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燃えろいい女 (Moero Ii Onna)
Another Saladabar song. This is a rough mix of a song we were asked to cover for a compilation of 80s Japanese rock songs.
posted on Aug 16, 2008 - View this thread
Your Turn
A breakbeat/big beat spy song -- one part Propellerheads ripoff, one part
Space Ghost nonsense.
posted on Jul 11, 2008 - View this threadGrendel
Sort of strived for emotional content with this one. If the first part is asking questions, the second is not liking the answers.
posted on Jul 1, 2008 - View this threadGeneric synth arpeggios
I uploaded this to share with friends. It's really not much right now - just some straightforward arpeggios that anyone with a Korg and 5 minutes can do. The chord progressions are definitely usable, though they've both been done to death.
posted on May 18, 2008 - View this threadphasic
Patterns playing across each other. Introspection sliding into dreamy psychosis, never quite waking.
posted on Apr 7, 2008 - View this threadaregone
Meander
A slow drift through a procedural forrest.
posted on Mar 13, 2008 - View this threadMake it True
Influenced by Afro-pop. Voice, percussion, and a little guitar.
posted on Mar 9, 2008 - View this threadBicycle Factory in the Sky
Earnest synth music to soothe your soul.
posted on Feb 20, 2008 - View this threadall rhodes lead to roam
an eclectic downtempo glitchy track of mine from 2006. some interesting live drumming incorporated then destroyed accordingly. comments welcome!
posted on Feb 20, 2008 - View this threadSleeper
Fathom2
Chaser
Dreaming on a Train
Riding at night with your eyes closed.
posted on Jan 10, 2008 - View this threadover water
A slow glide through an industrial wasteland
posted on Dec 27, 2007 - View this threaddeflector
Upon finding yourself floating pleasantly in a canoe, you are launched into orbit. Alas.
posted on Dec 17, 2007 - View this threadThe sky was filled with rainbows
Unquantize
Sunset, wind over water, autumn into winter.
posted on Dec 16, 2007 - View this threadCement floats.
Thanks for the Add (demo)
A dancey pop kinda thing. I finished all the recording and rough mixes for my next album so I'm starting to enjoy making music again. Also: trying to be less of a perfectionist so I maybe don't go bonkers.
posted on Dec 12, 2007 - View this threadUnstress
Stressed out? Listen to this healing song and follow it's prescription to the letter!
posted on Dec 6, 2007 - View this threadSynchro2
Happy As Fuck
This is an old song and a personal song. Its basic premise fits quite nicely with my life, thus making it relatively personal. Marginally complex vocals around an easy-to-follow framework, written while afraid of the leaving of an ex of four years past.
posted on Oct 3, 2007 - View this threadZedox
Since everybody's submitting instrumentals lately, I guess I'll post another one. Synth groove.
posted on Sep 24, 2007 - View this threadUndercurrent
I found an entry-level Yamaha synth in my friend's basement. The dials were stuck on 80's.
posted on Sep 8, 2007 - View this threadFreedom Tape
A simple, melancholy electro instrumental that I recorded a couple of years ago. Percussion ideas came from various hip-hop sources; the melody is my own. I use it as background music during a spoken-word segment of my
live shows.
posted on Sep 7, 2007 - View this threadCrossing Over
A short poem spoken with keyboard, percussion, and guitar
Darkness falls in the middle of the day,
We look to the sky and lord we pray,
Darkness grows near,
And all those who are dear,
Floods the lands with tears,
Not a moment to soon,
For all men are destin for doom,
Come cross over, All are welcome
posted on Aug 24, 2007 - View this threadripples
Only tangentially related to the theme of the challenge, but my
testing audience thought the song sounded like ripples, and that seemed like enough (plus it motivated me to finish sooner than I might have!).
posted on Jul 5, 2007 - View this threadSister
First song ever written, and completed. Written/recorded in 2 hours flat. Fishing for feedback.
posted on Jul 3, 2007 - View this threadI Like Hat
Acapella sample, killer synth, creepy fembot vocals.
A song about hats.
posted on Jul 2, 2007 - View this thread23rd Century
Here's a track from my album about wanting to be a robot. I figure lots of you folks can probably relate.
