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Music by: Richard Baldwin

Climate Gentleman (Soundtrack)

I wrote this using Reason, at the end of 2009, a couple of weeks before Matthew heard it and wrote some lyrics, turning it in to one of Kites' very early tracks.

The Black Dog (Original Instrumental)

The awesome Lana Del Rey remixed for 2014 - Summertime Sadness. 

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Thanks. 

Lana Del Rey - Summertime Sadness (Stakkr's Darkwave Remix)

Widescreen

Born to Die - Lana Del Rey (Stakkr)

Metric - Help, I'm Alive (Stakkr's Back to School Mix)

Every time I get a new Synth and Drum machine I seem to get caught up and end up making a new tune in a few hours. This one was created purely using my Roland Juno106 Polyphonic Synthesizer multi-tracked to get around it's mono-timbrality and my Roland TR626 Drum Machine. It also contains a sample of astronaut Scott Kelly speaking from the International Space Station in May 2011, pitched down slightly for effect

This later became The Blue Door, by my band Kites.

Incredible at Conflict

I recorded this from the radio when i was about 13/14 years old.  I'm rather surprised that almost 20 mins in, Shazam has no idea of any of the tunes of the first 25 mins or so, until Aphex Twin.

Help me rediscover these tunes. Comment and name if you know the tracks!

Track ID Treasure Trove - 1991 Key 103 Manchester

This track is a favourite of mine, but the 1982 original suffers from a lot of sync issues and was quite loose, so I thought I'd use my Roland JX3P, Juno106 and Sequential Circuits Drumtraks to try and replicate the music faithfully, with a mind to having a female singer to provide vocals in the coming weeks.(I've used the twinkly synth in the verses to show the vocal melody)

Miro Miroe - Nights of Arabia (Stakkr 2011 Rework)

MiniGroove

Mondays LEC

As Long As You Are Mine - Instrumental

Do Without You

Spending a bit of time getting to know my new Ensoniq ESQ1, alongside my Roland Juno 106, SCI Drumtraks, Roland TR626 and a Microphone.
Bit of an euphoric electropop ting going down. Forgive the lyric, I'm not a songwriter. :)

My Waking Life

The first of two remixes for this track. 


Metric - Help, I'm Alive (Stakkr's Feeling French Mix)

Inspired by one of my favourite artists; 'Biosphere' from Norway, I put together this chilled remix of new kites track; 'The Blue Door'.

Epic Arctic Ambient Bidness ahoy!

Kites - The Blue Door (Tromsø Twilight Mix by Stakkr)

Shine

This was a chill out inspired by The KLF's record of the same name. A collection of snippets and samples, twisted and manipulated to create almost 20 mins of sound collage.
Includes snippets from BBC Radioplay, Movies, CD Interludes, half speed trance tracks overlaid with reversed sound-effects and Bill Hicks rants...

I've had a listen and tried to identify what I can, but it's a tough job...thanks to Janet Planet as her CD collection provided many of the samples I used.


Chill Out (1999)

On a recent trip to Germany, I was introduced to the talented Toona. 
I hope you enjoy this remix of her recent single "Can't Stop Moving". 

Check out her soundcloud page @toonamusic

Toona - Can't Stop Moving (Stakkr Remix)

Bit of retro-electro bizl made with my 70s and 80s synths and very basic 1981 SR88 drum machine.




Electricity

Remix I put together for Strangers excellent single 'Shine on You'. You can listen to the original on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/bornstrangers/shine-on-you

Strangers - Shine on You (Kites Remix)

My remix of the incredible 'All Is Not Lost' by Tony Anderson.

Tony Anderson  - All Is Not Lost (Stakkr Remix)

This was such a key part of an incredible event I've put it up so you can heard it before the release of the 'Isles of Wonder' CD.

Underworld - And I Will Kiss (London 2012 Opening Ceremony Original Soundtrack)

A track that was conceived, written and produced in about 4 hours. Vocals by Hipsophily.

Originally recorded at 110bpm I thought that too slow, but have decided to go back to 110 and pitched the vocal down 1 semitone...gives it a more chugging, oppressive quality, which considering the content, I think it sounds more mopey. Bit gothy.

Small Town

Admittedly an odd choice of song to rework, but managed to record a chorus when drunk back in May. Unfortunately once the dutch courage dissipated the singer decided she couldn't do the rest so this is all there was to show for it. I'm aware it's a short clip, but the vocal sounds so good it seemed a shame to not put it up. (it was the singers first ever time being recorded)

Vocals by Sophie, backing vocals by me.

74-75 (A Fine Idea When Drunk - Connells Cover)

More chilled version of Livery that I did after a stripped back gig we did at Strongroom radio last year. 

Kites - This Jumped-Up Boy in Livery (Stripped-Back Boy Mix by Stakkr)

SynthPop/Italodisco Remix of my band Kites' favourite 'Yellow Letter'. 

Kites - Yellow Letter (Stakkr's Quesadilla 1985 Remix)

A little doodle I did a year or two ago...played it to Matt when he came over to record vocals and he came up with the vocals ad-lib. 

Definitely a heavy Legowelt influence on my part and just a hint of Morrissey from Matthew.

Suffer Fools (An Electronic Doodle)

Just an evening messing about on my Roland TR707 Drum Machine and Roland JX8P analogue synthesizer.
Being from 1985, the JX8P isn't multitimbral and required that I multitracked the various synth parts.

Click here for the full vocal version http://soundcloud.com/kites/beckysharp
And the 2017 released under my @thesovietunion moniker: https://soundcloud.com/phantasm-records/sets/anamnesis-premieres

Spacedisco - (Later released as Anamnesis - The Soviet Union)

My remix of the Natalya, a track from Kino, the latest album from Sweden's excellent "Death in the Afternoon".  



http://soundcloud.com/death-in-the-afternoon
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Death in the Afternoon - Natalya (Kites Remix)

I was asked to do this remix for Maxïmo Park after our band Kites supported them at Lancaster University last year.

Maximo Park - The National Health (Kites Remix)

A track I put together in an evening. There's a long way to go yet, structurally it's a bit repetitive, might like to put a vocal on it.

Here it is: https://soundcloud.com/bellevillebeats/capture

Indecision

Richard Baldwin, aka Stakkr, has been writing, producing and remixing music for over a decade, developing a signature cinematic, synthwave style along the way. 

Between 2010 and 2013, he gigged extensively, co-writing, producing and playing keyboards with much lauded 'fop-pop' band 'Kites'.

At the beginning of 2014, Richard began work on a new collaborative project, and released two tracks under the moniker 'Belleville' as the year drew to a close.

An experienced DJ, Richard has also organised a number of regular, intimate club events in London's clubland.

A self-confessed addict of 1970s & 80s synthesizers and drum machines, Richard pulls his influences from early electronica, 80s film-scores, and dance music right up to the present day. Creating music in one way, shape or form, for many years, first using samplers and 16-bit computers in the 1990s, and later employing vintage synthesizers and drum machines, Richard began using softsynths in the early 2000s before returning to classic hardware over the last few years.

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