'Ionosphere' is the first single from my 'Collected' LP forthcoming on Synkro Musik 20/08/21

Pre-order for the full LP is going live on 6th August along with a super limited double CD available exclusively via the Synkro Musik bandcamp - https://synkromusik.bandcamp.com/

'Collected' features all four Synkro Musik EP's so far + two new Synkro tracks & five new remixes from @arcademusik @akuratyde @jack_lever @elsewhere_musik & @dyl170

Synkro - Ionosphere (SMSKLP01)

There's been some big changes in my life recently and I made this to blow off some steam with some slamming kicks. It's probably the most pounding mix I've ever done. Starts more experimental then into mostly techno that gets spicier and spicier. Had a lot of fun finding synergies and switching up vibes. Danced a lot. It was supposed to be 60 mins but I peaked too soon and didn't know how to continue. Story of my life.

Its opposite lover "SOFT/MINIMAL/INTROSPECTIVE", a 4 channel surround sound ambient mix, will come shortly.

Deru - 1979
Blawan - Blika
Autechre - SURRIPERE
Bambounou - Temple
Frits Wentink, Erik Madigan Heck - A Fracture in the Vapor
Commodo - Guah
Hecq - Steeltongued-2 - Tobias Lilja Remix
ROSALÍA - A Palé
Rian Treanor - Obstacle 3
Sleeparchive - Papercup
Planetary Assault Systems - Rip The Cut
Fadi Mohem - Perception
Lyra Valenza - Down Not Out
AQXDM, Aquarian, Deapmash - Ballad 002
Peverelist, Kowton - End Point - Stenny & Andrea Remix
Barker - When Prophecy Fails
Krtm - I Need You
G Jones, Eprom - On My Mind
Tymon - Eternal Return
Zohar - Mad Drums
SOPHIE - Ponyboy
The Outside Agency, Ophidian - Church of the Silence

HARD/MAXIMAL/CATHARTIC

This mix is the polar opposite of HARD/MAXIMAL/CATHARTIC. It's a 4 channel surround sound mix of drone/ambient that I made for a session I had in my basement. I set up a speaker in each corner, invited a bunch of friends around and we all lay melting in the middle of the dark room vibrating from the bass. I love that experience. I feel so refreshed afterwards, like I've had my mind reset. It's like a spa for my brain.

It starts and ends with one of my oldest binaural recordings of rain. This was to signify the start and end of the experience - only when the rain is playing are you allowed to speak.

This is a binaural mix down. If you want to try the full 4 channel experience, you can download the front and rear stereo files here.

Front LR:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hKzKYaXBxiNAY20a2YzyLSDDnn4GPx_9/view?usp=sharing

Rear LR:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jTxAfLkWnILssG-hPjll4K_ZyQsxcZAw/view?usp=sharing

Probs easiest to put them on separate tracks in Ableton or whatever and route the tracks to the appropriate speakers.

So get some pillows, take a big (but responsible) dose of your favourite dissociative and disconnect from reality for a while.

Tracklist:

Rob Clouth - the rain in dad's utility room (field recording)
Abul Mogard - On a Shattered Shell Beach
Douglas Quin - Weddell Seals (Underwater)
Lee Gamble - Inta Centre
Ulla Straus - Billow
Rob Clouth - sea bus rich tonal drone (field recording)
Murcof - Inevitable Truth
Thomas Köner - Ilira
Rob Clouth - dawn chorus, saint mary's vale after bivvying (field recording)
Pub - Cokeshandy
Rob Clouth - victoria (field recording)
Rob Clouth - Spaces Far Below
Murcof - Dropped Soul
Thomas Köner - Nuuk (Air)
Perila - Blanket
Rob Clouth - epic wind in st. andrews park in the dark (field recording)
Paul Wirkus - Physikerin
Tim Hecker - Music for Tundra Pt 1
Motion Graphics - Brass Mechanics
Abul Mogard - Along the River
Rob Clouth - the rain in dad's utility room (field recording)

