regrading "the columnar moment"
i have uploaded a new version of this song (both youtube and BC) and id like to explain why:
the first version of this song used parts taken from āheart of darknessā by joseph conrad.
i have read āheart of darknessā several times in my life, first time when i was 16. while i have always thought that its a brilliant anti colonial tale, after reading it again last weekend and well over than 10 years since last time, i was left with a strong sense of discomfort - due to how marlow - the protagonist, describes / perceives africa and its inhabitants. i have decided that i cannot live with it as is, especially in the current climate and after everything that happened in 2020. this is simply something i cannot participate in.
i have completely re-written the text,
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@oroboro also i want to stress the fact that ylva was born when i watched southland tales, in particular the ending scene
Thanks for the reply and insight! I appreciate it. I hadnāt listened to some of those (inspirations) before but Iām glad I have now. Respectable move with columnar moment.
when i was a kid i used to smoke a lot of weed and listen to mazzy star.
Excellent! Very impressed with your vocals here on the DTā¦taking what seems like a job for the OT and giving it to the fiery little sister like āYOUVE GOT THIS!ā
Whereās you find the a cappella?
@ViolentMeals thank you 
, i had since ages (i think i got it somewhere around 2010 from some dodgy acapella website)
Iāve done the exact same thing, haha. May need to again
Wonderful, kinda vaporwavey?
Ok matey, this is all getting stupidly impressive. You donāt need to go putting the rest of us to complete shame ok 
Now, Columnar Moment. Where are these lyrics from? I think you said earlier that you changed them out, but Iāve no idea what Iām listening to.
Just bought the whole lot on BC for the office. Itās going to be on repeat for the next week.
thank you @min0nim for the support and the kind words
the new lyrics of āThe Columnar Momentā are straight from my heart
So youāre a talented poet as well as a musician. Next I expect youāll be taking a short break to ride the Tour de France, after giving a quick lecture on astrobiology at the Academy of Science 
made a new (old) tune on one of my fav combos. the reason i love romplers so much is that they take away the āsound designā factor out of the equation and make me concentrate on the music. i actually used the onboard sequencer on the QY this time because of the much better resolution
loving the DTN sine
made an edit of āthe space ladyā s version of āmajor tomā
Iāve bought your discography on bandcamp (first bandcamp buy ever).
Iām very impressed by your āsongwritingā / workflow, as Iām currently stuck in a rut, and pretty depressed about that (I would even pay for a workshop with you, lol).
Would you mind sharing some tips on how do you achieve the āstructureā of your tracks ?
Do you have a process, or is this something that vary ?
Do you write on paper your skeleteon/structure before working with the machines ?
Iām quite āstuck in patternsā, and canāt plan/visualize a progression beside muting/unmuting tracks and opening/closing filters on synths in a very long pattern. Itās OK for some genres/projects, but not for the type of things I want to achieve.
PS: thanks again for your music. It brings poetry, subtelty and beauty in my days.
Love your music. stunning workā¦ thanks
@demian_west thank you very much for the support
id like to start with a disclaimer: i make a lot of shit music that i dont like, finish or release, you just get to hear the things im comfortable with.
im not sure why sometimes it works and sometimes it doesnāt, its just about having one element that inspire me enough to build a whole track around it.
im not an authority of any kind but i think that if you do this long and often enough the probability of you stumbling upon this one element which is strong enough to hold a whole piece of music is just getting higher.
i try to keep simple / homogenous in terms of sound - for example in āthe youthā i have used the same 4 drum sounds in every track, it frees me from getting lost in sound design and also creates a āwholeā sound palette.
im not very structured, sometimes i have a concrete musical idea in my head and sometimes i just look for one while playing, usually i start building a pattern until i like it, then i duplicate it and do some variations, by the time i got there i already heard it 1-2 hours in a loop and i have an idea of how a B / C etc part could be. when im done with this i go over everything and try to reduce it to its essence (basically removing alot of elements and checking if i miss them or not, if not im happy to let them go and have more clarity)
i wish i could have given you the technical answer you ask for but to be honest i have no idea, i hope it helps anyways
Thanks ! And yes I think it helps. I wasnāt so looking for a technical response, as the āstuck in patternā phenomenon was already a little present before, on fasttracker (yes, Iām that old ^^), jeskola buzz (less for this one), Ableton and renoise. After that, going computer less with Elektron gear helped a little (because of the ergonomics).
I currently have a pretty āmaybe trackā, but canāt achieve recording it without dumb errors, I tried tried tried. IMO, I control too much things live and must automate more.
Reading you, I think I have to develop a kind of method to lay out my patterns/variations and a method on how to choose which things to automate and which things to keep live.
Watching your vids, it seems you donāt use muting/unmuting a lot, it seems written in your patterns. I can maybe start with that.
Thanks 
