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August Highlights

Marsh Marigold

This is mostly VCV Rack with a bit of Cosmos in granular mode being modulated.

Cosmos Slingshot

Quartet [Deluxe Edition]

Overlook

Using Midinous (https://midinous.com/) to run some polymetric rhythms and making sure my laptop and hardware actually do what I think they should do. There's a Neutron in here but other than that it's Ableton making the sounds.

Dont Start The Car

Normal Weird

Nano Ikebana

Recently I mentioned that I had a cassette tape from over 40 years ago when The Takahashi Band of 82 made a demo track for a potential TV commercial. The track was only worked on for a day or two and then abandoned. I think we all had a busy year and for whatever reason this recording was discarded.

I also talked about sharing the recording one day just for nostalgic reasons, however the mix was a very basic end-of-day progress mix and no vocal part was conceived. Sharing it in this form would not do the potential of the work any justice.

The track began with chords and synths that Yukihiro Takahashi recorded, the basic building blocks of his composition. I added the drum part. Having been intensively rehearsing and performing Takahashi material this triggered a distinct blend of my own style as might appear on tracks such as 'The Art of Parties' and Yukihiro's style on tracks such as 'Glass'. Haruomi Hosono added his brilliance on bass, as well as Masami Tsuchiya overlaying guitar parts and Hajime Tachibana adding a saxophone solo.

Fast forward over 40 years....
 
At the end of 2023 I sent the demo to singer/songwriter Marco Machera, someone I’ve collaborated with a few times in the past and whose vocal style I felt would compliment the music. Yukihiro also enjoyed Marco's music, including it on his own radio show. I asked Marco to consider adding a vocal which he was happy to do, also composing lyrics too.

I used an AI program to break down the stereo mix of the original cassette recording into individual tracks (this is a relatively new technology and although the quality struggled it allowed for a little bit more flexibility with the mixing and blending of new overdubs). The performed parts were retained, and to which I recorded some additional instrumentation as well as joining Marco on the chorus vocals. I made a new mix of the track. So what we have here is the finished piece: “Impossible Until It Happens”. 

Marco and I share this as an homage to Yukihiro who passed away this time last year and is greatly missed. We can feel the essence of Yukihiro's writing style in this track and we hope that you enjoy it.

Music by Yukihiro Takahashi / Song & Lyrics by Marco Machera

Yukihiro Takahashi - Keyboards
Haruomi Hosono - Electric Bass
Steve Jansen - Drums & Percussion, Additional Sequencers & Synthesisers, Chorus Vocals
Masami Tsuchiya - Electric Guitar
Hajime Tachibana - Saxophone
Marco Machera -  Lead Vocals, Samples, Additional Synthesiser
(for more information www.marcomachera.com)

Impossible Until It Happens

Hymn

Hymn (Alternative Version)

VIDEO-   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxVLFlZ73SE
Little Waves by Our Mutant Friend
S.Kemp   spiderkemp@hotmail.com
soundcloud.com/our-mutant-friend
All created in Ableton Intro. Bass line came first, then keyboards and drums and finally vocals.
Equipment-Ableton live Intro, Tascam us22, Audio technica p48mic. Macbook air. Korg nano-key.

LITTLE WAVES

My #ThrowbackEP is out now on #Bandcamp.
Check it out at http://everest.bandcamp.com/album/throwback-ep 
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Throwback EP

🧬Mornings (Original Mix)🧬

instrumental rock/metal inspired by tool obvs ;-)

Derelict

Third in the "Encounter" series.

Close Encounters of the Third Kind:  An encounter in which a moving entity is present... alien, robotic, human, or 'other'...

Encounter:  The Third Kind

As It Was, Once

Our deepest track yet - it`s about fast planes! :P

Written with audience participation in mind.

From the first album recorded with a full band.

The whole album was recorded at rehearsals with just a couple of ZOOM microphones. I then over dubbed vocals in my home studio.

Expertly mastered by The Turtle Project with thanks!

LYRICS
Well I can feel the energy rising
It`s like a pressure cooker not really surprising
And I know it`s going to happen again
I need a countdown start from 10
10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1

Hold on tight I`m about to light the afterburners
Hold on tight I`m about to light the afterburners
Yeah who do you trust when we`re flying at maximum thrust?
Yeah who`s gonna land this thing when we`re nearly all unhinged?

You were running on empty the last time I saw you
Just a quivering wreck didn`t know what to do
But I saw that glint in your eye
It`s time to blow this apathy sky high!
And I know it`s going to happen again
I need a countdown start from 10
10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1

Hold on tight I`m about to light the afterburners
Hold on tight I`m about to light the afterburners
Yeah who do you trust when we`re flying at maximum thrust?
Yeah who`s gonna land this thing when we`re nearly all unhinged?

Afterburners

E - Wah - Gardener's Delight (unmastered)

Our Mutant Friend. Electro-sounds
S. Kemp 

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As It Was, Once

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