Jazz Experiments

A Dangerous Affair

"for francis lai 2" composed by LINIR OR

If you ever read one of my descriptions, you know the drill: I conducted a jam session in which I used a vast amount of sounds, settings and samples, and recorded the stereo in Audacity, which I used in post-production to extract the best parts from that jam session in order to create this track. As always, I only used basic audio editing techniques like simple crossfades. Only a touch of soft limiting was applied, no elaborate approaches like mastering were used whatsoever. Thus, the result is raw and highly dynamic in nature, so put on your favourite headphones and turn up that volume knob, because the Loudness War is for losers!

This particular jam session was quite extensive, so that I decided to create three tracks from it, so this is the first one. In this particular part of the jam session, I was heavily relying on the Eurorack modules Radio Music and Turing Machine, both designed by the amazing Tom Whitwell. As always, Radio Music provided most of the samples, while the Turing Machine provided most of triggering and modulation of several modules; just to name a few: the aforementioned Radio Music, Basimilus Iteritas Alter, Mordax DATA, Doepfer A-147, Make Noise LxD and the still superb Mutable Instruments Clouds. Especially the interaction between the BIA, the A-147, the LxD and the Turing Machine created that distinct "broken" abstract rhythm that drives this whole soundscape. Additionally, I employed several guitar pedals to add flavour to the synth sounds; most prominently the Boss ML-2 Metal Core, that really makes the Arturia MicroBrute sound almost like an electric guitar.

During post-production when listening through the recording and picking the best parts to create this track, a civil defense sirene test took place in my region and the siren nearby my flat was very audible. Funnily enough, it was quite in tune with the track and in my opinion really matched the oveall sound structure. As I mentioned previously, working with a modular synth system often brings something extraordinary into being by means of those happy little accidents. This time, not only my gear surprisesd me, but also this siren test. 

Unfortunately, I couldn't record this siren sound at that time on the fly, so I decided to use a sample from one of the numerous free sample online sources to recreate that surreal feeling I had during the jam session. So I placed the sample roughly at the same position as it occured during the post-production.

MAB logo by @maxim-lichtenwald, check him out!

I hope you enjoy!

Roger (First Transmission) [Jam session sections: RAW2021 - 3]

Ich Mache Mein Kino

Sung Version Link:
https://soundcloud.com/user-76291714/under-the-rose-sung/s-wHuPXg95Jzc?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing&si=47f2ee7c03ed4bd9935badb75326225b

Words: John Oxenford (1812 to 1877). Tune: Under the Rose. Guitar and sound editing by Alan Thompson 2025.  Another of the songs of bygone eras. For a listing of these songs on  Youtube and SoundCloud: https://www.songsofbygoneeras.com/


Under the Rose instr

Smile For Me

Written Performed And Recorded By DMc Jan 2021.

Heart Of The Sun (Lyrics)

You're A Hurricane
Spinning Me Round And Round
You're A Runaway Train
Shaking Me To The Ground
You're An Ocean Wave
Drifting Me To The Shore
You're A Forest Blaze
Ignited You Keep Me Warm

So Get Up  Come On
Life Has Only Just Begun
So Get Up  Come On
Come Follow Me To The Heart Of The Sun

You Take Me Higher
Than I've Been Before
You Take Me Higher
Don't You Feel My Love
Don't You Feel My Love

You're A Northern Light
That Guides My Way Back Home
You're A Lightning Strike
You Fire My Heart And Soul

So Get Up  Come On
Life Has Only Just Begun
So Get Up  Come On
Come Follow Me To The Heart Of The Sun

You Take Me Higher
Than I've Been Before
You Take Me Higher
Don't You Feel My Love

So Get Up  Come On
Life Has Only Just Begun
So Get Up  Come On
Come Follow Me To The Heart Of The Sun
To The Heart Of The Sun
To The Heart Of The Sun
To The Heart Of The Sun

All Lyrics Written By DMc @Copyright2021

Heart Of The Sun

Klagovisa

From the album “Short Stories”, released 22.01.21

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Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1zf4ux62YMZ2Lry8qdEtTh?si=6oWM6uKJRQWhVsi78TUTxg

Let's Grow Old Together (album version)

Trenchcoat

IGNORE.    Originally written & recorded by Stina Crow  @user-244936023 ... 
I decided to do a "Hollywood Metal" version of it. Of course it is not nearly as good as the original, it is just a different take on IGNORE. 

Original track by Stina Crow : https://soundcloud.com/user-244936023/ignore

Vocals : Mahan Mahan
Music : Mahan Mahan

IGNORE (Originally by Stina Crow)

Hi, first i want to say sorry for many ocacions that i have to delete my music for corrections. i am not a real composer and didn't learn music .in my profession i am dealing with mathematical models and i tried to implement this approach to music. i have found rules that create beautiful melodies and are the basic ingredients in the music that i like from Francis Lai, Morricone, Rota, Moroder, John Barry, Eugen Doga and Piovani's  music , so you can call some of my compositions variations on their system.
I have in my youtube channel also the best amazing music from ,John Barry , Piovani , Moroder ,Rota and Morricone.


Thanks and all the best

Linir Or