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Hello there, I’ve just dropped in to let you know about another new musical release, this one a two track EP of extended modular synth pieces.
Not only can you listen to and purchase my two latest compositions via the embedded player below, but you can watch the accompanying videos here, too.
Enjoy the full audio visual experience and don’t forget you can check out the rest of my music on my Bandcamp profile
Good evening, I hope your week is going well, I’m here to announce the release of my latest collection of musical projects; Synth Asylum.
Over the last few months I have been getting to grips with some new synths and sequencers, while expanding my music production techniques and exploring ever more peculiar sounds.
But in a good way, obviously.
So here it is, play for free via the embedded player below, or purchase the album or any individual tracks at my Bandcamp profile.
Also, here are some videos which I made to accompany tracks on the album.
Have a great Christmas and a fabulous New Year.
I have been Facebook friends with Gareth J Farmer, aka Carbonates On Mars for years, but it’s only since I started experimenting with more peaceful, ambient music that it occurred to me we should work together.
Gareth is a veteran at making the kind of minimal, delicate and, above all quiet music I rarely have the patience for. So collaborating with him on these new pieces has been an interesting exercise in musical restraint and subtlety for me.
First here’s my remix of Carbonates On Mars’ Space Fields…
…followed by a second mix we called Entering Mechanical Worlds
Our third cooperative composition is this spacey soundscape, Graviton Waves
And finally, one of mine, At The Event Horizon
Hi there, it’s time once again to update you on the recent highlights of my musical ouvre, accompanied by the usual mind-bending videos.
First up, a down tempo ambient soundscape called 16.666%
The next one is equally ethereal, but more organic, as suggested by the title; Autumnal Ambient 1612.
Switching gears now, it’s remix time; with a completely bonkers rework of Westbam‘s version of …And More by Krautrock godfathers CAN.
After all that insanity, let the warm, soothing tones of my modular synth mesmerise you, with the first of two new compositions, Quantum Dots.
More trance-like multimedia immersion now, with the punningly titled πano
And bringing us right up to date, here are a trio of tracks from this weekend, starting with a satisfyingly squelchy drone, called Amorphous 0049
Then we go in the opposite direction, featuring more percussion than anyone could sensibly need in one track, this is Minimal Blip.
And finally, here’s my ’80s Garage Meltdown Mix a big, bouncy burst of electropop nostalgia; ’80s inspired synths and drum machines, with added garage beats and strange glitching noises.
I hope you found something to entertain you amongst that collection, check out my Bandcamp page for previous releases and stay tuned for more new material soon…
For my latest audio visual project, I have been taking words out of other people’s mouths and using them as integral components of my compositions, even if they’re not entirely intelligible.
I began with vocal samples of notable cult figures that I isolated from YouTube videos; Philip K Dick, David Lynch, Timothy Leary and Alan Ginsberg, which I then treated with effects and built the music round them.
Here’s Philip K Dick talking about the concept of living in “The Matrix”, long before Neo met Agent Smith in the movie.
Next up, David Lynch explaining Transcendental Meditation via the humble donut.
And now a potted history of LSD, with ’60s counterculture heroes, Leary and Ginsberg
Once I got the hang of this new ouvre, I requested volunteers from the many writers and poets on my social media feeds, hoping they could record some original material to further inspire me.
The first to offer his services was Al Jagiello from Chicago, who sent me some clips from his podcast, “Population”, which I turned into this jolly little number; Katz & Dogz.
There will be more where that came from, I can assure you.
Watch this space…
After yesterday’s trio of Bandcamp mixes, here’s a YouTube exclusive; the latest of my unpigeonholeable electronica epics, this one is called Return Of The Malevolent Seven.
Enjoy.
Hello again, I’m back with yet more new tunes, with my second new album release in less than a week!
No, I haven’t been on a manic two day recording spree, these are tracks which I’ve worked on over the last few months, alongside my crash course in rack synths, patch cables, ring modulators, sonic envelopes, audio generators and all manner of musical geekery.
This collection has more of an eclectic EDM vibe to it, featuring my own peculiar mashup of styles and genres. From techno and glitch-hop to electro and house, with a pinch of drum and bass and a soupçon of Twin Peaks, it’s a tasty mix of sonic tomfoolery for your ears to devour.
Listen for free via the player below and don’t hesitate to purchase the album in its entirety, or any individual tracks which take your fancy, from my Bandcamp page for a ludicrously low price. (Also don’t forget to check out the dalecooper57 YouTube channel, to see videos for some of the tracks featured on the album)
Thank you for your attention, now without further ado let’s enjoy some Sounds from the shed.
I have finally found the time to lovingly compile ten of my most recent modular synth compositions onto their very own album, which is released today on Bandcamp.
I’ve spent most of today tweaking, uploading, rearranging track listings and creating artwork for the project I’m calling M0DUL8R, so I hope you like it.
You can view and listen to the album in its entirety via the embedded player below and you can purchase it and/or browse my whole back catalogue on my Bandcamp page.
In case anyone missed it, I’m a massive fan of David Lynch in general and the unique soap noir which is Twin Peaks in particular.
By extension, I’m also a big fan of the late musician, composer and multi-instrumentalist, Angelo Badalamenti.
I suppose it was only a matter of time before one or other of them featured in my musical endeavours and at the weekend I embarked on a project which involves them both.
I began by extracting just the vocal tracks from two Lynch/Badalamenti collaborations, “A Real Indication“ and “The Black Dog Runs At Night” and fed them into my sampler. I applied layers of effects to the vocals before adding a lot of industrial electronica and even more effects, then started on the video.
The raw materials were just a few clips from Twin Peaks and its prequel, Fire Walk With Me, which I chopped and blended and sprinkled with electronic fairy dust, before adding the newly recorded soundtrack to produce An Unreal Indication
{Contains flashing and potentially disturbing images}
Welcome to part one of this, my latest roundup of an increasingly prolific musical output.
First up, here’s another new tune composed on my modular synth; a burbling ambient soundscape, with some added sample sequences for a bit of structure, this is Thrumm.
Next it’s an epic techno odyssey called Conduit To Sector 17, made using the same technique, with another bespoke synth framework.
Followed by a big orchestral production number made from samples and sequences, with a video editing spectacular to match.
Stay tuned for part two, a Twin Peaks inspired multimedia masterpiece…
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