A live performance of a work in progress. Logic was only used to record and doesn't do any of the heavy lifting.

Inspired by 1987 Chicago House. 

First bass line is programmed into the MSQ 100 which is the master clock for the track. Then the 707 and 727 are synched via midi. The 707 sends out a trigger which synchs the pro one via CV. Then the Pro One sends a footswitch signal to the Sequential Circuits Six Trak which controls the time for the arpeggiator. 

Probably doesn't need to be seven minutes long!

Everything(bagel)

I had intended to do a faster electro punk beat but I fell into something closer to techno. 

Master clock is the MPC 1000 which synchs the TR-09 which in turn triggers the Sequential Circuits Pro One. 

I just wrote some random lyrics trying to channel a little Hawkwind and maybe Aprhorite's  Child. Then I rapped the lyrics into the Roland VP-03

Full Data Loss

This track is actually from a few months back. One of my first attempts at Clicks and Ports Arpeggiators in Logic. The original version was far more industrial with shit tons of distortion.

The remix version gets rid of the vox and heavy guitars in favor of mustache ride friendly Miami Vice drum rolls and Billy Jean style drum snaps. 

It really needs to be remastered but SoundCloud seems to flatten it anyway... that and nobody listens to my music anyway LOL.

There are no samples used outside of Komplete 8. 

Zartanica - MustacheLordzzzz Remix

This is an ambient track I've been working on. I was shooting for a Brian Eno Music for films era kinda vibe, something cinematic. Very much a work in progress, I hope to get another take in on the guitar and do a little EQing.

The song is made up of three tracks in logic. The first is a single live take of the mini brute playing along with some chords on the Juno 106. To give it a little more of a human feel I did a rough take playing notes on a Martin acoutic guitar miked with a condensor. Last bit of touch was a recording of a storm I took with the same microphone.

The Reservoir

The current one man project of NYC based producer and DJ Jack Rayless. Jack Rayless got his start DJing small clubs and performing live shows under the monikers of SwampThing, Kemicon, and Jack Chillax. Highlights of his early career were playing along side legendary DJs like Sabo, James Fucking Friedman, Spank, Leisure Society, Computer Paul and NY institutions Sleepy and Boo.

When asked about his style Rayless simply replied "unlimited stance" and the term was born. His everything goes as long as it's funky would go on to inspire DJs as far away as BC Canada. To this day few DJs can match beats and have the balls to change vibe and bpm in a heartbeat. Rayless says that seeing David Mancuso rock day time loft parties was a big influence on his style.

With By a Rayless Night he hopes to bring back the sounds of classic industrial music from the early 90s. Bands like Ministry, Skinny Puppy, and Nitzer Ebb played a huge roll in forming as the inspirational foundation as a youth. In Rayless' words, when I was 13 if By a Rayless Night were around, they would have been one of my favorite bands.

By a Rayless Night is currently working on an EP entitled Homage. Stay tuned for frequent updates and thanks for visiting!

The Reservoir

Rayless Night

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