Bob & Weave II

After taking a hiatus I'd like to turn your attention to this latest upload of mine, featuring samples of the oud, a stringed instrument common to the Middle East. Please bear in mind that I didn't play the oud; sadly, I am not such a virtuoso. However, I am getting quite experienced in choosing samples that fit my jam sessions, and using this exotic instrument yielded quite enthralling results in my humble opinion.

In this particular session I was experimenting with G minor, which took me outside of my usual comfort zone of C minor. As so often the case, I used a combination of Eurorack modules, the Arturia MircroBrute, and some pre-prepared drum and drone pad samples. These sounds were looped on the Boss RC-300 loop station. 

After setting up the sound frame using Eurorack and the Arturia MicroBrute, I played back a couple of Youtube videos together with my sounds; something that I have been practicing for a quite a while now. At the end I settled for following two videos:
- G minor oud Improvisation (https://youtu.be/vIBjXLFv1vE)
- Emotional Gm (G minor) CHORD - Ambient Backing Track #13 (https://youtu.be/PLqvVSGuRlI)

The jam session was recorded in Audacity. In post-production I used the best parts from the jam session to create this track. As I already expected, I had some trouble with playing back the oud sounds in such a manner that they fit the track and especially its tempo. So I had to heavily edit these samples in post production and put them back together with my sounds in order for them to sound as desired. While doing so, I also employed some reverb, high pass filters and a limiter within Audacity, albeit very sparingly. Other than that, no elaborate effects or mastering techniques were used, you basically listening to a short and condensed version of the jam session.

As always, the result is highly dynamic, so headphones are recommended. Also, please turn up that volume knob because Loudness War is for losers!

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

I hope you enjoy!

Oud Dub [Jam session sections: RAW2022 - 2]

Once Again

Hollow

Kernproblem

Sweet Reprise  Coda

Shadow 3

Unannotated

Place Behind The Curtain

The Dragonflies

Alex Zuzuk - Zminyy

Well, you never know when you might find yourself in need of a loophole 😉

Loophole

AEOLUS - ΑΙΟΛΟΣ

For a while now, I have wanted to rework an old track of mine and completely reimagine it. This is the result of that desire, and the original is here:

https://soundcloud.com/rdavidtyler/redesign?in=rdavidtyler/sets/mixed-bag&si=f670566080234f069cccbb7694f873ab&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

I stripped it down to the chord progression, and that is all I kept in the end. So, perhaps it does count as something entirely new...

Hours

Mother Earth feels, perceives and suffers. Let us take care of her.
Composition and production Javier Piñeira, June 2023. All rights reserved. Copyright

Mother Earth

Always Always … Remember This Each And Every Single Time You See The Light Within The Mind Too Brightly ... This Very Act Of Welling With Enlightenment ... Still ...  Fact Is That This Act Alone Can Not Save Your Sanity From Finding Out About Its Nature … No Matter From Where You Look

Psychobilly Blues

Hello friends, I have a new EP "Phoenix Awake". These can be found on all common music streaming platforms. The following track is an excerpt from the EP, with a total of 6 tracks, and should get you in the mood and the timbres in the mood. Listen in, enjoy it and let yourself drift.

BitBassGit

Btw, a quick note.

My new EP, 'Blossom Peak' is now out and if you'd like a free code then feel free to drop me a message. Check it out here:-

https://woodlandtapeexchange.bandcamp.com/album/blossom-peak-2

Alternatively its also on Spotify and other platforms:-

https://open.spotify.com/album/7kuwpZRcZSraudFEgDFOXU?si=Gq_oRlykSWe8gp8zJt1a-A

Demoness

New!  
There’s now a Vidya - https://youtu.be/nFZ15J29_M0



Excited to do another track with Tea R. Sea- this is ‘Space Face’

Pulled out the EBow for this one.  If you're not familiar, it's a little device that you hold in your pick hand and hover lightly over the string.  It generates a magnetic pulse causing the string to vibrate.  This allows for extended sustain and can produce sounds like a synth or even certain wind instruments.  

This one really seemed to bring about a meditative / introspective state of mind when hearing it back. Hope you enjoy!

Space Face - w/ Tea R. Sea

Looperman beats by 2Nick8 'On My Own Beat' - many thanks :)
All one take improv recordings
The cover image is a photo I took of the old railway viaduct that crosses the harbour in Ballydehob in West Cork, Ireland - a magical place of an evening.

Llahsram Reflection

Dedicated to my place of origin Evritania

Romantic Evritanian - Ρομαντικός Ευρυτάνας

Home Recordings / Curated Playlists / 

Collaboration / Participation / 

In pursuit of novelty. /

Bob & Weave II

Nathaniel Ehrnman