5/17/2012 Weekly Beats: April Report


5 new tracks this month from the Weekly Beats project:

13 Follow: simple track with some no-input mixing.
14 Displace: Loose beat experiment.
15 Spring Sky: Cosmic ambient track.
16 Late: Last-minute minimal techno.
17 Glyph: Mellow beats + sequence.

Recommended listening from other participants this month:
Lien - CLK Out (Aleatoric Sequencing): Excellent sequence.
godinpants - Romance is Blooming - JoE Scuff mix: Great atmospheric track.
mattnida - No Reply From The Advance Party: Vintage soundtrack music.
Parallelis - Slicing Airwaves: Interesting track made from a bunch of WB tracks (including my own Refract).
pulsetrade - Bell On A Deer: Classic electro done right.
Detective - Well Shit: Nice sequence-driven ambient track.
midimachine - From Where You'd Rather Be: Thoughtful acid.
8GB - Einsamkeit: Classic acid.

You can follow my progress here.

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5/14/2012 Space Age Mix

I'm making a series of monthly mixes called Alpine Sounds for local print shop/family/employers Sycamore Street Press. May's mix is up and is a collection of retro-futuristic sounds inspired by space exploration. You can listen and read more information here (via SSP blog).

April's mix: Spring Selection can be found here.

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5/10/2012 Dublab Disco Edits

I made edits of two (sort of) disco tracks for a Dublab fundraiser late last year. You can download them here (with donation).

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4/23/2012 Notes from Pulsewave

I just found some notes I made for my Nanoloop set at Pulsewave in 2010.






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3/29/2012 IV/XI now available in digital music stores



My most recent proper recording IV/XI is now available in the following digital music shops:

Spotify
iTunes
Amazon
eMusic
Google Play

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3/28/2012 Weekly Beats: March Report



Not my strongest month as I'm preparing a new release (and had a show to focus on), but here are my Weekly Beats songs from March:

09 SK-1 & Nebulophone Improvisation: Quick & simple lo-fi ambient track.
10 Skeletal: Bare bones beat + sampled Nanoloop arps.
11 Sunday: Nice clean beat with warm sounds.
12 Skeletal Tape Acid: An attempt at incorporating some acid techno sounds.

You can follow my progress here.

Recommended listening from other participants this month:
mattnida - The Method: Ventures into footwork territory with very nice results.
little-scale - Psychic Shoe Detective (Field Drop): Extremely nice tones and interesting rhythm changes.
Neil Carnegie - Deadlines: Laid back track with a nice beat and textures.
Orinoco - Knifey Spooney: Love the beat + sample.
Dot.AY - Scuff Wants You: Clean, minimal, hypnotic.
Joe Galen - Box Clever: Really nice sample chopping.
Dataline - Broken: Super solid hardware techno track.
protman - 090wb12: Slow + atonal with great sounds.
Lien - Flight 4491: Pleasant, simple, and well-sequenced ambient track.
mooninite - Uncertain Season (W/ RS-2090): Smooth chords + throbbing bass.
infadead - Cup Wire: A very hypnotic rhythmic noise jam.

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3/14/2012 Printing Error

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5/17/2012 Weekly Beats: April Report
5/14/2012 Space Age Mix
5/10/2012 Dublab Disco Edits
4/23/2012 Notes from Pulsewave
3/29/2012 IV/XI now available in digital music stores
3/28/2012 Weekly Beats: March Report
3/14/2012 Printing Error
3/02/2012 SLUG interview
3/01/2012 Weekly Beats: February Report
2/19/2012 IV/XI review by SLUG

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