demo from studio rehearsal for Osare Night at Arkaoda March6 2023. Big ups Elena Colombi, Valley Sounds Ladies Crew, Jan Freiheit, Oak Ridge Boys

*excerpt* *studio demo* Osare Editions Label night 2023

Raw session clip during creation of a bespoke improv track for the exhibition weekend of Countdown Grabowsee 2022 Edition in my temporary atelier on site. The theme was INERTIA and so I made something I thought would not be affected by external forces when it moved in a straight line. Shout out to Alice and Phil, and the friends I made along the way.

*excerpt* *onsite demo* Countdown Grabowsee 2022

Of the 5 hours of material I left with, this voyage of a track most fully expresses everything I learned at the Acousmonium residency at C3, Milano, echoing a sunset. Run this through your own 32 channel acousmonium stereo system in a 100m2 room and find out for yourself. Shout out to Alessia, Marco, Roberto, Manu, Talida, Silvia, Zen, Matteo, ACCIDIA, and everyone else. A most amazing experience. fuelled by Coca Cola and Edelweiss Grissini.

C3 Residency 2022: Chromatic Horizon

In prep for Laura Lot's curated upstairs concerts at Arkaoda Berlin  in the COVID summer of 2020.

*excerpt* *demo* Arkaoda summer 2020 rehearsal

From the cutting room floor of Dyad, Ecstatic Recordings, 2017. My personal fave but it didn't make the record. Guitar sample: Sunn 0))) from Black One played on an EPS

(early draft of the mini-LP's artwork by John Mccusker)

Euterpe (Dyad outtake) 2017

These three audio outtakes from the "Sollers Point" soundtrack project represent a blend of sonic elements that I created for the film's opening scene. This particular moment in the film captures the essence of the main character as he begins his day in his bedroom. The atmospheric backdrop consists of a ventilator fan's drone, interwoven with faint traces of black metal music emanating from a stereo in the background. The soundtrack element was to be during the opening credits and fade out when the opening scene starts.

These outtakes reflect my approach to sound design, involving the use of an Ensoniq EPS sampler with two distinct guitar samples. I combined the opening drone riff of Melvins' "Lysol" with that of Sunn O)))'s "Monoliths and Dimensions" to create an eerily familiar yet unidentifiable metallic soundscape that mirrors the character's emotional state and the film's underlying themes.

The live performance aspect is critical to me, as it allowed me to synchronize the sound directly with the visual narrative, enhancing the overall impact of the soundtrack. The gradual transition from the opening credits to the scene itself underscores the importance of the music in setting the mood.

In essence, these audio outtakes are a collaborative effort, adding an auditory layer to the film that contributes to the viewer's experience. My intention was not to draw attention to the music itself but to use it as a subtle, yet powerful, narrative tool, enriching the story's emotional depth.

it's worth noting that ultimately, the director, Matthew Porterfield, chose to forego any external music in the final cut of the film.

Sollers Point Soundtrack [unreleased] 2016

15 July 2015 - One demo from the LIGHTFOOT project with Ethan Hayes Chute; taking MIDI file versions of hits from his massive collection and bringing them to life in the Novo Line studio with FM synths, drum expanders, and sampled vocals. Ethan would sample from a collection of accapellas I have, and would modulate them in the Akai X7000 for use as the vocal line of the song. (photo: Ethan in his neukoelln studio working on the cover artwork for the debut Ecstatic release)

*demo* West End Girls (lightfooted)

*demo* *onsite* Reverie 105

Demo experimenting with how I can approximate Raymond Scott's Electronium with my own setup. This was recorded in studio after a live show at Loophole where I improvised 4 different explorations on this topic. 3x TX802's with chained sound generators at different beat lengths, creating an illusion of complex polyrhythms triggered via only one 6-beat long sequence played on one single midi channel. All percussion analog (RD6 thru tascam amp simulator and MFB522) and all FX analog (memory man, spring reverb).

Harry Warnow #5 (demo post- Loophole 12/1/24)

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