Songs produced during the 2020 pandemic while spending more time on the inside, but looking down from above on the long arc of history. A variety of inspiration from Trance/House/Synthwave, TV, Film, and science. Written and produced by Trapper Markelz. Cover photo by Richard Gatley on Unsplash.

Above

The second thing I composed, On an Alesis Quadrasynth using Cake Walk Pro.

Wine

Hide and Seek by Imogen Heap (Trapper's Remix)

Was playing around with Suno.ai and managed to get this to come out the other side. It is a merge of three tracks and a bunch of trial and error to get the AI to generate something dirty and rugged. I'm not in the habit of generating AI music, but this was a pretty cool experiment, and I wanted to keep it somewhere long-term.

Gravel Pit

Inspired by the hard kick, clap, and breakbeats, and then found a vocal to run over the top. Built it out from there using a chord progression from producer loops using Acid Pro 8. 

Music video at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDDesEdTRXM

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Lights

Inspired by binge watching Stranger Things in strange times. Made with Reason 11. Album photo by Sandro Katalina on Unsplash

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Strange

Inspired by watching Cosmos Possible Worlds, and re-watching Sagan's speeches. Cover photo by Donald Giannatti on Unsplash

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Cosmos

An optimistic synthwave-y track in Eb Major made in Reason 11 with clips for Star Wars: Rogue One. Photo by 贝莉儿 DANIST on Unsplash

Becoming

Something in your face mixing trance and synthwave sounds. I wanted something to just rock out to this weekend. Photo by Benjamin Lambert on Unsplash

Blast

Inspired by sounds from Roli Studio. A mix of contemplative synthwave and deep house sounds. Produced in Reason. Photo by chuttersnap on Unsplash.

Enough

A song about peering into the secrets of the universe inspired by the TV show DEVS. Photo by Simone Hutsch on Unsplash. Made with Reason 11.

Code

The view is always better from up high. Title track on Above album.
Produced with Reason 11. Photo by NASA on Unsplash.

Electro track with some glitchy elements and an audio clip from Tales From The Loop. Song cover photo by Mathew Schwartz on Unsplash.

Loop

Made with Reason 11 in my basement. Cover art by Photo by mana5280 on Unsplash.

Venom

I've been creating music on and off since 1996. Started with a Roland keyboard with hardware sequencer, then an Alesis Quandrasynth and CakeWalk Pro. Started producing and DJ'ing Trance music in Chicago using Acid Pro. I'm currently working with Reason 11, an Alesis V25 controller, and lots of plugins and loops. Enjoy the music.

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