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Live Session at Unwind, 2010-08-20

Jeffrey Melton — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 14:02:13 +0000

I have uploaded my Live Session from last night at Unwind, free to download or stream.

Update

Jeffrey Melton — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:24:10 +0000

All my recent live sessions on Soundcloud are now download-able, so grab a favorite and chillax.

Update

Jeffrey Melton — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 13:07:53 +0000

I’m playing another live session this evening at Unwind. In the past few weeks I’ve also stepped-up my repertoire with more abstract beats, improvised melodies and jazz-ish rhythms. Have a listen to Live Session, 2010-08-04 and Live Session, 2010-08-05.

Update

Jeffrey Melton — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:11:27 +0000

I’ll be playing another live session of improvised ambient, downtempo, dub, glitch, minimal techno at Unwind this evening. I also posted a recent recording to SoundCloud, Live Session, 2010-07-22.

Flow live session, 2010-07-17

Jeffrey Melton — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 14:27:52 +0000

I have posted to SoundCloud my two-hour live session from yesterday.

Update

Jeffrey Melton — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 18:28:42 +0000

No Unwind tonight, as Flow is going all day and night tomorrow. I’ll be playing a two hour live session of improvised ambient, downtempo, dub, glitch, and minimal techno, starting at Noon.

Update

Jeffrey Melton — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 14:27:09 +0000

I will be playing another live session at Unwind tomorrow evening. At the moment, I don’t intend to record these sessions, so they will need to be experienced in-the-moment. I have posted a recent session I made at home in preparation for the first event.

Update

Jeffrey Melton — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 20:00:37 +0000

I’ve taken a different approach to writing new material as of late, shifting from individual tracks to extended live sessions. Recent recordings Live practice session, 2010-06-13, Bit Flip v.01, and Midnight Run v.01 are examples of this more free flowing and improvisational style. With that, I’m excited to announce I’ll be playing semi-regular live sets this summer at Unwind, on the patio at CS3. The first event is on Friday, June 25, and my set is from 8-10 p.m. Subscribe via RSS, Atom or ’Like’ Nofi on Facebook for event details and updates. UPDATE: RSVP for the event on Facebook.

Tiddles and bits

Jeffrey Melton — Mon, 24 May 2010 13:01:59 +0000

I have posted three new works-in-progress on SoundCloud (follow me, won’t you?): Unwndiir v.02 edit, Spliintr v.01, Number None v.02. Lots of glitchy, dub-infused, downtempo, chill-out stuff going on at the moment, with some further along than others to where I’d like them to go.

Tea and trumpets…

Jeffrey Melton — Tue, 18 May 2010 14:56:59 +0000

No new podcast mixes for the foreseeable future, as I am working on new compositions. I posted two new works in progress, Clickr v.01 and Midnight Run v.01, on my SoundCloud page. The from-the-vaults albums on Bandcamp are now name-your-price, so download a newly remastered old favorite, whydontcha? I’m in-between books right now, having finished China Miéville‘s noir fantasy thriller The City and the City, which I recommend.

From-the-vaults-podcast: Arrivals mix

Jeffrey Melton — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 13:00:08 +0000

My next from-the-vaults podcast is a mix of seven tracks from Arrivals (38min, 59.3 MB MP3), a previously unreleased follow-up to 2009′s Departure Lounge. Many of these tracks had appeared in various podcast mixes and live sets and were remastered with the intent of releasing a second EP in 2009. Instead, I decided to shelve them and go in a new direction, which lead to the material for Elsewhere and Vernal. So, here they are in a spankin’ new mix.

Tracklist:

Chthonic(min) v.01, from 2008 Spring mix
Circular Object (Sunset Island dub), from 2008 Summer mix
8-bitch v.02, from Free Flow Set
La Palama (1984 CIA Factbook mix), from 2008 Summer mix
Snwd_Ndr v.01, from 2007 Winter mix
Untitled (2007-11-25), from 2008 Winter mix
Aguadulce v.01, from 2008 Summer mix

As an added bonus, the complete album Arrivals is now available for purchase on Bandcamp: Immediate download of 7-track album in your choice of 320k mp3, FLAC, or just about any other format you could possibly desire.

NOTES: All tracks were created with Ableton Live Suite and Reaktor 4 and mastered using Sound Studio 3 and Ozone 4.

From-the-vault podcast mix: Live practice set, 1997-04-03 (2010 Remaster)

Jeffrey Melton — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 01:40:59 +0000

My next from-the-vault podcast is a live practice set from April, 1997 (53min:36sec, 97.4 MB MP3). I don’t recall what event this was in preparation for or have a tracklist, so I’ll just offer it without specifics.

