Track list:

Vangelis: Tales of The Future [1994]
Ruckspin: Shikra (Original Mix) [2011]
Noisia: Seven Stitches [2008]
Doc Daneeka: Murdah Strings [2012]
Sully: Let You [2011]
MJ Cole: Thekla Riddim [2010]
Doc Daneeka & Benjamin Damage: Creeper (Album Edit) [2012]
Blawan: Why They Hide Their Bodies Under My Garage [2012]
Noisia: Groundhog [2008]
Randomer: No Hook [2013]
Bjőrk: Hyperballad (The Stomp Mix by LFO) [1995]
Elite Force: Scrammed (Plump DJs remix) [2010]
Om Unit: The Timps [2011]
Vangelis: Damask Rose [1994]
Aaron Spectre: Say More Fire [2007]
Noisia: Split The Atom [2010]
Elite Force: M.A.D. (with Stanton Warriors) [2010]
Super_Collider: You Loosen Me Human (Tom Middleton remix) [1999]
Neosignal: Dernier Cris [2013]
Noisia: Lilith's Club [2013]
Breakage: Higher [2009]
The Prodigy: Smack My Bitch Up (Noisia remix) [2012]
Elite Force: The Law Of Life [2010]
The Prodigy: Omen (Noisia remix) [2008]
Current Value: Gear Up [2013]
Deadmau5: Raise Your Weapon (Noisia remix) [2011]
Vangelis: Blush Response [1994]
Vangelis: One More Kiss, Dear [1994]


syltefar selector 2013-08-18 Copenhagen Grotesque Burlesque

Celebrating the 10 year anniversary of our game '140', here is a 140 MEGAMIX! Music by Schmid. Game by Carlsen Games. Art by Niels Fyrst and Andreas Peitersen.
SEE THE VIDEO HERE: https://youtu.be/6SnBixX9ndY

Soundtrack by Jakob Schmid available here:

    Bandcamp : https://schmid.bandcamp.com/album/140-soundtrack
    Steam : https://store.steampowered.com/app/662290/140_Soundtrack/
    GOG.com : https://www.gog.com/game/140_soundtrack
    Spotify : https://open.spotify.com/album/2onxxERQd4awdwOofi9bQn
    iTunes : https://music.apple.com/us/album/140/1459144959
    Amazon : https://www.amazon.com/140-Schmid/dp/B07QCQ1DD6/
    SoundCloud : https://soundcloud.com/schmid/sets/140-soundtrack

Buy the game 140 here:

    Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/242820/140/
    Humble Hundle: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/140
    GOG: https://www.gog.com/game/140_game

Follow Schmid on:

    Twitter : https://twitter.com/jakobschmid
    SoundCloud : https://soundcloud.com/schmid
    Spotify : https://open.spotify.com/artist/2wDrekBUoaTdkVDGVnGsiH
    YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/c/JakobSchmid
    Mixcloud : https://www.mixcloud.com/jakob-schmid/

Carlsen Games:

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/CarlsenGames
    Website : https://www.carlsengames.com/

140 MEGAMIX

May 30th 2014
140 soundtrack live performance in Copenhagen
https://www.facebook.com/events/317451808404766/

140 @ All the Rave

COCOON original game soundtrack coming soon to Steam and streaming services. Here is a teaser from the track 'Cosmic Mystery'.

COCOON Soundtrack Teaser

COCOON original game soundtrack OUT NOW on Steam:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2611030/COCOON__Original_Soundtrack/

Coming soon to streaming services.

Here is a teaser from the track 'Spheres'.

COCOON Soundtrack teaser - Spheres

This is a 2024 remix of the music created for the demo 'min' by Loopit, ranked 3rd in the PC Demo compo in NVScene 2014.

The demo can be seen here:
- vimeo.com/90214680
- www.youtube.com/watch?v=X61MOZoqFB4

Or you can run it yourself:
- www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=62851

The track was originally created in Ableton Live 9 with no additional plugins, remixed in 2024 in Ableton Live 11.
It contains samples from:

- Ryu Umemoto: Angels' Melancholy [2010] (Deathsmiles Arrange) - rave chords
- Vangelis: Tales of the Future [1982/1994] - mysterious strings
- John Carpenter: The Fog [1980] - "Midnight"

Track info: min-2024.wav (48KHz 16bit)

Min (2024 VIP Mix)

Composed and produced by Jakob Schmid for the video game '140', go to www.carlsengames.com for more information.

