bass flute - Ivan Ushakov 
Bassoon - Jørgen Vie 
Flugelhorn - Øyvind Mathisen 
Tuba - Stein-Martin Tilrum Fagerland 
Piano - Marianne Austvik 
Violin - Emma de Ljister

After Rain

One of the songs I composed for my final Bachelor project. 

The score is made for a brass quintet and is the final piece in a set of five. The melody and chord progression comes from a program run in Python, through CSound to MIDI, and imported in Sibelius where I arranged the material for the quintet. 

This is the simple rendering the program Sibelius gives of the material.

Freely

A homework piece done for the course "analysis of electroacoustic music". This piece is meant to be performed on multiple sets of speakers, and this stereo file gives a slightly different impression. Headphones are recommended for a fuller experience.

The sound bites used for this composition consist mainly of files from the NASA archive, with a couple of other clips such as the Elon Musk quote. The composition takes us through the space era, from getting the space program up and running, to reaching the moon, to the parking of the last space shuttle mission, and finally to the possible future of deeper space exploration.

Leaving The Petri Dish

As I had just set up my homes studio, i.e. the M-audio soundcard and the bluebird microphone, I wanted to try it out. Using garageband I recorded this acoustic cover of cemeteries of London sporting only ukulele and vocals.

Cemeteries of London - Coldplay Cover

This is the result of a term assignment in studio technique for autumn of 2012. We were to compose a song, record it in a studio, and fully produce it.

In the group we were 8 students and my contributions to this song are writing the lyrics and main melody, and singing backing vocals. In this sound file you can hear my mix and production of the material. Other instruments included in this composition are main vocals, an unconventional drum-set, bass, two electric guitars, grand piano, saxophone and group vocals.

The name of the song is meant more as a joke than a serious name. It was meant to go on an album named 'pop', thereby giving the combination of the single and the album the name 'pop-filter'. 

Lyrics:
The apocalypse came
And wrecked havoc to our home
All our friends are lost
And our family is gone
It's just you and me
In this ocean of despair
Humanity is lost 
But I guess it's only fair

We were never friends
And now you are all I got
Tried to make amends
But I never quite forgot

Ref:
It's the end of time
This is all we're gonna get
It's the end of time 
no more chances to forget
It's the end of time 
no more chances to forget
It's the end of time 
no more chances to forget
It's the end of time
This is all we're gonna get
It's the end of time 
no more chances to forget
no more chances to forget

'Til the end of time
Lets keep going like we are
The journey just begun
But we know it won't be far
And if we survive
There is no life left to live
You're the root to all
The one thing I can't forgive

Ref
It's the end...

It's the end of time
This is all we're gonna get
It's the end of time 
no more chances to forget
It's the end of time 
no more chances to forget
It's the end of time 
no more chances to forget

Filter

I work with music both during my free time, as well as during my studies. I have studied music technology at st. Edmund Catholic Campion in Birmingham, at Manger Folk High School and now at the university NTNU for a masters degree. I play an assortment of instruments aside from vocal, the main one being cornet which I have played for more than a decade in various bands and other settings.

Esca Jensen

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