SOFT/MINIMAL/INTROSPECTIVE

Here's a track i made with Secede that i've played live a lot in the past. Many people have requested for this to come out, so here it finally is!

unreleased

Bonus Stars (with Secede)

Beetle Rite

Nordic Horn Ballad IV - Bone Percussion

Der Weg ins Ungewisse

made with field recording of military base, BLASTY the hollow wooden tube, zoom h1, and NCH
The base (JBLM) is humming on and off all morning
all photos stolen except the frog :D

Military base plays a hum, so I answer with BLASTY the hollow wooden tube

Link to the video of the patch, recorded in one take here: https://vimeo.com/136165676

download to the .wav file :-)

Patch Notes:

Harmonic patch using the new MakeNoise tELHARMONIC is a Multi-Voice, Multi-Algorithm synthesizer, and 4ms Spectral Multiband Resonator. The master clock is the Tiptop Circadian Rhythms. Clock output running into the Modcan Touch Sequencer. Channel output one running into one intellijel Dixie (V1) for the bassline. Dixie output running into a Mutable instruments Ripples filter (LP4), triangle waveform. Second channel output sequencing quantized 8 note sequence to the telharmonic oscillator, creating the first lead sequence in the patch (major scale set). One Mult output taken and sent to the Strymon BigSky reverb pedal to create the delicate swarm pads that rise in and out at the builds. Amplitude control of the slow rises via the intellijel HexVCA, slow rate control from one Modcan Quad LFO. The other output is then taken and sent to the Qu-bit RT-60 reverb. Third output from the Modcan TS sending quantized CV to the MakeNoise STO oscillator variable SHAPE output then sent through lower section of the MakeNoise Optomix. The forth output from the Modcan TS is sending a 4 chord pattern (min9) to the intellijel shapeshifter module in chord mode. This output is then sent to another Qu-Bit RT-60 reverb algorithm. MakeNoise Mysteron plucking guitar like effect being triggered by a 4ms RCD, 5th trigger out. The Mysterson then is running out into a Strymon BlueSky pedal, reverb.

Drum sequencing from TipTop CR, channel one kick drum going to the Nord Drum 2. Second channel number 2 triggering a custom snare drum made on the Nord Drum 2. Channel 6 from the CR triggering a low bass drum, in the key of "C". Clock output from CR into the 4ms SCM being rotated by a intellijel dixie sine wave output running at a slow rate shifting the 16th's hi hat pattern. Noise source for hi-hats are the SSF quantum rainbow 2, purple output running into the MakeNoise Optomix. The high end snare clap sound is by the Synthrotek's DS-M drum module, then being lightly processed by the Synthrotek DLY, slowly CV controlled by a Modcan Quad LFO in random mode creating more glitchy effects. This is then being sequenced by channel number 2 from the tiptop CR. The first lower left side 4ms Spectral Multi-band Resonator processing 72 custom DSP samples, which are being played by one addac wave player. The output is then being sent to a intellijel uVCF filter (hi pass), for the light subtle glitch textures. The second 4ms Spectral Multi-band Resonator, processing another set of 32 samples (noise washes/slow rises/falls) via channel number 4 from the CR tiptop. From here the output is being processed by a Mutable Instruments Clouds (granular mode), being controlled by the Pittsburgh Modular Game System running "Meteor Shower" mode in which the explosion based gates and random control voltages are then being sent to 3rd Dixie, controlling the CV rate time then from there its sent to the "Freeze" input on clouds, processing small bits of audio coming from the second addac waveplayer, The second output coming from the gamesystem is going into the "position" input on Clouds, which is doing some additional glitching to the signal.Main output from a intellijel Mutagen mixer then ran through the Eventide space pedal for extra spatial atmosphere. :-)

Harmonic Symmetry - Modular Patch

Link to the video captured here in real-time: https://vimeo.com/150015591

Patch Notes:

