Jamuary 2024-01-25

We Ride

Originally written in 2018, reworked from an interesting, but very messy and sprawling track ... in 2022.  

Some interesting samples in here and quite a lot of experimentation with NI Reaktor.  But all set to a dub groove that pulls the track along.

I've Got My Body

Another track from the 2019 album 'Someone Else's Story'.  
most of the tracks on that album were very ambitious as I was flexing my 'i know think i get it' production skills.  so most of the tracks have versions and mixdowns in the 40s and 50s.  
this one has just 3 version of the logic file and just 3 mixdowns.  
it's quite possible that the track isn't finished... it does kinda just go into a slightly weird place then stop.  but I figured that it works, and any tinkering could take into the 'never-finished' territory.  So a very light touch remastering in October 2024 and it's here.


Take Down My Number

Originally on the 2009 album 'It's always a bit more work than you think' - from live recordings of me & Dave Nicholls on guitars, bass, keys.   can't remember who did what.  but the guitar playing is good - so it must be Dave.  the 2009 version was a great arrangement, but a terrible mixdown.  reworked here, with some vocals - but by and large the track is very simliar to what it originally was.  
when the guitars come in after the breakdown....  goosebump moment!! haha.

Turn It Off And On Again II

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HOW TO MAKE NOW A DRIFT

@korathink my favorite teacher phonk

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WEV I CAN MAKE PHONK

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OPEN COLAB 🇧🇷
colab english, português, español

colab on for lofi, phonk brazilian, funk (brazil original), dubstep, phonk, 222T style, and other

CowBug

Dark Audience

in the depth of the starhead

This is a reworking of the track 'Lighter Fluid' from 2006's Sonambuilism.  Th original is pretty much intact - except cut down from the sprawling 9 and half minutes - meandering trip hop with no hook or direction!!  Here we've got some dance vocals meant for about 135 BPM, feeling much more thoughtful and intimate when brought in at 100 bpm. 

echoes of imogen heap's hide and seek in here - not just because those words are in the vocals. though no vocoder has been used.  just waves harmonies, which is damn excellent.

Better Stay Away From Me

This is a 2025 remake of the track 'Roger Williams' from Sonamnulism in 2006.  The original name came from spending 2 weeks in New York and living in that hotel in Midtown.  I'd been to NYC once before only for a couple of days, so this was awesome.  8-9 years later, I very nearly moved there to live.  Everything was organised, and then I pulled out at the last minute after my salary was being cut to lower than in Singapore - with a massive hike in taxes.
anyhow, back to this track - it was written when i got to London.  A long ambient dub fest, where I even reecording my own singing on it.  which is very rare for that time.  
everything's pretty much kept here.  added some female vocals (giving the new track name).  some synths remapped from Atmosphere that I used back in 2006 to Omnisphere.  a touch of extra percussion and drum fills, a proper mix and master.  and here we go!
Cover art courtesy of AI image reworked in Pixlr app.

Under My Magic Spell

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30+ years of writing music.  now back to lots of hardware to complement the soft synths.  And of course, the compulsion to add the kitchen sink, fridge and oven is still there!

Kit:
Logic 
Cubase
Ableton Live
Reason
Expose
Loopcloud
Arturia V collection, Pigments
Arturia microfreak, minifreak, matrixbrute, minibrute, Spark 
Roland boutique Juno, Jupiter, JP3, 808 and 909
Arturia Audiofuse
Focusrite Scarlett
Roland Jupiter Xm, JD-Xi, Gaia SH-01 MDC-1 Dance Module
Korg Modwave, microKorg, MicroKorg XL, korg ER-1, korg 05RW, kaoss pad
Novation ultranova, mininova, a-station, Circuit Tracks
Access Virus-b
Beringher Deep Mind 12, UB-Xa, TD-3, Crave, MS-1
Nord Stage EX
Sequential Prophet 2000
Waldorf Pulse
M-audio Venom
Native instruments kontakt, massive, reaktor, FM8, battery, guitar rig, traktor, maschine, absynth, and the rest of the ultimate collection 
Spectrasonics Omnisphere
Spitfire Albion 
Aria orchestra 
Softube Parallels
Waves Gold and a lot of their plug ins. Abbey Road TG, brauer motion, butch vig vocals, ovox, flow motion
Isotope ozone
Sugar Bytes effectrix, looperator, turnado, factory, cyclop, obscurium 
Audio damage dubstation, panstation
AAS lounge lizard, strum, chromophone
UVI relay 
Fender Stratocaster 
Schecfer Diamond Electric 
Line6 Pod Guitar Mukti Effects 
Boss guitar multi effects and various other pedals 
Peavey Bass 
Yamaha DTX electronic drum kit 
Alesia drum pads 
Stanton turntables

Beat Maker ☼ Music w/ Purpose

Up North Studio Prod.
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Cool Christian Hip-hop 
Mysteriously unpolished 

Dirty North 🏔️
Kingdom Beats 👑✝️

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