dacca

All synths played manually in Logic Pro X, plus a drummer kit and a couple of techno loops later in the piece.

I sat down to create music with no preconceived ideas at all, and this is what I created. It made me happy to create it, so I hope it makes you happy too.

A very bloody battle a long time ago...but what is significant is the aftermath of the battle, which was witnessed by Jean-Henri Dunant. The horrors he witnessed led him to start a campaign that led to the Geneva Convention, and to the formation of the Red Cross to help reduce the suffering of war.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Solferino

Remember those that suffered at Solferino, the next time you give to the Red Cross. Remember all those that suffered and died in so many wars.

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Image taken from: "Battle Of Solferino" - Carlo Bossoli, 1859

Previously on Blastoidea https://soundcloud.com/dacca/blastoidea I played my first live performance on my new Novation Launchpad Pro in device mode, hooked up to my iPad and the Novation Launchpad app.

On Superelectropadilicious I am playing my first live performance (over several separate track recordings)with Novation Launchpad Pro in Note mode and Drum mode connected to my Mac Book Pro and using Logic Pro X. Novation Launchpad Pro becomes a "control surface" for Logic Pro X software instruments. Novation Launchpad Pro uses velocity pads so each instrument note is sensitive to how hard you press it. Great fun!

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Image taken from: Rheyne - Live Jam # 125 on Vimeo https://vimeo.com/165730357

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My heart always returns to rock.

I've used the Novation Launchpad app on my iPad many of my tracks over time, but this is my first track with a live performance using the Novation Launchpad Pro hardware in device mode, plugged into my iPad. There is much, much more to the Novation Launchpad Pro so I've barely scratched the surface but hey...you have to start somewhere.

This is a pretty simple track, ambient reggae, but I wanted to mark the day my Novation Launchpad Pro arrived (21/11/2017) with a track. So, I hope you like it!

Listen to my follow-up track here:

https://soundcloud.com/dacca/aspidonia

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The image is taken from: "Blastoidea" - Ernst Haeckel's "Art Forms of Nature"(1904)

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Novation Launchpad Pro can also be used with full DAWs such as Ableton Live, and Logic Pro X. Superelectropadilicious https://soundcloud.com/dacca/superelectropadilicious is my first - experimental - use of Novation Launchpad Pro as a control surface in both Drum mode and Note mode for Logic Pro X.

Definitely inspired by years of listening to bands like American psychobilly outfit The Cramps https://soundcloud.com/thecrampsofficial, other American bands like The Reverend Horton Heat https://soundcloud.com/the-reverend-horton-heat, Australian bands like Melbourne-based The Fireballs https://myspace.com/fireballsaustralia, British bands like https://soundcloud.com/themeteorsofficial, or Danish band The Horrorpops https://soundcloud.com/horrorpops-official.

Weird, freaky rock - to me it represents the right for each person to be themselves. Plus psychobilly and rockabilly are just irreverent and fun!

Los Freakos guitar lead, pyschobilly hard rock guitar and bass played manually by me in Logic Pro X. Drums are a heavily customised Apple drummer track.

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Image taken from: "Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly 2012" - Tomás Del Coro, Flckr.

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Let's live on Mars in 3D printed ice houses!

Check out the concept here:

http://www.marsicehouse.com

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Image sourced from:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mars_Ice_House.jpg

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Let's funk!

One of my Apple loop compositions. I hope you like it...it's free!

I was inspired to create this original piece because of one of my all-time favourite guitarists, Steve Hackett https://soundcloud.com/steve-hackett-official. Equally at ease with acoustic, classical and electric guitars, he is amazing. I saw him several times in concert, and met him once.

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Image taken from: Hermia and Lysander by John Simmons (1870)

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I used some of these instruments and musical themes on a later track, full of sadness and love - Empty Places Are Filled With Memory:

https://soundcloud.com/dacca/empty-places-are-filled-with

Space is art.

All synths played manually.