The Beginning

Five Pocket Jeans

Soprano Flickers

Here’s some info about my methods:

I listen to a lot of field recordings of nature (wind, water, birds, insects, etc.) and I’ve noticed there are often subtly shifting patterns to be found within the randomness of these recordings. One of the things I try to do in my music is mimic these organic patterns with anti-meters, polymeters, polyrhythms, and odd time signatures. I used a few of these techniques when developing this track.

The drum kit part in the A section is an improvised set of patterns played on a Zendrum, with no time signature and in different lengths that shift in relation to one another as the track progresses. The relationship between the patterns is essentially random, but when taken together they create a steady flow of notes intended to mimic the organic, evolving patterns found in nature.

The more chaotic odd-time polyrhythms in the B section were intended to mimic the sounds of a wind or rain storm. I used a pair of generative sequencers and multiple modulators to create the overlapping/morphing patterns. 

The piano part acts as a foundation for the anti-meter parts described above. It’s more static and repetitive, but it also evolves slowly over time. For this I used a generative sequencer that was very slowly modulated by two modulators.

The lead “horn” solo (actually an Ableton Push pad controller with Arturia Pigments as the sound source) was improvised in one take from start to finish (no edits). For me, playing improvised solos is perhaps the biggest challenge and also the biggest source of delight/disappointment in music. There’s nothing quite like playing an improv in real time, while hoping you don’t fall flat on your face before the end (which happens all too often… lol).

Thanks for taking a listen. Your thoughts and feedback are always very much appreciated!

Alan

The Secret Garden

Recorded 1955
Included in
“The Beginning of Japanese Electroacoustic Vol.1”
HIROSI SIOTANI WORKS
2021 Rvised Edition
On Sale
https://sound3.buyshop.jp/items/72395677

The beginning of japanese electroacoustic #1

1-1. 素数の比系列による正弦波の音楽 _  黛 敏郎 /Music for Sine Wave by Proportion of Prime Number _Toshiro Mayuzumi

AI generated nonsense. The future is here. Composers get ready!

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For more information, read the following:

Stephen Roddy and Robin Parmar. 2023. "AI/ML in the Sonic Arts: Pitfalls and Pathways." Resonance: The Journal of Sound and Culture 4.4, 399–408. https://doi.org/10.1525/res.2023.4.4.399

(Message me for a preprint if you encounter a paywall.)

Urban Reverie

Saturn Ion

The Strolling Zither

Recorded live in The Yellow Yard record shop, Derry, Northern Ireland during Oscillations & Modulations

Oscillations & Modulations, record shop performance

Quick Demo of Glitch Storm (Arduino Mini-Synth) by Sphercal Sound Society
(Drums, Delay and Reverb added in Logic)

Glitch Storm Techno [DEMO]

REWIRE_2

I use Soundcloud to feature certain tracks, which might disappear at any time. Most of my music is available on Bandcamp, free of charge. Check out the link below.

Urban Reverie

Robin Parmar

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