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> John--
>
>> Speaking of - I have a new cd!   Nah - just kidding although I did have
>> a
>> track pop up on a comp over the summmer...  :-)
>
> Don't tease us.  What was the comp?  What was the track?  What kind of
> music is it?  What
> instruments did you use?
>
> --Todd
>
>

The track I did is minimal, more "generated" in a way (there's probably a
proper name for whatever genre this is - but I don't know -
microsound(ish) in a vague way...).   I normally play everything I record
live and almost never sequence so this is me sort of experimenting with
different techniques.

The album is 2 CD's - with half the songs by Jonathan Hughes, and the
other half by various artists (Tetsu Inoue, Ian Boddy, Susanne Brokesch,
Saul Stokes, High Skies (aka Gas on the em:t releases), dreamSTATE, ATOI,
etc...)

The 2 CD's are intended to be played together in shuffle mode at the same
time - so any track on disc one blends in with any track on disc two.  
Each track is 6 minutes long - all are in similar keys.   It was really an
interesting project to be a part of.

My track is a very simple pattern in Fruity Loops (although no sounds are
coming from Fruity...) generating about 11 midi notes (all middle C's for
what it's worth) out to my Korg DSS-1, Prophet 600, Juno 106, and Yamaha
TG-33.  (I don't own a dotcom yet... it's in the works).   Feedback loop
through a Korg SDD-1200 dual delay and Alesis Wedge reverb unit.   I love
controlled feedback.  The mixture of all the synths and a liberal amount
of knob twiddling throughout make it not seem like 11 repeated notes to
me.  I'm also tossing in live playing on the Prophet on top of it all.  It
was recorded live in one take - it's not multitracked.

You can hear a short snippet of the final mastered version on the album page:

http://foundrysite.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=29

Mine is the last track - "interstitial - indelible ink".

If you want to hear the whole thing - I only have a pre-mastered version
(it's lower in volume and not as clean) tucked away on my site - grab the
mp3 starting with "fluid_final..." 7.1mb from this directory:

http://www.interstitial.info/music/



If you want to hear something in a bit different style (mellower/ambient)
from me - check out "marco polo" about midway down my discography page:

http://www.interstitial.info/discog.html

This track mixes field recordings, me playing piano, synths, etc...
beatless.   (grab "refraction" just under it if you want some more upbeat
drums... ;-)


John (Interstitial)



p.s.   If you've never checked out Saul Stokes before...  be sure to take
a look at his studio page - some really nifty custom modular stuff he's
put together - and his music is stunning.

http://www.saulstokes.com/studio.html