AM//PM

Part of an experimental project I've been working on. The concept is to write, record and perform tracks in a a single sitting.

The first four tracks were all recorded early in the morning before the rest of the house got up. It's too dark and cold in the mornings for that now, so the second batch of tracks will be done in the afternoon!

Each track takes a couple of hours. The workflow is to write and record some samples (using electric and acoustic guitars, piano and occasionally synths), then build a track by looping them, adding beats and effects.

I'm using Bandlab, Loopy Pro, Other Desert Cities, Dubstation 2, Bleass filters and Replicator.

In terms of genre, SubmitHub tells me this track is:

Experimental Electronic (41%)
Gothic / Dark Wave (40%)
Witch House (27%)
Shoegaze (25%)
Ambient (23%)

So something for everyone then :)

btw wtf is Witch House?

Hope you enjoy, please let me know what you think.

This has been a really fun project. Sometimes working with restrictions is a great way of sparking creativity.

PM.001

This is the fourth and final track in my PM project. These tracks are written, sampled, arranged and performed in a single two hour sitting.

This track was put together around a sample of a shoegazey guitar riff. It didn't really make sense until I dropped the big kick drum and then it went off in a techno direction, and I I added the burbling arpeggiated synths.

There are loads of effects on here as usual - the one that sticks out to me is the tonalizer applied to the beat (from Turnado). It adds some movement into the track which I find really propels the whole thing along. Turnado is really very cool although I only have the vaguest grasp of what I'm doing with it! Sometimes though I think a lack of mastery can be an advantage!

I ran this track through SubmitHub to find the genre, it tells me:

Electronica (48%)
Techno (46%)
Melodic Techno (24%)
Ambient (19%)
Electro (17%)

That's probably about right this time!

I've had brilliant fun with this project, all four tracks have come out well but very differently which I'm pleased about. Next step in the project is to put these together into a set which I can perform live.

I've also done an AM series of tracks, which is quite a different vibe. I'll be releasing them soon (January probably). 

I hope you've enjoyed these, please let me know what you think in the comments!

Cheers

Tom x


PM.002

Shoegaze, indie, post rock and electronica from Manchester, UK
tomleonard_uk@protonmail.com

PM.002

Tom Leonard