NOTES: My gear for the set consisted of an Akai MPC-2000 sampler/sequencer, Alesis SR-16 drum machine, Novation BassStation analog monosynth, Korg Prophecy digital monosynth, Yamaha TG-33 digital synth, Tascam Porta 07 4-track/mixer, Alesis Microverb III multi-effects, Digitech RDS-4000 flanger/chorus/delay, DOD distortion and flanger pedals. I added EQ, multiband dynamics, stereo widening and loudness maximizing to clean up the mix and remaster for 2010.

Announcement

Jeffrey Melton — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 15:03:00 +0000

People of Earth,

Elsewhere should be showing up in early June on iTunes, Amazon MP3, eMusic, Napster, Lala and other online stores. BUY IT NOW on Bandcamp ($5 for 1.2 hours of abstract, ambient, chilled-out, laid-back, space lounge greatness) and receive a code via email for a free download of my new 4-track EP, Vernal (featuring a remix of Horizontal, two new tracks, and Sunsets, a mashup of sections from Elsewhere). Check back next week for a new podcast mix.

End transmission.

UPDATE: Elsewhere on Amazon MP3, Elsewhere on eMusic, Elsewhere on iTunes, Elsewhere on Lala, Nofi on Napster (can’t link directly to album).

From-the-vault podcast mix: Live at Reunion, 2002-10-13 (2010 Remaster)

Jeffrey Melton — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 13:22:13 +0000

My next from-the-vault podcast is a live set at a show called Reunion, from October, 2002 (46min:13sec, 83.2 MB MP3). It is similar in style to my recent podcast of Live bedroom session, 2003-04-06 (2010 Remaster). IIRC, I hadn’t had a live show for some time before this one, so it was a chance for me to pull-out all the stops. I had developed a semi-modular performance approach at the time, mixing between sequences on both the MPC and Nord Micro Modular while tweaking EQ, filters and envelopes on-the-fly.

NOTES: My gear for this session consisted of an Akai MPC-2000 sampler/sequencer, Nord Lead 2 digital synth, Nord Micro Modular synth, Mackie 1604-VLZ mixer, Digitech Studio 400 multi-effects, Alesis Microverb III multi-effects, Digitech RDS-4000, Presonus stereo compressor. I added EQ, multiband dynamics, stereo widening and loudness maximizing to clean up the mix and remaster for 2010.

From-the-vault podcast mix: Soundtrack (2010 Remaster) mix

Jeffrey Melton — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 11:00:21 +0000

My next from-the-vault podcast is a mix of six tracks from Soundtrack (37min:28sec, 56.3 MB MP3). Released in 2000 (and still available in its original form as a free download), Soundtrack was my sixth full-length release on CD-R and combined elements of acid, ambient, chill-out, downtempo, IDM, techno and trance styles. In addition to remastering these tracks for 2010, I added some 909 beats to move the mix along.

Track list:

Dreamy
Jetset Sunrise
Twilight
Suspended
Remembering
Seven Taos

As an added bonus, the complete album Soundtrack (2010 Remaster) is now available for purchase on Bandcamp. Immediate download of 9-track album in your choice of 320k mp3, FLAC, or just about any other format you could possibly desire. Album download includes a hi-res JPEG digital collage from the original artwork. One track from the original release, Patience, has been lost from its original recording and is not included. Remembered, a remix of Remembering, is included as a bonus.

NOTES: My gear for these tracks consisted of an Akai MPC-2000 sampler/sequencer, Novation BassStation analog synth, Korg Prophecy digital synth, Nord Lead 2 digital synth, Mackie 1604-VLZ mixer, Digitech Studio 400 multi-effects, Alesis Microverb III multi-effects, Digitech RDS-4000, Presonus stereo compressor. I added EQ, multiband dynamics, stereo widening and loudness maximizing to clean up each track and remaster for 2010.

Dirty Math v.02

Jeffrey Melton — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 14:00:33 +0000

I’m posting Dirty Math v.02 (13:48 min, 27.1 MB MP3), a recent generative composition that utilizes polyrhythms and patterns of different length multiples, as a free bonus track to my recent new release, Vernal. In terms of style, it’s a good companion to recent compositions Papa Ghede v.02, Dark Lord v.01, and Theoretician v.01

New Release: Vernal

Jeffrey Melton — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 19:41:27 +0000

Buy my new EP: $3 for 4 tracks/44 minutes of abstract, ambient, chilled-out, laid-back, minimal techno, space lounge greatness:

Vernal (44min total time) — available for purchase on Bandcamp, featuring a remix of Horizontal, two new tracks, and Sunsets, a mashup of ambient pieces from Elsewhere.

