[LAU] Music: Woxitron WIP

[Ken Restivo]

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On Sat, Sep 01, 2007 at 09:35:25PM +0200, Thorsten Wilms wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> It all started with a single custom drumloop run through dozens of 
> plugins, cut into pieces and rearranged to retrieve several versions 
> that can be layered. That was years ago, using Cubase. Now I feel 
> slightly awkward about that, but this material is way to good to 
> leave it :)
> 
> I took those few short loops and a bunch of other old samples to 
> build a track in Ardour. Said samples include me screaming into  
> the mic, a car and a lorry passing by on a wet street and a soda 
> stream.
> 
> http://images.ciao.com/ide/images/products/normal/555/Soda_Stream_Maxi__172555.jpg
> 
> So far its almost all percussion. I intend to add melodic parts.
> Usually I build a "core" of a piece, consisting of 4 to 16 bars 
> with complete instrumentation, but here I have a skeleton now, 
> like was the case with "FM Casserole" and the collaborations with 
> Folderol.
> 
> I post this WIP to gather some feedback, as I wonder if the breaks 
> and transitions are maybe a bit rough and whether I should extend 
> some parts to provide stability.
> 
> http://www.archive.org/download/woxitron/thorwil_woxitron_wip.ogg
> http://www.archive.org/download/woxitron/thorwil_woxitron_wip.mp3
> 
> 

That's beautiful. I particularly enjoyed the beat that emerges at about 1:22 and continues for the rest of it, and which suggests to me like a funky bassline might go nicely underneath it. Other than that, it seems pretty complete to me as a drum solo.

- -ken
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