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Collaborations
Soundtracks
Sketches Acid jazz counterpoint
- Pupation of the Arthropod Instrumental built around Nintendo Game Boy and Commodore 64 synthesis
- Knock.turn Dark ambient instrumental built around heavily reverberated ADSR envelopes
- Barren Odd time instrumental utilizing the Hungarian minor scale
- Squelch (Tasty Chips Piggy demo) Instrumental demonstrating the Piggy, an Arduino based synth by Tasty Chips Electronics
- Byzantone Instrumental track in odd-time signature utilizing the Byzantine scale
- The sentry Upbeat instrumental blending industrial percussion and synthesis with ethnic sounds
- Foulmouth An experiment in classical arpeggios executed on an Atari 2600
- Jaunty A short instrumental piece centered on acoustic guitar using a stumbling rhythm
- Bird of ill omen Dark ambient instrumental in odd time signature
- Acid jazz counterpoint Instrumental counterpoint study written utilizing 90's synthesis sounds
- Glass Short instrumental piano piece in the form of a sparse, contemplative waltz
- Sun-Kissed Daze Upbeat instrumental marrying a danceable groove with a shifting time signature
- Monotron Abstract instrumental written around the KORG Monotron synthesizer
- Varken Field recording / sound collage of Amsterdam petting zoo
- Urubu 'Ethno industrial' instrumental revolving around the sounds of the Brazilian Berimbau
- The gospel of the hoof Low tuned 'industrial metal', pairing distorted guitar with Elektron SID synthesis
- Heliopolis Instrumental piece marrying electronic sounds with ethnic type ambiance
- Fisher Price Deathmachine pt. II Chugging guitars over a violent electronic drum mix
- Dubterranean An ambient track built around smacking lips beatboxing a rhythm
- ellen ripley:superhero Quirky instrumental around simple guitar and electronic instruments

Acid jazz counterpoint

A compositional study

Drawing from the counterpoint relationships central to classical and Baroque music, the main melody and bassline were composed following the strict rules that govern these interweaving voices.

Theoretically, these rules should impose a higher restriction on freedom of note choice, and define a more finite set of "possible compositions" than regular, modern composition methods. This makes it an intriguing approach when attempting to create something original without sounding derivative or caricatured.

To overcome the typical "Baroque sound", the composition is framed as a bossa nova. Jazzy brushes provide a steady, driving rhythmic backdrop for early '90s style synthesizer squelches beloved by the acid scene.

The deep, buzzing saw bass adds a weight that should make Jah Wobble proud.

To sidestep the bossa nova feel, polyrhthmic patterns occur at the end, allowing a freeform floating effect over the constant 4/4 propulsion of the ride cymbals.

Acid jazz counterpoint

Sketches, 2012