two new [d] tracks: "except europa" / "sunridge"

"except europa"

"sunridge"

I will be updating glitched.org this or next week with these two tracks. I really want to do a redesign and move everything to bandcamp.mu (which seems to be the best free solution to get your music out there). Also, it's time to renew glitched.org again, so there may be a couple site hiccups.

Anyway, "except europa" is inspired by the movie, 2010: The Odyssey Continues. I guess this movie is what I'm all about (or what my music is all about): the future, fear of apocalypse, space, the good ol' USSR, and malfunctioning sentient computers. I don't know why, but monoliths compel me to make the eeriest ambient music. All Virus TI Snow, played live.

"Sunridge" is a "found song," in that I had forgotten about it and came back to it, a year after recording. One day I was rummaging around the myriad temporary folders on my harddrive, when I came across a simple, two-track Ableton Live file. Surprisingly, all it needed was a little EQing and editing, and it was done. My friend says it sounds vaguely "Orbitalish", which is never a bad thing; they were among my first influences. I think he says that because the Monomachine's FM machine (dynamic type, I think) is used liberally and is reminiscent of early Orbital tracks. All Monomachine and Machinedrum.

new tracks: multiple

I haven't updated this blog in a while because Twitter offers a lot more in terms of immediacy and ergonomics. I feel like "macro-blogging" (blogspot) is a chore, in comparison. Still, with a 140 character limit on Twitter updates, you can't expound upon anything; I guess that's why I'll continue to do this archaic form of communication.

Anyway, there have been a few recent tracks uploaded to the box.

beautifulViolence - Impossible Geometry [Machinedrum/Monomachine]
[d] - g2gone [Clavia G2]
poppyseed (reprise - remix by [d]) [Original by Boards of Canada]
[d] - big ol t*tties [Machinedrum/Monomachine -- It's a little annoying]

new [d] track: lt out 7

Check it out, here. Alternatively, listen to it on the "square" over there -->>

Machinedrum and a super secret softsynth were used.

Hey, ya know what? I've also uploaded the audio, midi, and MD .syx files on this drop.io site: http://drop.io/glitched .

The password is: awesome .

Let me know if you come up with something.

new TReD Grp. track: 5limp

UPDATE: This track was removed. It will be back, in the form of a vinly disc, soon!

...or "Slimp," as it was originally called.
Check the new track in the box, over there--->>>>>

Phaelam sent me this great little (1:30) loop that I thought I could extend. I did a lot more than extend it; it's a fully-fleged TReD Grp track now. (The original track has been uploaded, too. Check the box for "010108 slimp.")

The main beat was chucked into the MDUW and f*cked with. I added some extra "bouncy" MD flavor, too. The rest of the the constituent tracks were slowed-down and re-arranged in live.

AE - Stud Rmx

I made a "remix" or "cover" of AE's classic "Stud" from Tri Repetate.
This track was done almost entirely with Elektron machines. The main synth and background stuff is the Monomachine (SID+DPRO BBOX). The main drum pattern is the MDUW. (Interestingly, I had a hard time mixing the drums and re-recorded them several times. I actually put the MDUW through my G2, using a "spectrum tilt" filter, which did away with the harshness.)

The only non-Elektron part is the mellow, delayed, pwm-type synth track.

http://www.box.net/shared/2p2d6zgxij

new track - they're here to help us

Glitched.org was updated with the new one from beautiful violence: they're here to help us.

beautifulViolence - they're here to help us

beautifulViolence, which is really just another one of my monikers, has a new track: "they're here to help us (we think)".
drums: machinedrum
synths: sq8L plugin, x0xb0x
background: some loop I made in FL
I hope you like it.

new track - point within a circle (and other stuff)

The new track is called "point within a circle". It's characterized by it's thumping and chirping beat (MDUW) and slightly disharmonious "chimes" or vibes. The main G2 patch is pictured and you can download it, if you wish, by accessing the box, down there.

That's a new "feature" of this site. I'll upload lots of song-related junk and you can do what you will with it. (Still copyright-protected. I'll work on getting a Creative Commons license though.)

another new TReD grp. track - doefield

Here's another (new) one: http://www.glitched.org/files/tred group - doefield.mp3
Phaelam sent me this really thick beat that he made on his Elektribe...ahem, I mean Electribe (which shouldn't be confused with anything Elektron, although it's still a very capable machine), and I chucked it into the MDUW.
The MDUW is great for on-the-fly tweaking of samples, and that's what I did to the beat. Reverse here, stutter there...oh, and the filter and compression!
Anyway, so all the percussion-type sounds come from the MDUW, while the synth sounds were contributed by the DSI Evolver.
I consider it a TReD tune, but it's really about 80% [d], 10% phaelam, this time. Still, without that original beat, there would be no song. Thanks [p]!

new track - believe264P

New track: "believe264P". Phaelam says it's one of my best and I agree. It started off with just the main synth line from the monomachine, but after creating the beat on the machinedrum, it became a "real" track. The monomachine track is one Superwave-ENS machine routed through a Dynamix track. I filtered both in realtime and modulated the delay at the end. The sequence is simple, but I changed the pitch of a couple of the oscillators as it played. There's also another ENS machine that startes later in the track.
The beat is all machinedrum UW.
There's more to tell...just ask if you're interested.

updated track: september

I updated the track, "september". It's tighter and has another layer of drums.

new track - unaufhörliche Nacht

UPDATE: I fixed the ending. Sounds better.

Download it here: [d]_unaufhorliche Nacht
UPDATE: This song has been deleted; I don't like it anymore.

This one is about 80% G2, 20% MDUW. I used two home-made patches in the G2, mainly. The first one is a swirly, panning, modulated pad with heavy compression; the other, a multi-osc bass using the 18db "Classic" filter.

The drums are all MDUW. The first beat is based on the TRX machines and the second utilizes the ROM machines. For more details, just ask.

new track - september

Another new one: [d] - september
This one uses the MDUW as the basis for the track, again, but this time it's all about the EFM machines. I also used the CTRL-all machine to change the parameters of all the machines at the same time. The synth part that starts at ~1:08 is a patch I made with the G2.

It looks like this:

new track - truckin' mx

Get it here: [d] - truckin mx

Equipment used: Elektron MDUW (loops and drums), Dave Smith Evolver Desktop (synths and atmosphere), Live Software (for arrangement).

new track: indclub

Here's a new one: "indclub". All Elektron Machine Drum UW, multitracked. Yes, I feel guilty for sampling, but hopefully it's not too obvious.