Archive for the EDM category
Grant
July 25, 2016
Day 332: Monday 25 July 2016
The Antihero Relaxes By The Fire After A Hard Day Antiheroing:
The electric piano is emerging as my favourite sound lately. It began featuring as an element in several tracks and is slowly becoming the main compositional and sound factor. I’ve always favoured it and it occasionally has featured in this blog before but the current fascination has surprised me; arising of it’s own accord from within the daily process, and perhaps therefore from my subconscious.
One of the reasons for maintaining a daily practise is to allow room for just such happenings, so I’m joyfully embracing the moment despite the fact that my keyboard skills are limited.
Gadget was the one and only app used here but I have now used my midi keyboard to play the piano part which leads to very different results from just using the touch screen.
Grant
July 24, 2016
Day 330: Saturday 23 July 2016
The Last Few Inches:
A playlist today consisting of 3 new tracks plus one from a few days ago (I may add more).
An EP of tracks made in Gadget and featuring an Electric Piano in some way (using either or both Darwin and Montreal gadgets).
Please enjoy.
Grant
July 20, 2016
Day 326: Tuesday 19 July 2016
Awash (In The River Of Tears):
The second of my flying home tracks, this was made on the Bangkok to Oslo flight; a nightmare of lack of sleep, lack of leg room, back and neck pain, and a general feeling that I was in danger of loosing my humanity.
A simple, gentle, sparse electric piano plays tangentially over an almost chaotic rhythmic ground.
Made in Gadget the piano is a combination of two Darwins and a Salzburg, while 2 Bilbaos, 1 Tokyo, and 1 Abu Dhabi make the beat. I love Bilbao and Abu Dhabi 🙂
I’m very happy with this track.
Also used to get the final result were: Twisted Wave, AudioShare, Dedalus, and ApeFilter.
Grant
July 20, 2016
Day 325: Monday 18 July 2016 [Day 19 Holiday]
Released:
Beautifully slow and sparse, this downtempo piece of electronica via Gadget really soothes my soul. I hope it does for you too.
The first of two tracks that I made on the flights home, this one was made on the Sydney to Bangkok leg of the journey.
Grant
July 20, 2016
Day 324: Sunday 17 July 2016 [Day 17 Holiday]
Concentrated Work Ethic Rots (from the inside):
A downtempo, almost dubby track from Gadget, I love how the bass ostinato feels slightly awkward at times against the rhythm.
I wanted to try out two Gadgets that I never use; Berlin and Phoenix, because they got a of love in a post on the iPad Musicians Group, but I quickly found that neither of them is to my taste. So I added 3 instances of Kiev plus some London and Amsterdam for the drums and I quite enjoy the result.
Addendum:
I just noticed that I accidentally posted two tracks for Sunday when I caught up with my travel posts on the wednesday morning. Never mind, let us leave it and consider this a bonus 🙂
Grant
July 13, 2016
Day 321: Thursday 14 July 2016
Transparent Shift:
https://soundcloud.com/grant-horsnell/transparent-shift
Today I decided to explore another Gadget that I don’t often use in Korg’s Gadget, today it was Wolfsburg; this has 6 instances of that and one of London for the drums. I also used Dedalus.
Grant
July 12, 2016
Day 320: Weds 13 June 2016
Miserable Hero:
More from my Holiday Gadgetfest.
An interesting side effect of some one like me, who has no idea of the intricate tangle of electronica and EDM genres, using an app like Gadget which is equipped with a plethora of sounds from across that arcane spectrum, is that I use the sounds with no knowledge of those original contexts and therefore create a mishmash; one that is perhaps painful to the aficionado. This idea is interesting and fun to me.
An interesting side effect of getting up in the early hours of the morning because I can’t sleep, is that my mind runs along funny lines like this.
No matter, I am definitely embracing my inner EDM guy with this current Gadget fixation and I hope you are enjoying the ride.
Grant
July 9, 2016
Day 316: Saturday 9 July [Day 13 Holiday]
Blue Jack Ramble:
Downtempo EDM from Gadget once more. I’m still on holiday which means I have limited time at the moment. It’s just so quick and fun to do these whip these up, I can’t resist 🙂
Assistance also from AudioShare, ApeFilter, Dedalus, and TwistedWave. You know, the usual crew.
Grant
July 5, 2016
Day 312: Tuesday 5 July 2016 [Day 9 Holiday]
Distant Pulse:
More Gadget based downtempo electronica made with the assistance of AudioShare, ApeFilter, Dedalus, and Auria.
In other words the usual suspects.
Sorry if things seem to be stagnating, it’s because I’m on hols and out of my comfort zone. I’ll try something different tomorrow I promise.
Grant
July 5, 2016
Day 311: Tuesday 4 July 2016 [Day 8 Holiday]
Untrue Development (Edition):
Today feels like a downtempo version of an 80’s Synth Pop track. Not my usual cup of tea to say the least but my current flirtation with Gadget is taking me to some strange places indeed. I used TwistedWave, AudioShare, ApeFilter, and Dedalus to try and bring it a little closer to my usual texture. Not sure if that helped or not 🙂
Anyway it is what it is, I hope it brings you pleasure.