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Music

Track: Kids

September 25, 2008

This is one of my first pieces. I made it completely in Reason 2.0 in 2001. I’ve not much to say about it except that it’s probably the most complex ‘tonal’ piece I’ve done. Lots of different melodies are in it.

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DJ Mix: Minimal Tech mix, July 2008

September 20, 2008

Tagged as: Ableton, dj mix, Downloads, minimal techno, tech house

This is a mix I recently completed this month. It’s the mix I want to use to start getting gigs in and around the Bay Area (and beyond?) for minimal/tech house nights.
Here’s the track list:

Loco Dice : Black Truffles in the Snow
Audio Soul Project : Community 2007 (Peace Division Remix)
Alexi Delano : What Is [...]

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Track: Brokenbeat

September 14, 2008

Tagged as: Downloads, Mezzanine, Music, Reason, squarepusher

This is actually quite an ‘old’ piece. I made this after seeing Squarepusher sometime in July of 2003. I was 23 and think I’d had a bad trip on some wierd mushrooms I ate. Ended up wandering around the streets of San Francisco gibbering to myself, freezing cold, wondering how I’d stumbled [...]

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5 Tips To Boost Your Performance in Ableton Live

July 22, 2008

Tagged as: Ableton, AbletonLive, Arts, Edirol, Electronic Music, how to, MIDI controller, Music, Music and Audio, performance

Photo by Accent Creative
I love Ableton . I’d probably swear by it as a compositional and performance tool. As far as multi-track recording, I’m sure there are some better ones, but Ableton Live is not really about that – it’s about performing and having the most intuitive interface for expressing your musical ideas. That’s why [...]

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Track: Myu

July 15, 2008

Tagged as: Alesis Micron, Downloads

This is a song I wrote nearly 4 years ago. I think I’ve gotten all the arrangement down for it, and I’m happy with the sounds though I wonder if there might be a few things to finésse. There’s a brief bridge in the middle of the song (made with my Alesis Micron) that I’ve [...]

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DJ Mix: I <3 Weird Techno

June 28, 2008

Tagged as: Ableton, dj mix, Downloads, rave, techno, Tijuana

I <3 Weird Techno was made after a night of obtuse raving in Tijuana, Mexico on the roof of a squatted parking lot. There were holes in the concrete roof with exposed rebar and rubble everywhere we danced. With the intense laser show, 2 story high video screen and e’ed up kids everywhere, [...]

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Track: Gutter

April 9, 2008

Tagged as: Ableton, Downloads, food stamps

Track I made today after spending nearly the whole day waiting in the Oakland Social Services office for foodstamps. Humbling and frustrating at the same time.
I don’t think this song is really connected to it. In fact, it’s not. I was feeling pretty mellow and simultaneously inspired.
Enjoy.

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DJ Mix: Café Mix Rendered

January 8, 2008

Tagged as: chill out, Downloads, Encinitas, mellow, Mr. Projectile, Sunday

Café Mix Rendered was created 20 minutes before an audition for a weekly at a coffee shop in Encinitas, California. It was my improvised audition piece and kind of gave me my start performing in and around San Diego – a meaningful mix for me of some of my favorite artist that typified the weekly.

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DJ Mix: 6 Weeks In – live PA/DJ mix

July 13, 2007

Tagged as: Downloads, Electribe, Korg

6 Weeks In… is some general in-bedroom wankery with a Korg Electribe, Ableton and some of my favorite tracks. I’ve just moved up with my girlfriend and I live in the Sunset. I’m so happy to have my space set up.

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Track: Darby

October 13, 2006

Tagged as: Downloads, Luke Vibert, Orbital

This song I made while thinking about Luke Vibert and Orbital. I don’t now if it sounds anything like those two, but I kinda like it.

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Live PA: Dubulator vs. Memeshift – live at the Kava Lounge, June 22nd, 2006

June 22, 2006

Tagged as: Brokenbeat, Downloads, dubulator, fwdthought, kava lounge, live

This was a live set I did with my buddy Louis Haiman (a.k.a. Dubulator) at the Brokenbeat vs. ShareSD party at the Kava Lounge. A really good show. This set was all improvised.

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Track: Lukine

July 13, 2005

Tagged as: Ableton, Downloads, L'usine

This was a track I did after I had been listening to L’usine.

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Live PA: New Organ mix

April 18, 2004

Tagged as: Ableton, Downloads, PSR-36

This is a track I improvised using Ableton 3 and a loop from my trusty Yamaha PSR-36 (pictured above).

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Track: The Dark Crytal

April 13, 2004

Tagged as: Ableton, Downloads, Jim Henson, pirate, samples, The Dark Crystal

Yes, it is spelled in correctly. This song is partially dedicated to my friend Flynn Witmeyer. He once had a box that he kept his ‘Dark Crytal’ in. He had gotten a hold of a label maker when young and labeled a box of his after his favorite movie.

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