"Slow Burn" was originally tracked in June 2012 in Sunvox for SDCompo round 67. I had plans for the guitar track, but it wasn't until recently that we actually recorded it. I spent a lot of time trying to get a good mix on this one. The chords in the chorus are inspired by Pearl Jam's "Low Light", I would listen to that song and a countermelody idea came into my head, so I thought "why not make a new song out of it?"
Hope you enjoy!

Guitar, new-vocal recording, and mixing was all done in Reaper. 

Credits: 
Thomas: Guitar, creative consultant
Scott: Vocals, production, tracking

Thanks to Gilli & Nil for your mixing input & tips, and thanks to all my friends who put up with me sending them multiple unfinished copies of the same song   :)

(2013) organic io - Slow Burn (feat Thomas On Guitar)

Ockham's Razor was done originally in 2008 for SDCompo Round 27. I was inspired to upload a couple of older songs from my back catalog after people like Brawny Beats was uploading some of his old songs... I've finally caught up on listening to my Soundcloud stream, and uploading an older song kind of gets me in the flow of participating in the community again. And in the mood to write new songs!!!

(2008) organic io - Ockham's razor

OK, this is probably the last old song I'm going to post for a while. New stuff to commence soon! I originally did Ashen Light in April 2012 for SDCompo round 66. I planned on adding Cami vocals to it, but it's been 2 years and hasn't happened yet so I've decided to release it as is, and focus on newer projects. Hope you enjoy it. 

(2012) organic io - Ashen Light

Corner Atmospheres was originally written in 2005. Being one of my favorites, it was about time for a remastered version. You can check out the original here: 
http://io4spam.googlepages.com/io_-_corner_atmospheres.mp3

I think the remaster came out well, it is nice to hear a more lush, balanced mix, and be able to say "Yes, I have progressed with my skills".

I hope you enjoy it.

(2014) organic io - Corner Atmospheres (2014 Remaster)

Back when I was still spinning as "DJ io", I made this mix of house music. I absolutely fucking love house music, especially when it's funky. There might be a trainwreck near the end, and I apologize for that. This was one of the practice recordings I did before making the final cut. The cut was a composite between two mixes and I think it might have been this one, everything before the trainwreck, and then everything after the trainwreck was on a different mix. I don't really remember.. But anyway, I've heard trainwrecks on more professional DJ's professional mixes that they had printed to CD, so I think if I put it here where like 2 people will hear, it it's probably not going to matter very much. Enjoy the mix!   :-D

Io - 07 - 19 - 02 Demo Practice Mix Number 7

Done for SDcompo round 55, this track is a cover of a song from an old TurboGrafx 16 game called "Gomola Speed". 

Drums were done with my DIY electronic drum kit, played into Addictive Drums using Reaper for MIDI routing and as the vsti host. Everything else was tracked in Renoise.

(2011) organic io - Respect to gomola speed

Distant tower was done for the SDcompo round 60. Composition was done primarily in Milkytracker, and then mixing was done in Renoise. I had a lot of fun with this one.    :) 

Thanks to Roger Nunn @ Geograph for the image which is under the CC Attribution license.

(2011) organic io - distant tower

This is jubilant music!  "Untethered" was originally done with Renoise in 2006 for SDcompo round 5. I redid the mixing on it a year or so later. It's still one of my favorite songs of mine.. although I've never gotten much feedback on it, due to round 5 being one of the lowest turnout rounds. So any feedback on it is appreciated! 

(2007) organic io - untethered

"Lament expire dub" is one of my earlier SDcompo tracks, done with Renoise in 2006 for SDcompo round 6. It was my first experiment with 5/4 time signature and I really enjoyed the creative process on this one. I still think there is a lot to be explored with alternate time signatures, and I am looking forward to future experimentation. The title is an anagram for "experimental dub"

(2006) organic io - lament expire dub

"Quiescent" was done completely in Sunvox for the first Sunvox compo

(2011) organic io - Quiescent [Sunvox Compo #1 entry]

Brambles was played live tonight without vocals.

(2016) Brambles (Live)

"Common Descent" is a collaborative song done by Refive for the SDcompo round 28 in June 2008. All tracking was done in Renoise.

Refive is composed of the following members:

ambtax1 - http://www.sdcompo.com/profiles.php?n=ambtax1
CAG - http://www.sdcompo.com/profiles.php?n=CAG
organic io - http://www.sdcompo.com/profiles.php?n=organic_io
Rob Williams Jnr - http://www.sdcompo.com/profiles.php?n=RobWilliamsJnr
tenfour - http://www.sdcompo.com/profiles.php?n=tenfour 

The song was swapped back and forth between us all over a 2 to 3 week period. You can hear a bit of each of our styles in the piece, and it somehow managed to blend into a cohesive whole. It won 1st place in SDcompo round 28. 

(2008) Refive - Common Descent

"Crows Fly" was composed in May 2012 for Hastycompo Round 6. 

(2012) organic io - Crows Fly

Spring Tide was composed during the first half of 2012. All synthesis and arrangement was done in Sunvox, w/ samples for the drums. Mixing/post processing was done in Reaper. 

I like this one.    :) 

(2012) organic io - Spring Tide

"Hallowed" was completed on April 9, 2019. 
Done for organicompo Alpha Round 02. 
Dedicated to my good friend Luisa, who passed away in December. You will always be remembered.

(2019) organic io - Hallowed

I started this one in March. Hadn't worked on it in a while but I really wanted to finish it up. Originally I hadn't planned the drums, but I have a Cajon drum now which I LOVE and I thought it would go well with the song. 

(2012) organic io - Walled Garden

Better quality audio version. Thanks to Gayle for posting to Vimeo. Pretty sure the limiter on my Philips ends up 'breathing' too much and making the recordings bad. I'll just have to disable it and set my levels low from here on out. Main limitation of the Philips Voicetracer is that it can't record 24 bit. "Good enough for a musician, made for a philosopher", perhaps, but I may still need to look for a better recorder for field audio. We'll see how good we can get this one at this point though.

(2020) Limitless io - Live At Footnote January 28 2020 (Better Quality Audio)

Mix done by my good friend Airmann! To hear more of his own songs, visit here: http://www.sdcompo.com/profiles.php?n=Airmann

The song "Steppes" has been on hold for a while. Originally I started it in late 2011 in Sunvox when I wanted to try my hand at Progressive House style, and it sat unfinished for a long time while I worked on other things, including "Spring Tide" which probably has a more developed sound than this song does. I still liked the melody on song, so I wanted to finish it up. I hope you enjoy it!

(2013) organic io - Steppes

Scott, aka Limitless io, has been composing and producing electronic music since 1997. He's been active in open source music communities on the internet for a long time. 

Currently, Limitless io is expanding into collaborations, and more live performance in the local community.

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