For a limited time, purchase Elsewhere and receive a code via email for a free download of Vernal.

Immediate download of 4-track album in your choice of 320k mp3, FLAC, or just about any other format you could possibly desire.

From-the-vault podcast mix: Devices (2010 Remaster) mix

Jeffrey Melton — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 12:35:39 +0000

My next from-the-vault podcast is a mix of eight tracks from Devices (43min:04sec, 67.8 MB MP3). Released in 1999 (and still available in its original form as a free download), Devices was my fourth full-length release on CD-R and combined elements of ambient, chill-out, IDM, and techno styles. In addition to completely remastering these tracks for 2010, I added some minimal techno beats to move the mix along.

Track list:

Invocation (vocoder)
Spirus Falls
Wonders of Nando
Stance
Home Capsules
Beq Ultra Fat
Netro
Stolen

As an added bonus, the complete album Devices (2010 Remaster) is now available for purchase on Bandcamp. Immediate download of 12-track album in your choice of 320k mp3, FLAC, or just about any other format you could possibly desire. Also included are two bonus tracks of spoken word/vocoder material, a PDF of original booklet artwork and a JPEG digital collage.

From-the-vault podcast mix: Live bedroom session, 2003-04-06 (2010 Remaster)

Jeffrey Melton — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 13:40:48 +0000

My next from-the-vault podcast is a live bedroom session from April, 2003 (41min:54sec, 68.2 MB MP3). This is a rare recording of a wandering jam session from seven years ago, made during an otherwise inactive musical period for me. It starts with an extended section of repetitive, gate-y trance elements, then evolves into rising, acid lines and hard electro beats before finding its groove towards the end with some groovy micro house and glitch-y, chill-out lounge.

From-the-vault podcast mix: Live at Boogie Man, 1997-10-25 (2010 Remaster)

Jeffrey Melton — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:27:35 +0000

Since the new album dropped, I’ve been busy recording a large section of my early catalog (1996–2002) from the original minidiscs. My intention is to remaster the lot and begin a regular schedule of from-the-vault podcast mixes and selected re-releases.

First up is a live set recorded at Boogie Man in October, 1997 (1hr:01min, 116 MB MP3). IIRC, the event took place in a former slaughterhouse in New Haven, IN, surrounded by disused warehouses and busy railroad tracks. Musically, it sounds like I was trying to combine hard, abstract techno polyrhythms with hooky electro melodies and funky dub basslines. Parts sound a bit rigid and muddy now, but it was 13 years ago and I’ve come a long way, baby.

Tracklist (made from notes at the time; most titles likely would have changed since then):

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Beeg
Beg2
Untitled (1997-09-21)
Homeward, Spirus (1997-09-22)
Orgy
Beq 01
Dexu 01

NOTES: My gear for the show consisted of an Akai MPC-2000 sampler/sequencer, Alesis SR-16 drum machine, Novation BassStation analog monosynth, Korg Prophecy digital monosynth, Yamaha TG-33 digital synth, Fostex line mixer (it doesn’t sound like I had my Mackie yet), Alesis Microverb III multi-effects, Digitech RDS-4000 flanger/chorus/delay, DOD distortion and flanger pedals. The overdrive on the SR-16 drums is intentional, and the occasional ducking comes from the automatic limiter on the minidisc recorder. I added EQ, multiband dynamics, stereo widening and loudness maximizing to clean up the mix and remaster for 2010.

New Release: Elsewhere

Jeffrey Melton — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:49:33 +0000

Buy my new album: $5 for 1.2 hours of abstract, ambient, chilled-out, laid-back, space lounge greatness:

Elsewhere (1:16:39 total time) — available for purchase on Bandcamp.

Immediate download of 6-track album in your choice of 320k mp3, FLAC, or just about any other format you could possibly desire.

Status update

Jeffrey Melton — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 14:53:37 +0000

I’ve been working more with polyrhythms and patterns of different length multiples, e.g. a bass pattern that’s nine beats long, a synth line five beats long and a drum beat three beats long. This leads to some interesting tensions and recombinations, which can be heard on recent tracks such as Theoretician v.01, Dark Lord v.01 and Papa Ghede v.02. This is a different direction from the hypnotic repetition and lush spaces of Elsewhere, and I’m interested in hearing where these sketches lead.