What are we doing?

Tried for an Autechre type of piece.  I think it came off alright.

Lots of non-typical routing to get these sounds.  Well, non-typical for me.

Day 221: Conexshunz

My one German friend, Frank, is about to release a refill on the Propellerheads website.  I got a sneak peek since I've been working with his sounds for awhile.

Day 106: Everybody Gets to....

Sometimes you trip and fall down the rabbit hole.  Way, way down.  In this particular instance I swear it started with the most honest intentions and sort of spun out of control from there.

The acronym IDM stands for Intelligent Dance Music, a stupid genre name if ever there was one.  It should probably be called NRDM (Not Really Dance Music) 'cause not many people are dancing to it.  Anyway, it's a style of music that I grew to love in college and that love has never left me.  Other people do it better than me, but it won't stop me from taking a stab at it.

Bonus points if you can make out the lyrics.

Day 95: The Shape of Things to Come

A lot of the music that people call "experimental" is really not.  I'm including myself in that statement.  There is music that is almost 100 years old that is more "experimental" than much of today's fare.  Autechre is one of the few "popular" artists that I'd say is pushing a few boundaries.  They understand that this world of digital audio is just in its infancy.  There is SO MUCH more that people will be able to do with audio as time goes by.  Even in the short time I've been making music on the computer (since 1998) it's progressed incredibly.  (My favorite example is when a drummer is listening to one of my tracks with programmed drums and they say "Who played drums on this?"  This first happened around 10 years ago.)

Not trying to get on any kind of soapbox here, just wanted to say my piece about experimentation.  Before you dismiss something as "too weird" or "just noise" give it another 30 seconds.  People said similar things about Stravinsky, punk rock, dubstep, rock'n'roll, Schoenberg, Bach, and many others.