It’s been about six months since I released my last “album”, so wubbalubbadubdub. Here you’ll find a blend of progressive house, trance, and downtempo, with some nerdy track titles to boot. The overall journey I’m painting is: start the party off strong (and a little dark), get into a brighter energetic groove, throw in some playfulness, and end with a little beauty and mystery. 🧿

First Party Perspective

Beautiful melancholy, melancholic beauty... harmonious melodies and melodious harmonies. 🏔️

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Original track by Krisu: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zf_EZIpWuJQ

Krisu - Your Soul Is Beautiful (JC++ remix)

Bright textures, rhythmic bass lines, morphing voices, and sprinkled noises (with some symphonic swells and sonic splashes thrown in for good measure) make this a fun track to dance, drive, or run to. When I close my eyes, I see a faraway land... with jagged mountains, vast expanses of undulating terrain, and eternal cities where buildings stand tall and never fall. ✨

Neon Rain

I entered this track into the Anjunabeats remix competition for "Am I Dreaming" by Maor Levi: https://metapop.com/pages/promos/maor-levi-am-i-dreaming

I progressively juxtaposed a range of sounds together to create an energetic, eerie, slightly unhinged, flowy, and nostalgic vibe. I hope you like it. ⏰

Maor Levi - Am I Dreaming (JC++ Cuckoo Clock Remix)

The axiom of choice is a mathematical assertion that can be understand colloquially as the ability to go through an infinite number of buckets and choose exactly one object from each bucket (assuming there are no empty buckets).

It seems simple enough (and maybe even "obvious"), but it actually has a bunch of implications in the world of mathematical proofs that boggle my mind, including the fact that you can cut up a sphere into a small number of pieces and then reassemble those pieces into... two spheres of the same size as the original. Insert balls joke here. (Look up the Banach-Tarski paradox if you want to go down a rabbit hole.)

Don't even get me started on the hairy ball theorem. 🌐

Axiom of Choice

Something a little different this time... plenty of beeps and boops, claps and snaps, tweets and swoops. I tried to combine light-hearted riffs with a pulsing groove while keeping the track short and sweet. The variations between the repeated sections are subtle, so I personally enjoy it a little more each time I listen through. ✨👀

Fractal Eyes

I played with more complex drum/percussion beats and layered a bunch of repeating synths together while gradually building up energy in this track. It's intended to be peaceful, maybe a little spooky, with some glimmers of hope. Suitable for bobbing your head to on a long drive. 🛣️

Montana Ave

I'm a bit of a physics nerd, hence the title, which tries to express the ineffable nature of subatomic existence. Or something like that. Anyways, this track is relatively simpler and shorter than many of my other songs but maybe that's a good thing. I played around with a bunch of foley sounds and manipulated vocal samples left, right, and topwise until I had something that felt moody, a little mysterious, and somewhat magical. Plz to be enjoying this track!!1 (I'm pretty pleased with how well the visuals match this time too.) ⚛️

Quantum Qualia

Some bouncy twisty bendy fuzzy warbly echoey chirpy fun. 🧶

Superstrings

A heavy and somewhat eerie electronic take on a classic. 👤

Machinehead++

With this track, I was in a contemplative mood and combined chopped-up vocal clips with atmospheric waves of sound (high synth chords and low bass swells). The breakdown starting at 1:05 uses a half-time beat and leans into the vocal chops to create a mysterious vibe. The track title was inspired by a plot device from the movie "Everything Everywhere All at Once". If you could put anything you wanted from the universe onto one bagel, what would it become? 🥯

Anything Bagel

pushing buttons 🔘 and twisting knobs 🎛️

JC++, a producer and DJ with Midwestern roots, was classically trained on piano, clarinet, and bass guitar. Now living in NYC and armed with a laptop and headphones, he plays with electronic music as a universal language that anyone can connect with.

His progressive house tracks create a fun mood in a range of spaces, from casual apartment hangs to dance floor parties. Layered vocals and intricate soundscapes turn his music into vibrant journeys, keeping the energy going with a whimsical touch.

What is JC++ in a nutshell? The aural rendition of an emoji. d(@_@)b

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dj.jcplusplus@gmail.com

http://jcplusplus.com