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Oystarr – Raise the Bar

James — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:11:56 +0000

Now with 1.016528925619835% more seconds and a new rear-end!

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Table Tangle

James — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:12:11 +0000

‘S’clearly a bubblin’ twofer! Sockasock!

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Oystarr

James — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:47:05 +0000

#1 in 5 months. Bing.

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Title Row

James — Tue, 05 May 2009 17:17:26 +0000

New toys, toss em up!

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So-Called Casual

James — Fri, 01 May 2009 19:11:38 +0000

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Padding Polly Frostbottom v.1

James — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:21:52 +0000

This really needs some work – it’s way too long at over 7 minutes, with two parts that don’t necessarily go so well together. I’m trying to decide whether to take it in a more or less accessible direction.

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Reflector Zillion

James — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:04:15 +0000

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Hillside Chiromancy

James — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:37:20 +0000

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RPM Rough Cut

Tim — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 06:08:23 +0000

One of better RPM songs so far. The mix is pretty rough, but you get the idea.

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Delta Sheaves_v1

James — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 23:26:57 +0000

Version one of song four. Arpeggiators galore!

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Bull Sexy_v1

James — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 18:44:59 +0000

Not sure if this one’s going to have a v2….

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They Jets_v1

James — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 16:55:49 +0000

Version one of song two of the RPM album.

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I Harmonium_v1

James — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 16:54:43 +0000

First version of the first song of the RPM album.

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RPM Challenge Time

James — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 23:33:12 +0000

I’m actually doing it this year – I’ll be posting updates to my profile page there, and will probably post the tracks as I work on them here, as well. Hopefully I’ll have an album of material by the end of the week, and can spend the rest of the month tweaking and finalizing the tracks. No real concept for the album, just going with whatever comes to me.

Corrugated Recliner

James — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 03:21:58 +0000

Uses a bit of an audio illusion and an acapella track of some random song from the 90’s that has “hardcore” in its title. Arpeggiators, some phasing patterns, 707 drum sounds.

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Pagan Damiana

James — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 03:24:14 +0000

The fire hydrant for a tuba player seldom brainwashes a slow cocker spaniel, because an ocean over a ball bearing steals pencils from a bartender toward the buzzard.

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Compass Forever

James — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:34:30 +0000

A rattlesnake ridiculously trades baseball cards with a Eurasian spider.
Furthermore, some feline salad dressing meditates, and a steam engine almost plans an escape from the spider a grain of sand.

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Grass He’s Cold

James — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:30:15 +0000

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Wax Tablets

James — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 03:03:05 +0000

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Men with a Silent Problem

James — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:04:56 +0000

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Fluency Outburst

James — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:48:03 +0000

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One Pen Chicken Lip

James — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:34:11 +0000

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Manic Progression

Tim — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 23:01:50 +0000

A little ditty by the fellas at Lab Plus.

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Waxing Gibbous

James — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:26:41 +0000

Teh epix. Snare type hits come from the sound of arcing electricity at the Boston Museum of Science’s Lightning Show.

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Disband Pep

James — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 03:53:18 +0000

Started reading Handmade Electronic Music and got inspired to pull out the Telephone mic (like this). Proceeded to play doctor with my iMac and cel phone.

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Bucket Birthday Box

James — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 14:58:20 +0000

Installed some Amplitube plugins to give them a shot, and I’m pretty impressed at how versatile they seem to be. I got inspired and developed the experiment a bit, using Ableton’s arpeggiator and scale plugins, and played the scale knob to make all the chord changes.

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Rayscot Twaddler

James — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 14:58:10 +0000

This was done back in January but never posted as I couldn’t see a way to make much of a song out of it. I’d just listen to the whole thing looping forever. Here’s an attempt to make it change a little over time. The original inspiration (and some samples) for this one came from “Twilight in Turkey” a piece Raymond Scott composed for the Electronium, which is now owned my Mark Mothersbaugh.

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Follyfield

James — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 14:58:00 +0000

Arranged field recordings made in New York and Boston with a beat. The recordings and this track were made last April; I wasn’t satisfied with the breakdown (or lack thereof) when the kids start making noise in the middle, so I’m finally just now posting it. The splashy sounds are from the fountain in front of the Brooklyn Museum, some sounds are from the Botanic Gardens next to it, and others are from the Museum of Science in Boston. Everything was recorded with a Zoom H-2.

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Oversize Aisle

James — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 14:57:52 +0000

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Lister Biggins

James — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 14:00:57 +0000

Trying out the new Alesis io|26 interface and Behringer B-5 microphone, I made a few recordings tapping and drumming on a banjo, dobro, and various other things near the desk. Looped some to make the tones, stretched some out, and did a lot of timing correction with Live.

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