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]

The Zypnix song Brownies with Ice, with me jamming along on my Bazaar Bass!

Brownies with Ice- Zypnix Bass Cover

Mediterana (Guitar solo)

“Curios”

人形は　子らの病を　身に宿し
皿や器や　ひとの念浸む

The old dolls absorb the children's diseases and carry them in their bodies.
Old plates and vessels are imbued with the various thoughts of the people who once used them.

Curios

Roberto B (@mgxloop and @volt5000) and I present track 10, "Iberia", in our almost completed album of late 2022 - and we hope that you'll enjoy it.

The track was created in collaboration on 19 October 2022 (initial composition, recording and mix in MAGIX by Roberto B), 20 November 2022 (subsequent additions, arrangement, recording and mix in GarageBand iOS and Logic Pro X by Alex M), and 28 November 2022 (final arrangement, recording and mix in MAGIX by Roberto B), and posted here on SoundCloud on 2 December 2022 (by Alex M), before the album as a whole.

The artwork cover for the track was designed and completed using PowerPoint and Mac OS Preview and annotated by Alex M in MacOS Preview on 20 November 2022 - in coordination and agreement with Roberto B.

Duration: 7:33 minutes

Iberia - Roberto B & Alex M

5th track from the new EP, 'Poppy Seed'. Check it out on Spotify, Bandcamp, YouTube etc.

If you'd like a free code for the Bandcamp release then just send me a DM and I'll get back to you :)

https://crestofthesyndicate.bandcamp.com/album/poppy-seed

Spotify

Chimera Brain

A reggae played on an acoustic guitar during a frosty winter evening.

Reggae during the winter

(Free WAV Download available here under '••• More'; and eventually as part of my BandCamp PWWO #08 album)

Happy Monday my SC friends. Today I am supremely excited to offer you (the listener) my next collaborative creation of 2023; and for those keeping track at home, this is my 4th collab with the legendary (at least, in my mind) Stone Catcherye (https://soundcloud.com/stonecatcherye, https://stonecatcherye.bandcamp.com/). 

Stoney’s lyrics speak for themselves; but I gotta say, I am sharing the sentiment. We hope you enjoy our latest collab, ‘Scintilla’ (and we hope you have some bell bottoms lying around… cuz this is not a drill). :D

Lyrics:

there's a small piece inside of me
defenselessness be thy name
it's a party where nothing's free
who would care to explain

dark. all it takes is a spark
a trace of love in your heart
are you brilliant or just smart
then dig down deeper

there's a small piece inside of me
that's shown interest to scream
it's a riot inside of me
and my brain's the police
in contempt and unbendingly
I surrender, it seems

dark. all it takes is a spark
a trace of love in your heart
are you brilliant or just smart
then dig down deeper

heart. need to get back my spark
get in the state of the art
not let this peel me apart
and dig down deeper

if I dig deep enough,
maybe I'll bury me...

heart. need to get back my spark
get in the state of the art
not let this peel me apart
and dig down deeper

dark. all it takes is a spark
a trace of love in your heart
are you just brilliant or smart
then dig down deeper

if I dig deep enough maybe I'll plant a seed
put in all that I have just to feel that in green
if I care for this deep, it will grow to a tree
and I'll save all it's sap and pick up all of it's leaves

F.W. Friends

Scintilla | Stone Catcherye & GrevusAnjl

Nordostman - Groundbreaking Truth (Crazy God Remix)

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https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/album/4CeAJEhe6GElyq6ruMa1bj?si=NV597SguS46IEqKDlrsakw

Kalter Sommermorgen

My first base made in 84 BPM, and using Factory, Unique, Podolski and Bazille.
Key: G# Minor
Plugins used:
DB-Force The Amen
Factory
Cyclop
Unique
DUNE 3
Sylenth1
Dominus
Purity
Hive 2
Podolski
Icarus
Repro-1
Nightlife
Zero Vector
Nero
Bazille
Beast
BPM: 84
Made with FL Studio 24.2.2
Iggy Arbuckle belongs to Nat Geo Kids and Teletoon (now Cartoon Network).
Credit me if you're using it, please.

Sparta Iggy Arbuckle Base

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