August 2010
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Release: Bureaucracy
This new track was inspired by the passive aggressive psychopaths who generally entrench themselves in middle management positions throughout bureaucracies wherever they’re located.
Check out the track here: http://music.simplexicon.com/track/bureaucracy
July 2010
7 posts
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Metabio v.0.1
In the beginning I listened. I listened so closely that the soul of the universe shook me. The walls came down like curtains dropping and I heard a voice dancing amongst many voices. It sampled here and there, a symbol, a word, a phrase.
No one else heard so they thought I was mad. But I’d never been happier.
I don’t know why it didn’t terrify me. Perhaps because it was like...
There are things that you find by chance on vinyl that you never imagined, and...
– Amon Tobin, Interview with Radio Free Canuckistan
The Universe is a Hyperbole
Fundamentals of Electronic Music
From My Secret Tokyo:
Distortion & Overdrive
Vocoding & Autotuning
Compressor/Limiter
EQ
Low-Pass/High-Pass/Band-Pass
Reverb
Delay
Glitches & SFX
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From mindmasher.com
Balance the frequency spectrum, that is use all of the audible sound spectrum to create as full (or as empty) as a sound you are looking for.
Do not be afraid to gut out instruments (using an...
June 2010
8 posts
Sometimes I Speak, Sometimes I Listen
But do both at once and you’re a musician. I have a great anti-koan: Middle finger pointing at the moon. No, this is not random… this is chaos!
Every increase in your knowledge is a simultaneous decrease. You learn and you unlearn at the same time. A new certainty is a new doubt as well. - Brian Eno
I think Brian Eno knew that to know, you must unknow.
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Release: Jack of Clubs
Eleven months from conception to release. Finally, it’s here. Shout out to Caro who believed in this tune from start. Download it now at music.simplexicon.com.
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Information Flows Like the Tao
Late night information download streaming into my brain. Years of hearing transmutes gloriously into deep listening. The zen of beginner’s mind is the addictive rush of new learning. Every bassline, every kick, high hat, pass, limit, compressor slowly unfolds like an ancient scroll as I roll my mouse wheel and click through to deeper mysteries.
Ask and you shall receive… is there...
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Do not make the mistake of supposing that the little world you see around...
– The Kybalion
Without music, life would be a mistake.
– Nietzsche