It was Thiago's idea, I'll give him credit.  Tristes Tropiques.  A mix of sounds made in France, Mexico, and eventually Seattle.  This is one of the earlier instrumental ideas, perhaps an album opener?

Tristes Tropiques

Every track I create is recorded live in one take using various instruments and the looped melodies I record in the process of creating the track.  This one starts out with some rhythm on a mini cajon I bought in Mexico, some burned wooden aboriginal sticks I've had since I was a kid living in Australia, and some clapping.  The arpeggio on keyboard I recorded with a new setup where I have a Novation Launchkey 61 set up into an old iPad with a Neosoul Suitcase app.  Not bad, and totally battery powered along with everything else I'm working with (except my audio interface and laptop for recording).  Sax riff enters, octave down with the Digitech Whammy.  The loops are recorded at the beginning of the pedal chain using an Electroharmonix 22500 dual stereo looper, then they go through an Electroharmonix momentary line selector with the effects loops activated, and on the effects loop we have an SP compressor, MXR '78 distortion, DOD extreme envelope filter, Digitech Whammy, Boss Tremelo, MXR carbon copy, MXR reverb, Mooer Noise Killer, and then back into the momentary line selector, with a Ditto Looper at the end of the chain just before the amp, which in this case is an Orange Micro Terror.  Orange Micro Terror into Behringer UMC202HD, into Abelton Live.   Once I get a couple of loops processing in the 22500, I add effects, then loop the post-effects loop using the Ditto, and turn off the loops at the 22500.  I bring back the loops on the 22500 at a different speed and sometimes down or up an octave and in many cases in reverse.  I re-process this modified loop using effects, but it's essentially the same loop you hear from the Ditto.  I ride the wave, and then there you have it, folks!  Cool huh?  I've been recording these tracks to send off to my buddy Thiago who is rapping over them.  He likes this one.  Stay tuned for versions with his vocals.

I feel like this one has a primal energy and it sort of feels like we're building up a fire.  I've been told my spirit animal is a baboon, and Aries is a fire sign, so I suppose that makes sense.

Fuego

8.24.2019

10.13.2019

Tried out a method described by a friend, to duplicate the track, pan each to the left and right respectively, and delay one of the tracks, to expand the sound.  Another 40-min set here... enjoy!

10.27.2019

Live, looped, ambient rock/jazz/electronic music from a saxophone/guitar/flute player.  Original music, improvised, seeking to create textures that put the listener in another dimension, if only for a moment.  Currently living in Lyon, France.

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