Serious Song (Drum ‘n’ Bass)
Wow this song was a long time in the making. 12+ months? Not sure if it’s done yet — this mix feels a little thick and awkward at times — but it’s done enough to let me move on to some other tracks in the near term.
174 BPM d’n'b, growly nasty bassline, occasional explosive speaker-ripping kicks, and an acid synth line that snuck in from my techno personality.
The “This song is a serious song, isn’t it?” sample is from this very silly record.
Listen here:
Flickr Photo Updates (Finally!)
I hadn’t touched my Flickr account in a very long time. I think I’m still bummed out that Yahoo! bought Flickr. But there were a few fun photos I wanted to share, including this one:
“Ocean: 1 Tank: 0″
Found on a beach in Culebra, Puerto Rico. The US military used Culebra island for practice-bombing from 1901 through to 1975. Leah and I had some great snorkeling adventures there, though it was a bit strange to explore this underwater world where you were as likely to encounter a manta ray as you were a bomb casing…
Ottmar’s “Scent of Light”
Long-time client and friend Ottmar Liebert just released a beautiful new album of guitar music. It hits stores next week, but the music can be previewed and downloaded as of today from the ListeningLounge — a custom-built mp3 store I set up for him a couple of years ago.
Each of these ten instrumentals draws a picture, and each picture tells a story. It’s music as a smell that triggers unexpected memories. India, 1978… Granada, 1992… each track has a strong atmosphere of time and place, like the journal of an itinerant poet or painter.