A set I recently did for college of various detailed, melancholy IDM stuff that I made over the last four years. Notable Aphex influences abound. Features intertwining melodies, syncopated beats, unpredictable mind rapyness and much automated knob twiddling.

Melancholia - IDM set of SW tunage

String plucky melodies from a few years back.

October 14th

Made featuring samples of a hapless interviewer for a Norwich Colour night and a lad he approached about how the night was going.

Ode To The East Anglian Rudeboy

A track for my upcoming album (just starting out seeking indie labels) lamenting a much loved feline who sported a characteristically polygonal head. (Ears artificially accentuated for dramatic effect)

2. Triangle Head (For upcoming album)

Featuring some samples of Jim Al-Khalili I took from one of his recent documentaries where he deduces the velocity of a galaxy by calculating the red shift in the spectra. 

Touring the Universe

A reflection through the foliage. Check out the massive banana leaf at the start. Mellow downtempo track with some glitchy spicy bits and a dash of melancholia. Took some time editing some shaky camera shots done in the garden over the last few years. Two of the resident cats (Tink and Ghengleton Mcwoo) thrown in for musical accompaniment. Many thanks to Jaki Alden who allowed me to use the recording of her voice during our Djembe/Cello/Clarinet jam session with her and friend in the garden last year. It was during a wonderful rendition of an Irish folk song she was performing. I isolated the vocals, reversed and spliced them, while adding a reasonable amount of reverb to allow it to wash over the mix. Almost culinary. I also added in a voice sample of a friend as it seemed apt for the mood. I tried to put the video shots in an order so that they convey a Summer going into Autumn/Day into evening sort of thing.
Next in the pipeline is an animated video culminating in September which I will be posting about next week.

Mewed Melodies (vid on Youtube)feat. Jaki Alden

A remix of an older version - In this venture into Hip Hop I am Rapping about my life and shizz, in a satirical way. People who know me, my insecurities and trademark noises may laugh at this, either with me or at me. 

Plus I managed to plunder my tape collection from yesteryear and include some samples recorded from us in school including a past teacher.

With thanks to Eyera for the female vox, Jason for lending his voice to the intro/outro, and Max for taking the photo of us.

Sorry in Advance

Dweazal

My late Grandmother Beryl lending her wonderful diction to my dream experience. Also thanks to friend Sousanna for providing some vocal bits at the end.

Attenborough's Mermaid Purse

With thanks to Kirsty Taylor for providing the vocal sample.

Lizard Quest 4

With thanks to my good friend Louise for letting me use the voice recording from yesteryear.

Nested Curves

'We have a task for you, if you complete this task, you will be given to knighthood.  You will receive the Golden Spoon, and the Silver Spoon. Together these spoons have the power to rule the world.'

Tinsel Nova

Immaculate Undulation (Vintage Waves 2007)

A new tune attempting to capture the vibe of an old-school Sonic level, best listened to when playing one of the classic Sega games. It has a brooding mood with driving rhythmic sections, often darting from themes that should hopefully be glued together cohesively enough that the transitions aren't too stark. The image is a drawing based on a nightmarish vision I had. I subsequently processed it using graphics editing and chucked in a photo of my bedside lamp, hence 'Lamp Guardian Zone'

Lamp Guardian Zone

Revamped tune from awhile ago, still might do some more work on it. 
Original tune contained samples that were supposedly from NASA recordings of Jupiter from a Voyager recording, but they turned out to only bear a vague resemblance to the original signal and had been fiddled with to sound more interesting.

Have You Heard Jupiter?

Wonderfuel

Emma provided me with an acappella track of hers and I chopped it up, merging it into some frenetic acid beats. 

The Deal - (Catnip and Claws Acappella mashup)

A track about me trying to leave the house with OCD, while long-suffering friends/family are waiting for me, somewhat impatiently. With thanks to them for contributing their own soundbites amidst my cryptic lyrics. Recorded myself doing the lyrics on acid to get the relaxed vocal style I was looking for. Not sure if I should have affected an accent but it goes with the satire I guess.

Switch Ritual (OCD Diaries)

A sort of mysterious track that fluctuates in mood. Enjoyed going down some weird avenues and use of glittering synth chords. Later on my friend Jacob AKA Joycube contributes some of his flavoursome spoken word stuff.

Somatic Waves

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