I was initially approached by people who were running the film section at Bestival 2013 to perform a live soundtrack to the 1916 silent version of 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, directed by Stuart Paton. The film is a groundbreaking piece of cinematography, featuring as it does the first underwater sequences in a motion picture ever. The atmosphere and darkness of the underwater shots were a good fit for my general style, and I'd long been waiting to soundtrack a film so I jumped at the chance. My score is actually to a special edit of the film provided by the festival, and I performed it live to an audience of about six people at half past midnight immediately after playing my usual set in a different tent. Most of the work on the score was completed around the time I was doing the final mixing on TOTAL STRIFE FOREVER, so one of the pieces and quite a few of the effects I used on the album found their way onto the soundtrack as well. There are plenty of other departures here stylistically though. It was a big challenge for me creating this soundtrack, and while it is far from perfect, I do feel it's a good companion piece to TOTAL STRIFE FOREVER. Enjoy.

East India Youth - 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea (Excerpt)

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Midnight City

Audio Collaboration with my good friend Karman Lyne - check out his clips on Soundcloud.

Philosophy 101

Yay Yay

Collaboration with Karman Lyne - also
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Lyrics:
Running faster, nowhere to go,
Chasing dreams on a one-way road.
Empty pockets, heavy chains,
Burning bright inside the flames.

Somebody save me,
Take me out of this fight.
Somebody save me,
Before I’m lost in the night.

Promises cut like a knife,
Another scar from this crazy life.
I keep standing, I won’t fall,
Hear my voice, I’m screaming it all.

Somebody save me,
Lift me out of the pain.
Somebody save me,
Set me free once again.

Written by Bocchicchio T. ;  Music generated with the creative input of AI

Somebody save me

Stovepipe

My mix of "Bullets" by Little Empire Produced by Warren Huart at www.producelikeapro.com

PLAP Bullet 08.02.16

A rework of Philosophy 101 done mostly with a Mininova in Ableton

We're Human

Promix Academy Mix of Love Me I'm Rich - Now in added stereo !

Promix Love Me I'm Rich CTD PCPT 16.06.16 5

My compositional technique is to create a series of chance based generative sequences that can be re-ordered, processed, sampled and layered. I use guitars, synthesisers, effects pedals and found sounds to create the initial building blocks of piece. I aim to keep sequences around the two minute mark out of respect of the listener. The process is dependant on a combination of accidental combinations and aesthetic judgments. After selecting the most suitable sections of notes, midi data or sound, the sections are then reordered according to pre-defined rules, sometimes randomly or partially conditioned by Pure Data patches written specifically for each piece or project. 

My palette of sounds comes from guitars, synthesisers and samplers. Some of the sounds are sampled sounds, some are found sounds that are heavily processed, and some come straight from hardware or any combination of these. I make extensive use of looper pedals and delays. I try to work fast and not fix every imperfection. 

I'm looking for a musical outcome, but not a traditional harmonic or narrative one. I believe that each piece should be logical and consistent within itself. The use of generative patches and reliance on accidental and deliberate juxtaposition to make sound is a personal journey. It is an exploration that deconstructs and re- sequences audio within a subset of variable conditions.
  

Drone_loop_030425

Karman_Lyne

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