[LAU] Some music made with linux, from the vaults

[Ken Restivo]

Thanks. Yeah there was a reason I didn't release them years ago; they didn't feel "done" to me. Oh well.

-ken

Julien Claassen <julien at mail.upb.de> wrote:

>Hello Ken!
>Nice tracks. Not my top five out of your tracks, but definitely nice.
>:-) I 
>like both titles very much though. They convey something eccentric and 
>slightly nerdy. :-)
>I didn't start on the right foot with breakfast at 1. I thought: why
>808, 
>why not 909? This question however was answered quickly, when the
>Rhodes 
>joined the funfair. Nice touch that! In combination with the Rhodes,
>the 808 
>made much more sense to me. It left the piano more space to breathe and
>
>roominate. I love those funky/jazzy reminiscences. Something I can
>never pull 
>off, as well as you can. No rock 'n' role and no funk. :-) Nice little
>track!
>Allure oddmeter, did hold a slight allure. Unfortunately something had
>to be 
>steady in this song and the poor old drumtrack had to suffer that
>dubious 
>pleasure. :-( If that had been replaced with a real drummer or a
>drumkit of 
>any sort played live or programmed in interesting and twisted ways,
>this would 
>have been on its way to a smash-hit. :-) Oddly though, I didn't find
>the 9/4 
>too confusing. Perhaps I didn't always follow the twists and turns of
>the 
>bassline, but it felt comfrotable to listen to. Enough so, tht I could
>enjoy 
>the mean basslines. Not as predominant and pregnant, as I've heard them
>in 
>some of your other songs, but it was there. While listening and
>discovering 
>the acoustic piano, I started thinking, that one could probably have
>fun with 
>this piece, writing an analysis of the composer's intentions. So many
>events 
>and twists, for such a small arrangement and that style of music, that
>one 
>could assign to underlying themes, desires and messages of the author.
>:-) 
>Coming back into the non-fictional world, those ongoings are, what
>makes this 
>piece interesting, in spite of the looped drums.
>May I finish this with a wish: do more housekeeping and cleaning,
>perhaps 
>you'll find more. :-) I will hope for the best and leave you to being
>prepared 
>for the worst. - Honestly: both of them nice, sturdy tracks, not
>catchy, but 
>catching.
>   Warm regards
>          Julien
>
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