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Flow live session, 2011-07-16

Jeffrey Melton — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 21:09:47 +0000

Live session at Flow, 2011-07-16 (1h04m59s, 137.1 MB MP3): A tad busier than the usual mood for me, my live session of improvised, original downtempo electronic music at Flow.

Unwind resumes for 2011 summer

Jeffrey Melton — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 20:08:49 +0000

Unwind, a weekly event for ambient, downtempo, experimental electronic and nujazz music, returns to the patio at CS3 for the summer, starting with a kick-off party on Friday, June 3, 2011.

Join me and fellow residents Adejai (aka Josh Helton) and Josh Elias along with occasional special guests every Friday this summer from 8 p.m. until later on the patio at CS3: Calhoun Street Soups, Salads, and Spirits.

Sponsored by Fort Wayne Electronic Music (FTWEM). Find Unwind and FTWEM on Facebook.

In preparation, I have posted 2011-05-31 Unwind practice live session for FREE download. It’s much more beat-oriented than I intend to play, but I was trying out different configs for my Ableton setup.

UPDATE: I moved the 2011-05-31 Unwind practice live session (1hr00m27s, 72.6 MB MP3) from my Soundcloud to here for posterity.

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: 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.

Tantrum v.01

Jeffrey Melton — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 15:05:02 +0000

I have uploaded the first draft of a recent track, Tantrum (v.01) (8:53min, 13.91 Mb MP3) for a peek at a work-in-progress. This sketch features a lot of different-length modulation loops with interesting results.

Antipode v.01

Jeffrey Melton — Wed, 06 May 2009 13:00:59 +0000

I have uploaded the first draft of a recent track I’ve been kicking around,Â Antipode (v.01) (10:55min, 22.2Mb MP3) for your consideration. At the moment, I’m digging some of the spacious things happening in the background. I’m not so happy with some of the more rigid rhythmic elements, but I thought I’d offer a peek at a work-in-progress.

2009-03-18 Chill-out set

Jeffrey Melton — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:59:00 +0000

I have uploaded a recording of my recent live performance (49:03min, 91.66Mb MP3) for your consideration. It includes reworkings of While We Sleep, Departure Lounge and Shakedown from Departure Lounge.

2009-01-29 Live set

Jeffrey Melton — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 18:23:05 +0000

I have uploaded a recording of my recent live performance (1hr:03min, 117.7Mb MP3) for your consideration.