[LAU] A couple new tracks (modern electronic, drum & bass)

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On Thu, 8 Nov 2012 16:18:14 +0100
William Light <wrl at illest.net> wrote:

> Hey everyone,
> Been quiet for a while, just uploading things intermittently and as I
> finish them. Had a surge of inspiration and focus this past weekend that
> helped me polish up a couple of tracks I've been working on for a while.
> 
> My setup nowdays is Renoise and various plugins. My workhorse synth is
> Loomer Aspect (VSTi, commercial), and my effects are everything from
> some of ccern's ported VSTs to the Calf DSSIs and every LADSPA I can get
> my hands on. I think I may have a Foo Driver or Foo Saturator on almost
> every channel by the time I'm done with a song.
> 
> Anyway, the music!
> 
> http://illest.net/~will/tracks/oddy-shiranai_visinin_lost_in_london_remix_unmastered.mp3
> 
> This one is a remix I did for a friend of mine. The original song was
> club/progressive house, and, in addition to a house remix of my own, I
> also did this one in a drum & bass style. Lots of Aspect, but also lots
> of other various synths in here. I have a few Sorollet instances, a
> bassline from Discovery, and even a heavily-processed Karplus-Strong
> synth (it's the feedback-heavy one). I think I actually used the DSSI
> example KS synth for that.
> 
> Lots of intricate drum programming in this one. I slaved over that
> percussion for longer than is healthy!
> 
> http://illest.net/~will/tracks/visinin-camphor_and_you.mp3
> 
> Original track. Evolved from a slower, brooding track into this
> somewhat rushed-sounding one. The mixdown was unbelievably difficult
> here; all of the synths were stepping all over each other. I feel it
> came together well in the end, though!
> 
> Hope you enjoy!
> -w

I'm not normally a lover of music with a very high percussion content, but I
will say I enjoyed "Lost In London". It certainly captures the frenetic
atmosphere of the city!

"Camphor And You" is much closer to my preference, and I really enjoyed this...
several times so far!

-- 
Will J Godfrey
http://www.musically.me.uk
Say you have a poem and I have a tune.
Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song.