This was a patch experiment using the new Mutable Instruments Rings/Clouds Modules, and trying to create strumming/plucking guitar like sounds within a patch. The inspiration came from playing around with the Clouds Parasites 1.3 alternate firmware running in the Resonator mode highlighting the "scatter" (or strum) function. The master clock was the Tiptop Circadian Rhythms module, taking the first 4 outputs into my Nord Drum 2 for the Kick, snare, closed and open hi-hats. From there the clock output from the CR was multiplied and then sent to the Modcan Touch Sequencer. First row output from the TS was sent to the intellijel Shapeshifter creating a two note baseline sequence that comes in at 1:58. The second sequence Row2 output from the TS was sent to the "ALM Akemie's Castle" module OSC A output using the chord function, that comes in at 25 seconds. The gates from the modcan where set to a 16th's pulse sequence. Modulation from the synthesis technology E102 Quad Temporal Shifter output 1 modulating the Multiplier input on Operator 1. The 2, 3 and 4 outputs from the E102 where also modulating the Operator 2, 3, and 4 inputs on the Akemie's Castle. This was creating the harmonic timbre changing as the sequence was playing.

The slowly evolving sweeping noise textures that come in at 1:09 is from the Music Thing Radio Music module. The sample was a white noise sampled lightly filtered and then sent to the intellijel HexVCA with the amplitude CV control via a Intellijel Dixie modulating from slow to high rates (free running). The Make Noise Rene was being externally clocked from the Circadian Rhythm, and was sending out a quantized output to the Mutable Instruments Clouds pitch input creating the chord guitar sequence. The strum sounds on Clouds was played by the 4ms QCD running in 32th division output into the Trigger input. The freeze input was also triggered by a Ladik R-110 Random clock module. The combination of the two created the trill chord like strums.

The bass guitar tone sound that comes in at 1:24 are from the MakeNoise Mysteron, that is being sequenced by the Modcan Touch Sequencer, Row Output 3 was programmed in the same key but a lower octave. The "Rings" module was creating slow attack soft high pitched chords in reverb that come around 2:50. There was additional processing of the Clouds output that was sent into the Tiptop ZDSP module running the "Halls of Vahalla" card program 8 "Ginnungagap" creating the high pitch octave deep reverb shimmer effects. The harmonic slow swells that come in at 3:30 where created using another intellijel Dixie oscillator sine output running into an Strymon "Big Sky" pedal being harmonically controlled by an intellijel µScale V1. The output was being played slowly then processed using the "Choral" mode, creating the slow shimmer swells. The entire mix was sent into the Eventide Space pedal using the "Corridors" patch.

Mutable Instruments Rings : mutable-instruments.net/modules/rings
Clouds Parasites firmware: mqtthiqs.github.io/parasites/clouds.html

Strum - Modular Patch

Put Me Under (Amon Tobin Version)

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Releases:
- Clockwork Atom EP on Leisure System
http://www.leisuresystem.net/lsr011-rob-clouth-clockwork-atom-ep/
Digital: http://boomkat.com/downloads/982630-rob-clouth-clockwork-atom

- Cloud Complex EP on Traum Schallplatten
 http://www.traumschallplatten.de/traum/traumv157/traumv157.html

- Libet Tones EP on DETUND
Digital:
http://www.beatport.com/release/libet-tones/943860
Limited vinyl:
More info and shop links here:
http://detroitunderground.net/blog/2012/05/03/vaetxh-libet-tones-du17/

 - Mass, Clipper + 5 epic remixes by Dead Fader, Subjex, Circuit Bent, Woulg and Culprate release on King Deluxe on 20.09.11. Get it here: <a href="http://store.kingdeluxe.ca/album/mass" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://store.kingdeluxe.ca/album/mass</a> and make sure you check out the official video by Henning M. Lederer here: <a href="http://www.vimeo.com/29144891" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.vimeo.com/29144891</a>

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