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September 27, 2015

Track: The Harvest Moon

Today (09.27.15) marks this year’s harvest moon rising in north america. www.almanac.com/content/shine-harvest-moon Outside of the science, this is the first track I’ve produced using Elektron’s new Overbridge technology. It was a breeze to track both A4 and RYTM as a Jam session in one pass as individual tracks into Ableton Live all without a soundcard […]

July 25, 2015

Track: Electro Techno Styles… ‘Cubic Zirconia’

This is my first track with the newly acquired Dreadbox Erebus monosynth, hailing from Greece of all places. The bassline and the eerie drone noises came from that machine. The lead lines came from the Elektron Analog Four. A Waldorf Streichfett takes on ‘string’ duties. Drums were a combination of Elektron RYTM (808 synthesis and […]

April 19, 2015

Track: Industrial Inspired, ‘I Know Of The Evil’

Here we have some retro sounding preachers hating on Rock n Roll on this quasi industrial style track. You’ve probably heard some of these before. Some nice FM synthesis bass sounds and brass stabs add some funk to the groove. A simple piano line adds light melodic contrast to the more angry and aggressive  tonal […]

March 29, 2015

Electro Track, All The Tracking Stations Are Ready

Here’s my slice of a mellow Electro style jam. Dark Synth overtones and metallic drums pulse through this 105 groover. Produced and Mixed @blancodisco, March 2015

March 15, 2015

Ohh, 80’s inspired instrumental track

This is a nu school attempt at 80’s Synthpop. A big throwback to CMI Fairlight Drums which you have heard on countless recordings and Big Epic Lush Synths with a glassy digital feel. The midtempo groove at 105 BPM rocks a steady FM bassline. There’s a 101 synth that creeps in to add some 90’s […]

January 1, 2015

2014 Tracks

Here is the collection of tracks I produced in the year 2014. Saw the addition of some new hardware and software instruments and input devices. I’ve tried to challenge myself in some way shape or form. But at the end of the day… I just enjoy the process and feeling of completing one piece and […]