This song was recorded in late fall 2013 and not at Electric Lady Studios and not with David Mancuso... At least not physically anyway. Not sure if Mancuso can remote view or not, DUH, of course he can... So there's a chance he helped out spiritually if not merely inspirationally. I also never influenced Larry Levan in any way shape or form as a DJ. A fact I can only attribute to me being 2 years old when he started playing the garage. My parents did have a garage though, so there is that. The levels are also totally sucky, apologies.

Duppy

A live performance of a work in progress. Logic was only used to record and doesn't do any of the heavy lifting.

Inspired by 1987 Chicago House. 

First bass line is programmed into the MSQ 100 which is the master clock for the track. Then the 707 and 727 are synched via midi. The 707 sends out a trigger which synchs the pro one via CV. Then the Pro One sends a footswitch signal to the Sequential Circuits Six Trak which controls the time for the arpeggiator. 

Probably doesn't need to be seven minutes long!

Everything(bagel)

I had intended to do a faster electro punk beat but I fell into something closer to techno. 

Master clock is the MPC 1000 which synchs the TR-09 which in turn triggers the Sequential Circuits Pro One. 

I just wrote some random lyrics trying to channel a little Hawkwind and maybe Aprhorite's  Child. Then I rapped the lyrics into the Roland VP-03

Full Data Loss

My first track for my band Rayless. This is a creepy industrial tune heavily inspired by the Dragon Experience, Skinny Puppy and primarily master synth guru / composer / cat lover Cevin Key.

Quartermass (Jack Chillax)

A tribute to Al Jourgenson and Ministry. Been a fan since I saw the video for Effigy back when MTV actually played music. This is more in the vein of a Mind is a Terrible thing to taste but with much shittier drums. Enjoy!

Schmezzbulla (Jack Chillax)

This track is actually from a few months back. One of my first attempts at Clicks and Ports Arpeggiators in Logic. The original version was far more industrial with shit tons of distortion.

The remix version gets rid of the vox and heavy guitars in favor of mustache ride friendly Miami Vice drum rolls and Billy Jean style drum snaps. 

It really needs to be remastered but SoundCloud seems to flatten it anyway... that and nobody listens to my music anyway LOL.

There are no samples used outside of Komplete 8. 

Zartanica - MustacheLordzzzz Remix

Not from Detroit techno beat meets Giorgio delay arps with some synth pads. 

Nobody Listens to Techno

Messing around on a lazy Sunday. I don't really know how to classify this track. It started out as a house beat but then I kept trying to turn it into a dancehall tune. It's somewhere in the middle I guess. I sure am glad I didn't record the takes where I was trying to be a toaster. I like the weird high pitched robotish voice waay better. This song is dedicated to all my homies that have been through the eye of the vortex and lived to tell the tale and ride again.

Hot Tub of Tears

Chicago House Records - People of House - 1987 Chicago House Records

Chicago House Mix - 1987

This was going to be a Chicago House track but for some reason I always seem to venture into techno land. It is right down the highway though and they used to have great parties.


This is a live take and is going to go through some edits (too long, needs drama etc...)but it's my first piece using all real gear and no CPU (logic is only used to record the take, no FX or spaces were used... which is kind of obvious). Basically I'm too jazzed to post this now rather than finishing it first, but soon... I hope.

For my fellow gear nerds here's a breakdown of the set up used on this take.

Bass(303), Din Sync and midi Clock,: XoxBox with Bass Boost
Backing Drum 1: Roland TR-606 (toms and hats mostly)
Main Drum 1-3, Arp control, sequencing: MPC 1000
The MPC is emulating: tr-909, tr-727, and one other kit that escapes me right now!
Monosynth: Minibrute taking it's arp from the MPC clock which was slaved to the xox
Polysynth: Juno 106 played very poorly and off time on this mix


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