Earthrise

December 2nd, 2012 · · Albums, Earthrise, Electronic, Jazz, Music, Rock No comments

It’s been a while. But it has not been for nothing. Fresh off the shelf is my latest album, Earthrise. It’s a 40 minute solo concept album entirely produced with free/libre software (Ardour, JAMin, Audacity, fluidsynth, Rakarrak, and various libre plugins). Download high quality FLAC’s and Ogg’s below or get ‘em MP3′s from Jamendo where you’ll also find the album listed.

If you happen to dig the almost screaming instrument/sound in ‘Drowning Electric Angels’, then you are definitely not alone. But it may not be exactly what you think it is. It is, in fact, a theremin run through a wah-wah pedal, autotuned, compressed, and, of course, followed up by a ton of reverberation. Not only does it make the instrument way easier to play, it also makes it possible to play it in a different, and in my opinion, far better sounding manner.

So, give it a whirl!

Weekly Notes #16: That’s a Strange Piece of Advice

October 29th, 2012 · · Free Improvisation, Music, Solo Piano, Weekly Notes No comments

“Good things, when short, are twice as good.” — Gracián

One day late again. Oh well, here it is.

What A Beautiful Day

October 23rd, 2012 · · Jazz, Music No comments

“I sometimes think just to myself: would I be willing to die instead of someone else?” — Me

This is a recording of me playing the piano and singing at the same time. I wrote and recorded it just a few hours ago after having watched Kubrick’s “Spartacus”. Parts of the melody for this song was actually stolen from the ending theme. Anyway, this is the first time I have tried recording myself playing and singing simultaneously, but I must say that I am personally quite impressed with the result. This is a track I feel proud of — and obviously one I want to share. I hope you like it.

Weekly Notes #15: Liquid Air

October 17th, 2012 · · Free Improvisation, Music, Solo Piano, Weekly Notes One comment

“If you pour liquid nitrogen over a classical clock, time won’t stop, but something equally interesting happens. I’m not sure about special clocks, though.” — Anonymous

Everyone loves cold stuff. I’m not talking about standard “sub-zero” temperatures encountered during winter, no, I’m talking really cold stuff. Cold to the point at which weird things happen. Like air becoming liquid. Cold to the point where the strangeness of quantum effects become visible on a large scale. Like flux pinning in type-II superconductors. Especially flux pinning.

Weekly Notes #14: Memories of Past Events

October 15th, 2012 · · Free Improvisation, Music, Solo Piano, Weekly Notes No comments

“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.” — Albert Einstein

I apologise for releasing this track one day too late, but now it’s here, so there is no need to file a complaint.

Weekly Notes #13: The Weird Wizard’s Lobby

October 7th, 2012 · · Jazz, Music, Solo Piano, Weekly Notes No comments

“Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain!” — The Wizard

This is actually a piece I wrote for my new band, but I decided to adapt it as a solo piano piece for this week’s Weekly Notes. I’m quite fond of the tune myself, so I may do another version/arrangement some day with a ton of instruments. Anyway, I hope you enjoy it.

Stegt And

October 2nd, 2012 · · Hip-Hop, Music No comments

“Jeg kommer direkte med hvidt sand fra undergrunden.” — Don S

This track is actually “quite old” now. It was done in collaboration with Dr. Denning in late July, early August, i. e., two months ago, and I’ve been waiting for the right time to release it. Well, to be honest, I kinda sorta forgot it, and when I did remember, it was around the time I was releasing some other tracks, and I wanted to keep it on my hand for a possible future, where I hadn’t had the time to record anything. Which is now. So here it is: Don S & Dr. Denning’s Stegt And.

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Weekly Notes #12: Just a Minute

September 24th, 2012 · · Jazz, Music, Solo Piano, Weekly Notes No comments

“Here’s a joke I heard down in the pub: what’s brown, and sounds like a bell? Dung!” — Arthur Name from Monty Python’s Flying Circus

I wrote a short piece this Saturday. It lasts a minute. Nothing more, nothing less.

We Are Gonna Fight That War Tonight

September 22nd, 2012 · · Music, Rock No comments

“I am gonna fight that war tonight, ’cause if I don’t try, I am gonna die.” — Someone

I was playing on my djembe whilst scatting, and at some point I realised that I wanted to say something other than just random mutterings. So I wrote the lyrics and in a very short amount of time, I knew exactly how I wanted the track to sound. This is a rough approximation of that ideal — but then again, isn’t everything?

Weekly Notes #11: Oh Really?

September 22nd, 2012 · · Free Improvisation, Music, Solo Piano, Weekly Notes No comments

“An apple a day keeps the doctor away. The trick is learning how hard to throw.” — Anonymous

It’s almost the end of the week, so I had to put something out there. It’s another one of those long solo piano improvisations based on a fleeting concept made up in the moment.