"Sonar Death Ray II" [mp3 removed]
Noise music piece, analog synths with a fair amount of modulation and patching, and minimal MIDI control. The square wave with varying pulsewidth at the end is fairly punishing. I sampled it and made it into a riff.
"War and Salsa" [mp3 removed]
I wrote these march rhythms using Reaktor's minimal morphing drum and then ran them through a couple of filter plugins. Then added some additional percussion and the inevitable jazzy Rhodes. The title was suggested by a transition around 2:19 from some harsh "videogame shooter" beats back to the smooth Latinoid piano. I may tweak the piano parts to make them a little less MIDI -- haven't decided. Update: naw.
"Swim With Dolphins, Run With Logan" [mp3 removed]
Back in the software realm with spooky beats and a nerdy 303 clone ending.
"Five Four" [mp3 removed to Bandcamp]
Supposedly this is in 5/4 time but I can't really hear it. All the sounds are presets from various softsynths and ROMplers except the bass, which is a monophonic analog synth patch I "made myself" and have been using a lot. Mostly this is about writing simple tunes that trigger piano chords made by tuning three electronic pianos to 0 | 2 | 5 semitones, respectively (whatever chord that is).
Update: 0 | 2 | 5 isn't a proper chord, from what I'm reading on the internerd, except maybe in 12-tone land. It's just a stunted excuse for a note-cluster.
Update 2: Edited and re-posted. In the piano parts at the beginning and end, the permutations are spread a little more evenly; also, the piano volume is softer.
Update 3: Removed one measure of permutative piano, near the beginning -- about four seconds.
Update 4: Was getting bored with the ending being basically a repeat of the beginning so I added some new parts using the chord -2 | 5 | 7, another one that probably has no name but sounds fairly pleasant when played on top of the originally-recorded part. I guess at some points the chord is -2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 or B flat | C | D | F | G.
"Stress Theory 2" [mp3 removed]
Out-takes from "Stress Theory": quieter, more percussive, and with sudden awkward, less-than-tuneful pitch changes. Illbient. Bye.