My band is currently touring the east coast, with dates in VA, NC, WV, MD, PA, NJ, NY, CT, and VT. Details inside!
posted on Jun 18, 2007 - View this threadAmerican Dreams
Mix Master Mike frequently samples the intro to Killing In The Name for his sets. I decided to sample the outro, where Zach de la Rocha is yelling "ALL OF WHICH ARE AMERICAN DREAMS". The bass line is spliced out of Evil by Interpol since Carlos Dengler has got some crazy tone. This is a pretty slow jam, so it borders on the line between hip-hop and dance. Enjoy.
posted on May 29, 2007 - View this threadTen Thousand Waves
An electronic track I did in my room at Ten Thousand Waves, outside Santa Fe, New Mexico. Influences include Boards of Canada, Nathan Fake, and a little Aphex Twin. There's a longer description
here.
posted on May 21, 2007 - View this threadThe Choir Song (two thousand seven mix)
Here's a track I made a while ago that I recently took a new stab at. It sounds retrodancey because well, that's all I could sound like back in the day.
posted on Apr 13, 2007 - View this threadSeams (vocoder bringdown edition)
A recording from 2004 of a song from 1998. I really like vocoders: I think that they are very awesome. More inside!
posted on Apr 5, 2007 - View this threadLufthansa
Going back to my
roots: Here's a techno-diddley straight outta Air Deutschland.
posted on Mar 22, 2007 - View this threadNashville
Technically not a song performed by me, but a song done by 2 of my good friends which was tracked (mostly) and mixed by me. I'm posting this because I've got a 1:30 remix of the song I did, and I want to post that. I figured it'd be nice to have context.
posted on Mar 19, 2007 - View this threadBring Me The Head Of Elmo
Lyrics [with handy reference links!] and more information inside.
posted on Mar 6, 2007 - View this threadOscillendulum 1
This is one of a series of short pieces
(about 10 or 12) I recorded using only a
JUNO 60 analog synth
(found at a Tokyo junk shop for only 10,000 yen!). The Oscillendulums all share a similar structure
(gradual addition and/or subtraction of layered repeating parts), with an eye toward the creation of a sort of liquid polyrhythm. I also had in mind the musical approximation of animal sounds such as frog and insect choruses from a pond, which are part of the inspiration for this series.
posted on Feb 24, 2007 - View this threadBlues Wrapped Round My Head
In a slow count of 5, here's some kind of convergence of Burma and the blues, or thereabouts.
"scissors cut paper / paper blows away / stone smashes scissors / and so it goes / another day / but it's all downhill from here / at least that's what sisyphus said /ah you're fucked six ways from sunday / with the blues wrapped round your head"
posted on Feb 23, 2007 - View this threadEnding
I'm thinking this will be the outro to my first album, or possibly come right before the final song.
posted on Feb 22, 2007 - View this threadLong Night and Nothing to Do
I wrote this song in one night for a school assignment that was due the next day. The music was really just flowing out of me. I don't even remember writing most of this because I was so tired. It was created to be a score for a 9-minute short film that I made, but it's grown on me so much that I've decided to include it on my first album.
It does need some work, though: the mixing is way off in some areas (and even distorted) and it's way too long to include on an album.
posted on Feb 20, 2007 - View this threadTake Me There
If I was to describe this song with sarcastic overtones, I would say this is a regular run-of-the-mill
ageispolis techno song. Well, it's not. This song is
anything but typical of what I usually produce. Vocals, emotion, melody, structure... christ, what's gotten into me!?
posted on Feb 20, 2007 - View this threadGlow
I made this song last summer (2006). It has the usual synth and drum machine, as well as the addition of a little guitar. Very fast-paced, yet relaxed. Oh, and, of course, it'll someday (maybe) have lyrics.
posted on Feb 19, 2007 - View this threadAware
Very atmospheric.
This song will always remind me Christmas, as I wrote most of it during the month of December. Just like my
previous track, this will also have vocals someday.
posted on Feb 18, 2007 - View this threadUndefined
Out of several tunes in various states of completion for the
RPM project, this is the most presentable. In use for this track are: voice, talking drum, bells (metal and wooden), guiro, synth bass and organ. Every so often I write a song which is overtly political
(a protest song, for want of a better term), and this is one of them.
posted on Feb 17, 2007 - View this threadUnknown
One of the better songs I have lined up for my first album (which is still in its early stages). Heavy drums, synth, happiness. Also, this is my first post to MeFi Music.
posted on Feb 16, 2007 - View this threadMontage
an overwhelmingly ambient texture, pierced with many elements of various density - scraped percussion, Latin and bluegrass gestures, strings, somber guitar notes and swirling electronics. Very soundtrack, very visual, particuarly for fans of Gustavo Santaolalla.
posted on Feb 6, 2007 - View this threadThe Reddish Egret
Egret's (of the
Reddish variety) are musically inspiring. This track is divided by two tempo changes (see if you can spot them!) and is thus in three parts. I figure a bird as cool as the Reddish Egret deserves a musical trilogy. Also, the high-pitched vocal sample is actually a rendering of the last note Thom Yorke sings on the opening track of
The Eraser.
posted on Jan 31, 2007 - View this threadBefore It Dies
Here is a "Mahayana Jazz" track with some tasty drums. I hope you find this delicious and remember to get away from that tree before it dies.
posted on Jan 29, 2007 - View this thread« Older songs
