A little like Alcmene, this track came together pretty quickly and, as I mentioned on Twitter, it’s the first one I’ve composed for a long time which has been built on a completely linear timeline (i.e. no use of the Cubase arranger track). This doesn’t happen very often and when it does, it feels like the track has almost written itself.

The idea kicked off with a couple of bars sequenced up using iPad App from Korg, iElectribe which I’m hugely impressed with. You’ll hear the iElectribe very clearly at around 1:57. I then exported the pattern into Cubase and started to build the rest of the piece around those four bars. Adding sub bass first and then building some of the other synth parts, drums (glitched using Automaton from Audio Damage) and finally adding Marcus Hutton’s fabulous delivery of the Edgard Varèse quote.

I’m handing over to Pure Tone for some quick analysis (to see if he can spot any howlers), stepping away for a couple of days to watch the Spain v Germany World Cup Semi Final tonight and concentrate an Bootslam’s kick drum and I’ll work on the mix at the weekend.

idea by Kieron James

Thought it was about time I posted a little on music here. Seems to have been a running focus of late. That’s largely because I’ve got my hands full with Clear Notice and Enter Calico. Anyway, I have a couple of works in progress which I can share.

Looking forward to getting stuck in again shortly and I’ve just exported a few bars from the iPad App iElectribe from Korg (first up below) which I’m going to build into the next piece.

Update: 5 July 2010

Track-7-88bars by Kieron James

iElectribe Update

Little bit more work on this track this afternoon (4 July). Added some Massive (bass) and drums (Kontakt / Audio Damage). There’s a way to go yet though – still playing with ideas.

iElectribe 20 bars by Kieron James

Track #7 24 bars by Kieron James

And this one, which is (more or less) complete:

Track #6 Arrangement #1 by Kieron James