July 1st, 2009
I felt like the Ambient posts were becoming lonely(as of today, it has almost the least number of posts), so I decided to branch out a little. I’ve heard lots of great ambient music lately, and I felt inspired.
My history with ambient music comes from 3 primary sources: Vangelis’ Blade Runner score, the “Hearts of Space” radio series, and most recently and perhaps most importantly, Michael Woods. During the trance explosion of the early part of this decade, Michael Woods had the courage to slow things down a bit and give the listener something different. I’ve always respected his consistency in his remixes. Haven’t heard anything ambient related from him in a while….
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June 25th, 2009
If you’re paying very close attention to recent posts, you may notice that the string sound in the background of this random beat are the same as the one in 3_06. This sound comes from a patch that I created/modified for the “Crystal” soft synth that I have affectionately referred to as “Shitty Strings”. I like the glitchy, rotten sound that this pad produces – it’s created lots of atmosphere in these two tracks so far. Because of this, I expect to use this a lot more in future breaks/trip-hop productions.
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June 20th, 2009
I’ve noticed that some of the most recent random beats have been increasing in their length. I would say that it’s because there is a tension in the last few that could not be properly expressed in approximately 2 minutes.
This latest entry to the series contains all the elements of a great hard dance tune: ravey pianos, a wicked synth line, and a good, tough groove.
I’ve been working on this particular project for almost a year, because I wanted to get the sound just right. Additionally, this enters the hall of fame of tracks that have crashed my computer, which by my calculation means it’s one of the best ones.
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June 15th, 2009
Make sure you turn those subs up for this one, otherwise you’ll miss the deep bassline! This has an early DEIBC-like quality to it. Hopefully you’ll agree after you enjoy this tough drum and bass.
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June 10th, 2009
Through my adolescence I became fascinated with the works of Dante Aligheri. I read the Inferno a couple times in high school out of my own interest, and I continued to read it in my college years. I have read multiple translations and have become somewhat of an Inferno scholar by doing so.
Spending as much time as I did reading the book, it became a natural source of inspiration for me. Unfortunately, this inspiration came about in the form of terrible recurring nightmares about Hell, damnation, and the Devil. A day came in about 2001, when I was just getting into music production, that I was able to focus all of this emotion into a song that I called “Why I Hate Dante”. I finished the song in an afternoon, and I don’t remember doing much of it. Looking back, creating the song was somewhat of a mystical experience for me.
This song remains to be some of my best work. It has a strong trip-hop groove that evolves throughout the song until it finally reaches critical mass and turns into a thrilling drill and bass monster. This is one of my longer works but I guarantee the tension justifies the entire length of the track.
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