Lofi beats for the winter season.

1. jazz '25. 
2. moon&stars. 
3. by.the.bay w/ @vehmu
4. lofts.

winter arc.

winter arc. {full ep} (Bonus Tracks on Bandcamp & EVEN)

Original Composition by Jimmy Gavagan.
Featuring Dakota Austin on Sax, Anthony Carabello on Guitar, Mike Carabello on Piano, Christie Echols on Bass, and Jimmy Gavagan on Drums.

The Combine

You already know what day it is... Enjoy 🍩

Three 4 Dilla, vol. 3

Three 4 Dilla, Vol. 3 {mini Tape}

serene jazz using a modal structure that lends a floating quality that became very inspiring to jazz players and composers  since the late 1950s with Kind of blue album from Miles Davis and the result of modal scales and use of fourths to create a different atmosphere and improvisational possibilities. I am still loving this path today.

modal morning  tune

kind of the sequel to the track sloppy, it's so overproduced that you can barely hear the full arrangement

it features subtle microtonality

much of the track were built by my own voice

i itentionally change the mood at unexpected times to give it a jumpscare vibe

jumpscare groove

Drifting low...
Nowhere to go...
Shadows call...
But I won’t follow...
Oh no!
I won't follow.

Falling footsteps, distant chimes,
A fading face erased the time.
The air is thick with things unsaid,
Soft regrets where love once bled.

A silver thread, the night unwinds,
The weight of ghosts still ties me blind.
I reach for light, but touch the cold,
A story lost, a hand untold.

Drifting low...
Nowhere to go...
Shadows call...
But I won’t follow...
Oh no!
I won't follow.

The wind moves slow through hollow streets,
A fading song, a ghost that speaks.
I chase the night, but lose my way,
The past still whispers, begs to stay.

Oh no!
I won't follow.

—
Arrangement and vocals: Volker Redder, Udio, Apple's GarageBand
Loops and samples: Volker Redder, Apple's GarageBand
Editing and sound design: Volker Redder, Sound Studio, VirtualDJ, GarageBand
Lyrics: Volker Redder, translated with the help of Google Translate
Cover design: Volker Redder, Adobe Photoshop, DALL-E, FLUXpro, Apple's Keynote

I Won't Follow

the use of modes instead of scales has influenced jazz for the last 60 years and is still going strong in my little studio this morning..it celebrates ambiguity of tonal centres and feels like floating in the dorian mode in this piece today

modal moment

A monthly one-hour specialist radio show including Mr.Z's favorite records. From the unpredictable 70s and the atmospheric 80s and 90s to the chaotic presence of music all over the world. New Age, Ambient, Folk, Electronic, Soft Rock, Jazz, Acid House.
Welcome to Space Afternoons.
*It is cloudy outside. We dig deeper to the esoteric side of the UK jazz scene from the mid 60s to late 70s. For one hour modal patterns follow the intellectual aesthetics of some of the most important musicians of this era.


The Esoteric Side w/ Mr. Z (27.03.2025)

Modal Soda Pop

korg into bitcrusher reverb and delay/looper
tascam 4-track with patchy-bates loop
modded shoebox with OBC loop

ocean bell crush

[Marcus-Jones] | instrumental hiphop/neo soul producer
email | mrcus.jonebeats@gmail.com
discord | mjones

collectives: 
@FortuneHead
@afterlife_virtua

@egostravinsky 

This is for my personal mix listening to fixed or finished track pieces. Enjoy noticing how my spirit is always moving.

For completed works go to the bandcamp link. Or for more live/
earlier recordings go to archive.org
BIO ~
Syd Lewis is a multi-instrumentalist composer based in Brooklyn, NY. Varying in many styles and genres with influences of Igor Stravinsky, Skip James, Guitar Slim, Robbie Basho, Stevie Wonder, Harpo Marx and John Cage

My experimental canvas

All music here are composed, produced, arranged, conducted and performed entirely by myself

Jimmy Gavagan, an up-and-coming jazz drummer, composer, and educator, is a recent graduate of the Jackie McLean Institute of Jazz at the Hartt School of Music (University of Hartford). Performance through improvised music is Jimmy’s passion. He has performed all across the East Coast at venues such as Chris’s Jazz Cafe in Philadelphia, Black Eyed Sally’s in Hartford, and Cafe Nine in New Haven, and he continues to strive towards innovation from behind the drumset.

"Redder" is a palindrome. Like "racecar" or "level". These pieces of music ain't.



I have played and loved jazz since the 1960's and now love to share my music with others.

New tracks tagged #modal jazz