Sometimes you just feel like rolling naked in glitter!


Just a little synth jam on a Saturday afternoon.
After a long hiatus I'm finally back in the studio making music.

Naked People

Naked Glitter People Dancing

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A slightly jazzy, wee bit loopy, synthwave-esque, instrumental hip-hop jam brought to you from the deck of the Skeena Queen.

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* No narwals were harmed in the making of this track.

Instrumental

Ferry Jam no.1

Ferry Jam No.1

This song is part of the Ferry Sessions; short tracks composed in the front seat of my car, or the passenger lounge on the Skeena Queen during my weekly ferry ride into town.  The trip is 35 minutes each way, so, the bulk of the tracks' main themes, phrases, loops, and arrangements are laid down in about an hour, with a wee bit of tinkering when I get back home. 

Contrary to my regular M.O. there are no vintage synths here, just an old MacBook with Garageband, a Microkorg, and a no-name MIDI controller.

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Ferry Jams

In the beginning

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In the beginning...

Just a late night synth jam with a vintage lounge vibe.

Symmetrical

One Seventeen AM

Interlude Number One

This is an audio snapshot and improvised assembly of sounds made one afternoon as I traveled home to Vancouver from New York via Boston. The sound samples and noises were recorded on the E Train in NYC, the baseline was improvised in the air on Flight DL 5766, and melodies and other bits were put together at Gate C-27 in Boston-Logan Airport. It's crappy but still worth a listen.

Sounds and Songs from Somewhere Else

MetroCard

What if, instead of Skrillex, tiny wind-up robots made dubstep using toy keyboards and a Gameboy?

A little soft-core dubstep/techno inspired by Atari, Casio, and 60's sci-fi.

Instruments used:
Yamaha DSR-2000, FB-01, PSS-480, & DD-10. 
Roland JV-35 and JUNO-106.
Korg Volca Bass
Arturia MICROBRUTE.
Realistic MOOG MG-1
Pearl DRX-1
Roland TR-707 (Triggering Juno-6 and DRX-1)

Nux Phaser Core, JOYO Analog Delay, Alesis Microverb III, Roland VF-1

Music For Toys

Lo-fi Robots Dubsteppin' on Video Games

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Lo - Fi ROBOTS Dubsteppin' On Video Games

Just a lo-fi acid track for your listening pleasure. No editing or fancy sequences just me messing about in the studio while I drink my coffee.

Made with vintage Moog MG-1 and contemporary Volca Bass and Microbrute synthesizers. Drums courtesy the mighty Yamaha DD-10.

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Moogled

MOOGLED

Fun tune inspired by Atari and Intellivision (look 'em up kids) made using a bunch of vintage gear, recorded to 4-track cassette, lost in time, found & digitized for your listening pleasure.

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Springs-n-strings

Springs n Strings

Just messing about while I had my coffee. This is a live analogue jam. No computer, no MIDI, just pure trigger-sync'd goodness. 

For anyone interested:
Roland TR-707 triggering JUNO=6 arpeggiator, Korg Volca Bass sequence, & Pearl DRX-1 drums. I noodled over top (badly) on a Technics SX-K200. Bit-crunch distortion on the Juno courtesy of a BOSS VF-1.

This is obviously NOT a fully realized musical idea, just a bit of fun making noise. ENJOY!

TOAST-N-JAM   ( Live Analogue Synth Jam)

Another one from the archives. This track was inspired by a Ministry track that appeared on the soundtrack for the film Hardware. It sounds nothing like it.

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Lost Cassettes

What You Want

Just messing things up a bit while I drink my morning coffee. 

This is a "live" jam recorded in one take using a Volca Bass passed through an EH Bass Micro Synthesizer and a $10 analogue delay pedal as the lead. Baseline courtesy of the Juno-6 sync'd to a TR-707. I threw in a couple random samples to spice things up a bit. MIDI be damned! 

Listen LOUD to amuse your neighbours...
(and scare their cats)

Enjoy!

Barbara Walters on Acid

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This was part of the score to a very, very, very low budget short fantasy film that had something to do with cowboys, ninjas, and a pizza. ...Don't ask.

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Ninja Cowboys

Synthwave-esque Deep  House track improvised using vintage hardware synths and sequencers. 

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For the synth nerds:

Yamaha PSR-36
Yamaha FB-01
Yamaha PSS-290
Roland Juno-6
Roland TR-707
Roland MSQ-700
Alesis Microverb III

Space Beach (live improvisition)

Just a little Minimal Synth with a dash of Acid House composed while my kids were taking a nap. Road music for an afternoon in Dad's space-cruiser. Enjoy!

Dad's Space-Cruiser

Live jam, no computer sequencers or MIDI, just a JUNO-6 arpeggiator sync'd to a TR-707 drum pattern with some improvised pads etc. on an HS-10 (Alpha Juno-1). The "found audio" is taken from the US Coast Guard VHF radio recordings of the 2010 sinking of the fishing vessel Northern Belle. It was layered over the "live" recording in Audacity.

