I write the music that I do largely because my obsessions with synths and technology. In my early days I couldn't afford real synths or software to make the music that I wanted to make. At the time the most I could muster was some of my piss poor guitar playing on to a cassette 4-track machine with radio shack microphones. Sometimes I would get a little crazy and would even use that sweet keyboard I got at a thrift shop! I started making chiptune as a means to get closer to where I wanted to be at the time.
This time around I decided to go back to my roots and try that out again. This is 100% written and generated with a game boy with LSDJ and processed with ableton to add a little flare. I was shooting for the sound I may have been writing back in 2008/2009. At that time it was just me, a gameboy, a digital delay, a tweekalizer (for some eq and dj effects) and a crappy 80's Realistic brand dj mixer (originally sold at radio shack) that i picked up at good will.
I enjoyed this little throw back. SOOO Glad I am not as limited to working like this anymore. It has been a humbling reminder of my roots.

Tags: ableton, chiptune, dance, house, lsdj, techno, week 15 2014, View by:ENC_