Work is swallowing up must of my time at the moment so I haven’t had as much time to create and share. I hope this fills the gap for a couple of days.

This is the result of playing around in Live 8, with Simpler, Reaktor and a Max for Live midi plug-in call the Schwarzonator, which is brilliant fun for someone like me, who knows what we wants things to sound like, but can’t play more than grade 2 piano! ;)

This little piece is dedicated to Imogen Heap, having to ‘Wait it out’ on her throat for tonight. I’m desperate to see her, but know she has to protect her voice. Get well soon Immi!

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A year has passed and here’s the twentieth zip file containing the latest ten tracks posted.

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All of the tracks here are free for you to download and distribute. That said, please don’t forget Haiti, if you enjoy any of these pieces, please make a donation to the agency of your choice, however small it may need to be.

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191 to 200 – 320kbps – zip file (110Mb)

It’s cold, dark and very grey outside. Is that the sound of sleet falling?

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In setting up my new workspace, I had to deal with ridding my set-up of ground noise/hum. I could hear a couple of buzzing frequencies in everything I was playing. Oddly, to me, it’s not always an unpleasant distraction.

I got to thinking how I could make a small noisy yet harmonic piece that could represent the sound fizzing through the wires under my desk.

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This piece was born out of some experimentation with a piano sample inside Live 8 running through some Max for Live effects. I like to think of it as a glittery drone. There is an optimistic and bright sparkle to it. It pretty much reflects how I feel right now.

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As the new year begins, I am under the weather still.

Flooding my bloodstream with Enthromycin now, after trying to fight off a chest infection for almost three weeks with Lemsip. I don’t like having to use antibiotics, but the Doctor said I ought to.

This is the first piece I have had the energy and the will to make in long while. It’s not great, but I felt the need to make something. It feels like I have lost my mojo at the moment. I need it back… and soon.

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With Christmas fast approaching my time to create has been squeezed to almost nothing. To allow myself a chance to output something, I revisited the Conet recordings whilst noodling before sleep. I hope you like what I made.

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Cero.mp3
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Here is the eighteenth zip file containing the latest ten tracks posted.

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

Thank you for listening.

171 to 180 – 96kbps – zip file (63Mb)
171 to 180 – 320kbps – zip file (212Mb)

Things in my life are bit hectic right now and chances to play with sound are not happening as often as I’d like. This piece reflects that in some ways as I am once again starting with a piece of sound from someone else.

It’s a sample of the Portsmouth Sinfonia (a link popped up on Twitter from a few people I follow). It’s their rendition of the opening music to 2001 A Space Odyssey, ‘Also Sprach Zarathustra’. In brief they were an orchestra made up of non-musicians and/or musicians playing an instrument totally new to them. The resulting sound they make is perfect for stretching and manipulating.

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My first experiment with a Max for Live audio effect used alongside an existing rack in Live 8. A sampled sound of some glass, returned to grains and made to sing.

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