23 Sep
2013
23 Sep
'13
9:07 p.m.
Found these cleaning an old hard drive, all made with Linux, Fluidsynth, Ardour, PHASEX,
JACKRACK, seq24, jace, and probably others.
Techno-ish and featuring PHASEX heavily:
http://storage.restivo.org/music/krmusic/semipublished/breakfast-at-one-0.1…
Funky in 9/4 and with enough shifting patterns that the 1 is pretty much arbitrary (the
way I like it), and also using PHASEX in the background:
http://storage.restivo.org/music/krmusic/semipublished/allure-oddmeter-0.1.…
These are both from August 2007, according to the git history. Enjoy.
-ken
23 Sep
23 Sep
10:24 p.m.
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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http://juliencoder.de/nama/music.html
24 Sep
24 Sep
2:16 a.m.
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(a)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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http://juliencoder.de/nama/music.html
7:43 a.m.
Hello Ken!
Oh please, don't get me wrong. This is whining about luxury problems. It's
overall good, that you did release them.
Best wishes
Julien
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http://juliencoder.de/nama/music.html
6 Oct
6 Oct
8:37 a.m.
On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 12:23:30AM +0200, Julien Claassen 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. :-)
They were experiments. Glad you liked them though.
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!
I looked at the Hydrogen file; it's actually a TR-606. Cheez-o-rama.
And it's in 7/4. Of course.
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.
It was me exploring my Dosh obsession-- before I'd ever heard of Dosh.
Odd meters in shifting synchronization, kind of like if Steve Reich
and the minimalists came from a more African than European background.
My old drummer called it "windsheild wiper music", as in, when two
windsheild wipers on a car with two wiper motors drift in and out
of sync.
It was just a rough sketch. The mix would need more pads and stuff,
and the arrangement would need to go somewhere; it's too static.
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.
Thanks. I don't think there's too much more left in there, but
I'll keep looking.
-ken
27 Jan
27 Jan
1:02 p.m.
2013-10-06 Ken Restivo <ken(a)restivo.org>rg>:
On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 12:23:30AM +0200, Julien
Claassen wrote:
I concur with Julien: keep cleaning music... all of you!
Are these like scratched ideas to improve later or a kind of impro
session to see what happens? I guess both in a way.
Thanks for sharing, as always, Ken.
--
Carlos sanchiavedraz
* Musix GNU+Linux
http://www.musix.es
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. :-)
They were experiments. Glad you liked them though.
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!
I looked at the Hydrogen file; it's actually a TR-606. Cheez-o-rama.
And it's in 7/4. Of course.
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.
It was me exploring my Dosh obsession-- before I'd ever heard of Dosh.
Odd meters in shifting synchronization, kind of like if Steve Reich
and the minimalists came from a more African than European background.
My old drummer called it "windsheild wiper music", as in, when two
windsheild wipers on a car with two wiper motors drift in and out
of sync.
It was just a rough sketch. The mix would need more pads and stuff,
and the arrangement would need to go somewhere; it's too static.
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.
Thanks. I don't think there's too much more left in there, but
I'll keep looking.
-ken
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10:38 p.m.
On Mon, 23 Sep 2013 14:06:52 -0700
Ken Restivo <ken(a)restivo.org> wrote:
Found these cleaning an old hard drive, all made with
Linux, Fluidsynth, Ardour, PHASEX, JACKRACK, seq24, jace, and probably others.
Techno-ish and featuring PHASEX heavily:
http://storage.restivo.org/music/krmusic/semipublished/breakfast-at-one-0.1…
Funky in 9/4 and with enough shifting patterns that the 1 is pretty much arbitrary (the
way I like it), and also using PHASEX in the background:
http://storage.restivo.org/music/krmusic/semipublished/allure-oddmeter-0.1.…
These are both from August 2007, according to the git history. Enjoy.
-ken
Liked breakfast at one a lot. allure oddmeter not quite so much but still very
interesting.
--
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.
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