Exploration LP: All of the tracks that I've worked on from 2017 until 2021. 

I recently got the inspiration to upload all of these tracks officially, so here it is! This LP is the result of me experimenting and discovering my style; a blend of my musical interests and my chaotic creativity.

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Computer Technology

The first song I ever put up on SoundCloud back in 2017 on my old account. I wanted to include it for my own nostalgia, realizing that it's not the most well-produced song. The charming and gritty sounds of the FL Studio stock plugin GMS are the only synth in this song, as I wanted to challenge myself by being limited to a single plugin for sounds.

Exploration LP

Who Knows

A classic for me and my favorite song I've made to date. This was one of the first songs I ever seriously made. From the beginning, I wanted this track to take you on a journey to an alien dimension. Heavy amounts of reverb on the drums and instruments gives it a spaced out and unique atmosphere. I wanted to quesiton convention and ended up putting reverb on the bass as well, which in part gives it it's unique and rich atmosphere.

The Dimension

Inspired by the technique Zedd used to make Spectrum, I spent a while gathering and making some varying and chaotic sounds from all sorts of genres and sound profiles. Mashing them together, Suspended was the result. Some of the drum rhythms and flows in this song remain my favorite I've ever made.

Suspended

Inspired by Burial and the rich history of Garage music, I inteded to emulate the off-kilter beats and spaced out ambient vibes of Burial's music. The rich crackle and ambient noises came from me recording myself walking from my car to my college dorm room in the middle of winter.

Prairie Dog

This song is me letting loose. Until this point I had struggled to make large, epic sounding songs despite always wanting to. The sounds of an Aztec death whistle sweep the song to it's pinnacle and accentuate the haunting and chilling ambience.

No Place

I found this speech on YouTube and it inspired me to make a song using it as a sample. I had already tried making Lo-Fi, but the message didn't seem to fit in that genre, so I wanted to play with genre conventions as well. Making a chill song with intense but pulled-back growls gave the song the impact and unique vibe I was shooting for.

Lost Our Way

This song also stems from my love of Garage music. I wanted to try processing stock vocal samples in a unique way, and ended up doing so utilizing granular synthesis. The soft piano melodies fill the space and provide another brief respite in the chaos of the album.

Longing

This song represents the pinnacle of my production capabilities to date. Insomnia is the culmination of a music production interim class I took in college amidst the Covid pandemic. It utilizes heavy amounts of granular synthesis and processing on the same background ambience I used in Dynamo and The Dimension. I used instruments from both Logic Pro X and FL Studio to create the diverse and rich soundscape. It's meant to take you on a chaotic and somewhat unpleasant journey through the ins and outs of trying to fall asleep, but being unable to. The swirling, squishy, and alluring sounds morph and squeeze similar to how things sound when you're on the brink of sleep. It's meant to evoke feelings of unease and squriminess that come with insomnia.

Insomnia

Exploration was meant to be experimental, and this is hands down the most experimental track on it. The main sound is a gnarly Serum bass, processed in some unique and unconventional ways. Saturated with copious amounts of reverb wild panning and distortion to gives it an overwhelming, chaotic, and enchanting sound. I wanted this song to be a bass-lovers dream and made the bass the main focus, so it sounds the best in headphones.

Dynamo

A charming and calming Lo-Fi beat. Prominent vinyl crackle and ambience give it that classic Lo-Fi feel. I made this track in the midst of the Covid pandemic: a time when warmth and coziness was welcome.

I debated for a long time whether or not to include this one. In the end it found it's place as a brief respite from all of the chaos and experimentation. However, the beginning and ending "portal" sounds were experimental and fun sounds to make and play with.

Birds

Those who know, know. This moment struck inspiration in me and this was the result.

Apple

I've wanted to make D&B forever but never really could figure out how to fit it into my style, until now! "Move" can either be thought of as moving from dancing or moving locations.

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