February #tuneaweek2024

A Part Of Me Is Broken (Part Two)

First tune for February, 6th tune of the year for #tuneaweek2024. 

Shout out to Thief for the sounds of banging on a window, rattling a bead curtain and playing his wind chimes. Lol. Recorded in Dunedin, late 2021.

Also shout out to Tamper, originally the other half of Faction, for some critical feedback on this one. He's busy with his own career and family but he's taken time out to lend his perfectionist ear which is hugely appreciated. I think it shows in the quality of this tune.

Thirdly, shout to Ned Haweeli (someone Tamper put me onto), one of his drum breaks features on this track. https://neddrums123.bandcamp.com/

It's another oddball, a 160bpm track that has somewhat of a UK Garage type bounce to it, and the snares being where they are mean it's technically 40bpm... fight me. haha. Enjoy!

Keep It Down

Hold Me Up (vocal) By Alfred G Leonard Jr

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EVERYTHING IN THIS SONG IS FAKE (real)

CPVP ANTHEM

Week 7, tune 7. It's been a stressful couple of weeks, so here I'm kind of cheating... I just don't have time to make a whole tune this week. I wrote this in 2021. But I didn't put it up anywhere, I just gave it to a few people, it was played on a radio show on SWU by none other than Rob Smith RSD. 

This goes quite well as a soundtrack to a show I'm watching at the moment named Steiner's Gate that involves time travel and worldlines...

Here it is spruced up, louder, tweaked in a bunch of ways, ended up spending about 3 hours on it that I don't have. Lol. Makes for a much improved tune for your benefit! Enjoy loud.

Another Dimension

Week 8, tune 8 #tuneaweek2024

This drum break by Ned Haweeli (neddrums123.bandcamp.com) really appealed to me, and reminded me of tunes by Photek et al back in the day (indeed, that was the sound Ned was going for), so well, yeah why not make a tune paying homage to the vibe of tunes from the mid 90s (my favourite era). 

The style and mood of this track owes at least as much to Source Direct as it does early Photek. ... Drums bass and vibes. Enjoy loud.

Mysteries

**UPDATE: after a revisit of this tune and a bit more engineering I've re-uploaded and replaced the audio as of 6 March 2024 **

Happy leapday. Week 9, track 9 for #tuneaweek 2024. Was fascinated with the kindly but passionately delivered environmentalist words of one Balin Hobbs in this clip. So I added loads of effects to it and built a track around it. It's weird and spooky. Enjoy loud.

#tuneaweek2024

what sort of culture

this is a sad but happy song about being strong after a breakup.

Flower meadow (Demo)

FUCK VALENTINES DAY FUCK HEARTBREAK

As I Arrive

2 UHR NACHTS - SADI (PEDRORODRIGUEZ RMX)

House Beat in 122-BPM, im neue Studio produziert...

House Beat in 122-BPM, produced in the new studio...

Play it Loud Baby...

Distorted Light

Sunsun

Verhovski X Majouga - Do Gory Feat. Turbo Torši

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25 May 2024 8pm-2am at MOON 1, Newtown, Wellington, New Zealand
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Keep It Down

James Faction

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