Just Messing About

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 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

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.

Enjoy!

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Moogled

MOOGLED

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)

Procrastination is a wonderful thing! I'm supposed to be working on an illustration project but decided to take 10 minutes and have a little live jam session with my Juno-6, 106, TR-707, and a Volca Bass. Now, back to the drawing board...



Procrastination (Juno-6, Juno-106, Volca Bass, TR-707 Live Jam)

A very, very short snippet of this morning's analog synth jam. No big ideas just some blips-n-beats while I drank my coffee. Enjoy!

Acidic Coffee

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!

Music For Toys

Barbara Walters on Acid

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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.

Enjoy!

Robot Coffee

The Sinking of Northern Belle

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The Sinking of NORTHERN BELLE

Just a quick electronic jam recorded to tape and digitized for your listening pleasure. Enjoy!

(Yup, that's a picture of the tape deck used to make this recording.)

Analog Thunderstorm

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.

Just Messing About

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