Vinyl soundtrack can be ordered from iam8bit:
US store: store.iam8bit.com/products/140-vinyl-soundtrack
UK store: store.iam8bit.co.uk/products/140-vinyl-soundtrack
Digital soundtrack for '140' available now:
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/662290/140_Soundtrack/
GOG.com: www.gog.com/game/140_soundtrack
Bandcamp: schmid.bandcamp.com/album/140-soundtrack
Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/2onxxERQd4awdwOofi9bQn
iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/album/140/id1258317518
Amazon: www.amazon.com/140-Schmid/dp/B07QCQ1DD6/
Artist links:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jakobschmid
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/2onxxERQd4awdwOofi9bQn
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/JakobSchmid
Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/jakob-schmid/

  
Created with Ableton Live, Modnet, Korg M1 software synthesizer

The game '140' was created by Jeppe Carlsen, Jakob Schmid, Niels Fyrst, Andreas Arnild Peitersen

Thanks to: Martin Stig Andersen, Peter Buchardt, Mikkel Svendsen, Mikkel Gjøl, SØS Gunver Ryberg, Cristian Vogel, Greg Rice, Jon M. Gibson, Amanda White, Christian Villum

The game '140' is (C) Carlsen Games.

The '140' soundtrack by Jakob Schmid is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

140 Part 4B (2024 VIP Mix)

Created for 8k demo by Loopit & Loonies - 2nd prize in 64k category at TRSAC 2015.
Made in Renoise with Clinkster (Blueberry).

psyltcipher

Performed November 2015 at Science and Cocktails in Copenhagen (vimeo.com/141845796).

This started out as an experiment in developing new spectral transformations between pairs of sounds. One of the ideas was to Fourier transform loops of equal length, and slowly morph amplitude and phase independently. This yielded interesting results on selected pairs of sounds, but was completely useless on others. The whole thing was eventually discarded and replaced with a transformation that sounded interesting for almost all input: convolving loops with themselves. This self-convolution can be intuitively be described as multiplying every frequency component of a sound with itself, or 'squaring' the sound.

The approach was then: selected loops were resampled to have the same length, convolved with themselves, resulting in weird 'smeared' sounds. Human voices were vaguely recognizable as human, melodies were removed. Rhythms would generate new rhythms. Production quality and sound would be largely retained, which suggested picking loops from the same time period and genre to give a consistent sound.

The generated loops were mixed in Ableton Live.

Here is a list of loop sources - period and genre should be fairly obvious:

John Farnham: You're the Voice
Vangelis: Blade Runner - Main Titles
Tangerine Dream: 21st Century Common Man
Frankie Goes to Hollywood: Lunar Bay
Michael Jackson: Thriller
Jean-Michel Jarre: Arpegiateur
Michael Jackson: Baby be Mine
Yes: Leave It
Kenny Loggins: Playing with the Boys
Michael Jackson: Pretty Young Thing
Michael Jackson: Don't Stop Till You Get Enough
Vangelis: Soil Festivities
Tears for Fears: Shout
Tangerine Dream: Force Majeure
Jean-Michel Jarre: Ethnicolor
Yes: Changes
Jan Hammer: Payback
Tears for Fears: Mothers Talk
Kitaro: Tenchi Souzoushin
Jan Hammer: Colombia
Michael Jackson: Thriller
Toto: Africa
Yes: Owner of a Lonely Heart


SciCock SelfConvolution

This is a longer example render of 'modnet', an experimental FM synthesizer I wrote for a performance with visual artists Sune Petersen and Max Hattler at 'Science Friction' in Copenhagen, May 28th, 2013.

The synthesizer is an experiment in algorithm-generated FM patches, and slow metamorphosis between pairs of such patches.

I also ended up using modnet for certain parts of the '140' soundtrack.

Videos from the performance:

https://youtu.be/_kDJN2CVfV0
https://vimeo.com/album/1639402/video/67928081

modnet01

This is a short example render of 'modnet', an experimental FM synthesizer I wrote for a performance with visual artists Sune Petersen and Max Hattler at 'Science Friction' in Copenhagen, May 28th, 2013.

The synthesizer is an experiment in algorithm-generated FM patches, and slow metamorphosis between pairs of such patches.

I also ended up using modnet for certain parts of the '140' soundtrack.

