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summer sequences, volume one by nofi
A collection of downtempo electronic and sequenced minimal compositions. Digital download via Bandcamp and limited edition cassette coming in June, 2011.
El libro principal by The Silent Stars
I have released an album of experimental ambient, freeform and microsound compositions:
The Silent Stars is my “side-project” for exploring (slightly) different directions in music. El libro principal is a “concept album” featuring granular synthesis, microsound tone colors and freeform arrangements. These pieces are my take on post-ambient space music using modern digital methods; an homage to the early electronic music pioneers, post-prog-rock instrumentalists, early New Wave synthesists and proto-New Age experimentalists of my youth.
Production Notes
Granular synthesis and microsound techniques were used for sound generation. Sources include: flute, harp; strings; toy instruments; vinyl records; elementary sound waveforms and more.
Density GS and Pulsaret instruments were the primary instruments. Arrangement, mixing and mastering was done with Ableton Suite. Processing effects were limited to resonant filters, grain delay, reverb and EQ.
Track listing
- cadenas v.01 – 06m56s
- el enlace v.01 – 08m53s
- grana fina v.02 – 09m21s
- piscinas v.01 – 09m40s
- s’arpa v.01 – 07m02s
- masa brillante v.02 – 20m57s
Two recent articles
I recently posted two articles for a forum I manage: a Granular Synthesis and Microsound Primer and a Euclidean Rhythms Primer. Both of these topics have been of interest to me and made their way into my work in the past year, so I wanted to collect some resources I’ve found helpful. Check them out and drop me a line to share techniques, clips, finished tracks or if you’re interested in more.
melton.granular.01 and melton.granular.02
I have released two collections of ambient, freeform and microsound compositions:
melton.granular.01 and melton.granular.02 collect my recent work in microsound-scapes, featuring granular and pulsar synthesis, freeform rhythms and tone colors. Tracks can also be streamed on my Soundcloud page.
Production Notes
All sounds were created with Density GS and Pulsaret instruments (both the standalone apps and Max for Live versions). Arrangement, mixing and mastering was done with Ableton Suite. Processing effects were limited to resonant filters, grain delay, reverb and EQ.
Concepts & Aesthetics
Taking John Cage’s statement “There is no noise, only sound” as a starting point, these compositions explore the hinterlands of microsound particles and drones, non-sequenced rhythms and the diversity of organic and synthetic timbres. Rather than be static, each piece evolves with components that swell and recede, resonate, percolate, pulsate, shimmer, flutter, meander and migrate. Sample sources include: strings; flute; toy piano, bells and cymbals; vinyl records; elementary sound waveforms.
Track listings
- Angularity v.01 – 04m00s
- The Chymist v.01 – 23m31s
- Coronal Mass v.01 – 09m14s
- Dressmaker v.01 – 03m44s
- Tetrad v.01, pt.2 – 09m16s
- A Froward Mass v.01 – 24m26s
- Penumbra v.01 – 06m07s
- Promises v.02 – 12m38s