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No particular aim this week other than to get something done.

Process notes on my blog, as usual.

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Cut from a long session of running various FMS loops through a granular Max patch and messing with the parameters. These are meant to be used as ear candy samples or percussive/noise bits in various tracks I'm working on but they kinda sound funny all together as a silly musique concrete kinda thing, so here you go.

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Took another crack at the same style I did for the last SID2(x2); the Beatmania IIDX Hardstyle or Nu-NRG from Toshiyuki Kakuta aka L.E.D. tracks like "The Earth Light", "Theme of Denjin J" and "The Strong Jaeger".

It's a little shorter than the first one, and I admit I cheated a little bit by essentially copy-pasting the last few sequences from the first SID2x2 since I ran out of time (submitting this late Thursday), but it is a generally denser track pound for pound. Pretty happy with it overall though.

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Hello again, Weekly Beat friends.

I had to go way back into the ancient archives for lyrics for this one because I just did not have time to write anything new. I added a quick bass and guitar part and lotsa reverb, et voila! I squeaked in a June submission right under the wire. Whew...

Thanks for listening! It means a lot.

› lyrics‹ lyricsInstincts tell me to go slow

What you're thinking I don't know

My heart wants you to only want me

But I don't think you even see

How can it be any better

If I don't know any better

No no no

I can tell you want somebody else

So I sacrifice myself

I will settle for second best

Did I make you happy, did I pass your test

How can it be any better

If I don't know any better

No no no

Call me a fool, call me naive

But you had some tricks hidden up your sleeve

Fell for them all, head over heels

Just wanted to find out how it feels

How can it be any better

If I don't know any better

No no no

Now your eyes are tinged with red

I stay though I should run instead

Your hands round my neck, you seethe

Sparks in my eyes, I can't breathe

How can it be any better

If I don't know any better

No no no

Be any better

If I don’t know any better

No no

Be any better

If I don’t know any better

No no no

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More FMS long form jams this week. This is a short excerpt from a 13 minutes long recording where I picked out the best bit. I like the half tempo vibe and restrained percussion being a main feature.

Programmed and performed with NanoBoyAdvance emulator and an 8BitDo hand controller. Recorded to stereo in Audacity. Slightly mastered in Ableton.

Thanks for listening, peace and love!

PS: Go Plastic is 25 years old today. What a masterpiece of an album!

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Week 26

Goal at start 6/23:

Do something simple because I need to put some time into other music projects this week. Also

I want to do a quick beat for extra practice once this one is done and uploaded.

End notes 6/25:

Thinking about what is being “stated” emotionally through the music seems to be the thing that gives me the most edge. Not sure if the kick placement could be improved but I’ve worked on it as much as I’m willing to.

Also after I finished this I completed my goal of making a rough second beat in 1hr2min, so yay.

Plan for next week:

Focus again on sensing what emotion is carried by music. Finish in time to do a second practice beat.

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Felt like closing out June with *my* kind of techno. My dubtechno tracks are usually not that fast paced, but this felt appropriate and could be a nice segue into the massive dub step warbler I have in my head for next week.

The "fast" stab is a shaperbox special and lots of extra stuff on it. The arpeggio in the background almost sounds like what I had in my head, so I got that going for me, which is nice.

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Hi everyone :)

This week I felt like playing around with longer transitions, so I ended up making a track with way too many of them.

Hopefully some of you enjoy the result. :)

Have a good one :)

Cheers

KaZu

P.S. I’m super grateful for any constructive feedback and opinions :)

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I'm not interested in polished perfection

Give me the irreverent presenter

The stuttering orator

Give me the sands lost in the desert

And parade their uncompromising uniqueness in a sea of silicon

I'm ready for the half-baked half-wit on display

The messianic message of apathy

I'll take it all in partially

and discard the capacity for empathy as "too involved"

Therefore knowing I've done my part

In not doing enough

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All sounds are from the can of energy drink I just drank

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