Videos from the performance:

https://youtu.be/_kDJN2CVfV0
https://vimeo.com/album/1639402/video/67928081

modnet02

0x8c

Tracklist:

0:00:00 Schmid: 0x8c [2017]
0:01:00 Machinedrum: Gunshotta (Fracture's Astrophonica Remix) [2013]
0:04:25 Kiril: Turn Back Time [2017]
0:07:47 Enei: Hot Plate [2014]
0:10:48 Moresounds: Blood [2013]
0:11:34 Richie Brains: Buss It [2016]
0:13:39 Fracture: Loving Touch [2014]
0:17:57 Om Unit & Moresounds: Nuff Music [2014]
0:19:27 Fracture: Makin' Hype Tracks [2016]
0:20:58 Hyroglifics: No Drama [2015]
0:23:13 Calyx and Teebee: Ruffian [2017]
0:24:40 J. Robinson: Lion Music feat. Sun of Selah [2014]
0:26:25 Machinedrum: Don't 1 2 Lose U (Moresounds Remix) [2013]
0:30:12 Synth Ethics and Neve: Ragtag [2017]
0:32:49 Adam F: Circles (Phillip D Kick Footwork Edit) [2011?]
0:35:04 Fracture x Alix Perez: So High [2017]
0:37:21 Hyroglifics: Bay City Ballers Club [2015]
0:38:05 Danny Scrilla: X [2012]
0:39:58 Om Unit: Sleepwalkers [2013]
0:41:51 Klax: The Level ft. MC ID [2015]
0:43:22 dBridge & Skeptical: Move Way [2013]
0:46:33 Om Unit & Sam Binga: Reclaim [2015]
0:48:38 Fracture: Back Up In This [2017]
0:50:08 Moresounds: Warriah [2017]
0:53:31 The Untouchables: Correction Coming Forward VIP [2014]
0:55:01 Om Unit: Spiritwerk [2015]
0:57:17 Fracture: Cold & Rain feat. Inaya Day [2017]
1:00:17 Cern: Conway [2014]
1:03:13 Dorisburg: Votiv [2016]
1:05:17 Om Unit: Fuzzd An Soup [2016]
1:07:56 t e l e p a t h テレパシー能力者: 時間の波紋 [2015]
1:08:36 ???: ??? [????]

syltefar selector 2017-09-01 Unity Friday Bar

Studio recording of DJ set played at 'Strictly Braindance' at Studenterhuset in Copenhagen 2017-09-30.
Thanks to my fellow DJs and friends, @yngvesin and @stevesatori, and everyone who showed up.

Tracklist:
0:00:00 Hecq: Steeltongued [2009]
0:04:34 Datacode: Wraithmachine (Roel Funcken Rework) [2017]
0:07:15 Diasiva: Make Mountains [2014]
0:11:25 Monolog & Balkansky: Crows [2015]
0:14:40 Amon Tobin: Piece of Paper [2011]
0:17:05 Rob Clouth: The Galaxy Collapsed Into a Point [2015]
0:21:32 Autechre: Rettic AC [1997]
0:23:04 Bedouin Ascent: Composition C For Neutral Space [1999]
0:25:10 Redcell: Infosphere [1996]
0:29:40 Bola: Metalurg 2 [1995]
0:32:20 Aphex Twin: On [1993]
0:35:20 Autechre: 777 [1999]
0:37:05 Mouse on Mars: Juju [1997]
0:40:05 The Future Sound of London: Little Brother [1994]
0:45:00 Max Cooper: Order from Chaos [2016]
0:48:20 Autechre: Flutter [1994]
0:50:40 Rival Consoles: Recovery [2014]
0:53:36 Plaid: Tokyo Drive [2008]
0:57:25 Plaid: 35 Summers [2011]
0:59:40 Datassette: Gravel [2008]
1:01:55 Roel Funcken: Zink Blession [2013]
1:03:40 Ital Tek: Universal Decay [2014]
1:05:55 Roel Funcken: Kitay Gorod [2017]
1:09:00 Aphex Twin: Vordhosbn [2001]
1:13:00 The Orb: OOPA [2009]
1:17:30 Boards of Canada: Reach For The Dead [2013]
1:21:50 Datassette: Vocoder Mic Tap Loop Verb [2016]

schmid 2017-09-30 Strictly Braindance

Dark, evil dubstep and drum 'n bass, with a touch of H. P. Lovecraft. Studio version of set that was first played live @ DJ Marathon III on September the 11th 2009 at 1000fryd, Aalborg.

DJ Marathon III Set

The in-game soundtrack for 'Lost Empire: Immortals' consisted of pre-produced music elements randomly mixed together by an algorithm.

Each element had some metadata that specified which frequency bands they occupied, and whether they had rhythmical structure or not. When a set of elements were playing, the algorithm would try to mix new elements in, but only if they occupied a set of frequency bands that weren't already occupied. Also, only one element with rhythm could play at once, avoiding the problem of sample accurate playback altogether.

