The process for this song was a bit different than usually. The main idea came to me as a whole with visuals for an abstract video. When I sat down to record the idea, the specific notes weren't very clear in my mind, but I could record the overall arc and rhythm.I made a quick [...]
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Biitnik Explained
Having just gotten a cello bow, I was eager to use it in a composition and this was the piece. I did mainly long overlaid drones with some melodical movement in one section. Also some whammy pedal action near the end that gives the air-raid kind of a siren sound. After the intro bowing section [...]
Raak Explained
I completed this one by Halloween and the mood of the piece is appropriately more menacing. Using one bassline / chord progression throughout I wanted the progression to be uneven, meaning shorter version alternating with the longer one. Chord progression in piano intro. Then I laid some melodies over it, making sure that I don't [...]
Pellet Explained
The main aim of the piece was to use polyrhythms. I first got the itch to do it in a minimal form, while listening to the The Dawn of MIDI "Dysnomia" album. But one thing led to another and I was again veering towards more elaborate. The polyrhythmic interplay between drums and and other instruments [...]