My guest is a master of the dark arts. 

A minimalist with a big sound. 

A pioneer and a deeply clever chap. He’s an audio visual mash man that’s got tasty taste. A rare combo!

Some may be aware of the music master mind that is William Fields but to those of you that don’t know him he’s very much needing to be on your radar.

I got into a small side road ramble whilst in conversation with Richard Devine on EP 57 and we were talking about limitations in eurorack for sequencing and how he wanted to get into using a computer with algorithmic composition tools to vastly expand the possibilities. I asked him if there was anyone out there making any listenable algorithmic shit and he told me of William Fields and the rest is history.

Get over to Williams FieldsOS page on band camp NOW!

There’s 24 tracks up there that are.. get this. 59 mins long EACH . WTF?

https://williamfields.bandcamp.com/album/fieldsos

Long form expert explorations of a style. 

One is called Footwork, another UK Garage and then there's the fantastically bonkers Unconstrained.

It’s mind boggling stuff and I wanted to know what the hell was going on so ...

Stay tuned!

Links to William’s latest releases, both from January:

https://kaer-uiks.bandcamp.com/album/imperfekt

https://shop.conditional.club/album/shackamaxon…

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Music for this episode comes from:

Luke Bace  ~aka~ LakeCube

his instagram is
@lakecube

https://soundcloud.com/lakecube

https://lakecube.bandcamp.com/releases

Shout outs!

In this time of streaming 

I wanted to give a shout out to Divkid for keep everyone informed about goings on with the streams.

https://divkidvideo.com

What did I watch so far?

Colin Benders (great modular techno)

Kieran Hebden who did a fantastic Boiler room streamed set and raised

$10,365 for the Global Food Banking Network

https://www.foodbanking.org

Here’s that set:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXQi77eOdEY

Andrew Huang put together his march earnings and gave to 

@DirectRelief for their efforts in the pandemic. He raised $6541.70! 

I made some new stuff:

Grab my companion pack to follow up on the marvelous work of @Hainbach101

Find the samples here :

https://jamielidell.bandcamp.com/releases

They are Free or donate as you like…

I’ve been so pleasantly surprised by the response. Thanks to all of you for grabbing it! I hope it brings you some funk!

It’s still very much available. 

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So sad to hear about Bill Withers. It’s just one that weighs heavy on me. What a singular talent, what an example of a pure soul. 

The honesty just shines through in his work. Hit me hard. RIP Bill.

I felt inspired to try and make my own humble tribute to the man. 

I reached out to my friend in hiding, Chancey and he immediately had bass and guitar recorded for the song.

I’ve actually since had my neighbour across the street, Rob Burger add some additional keys 

There MIGHT well be a special guest making a string arrangement in a month. Fingers crossed.

I’ve been really moved by the speed of response out there to this idea. Everyone’s been amazing. 

Here’s the video of the song:

https://bit.ly/2Re8Tax

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Today’s nitty is a first for this show. After 134 weeks of making this thing I’ve gone and made a video for the nitty. A viddy nitty if you will.

It’s a tear away from the recent sample pack video I made. A few people liked the motor piano clip so I figured I’d try an expanded idea emerging form that little seed.

I have been trying to keep productive in my evenings which is when I get to work. 

I apologize for the slackness getting this show out but I’ve been trying to get my head around lots of things im no good at!

My wife is an incredible visual artist. She’s long been a professional photographer so we have lots of good cameras in the house but its definitely HER world.

Anyway after the sample pack vid I started the journey on the video making road. 

VIDEO HERE!

https://youtu.be/po7vPCa-t8E

First of many hopefully!

EP 67 - WILLIAM FIELDS

Please welcome the one and only Lev Perrey to the show!

This man is a serious badass. 

He’s the Director of Product Management as Universal Audio which is a hell of a gig.

He’s been intimately involved in development of the Apollo hardware and now the fantastic, fledgling DAW they called LUNA.

This is something a little different for the show. It’s amazing to imagine what it REALLY takes to move the needle in the world of pro audio product development.

No one can argue that’s exactly what UA have done. Fascinating man!

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I wanted to alert you to my appearance on the Luna After Hours YouTube channel.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LI6pbsJw3ao

I got into making a spontaneous bit of music in Luna live on stream. Good rush!

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I was happy to also be a part of a new “Isolation Choir” free expansion for the fantastic G-Force software Mtron plugin.

They put my voice in the machine!

Good rush :)

https://www.gforcesoftware.com

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Music for this Episode comes from 

Joseph Holiday and his project 

Snakes of Russia

Tracks featured are all from his new EP 

“At home with Lions”

https://www.instagram.com/snakesofrussia

https://open.spotify.com/artist/3gXvuz9NcnlvCFwXVyblhc?si=Ix6H4DbVRhmmO8xB-dwnog

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Big news for me is…..

Video nitty 2 is here!

I really went deep on this 

It’s called the sound of one hand drumming

And it’s my attempt to play a real drum kit with a theremin. 

Yep.. theremin to bounce convertor

Here’s a strange hacked down bit of audio from that production for you!

Please go and check it out on the hanging out with audiophiles YouTube channel

https://youtu.be/Mn0Va3Kqoko

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Thank you to Universal Audio for kind show sponsorship !

Check out Luna!

https://www.uaudio.com

EP 68 - LEV PERREY

Many many mysteries shall remain. SOME shall be dispelled!!
My name is Jamie Lidell and I'm gonna delve into the heady magic of creating music in a modern studio, probe the depths of production, get tech crazy with mixing tricks, studio skills and equipment. I'll be joined by fellow musicians, engineers and all-round audiophiles who kindly share their tips, stories and ingenious insight from the bizarre world of music production. I shall answer questions and seek knowledge from other music makers on a quest to discover how to make things sound RIGHT. I will also share some studio trickery on each episode as I explore some of my favourite innovations in music tech and my creations... outpourings from the weirdo brain! Welcome to a place for musicians, producers and listeners alike as we "cheers" our love of everything audio.

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