This was a simple and effective solution that worked perfectly for the kind of spacy music I composed for the game, making sure that the music would never be the same in two games.

'Lost Empire: Immortals' is a 4X space game developed by Pollux Gamelabs and released in 2008 by Paradox Interactive.

Lost Empire: Immortals - In-game Music Example

Music for the 'Gameplay' trailer for 'Lost Empire: Immortals', a 4X space game developed by Pollux Gamelabs and released in 2008 by Paradox Interactive.

Lost Empire: Immortals - Gameplay Trailer

140 Part 4

140 Part 3B

140 Part 3

140 Menu

140 Part 2B

140 Part 2

140 Part 1B

140 Part 1

140 Title

In early 2006 I was working on a bunch of drum 'n bass tracks, which I published as the 'Mindsurgery' EP (buy here: https://schmid.bandcamp.com/album/mindsurgery-13). 'Definition' is one of my favourites, an experiment in form, carefully replicating the form of a certain mid-90s drum 'n bass track.

The track was created in Ableton Live 5. It's incredibly simple, only 9 tracks. 

All plugins used were freeware. The beautiful arpeggio synth that appears at 2:12 is the EZPoly VST synth by Krakli Software playing the preset 'SEQ Lothlorien TC' by the late Tim Conrardy.

Other plugins used:

Etiquiet2 (Krakli)  - hi-pitch string synth from intro
Chill (Krakli) - snarling bass from 0:12
Shortcircuit (Vember Audio) - sampler used for breakbeat
C3 Multi Band Compressor (slim slow slider)
Voxengo SPAN - Spectrum analyzer

The track contains samples from:

Jimmy McGriff: The Worm [1968] - break
James Brown: Hot Pants [1971] - tambourine
Van Helsing [2004] - screams and ambience
Ghost in the Shell [1995] - servo sound
Pac-Man
FSOL: Egypt
DJ Shadow / DJ Krush: '89.9 Megamix' (Incorrectly titled 'Hermit Kid'?)
Tricky: My Evil Is Strong

This is the original 160 BPM version of the track. I released a 170 BPM version to conform with the rest of the tracks on the Mindsurgery EP.

Track info: Definition 160 BPM version remastered 2019-10-16 (48KHz 24bit)

Mindsurgery

Definition

Spinal Chords

Tracklist:
Deekline & Wizard: Angels (NAPT remix)
Elite Force: Laserlight & Strobes
Future Funk Squad: RaveuLator (High Eight Remix)
Leftfield: Afrika Shox
Elite Force: Cali Sk8r (with The Propellerheads)
Evil Nine: Silent Runner
Elite Force: Krushyn: 4
Evil Nine: Stay UP (feat. EL-P)
Elite Force: Midnight Sun
Broke One: Go Go Go (Evil Nine remix)
Deekline & Wizard: Fire (Adsorb remix)
Elite Force: Scrammed (with Plump DJs)
Deekline & Wizard: Feel The Heat
Elite Force: The Law of Life
The Prodigy: Omen (Noisia Remix)
Kromestar: Bad Mind (feat. MC Crazy D)
Randomer: Scapegoat
MJ Cole: Thekla Riddim
Aaron Spectre: Music is the Weapon
Breakage: Higher
DJ Kentaro: Kikkake (Feat. DJ Krush) (Reso remix)

syltefar selector 2013-01-17 Nordic Game Jam Pre-party (excerpt)

This track was created for the demo 'min' by Loopit, ranked 3rd in the PC Demo compo in NVScene 2014.

The demo can be seen here:
- https://vimeo.com/90214680
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X61MOZoqFB4

Or you can run it yourself:
- https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=62851

The track was created in Ableton Live 9 with no additional plugins.
It contains samples from:

- Ryu Umemoto: Angels' Melancholy [2010] (Deathsmiles Arrange) - rave chords
- Vangelis: Tales of the Future [1982/1994] - mysterious strings
- John Carpenter: The Fog [1980] - "Midnight"

Track info: demotrack-2014-03-24e.wav (48KHz 16bit)

Copenhagen-based electronic music composer Jakob Schmid combines the harmonies and aesthetics of 70s and 80s new age music with deep basslines and beats of contemporary UK electronic music. The result is both melancholic and energetic.

Schmid has decades of experience in computer music, starting with using tracker software in the 80s, progressing towards creating his own experimental music software, including new types of synthesizers.

Schmid composed the music for multi-award-winning rhythm video game '140', a journey into a world of abstract shapes and beautiful harmonies, accompanied by pulsing beats at 140 BPM.

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