The original Duster was from 2000, on the album Monte Cristo Gamble [sic].  This one was remade in the Covid downtime of 2020.  It was a particularly challenging one to get down.  one of those tracks where fixing one thing messed up something else without you immediately realising, and then noticing too late to be abe to make a sensible undo.
a light remastering in 2025 to put it out there.  and some new cover art, courtesy of AI.  
it's truly amazing what you can knock up quickly with a vague idea of what you want.  1980s bronx morning, girl come from the disco, guy with a briefcase.  hotdog stand.  maybe a vagrant.  and there you go.

Duster II

I love this track. 
I know, i should wait for others to say it.  Well, too late.  The original was one of my favourites back in 2000 on Monte Cristo Gamble [Sic].  Doing the remake in 2020 Covid sessions - I was worried I'd mess it up.  but it turned into a whole new adventure of it's own.
the original has the prophet 1000 i bought for 100 in Notting Hill as well as a beat sample from Renegade Soundwave.  (Who'd probably sampled it from somewhere else).
there's samples from library discs for voice over artists - an advert for Wales Tourism (Come Inside) and for having a TV license (I can draw a happy face on it - the consolation of still having an etch-a-sketch toy after the TV is taken away by the police....)
its mad. it's too long. it's epic. it's beautiful.  thank you to anyone who listens and loves it too!

Happy Face (Close Your Eyes)

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

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