2 years on from his debut album we welcome Agzilla to the Metalheadz podcast series with a colossal 4 hour mix of breakbeats celebrating his prominent tastes, influences and current favourites.

As a veteran DJ and pioneer of the underground sound in Iceland, Agzilla has remained connected to Metalheadz since his first meeting with Goldie way back in 1991. That relationship and affinity with the label led to the release of the aforementioned debut album in 2019. Entitled 'Cats Can Hear Ultrasound', the 13 track LP covers a diverse range of BPMs and styles, blurring the lines between the rough and the smooth and emerging as an authentic body of music for the years to come.

Cats Can Hear Ultrasound (Sampler): https://metalheadz.lnk.to/CCHUs
Cats Can Hear Ultrasound (Album): https://metalheadz.lnk.to/CCHU

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Metalheadz Podcast 71 - Agzilla

Strings with piano and flute. I think the track sounds like the end of one chapter, and the beginning of another.

Acceptance - (Sorrow, Hopeful)

Funkprog made in Cubase with virtual instruments - no musicians were harmed. Thanks to Wietze Krikke for advice.

Midi-evil

Synergy

Mutton Dressed As Lamb

Badu goes to Space is a track originally recorded back in 2020. I would describe it as minimal music with electronic/drum & bass influences. Sietse Huisman played the drums (quite brilliantly) on this one. I played and programmed all the other instruments: Piano x4, marimba x2, vibraphone x2, glockenspiel, crotales, shaker, synth bass, plucks and pads. This is a recent, more transparent and punchy mix. Enjoy. 

Sincerely: Wietze Krikke

Badu goes to Space 2023

Track made with virtual instruments, among others the Reverie (Cello Textures by Clara Baesecke), vocals from FunctionLoops VocalPopStories, a sampled Linn (Reverb Drum Machines), Impact Soundworks Shreddage 3 Stratus for all electric guitars, and some voices from the Pianobook's The Spellsinger by Hunter Rogerson. Thanks to Wietze Krikke for mixing advice.

Trials And I (Pumer Slithery)

These demos (I put them together during a frantic all-nighter before the big release) use the factory presets I contributed to the monumental Synclavier V project. All FM synthesis. Many people don't realize that Arturia's Synclavier V is the real thing and not an emulation - the actual original Synclavier FM engine.

The "Clockwork Orange" cover (first track) uses: A Clockwork Bass, A Clockwork Gong, Tron '82 Woodwinds, Tron Flute (velo), Tron Brass Ensemble, Tron Ending Credits. TimeWarp (hold)

Synclavier V Schilling factory patches (Wendy Carlos, Thomas Dolby, Eddie Jobson, etc.)

Mount Shrine (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) serves us a warm and inviting ambient album. 

Rain pounds the temple as you look out across snowy mountains from a lotus position. A wet furred hare seeks refuge beside you, curious about the kettle of hot tea that rests at your side. 

A distress call led you here, transmitted to a frequency on your Ham radio. The journey here was long and filled with majestic sights. Isolated villages, melting snow in forgotten valleys, the robed order of the silent all calmed your mind. The rolling fog followed you every step of the way to enlightenment. 

Recommended for lovers of subtle field recordings and sleep ambient. Warm, inviting and atmospheric. Best enjoyed with a cup of hot beverage on a rainy day.

Winter Restlessness

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Mount Shrine - Winter Restlessness

Walky Talky Wave - UP

Consequence

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Nelver - Consequence

Wietze Johannes Krikke, composer, multi-instrumentalist, sound engineer, sound designer and music producer. Born in Heerenveen, The Netherlands, on 11-1-1965. Currently living in Curaçao. 

contact info: wietzekrikke@gmail.com

Badu goes to Space 2023

Wietze Krikke

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