Archive for the Tracks category
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 22, 2016
Day 329: Friday 22 July 2016
Apparent Calm:
An uncompromising, harsh, noisy Beatscape today. Perhaps my favourite kind.
I don’t know why I called it Apparent Calm as there is no calm of any kind here. Irony? Sarcasm? Stupidity? If I don’t know who does?
iElectribe is the culprit here with AudioShare, ApeFilter, and Dedalus as accomplices.
Grant
July 21, 2016
Day 328: Thursday 21 July 2016
Paper Bag Brings Closure:
A Beatscape; slow, dark, and abstract.
Made entirely in Gadget. Today I loaded some of my own samples into Bilbao for the first time.
Grant
July 20, 2016
Day 327: Weds 20 July 2016
Maschine A Day #20:
Part of my ongoing occasional series of quick tracks made with iMaschine, this was jammed into AudioShare with Dedalus and ApeFilter. Slow and sparse (which you may have noticed is how I roll) it has a quirky quality that appeals to me.
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 17, 2016
Day 324: Sunday July 17 2016
Silvan Midnight Revisited:
This is an Ambient Soundscape made in response to a request from my son. He asked me to write a track to go with a print that he has hanging on his wall; a night time forest scene with a river running through it.
I used Gadget which, though primarily aimed at loop based EDM styles, is more versatile than that and can easily be used for more ambient work.
Grant
July 16, 2016
Day 323: Saturday 16 July 2016 [Day 17 Holiday]
The Bells, The Bells!:
Today is a bit of a change, no Gadget, no drum beat, no bass, or synth arpeggios. Todays track marks a return to my Soundscape work; when I first started this blog a large percentage of the tracks were Soundscapes but for some reason there have not been very many lately. For me they are an interesting and vital way of approaching music; I try to create a landscape of sound that the listener can be immersed in, and/or a journey or story that can be followed.
Today I used Mersenne, TwistedWave, and Auria to make/craft/construct the track.
Thank you for your attention Trackers.
Grant
July 15, 2016
Day 322: Friday 15 July 2016
Dressed For Distressed:
A Beatscape using only some of the more rhythmically oreintated Gadgets in Gadget.
I’m cramming lots of family and friends stuff in the last few days of my holiday so please forgive me if these posts have gotten a bit laconic 🙂