“Dance music for dangerous times and darkened hotel floors.” Admittedly heavy Autechre elseq and NTS Sessions influence as that and Stereolab seems to be about the only non-K-Pop stuff to which I listen these days.
Quick summary of the setups per track. Some recorded back in January before a long depression had me in a rut before I finally got myself to get back to recording and assembling something together:
- knewers - Was primarily composed on the model:cycles but kind of came together when I added model:samples to the lineup, though m:s here is primarily used for some additional texture. Model:Cycles is going through a small eurorack effects setup with Qu-Bit Data Bender and Noise Engineering… I think it was the Imitor:Versio delay firmware? The model:samples is going through Bastl Thyme. Recorded live. Add some dynamic texturing to these boxes and they really come alive.
- tresolute 1 - Model:Samples and ASM Hydrasynth. The Hydrasynth sequenced by Model:Samples. Again, Model:Samples through Bastl Thyme. Hydrasynth providing its own effects. Hydrasynth receiving some modulation input from some Ieaskul F Mobenthey eurorack modules. A second layer of some granular noise from an old classic MacOS era program is added to the ending of the track.
- mophopn tape edit - OP-Z through Make Noise Mimeophon. From early personal OP-Z experiments, inspired by experimental hip-hop from 90’s/2000’s.
- eastop drain - Model:Samples and ASM Hydrasynth again, this time both of them sequenced in ORCA. Includes some sequencing/modulation of the FX on Model:Samples (which, again, is running through the Bastl Thyme a little bit).
- not in two - Inspired or annoyed an the number of “OP-1 into Cocoquantas” videos on YouTube, this one involved running an OP-1 into Qu-Bit Data Bender and monkeying with its buffer. I think. Something along those lines.