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Robot Coffee

The Sinking of Northern Belle

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The Sinking of NORTHERN BELLE

This is 14 minutes and 14 seconds of me improvising with a bunch of vintage synths. There's no real musical idea or manifesto I was just experimenting with some loops and riffs and combinations of instruments. I didn't realize I was recording myself but decided to keep the track anyway, just because I could. Listen at your own peril.

Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KG6U_ApuI58 

For the synth nerds:

Roland  MSQ-700 Sequencer, Juno-6, Juno-106, SH-2000
Korg Volca Bass, Volca Beats
Technics SX-K350 (for analog strings)

New Works 2017

Fourteen Fourteen: Vintage Synth Jam

Techno tune produced entirely on the Nintendo DSi using the KORG DS-10+ synthesizer/drum machine.

The 1-bar components were composed while sitting on ferry boats. The final track was assembled while sitting on the pot.

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Bathroom Sessions

Tiny NINTENDO

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Synthwave-esque track from the upcoming JUNO SLICER project.

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JUNO SLICER

JUNO SLICER (BetaMax)

JUNO SLICER BetaMax

Sunday afternoon with a cup of coffee, fire in the fireplace and a bunch of synths....

The Juno Project

Synth Sunday 002

Synth Sunday No1

SYNTH SUNDAY PROJECT:  Improvised electro track built around a marine distress call from SWAMP BOAT YANKEE.

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Synth Sundaes

Swamp Boat Yankee

Got a NEW toy!!. Using an Arturia Beatstep Pro to drive a vintage Roland aJUNO-1 and an old Roland JV-35. I'm working out some riffs and instrument combinations for an upcoming live show. This is really just a sketch and has not be mixed, mastered, or even EQ'd. Nonetheless, I hope you hear something you like.
Cheers!
LRB

Synth Sunday No3

Was lucky enough to spend my birthday locked in the studio with a bunch of synths. This track is the result. It's a very, very, VERY rough first cut recorded directly from the mixer without editing, processing or added effects. Even the MIDI sequences are recorded "live" without any quantizing or editing...yet. I'm working on polishing it for use in an upcoming album. Stay tuned...

As always, listen, share and ENJOY!

Synths used:
Roland D-50, JV-35, & alpha JUNO-1
Yamaha FB-01, PSS-480, PSR-36

Synthesizer Sundays

Synth Sunday No5

Originally one of my "Synth Sunday" tracks this tune is being reworked to be part of the Liquid Zoo soundtrack album.  The track features a Roland alpha JUNO-1, D-50 & JV-35 plus a Yamaha FB-01 and PSS-480.

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Liquid Zoo

Atmospheric synthwave track from the Liquid Zoo soundtrack.

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Captain Sausage Fingers

Sometimes even Robots with Keytars get the blues.

KEYTAR Blues

Gnarly Narwhals are a little like lo-fi ROBOTs !

Just a bit of good ol' fashion hardware acid house.

Analogue Drums: Pearl DRX-1 (Drum-X)
Hand Claps: Roland HC-2
Rhythmic Baseline: Roland JUNO-6
Squishy Baseline; Roland JV-35
Pads and Strings: Roland D-50
Sequencer: Arturia BEATSTEP Pro
Caffeine:  Extra-strong Coffee!

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Gnarly Narwhal - Part 1

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NOTES No.5 came about one rainy Sunday afternoon while I was testing out a newly acquired Novation Bass Station. I sequenced a simple baseline on the JUNO-106 and then started experimenting with lead sounds. I added 808 drum samples from a Roland JV-35, started playing chords with cheesy choir samples and before long I had the makings of a little synth-pop ditty.

NOTES - Sketches from the ROBOT Labs

NOTES No.5 - sketches from the ROBOT Lab

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Sweet Dreams (are made of synths)began with the idea to re-imagine the famous Eurythmics song. Like all the "Notes" tracks this is a work in progress.

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NOTES - Sketches from the Robot Labs

SWEET DREAMS (are made of synths)

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A bit of dreamy synth-pop written on a rainy winter afternoon somewhere on the west coast of British Columbia.

A Few Chords

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Yet another orphan track from the "NOTES - Sketches from the ROBOT Labs" series. Like it's fellows this is a work in progress, a quick sketch to get some ideas down so I can come back to them later if I feel so inspired. Constructive criticism  is appreciated and encouraged.

For the synth nerds...

This track was sequenced using an antique copy of Cakewalk Pro from 1991 running on an equally ancient Windows 95 PC. The synthesizers and drum machines were all hardware, mostly vintage and include the following:

Roland JUNO-106, alpha JUNO, D-50 & JV-35
Korg Volca Beats & Microkorg
Novation Bass Station
Realistic (Moog) MG-1
Yamaha FB-01
Alesis Microverb III
NU-X Phaser Core

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Sketches from the ROBOT Labs

VIDEOSPHERE

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A little Chillwave noodling using vintage instruments.

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2o2o Music

Night Ride

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Experimental Electronica and Synthesizer Cheese.  lo-fi ROBOT Boy makes music using hardware synthesizers, sequencers & drum machines collected from flea markets, yard sales, and the dusty back rooms of music shops. Everything has knobs, sliders & smells like ozone. VSTs and blue LEDs be damned!

Artist with Pink Dolphin Music Ltd.

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