the last week has been warm and sunny... having spent most of the previous week indoors while it was cold and wet, I decided instead to get out and catch some sun (rather than lock myself away and sweat it out in the heat - no fun).... as such, it's been a rather unproductive week.
having said that, here's something i've been working on today:
i call that slippery lead sound 'slinky cat' - and he or she is definitely a menace...
*** apologies for not putting any complete tracks up. I've been meaning to get across to a mixing studio on the other side of town, but haven't made time for it yet. I guess I'll try and get a few pieces finished off first and mix them in the one session.
Saturday, 28 July 2012
Friday, 20 July 2012
snippets of sound
struck-down in mucus currently (with a cold)... while Berlin's summer got all wet and watery on us, I did the same... so here a few snippets of sounds created this week.
watery, submerged sound. everything you hear is the one patch. the girgling sound, the watery bells... the same patch can also be morphed into a tuned-noise sound (not shown here), which is what I was trying to create in the first place.
brassy lead. originally this was a percussive sample. now it's brass... the joys of ableton : )
and for those hankering for something you can whistle along to (music), there's some of that in the works too... but first I need to make sure it sounds the best I can make it, before I put it up (I've found a studio to mix-down in, across town).
watery, submerged sound. everything you hear is the one patch. the girgling sound, the watery bells... the same patch can also be morphed into a tuned-noise sound (not shown here), which is what I was trying to create in the first place.
brassy lead. originally this was a percussive sample. now it's brass... the joys of ableton : )
and for those hankering for something you can whistle along to (music), there's some of that in the works too... but first I need to make sure it sounds the best I can make it, before I put it up (I've found a studio to mix-down in, across town).
Friday, 6 July 2012
a room
Apart from recovering from last weekend's epic dosage of bass-heavy grooves and camping, this week has also been marked by my moving into a room of my own.
Several months back I couch-surfed with a few interesting young Berliners in Neukölln. Since that time, I've seen much of Berlin and been looking for my own room. In the meantime, one of the residents of the apartment - Gian Paolo, the painter mentioned a while ago - has decided to head back to Italy. And so, a room became available.
Though it's situated against what must be Neukölln's busiest and ugliest street - Karl-Marx Strasse - I'm wrapped at having a space of my own.
Now it's time to bust out some self-discipline and get busy : )
Several months back I couch-surfed with a few interesting young Berliners in Neukölln. Since that time, I've seen much of Berlin and been looking for my own room. In the meantime, one of the residents of the apartment - Gian Paolo, the painter mentioned a while ago - has decided to head back to Italy. And so, a room became available.
Though it's situated against what must be Neukölln's busiest and ugliest street - Karl-Marx Strasse - I'm wrapped at having a space of my own.
Now it's time to bust out some self-discipline and get busy : )
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| my room |
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| the kitchen |
Thursday, 5 July 2012
Fusion
It's been about a week since Fusion… I've sat down a few times to try and write about it, but I'm finding it hard to accurately describe the experience in words… anyway, here's what I've got...
Spread across ten stages, five days and who-knows how many square kilometres of a disused military airfield, Fusion is - in a word - massive! Though it's hard to truly grasp the magnitude of the audience - as there's no point where everyone is in a single given location - I'm told it pulls a crowd of around 70,000.
Like everything else about the festival, the line-up is epic - at least in terms of the number of acts playing. Despite this, I entered the festival only recognising a few names on the bill.
One of those names was the creative duo known as Kollektiv Turmstrasse. Having been wowed by their emotionally-driven sound many years ago (at another outdoor festival, during a local act's set), it was great to finally hear and see them outdoors.
Another must-see live-set was that of Oliver Schories. Having missed his recent sets in Berlin, I was glad to finally catch him. Taking to the stage directly after Nicone and Sascha Braemer's party-pleasing set of techno and tech-house, his distinctly deep, melancholic beats washed over the crowd. From the outset, a clear difference in sound-processing was apparent. In comparison, Schories' set was a lot more bass-heavy and not as bright (except for the absolute high-end frequencies) - a trademark of his sound, really.
Upon arrival, late Thursday evening, I made it my mission to quickly scout-out the different stages and try to get a feel for the site. The level of detail is something that really needs to be seen first-hand. Having been running for more than fifteen years - and in the same site (I'm pretty sure) - it's clear that the organisers have built it from the ground up, adding more eye-candy each year. In terms of aesthetic, it has a kind of jumbled bric-a-brac vibe to it... constructing objects from what's available.
All in all, Fusion was an absolute blast. I'll definitely be doing my
best to return next year.
Spread across ten stages, five days and who-knows how many square kilometres of a disused military airfield, Fusion is - in a word - massive! Though it's hard to truly grasp the magnitude of the audience - as there's no point where everyone is in a single given location - I'm told it pulls a crowd of around 70,000.
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Like everything else about the festival, the line-up is epic - at least in terms of the number of acts playing. Despite this, I entered the festival only recognising a few names on the bill.
One of those names was the creative duo known as Kollektiv Turmstrasse. Having been wowed by their emotionally-driven sound many years ago (at another outdoor festival, during a local act's set), it was great to finally hear and see them outdoors.
Another must-see live-set was that of Oliver Schories. Having missed his recent sets in Berlin, I was glad to finally catch him. Taking to the stage directly after Nicone and Sascha Braemer's party-pleasing set of techno and tech-house, his distinctly deep, melancholic beats washed over the crowd. From the outset, a clear difference in sound-processing was apparent. In comparison, Schories' set was a lot more bass-heavy and not as bright (except for the absolute high-end frequencies) - a trademark of his sound, really.
Upon arrival, late Thursday evening, I made it my mission to quickly scout-out the different stages and try to get a feel for the site. The level of detail is something that really needs to be seen first-hand. Having been running for more than fifteen years - and in the same site (I'm pretty sure) - it's clear that the organisers have built it from the ground up, adding more eye-candy each year. In terms of aesthetic, it has a kind of jumbled bric-a-brac vibe to it... constructing objects from what's available.
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| I spent the first night sleeping in this hangar as my sleeping bag didn't arrive until the second day (a logistics mishap…) |
All in all, Fusion was an absolute blast. I'll definitely be doing my
best to return next year.
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