December 2008
2 posts
So here’s my final project. It is intended...
Reviewing Another Student's Work →
For the 4th assignment, Danny has done a great job emulating jungle sound.
The drums are, of course, the most crucial part of the song, and he nails them. The beat, created from the break in Bobby Byrd’s Hot Pants, sounds like it is ripped straight out of a Goldie song. The sample choice is perfect. It gives the tune just enough funk. By altering the pitch and pushing the sample through a...
November 2008
2 posts
Here’s my fourth assignment. The...
Portishead - Machine Gun →
Portishead’s ‘Dummy’ was cited in class as an essential work in the Trip-Hop genre. This year, fourteen years after they debuted with ‘Dummy’, Portishead released ‘Third’, their third album. Many critics at the time (see Paste Magazie, Pitchforkmedia etc.) saw this album as a clear break from the dated sound of Trip-Hop. But, as you can hear in the linked...
October 2008
3 posts
My third assignment. A 1 minute piece built in...
My Second Assignment. Three loops made out of a...
I do a radio show on WYBC (stream it at wybc.com)...
September 2008
9 posts
My Second Ringtone
My second ringtone
I will post the ringtone tomorrow, when Tumblr allows me to upload another audio file. I used the imac’s built in microphone to record the Microsoft Word convert-text-to-speech voice emitting from the computer’s built in speakers. I then recorded a playback of that first recording. The loop, “This is a recording, of a recording of a computer talking in a room,” is repeated...
This is my continuous soundscape ringtone. I call...
I've Seen It All - Björk & Thom Yorke →
I know. Two Björk songs in row is a little weird. But, I think this song is an excellent example of musique concrete coopted for the modern pop song. Like Pierre Schaeffer’s ’ Étude aux chemins de fer,’ the tune is built around the rythmic sound of a train running along its tracks. ‘I’ve Seen It All’ was composed by Björk for the movie musical ‘Dancer In...
Björk - Wanderlust (Ratatat Remix) →
I did not create this. I just wanted to test the tumblr bookmark link function. It appears to work!
Reason This Exists
This blog is for my introductory electronic music class. I will post whatever sounds I record.