Not sure I am in the right frame of mind to put this up, but I feel I ought to. I am not sure it’s even what I intended to make. It uses the same Reaktor ensemble as Blue Shift, but in a different way. It may take many listens to get something from it.

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Red Shift.mp3
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I found a little Reaktor ensemble that involves some granular synthesis and after playing around with it yesterday, I came up with this. The blue-shifting connection is rather tenuous, but I have an interest in all things stellar and had an urge to create something that had an imagined sonic texture. Not the obvious doppler effect that you might expect, but something that, in my head at least, seems more tangible.

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Blue Shift.mp3
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The past few days have been v.exciting, but creatively I feel like I have hit a brick wall. This v.simple piece of noise is via a dischordant Reaktor 5 subsynth. Whilst being a little basic, it really does convey the scene outside. The weather here is grey, dull and damp. Eveywhere I look the skies are the colour of Baltic slate.

I will break away from the PC over the holidays, putting paint to canvas, this always helps. Stay with me, I’m sure things will improve over the coming days.

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Baltic Slate.mp3
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Someone told me yesterday that the colour of outer space is known as Cosmic Latte. In the early hours of the morning I tried to fix that image in my head and made noises with Reaktor. What came out of that is here, it may not be the correct hue but it’s almost beige.

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The landscape here this morning was shrouded in darkness, the sky leaden. I didn’t have time to create anything more than this sonic idea of how beautiful it would feel if the clouds would break up and let through some warm golden sunshine. It has finally broken through. Close your eyes and bask in its rays.

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Aurulent.mp3
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Something written with my beautiful girl Nickie in mind. She is the reason I have the confidence to finally put things down and share them. She is sweet and I love her. I am so lucky to have my Raspberry Girl.

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Raspberry Girl.mp3
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Here is the sixth zip file containing the latest ten tracks posted. There are two zip files, one for lower bitrate MP3s and the other for the rather better 320kbps files.

All of the tracks here are free for you to download.

I am a little anxious that not all of the pieces I place here are being noted for what they are, a kind of aural sketch pad/diary. Some posts will have an undeveloped or unfinished feel to them, it’s an intentional thing. Hopefully, this won’t stop you from enjoying them. Maybe grab and sample something and turn it into something complete. I’d love to hear what you create from it.

Thank you all for your messages, comments and support.

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051 to 060 – 320kbps – zip file (70Mb)

This piece is a bit of an interlude. It was meant to go up yesterday, and is a reaction to the hazy sunshine and cold breeze of the past couple of days in this part of the world.

Sorry if I have seemed quiet on here and Twitter, but I have the lovely Nickie with me this weekend and we’ve been out doing stuff together. No doubt this will inspire me to create something much better on Monday for you all.

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Aeneous.mp3
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Had some fun playing with Ableton Live 8 really late last night and early this morning. It’s a bit heavier on the CPU, but seems pretty stable. There are a lot of new features for me to explore. :)

Here is the output from a couple of hours playing around.

When I hear this I have a sense of blue & grey.

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Cesious.mp3
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