The Campsite Rule
By rplktr on September 29, 2024 11:15 pm
leave her better than you found her
I welcome all critical feedback. Can relicense if needed, just ask.
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This week's Disquiet Junto project is one of the most surprising and inspiring. It asks musicians to record a track in honor of the late Achim Szepanski, founder of the Mille Plateaux record label known for the "Clicks + Cuts" compilations of glitch music.
I immediately knew what I'd like to do, but was limited by my current geographical location, away from my usual equipment. After two aborted attempts, I settled on Live with a few instances of Reaktor, using only Reaktor's built-in factory machines. Those are pretty old pieces of software in 2024, and therefore often overlooked, but they are just as compelling and fresh sounding as they were when they were first released.
The track was started on an airplane over Canada and finished on location in New Brunswick CA. My main inspiration (save for the "Clicks + Cuts" compilations) is Kangding Ray's "stabil" album. Highly recommended, I love that thing!
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126 BPM 4/4, F-major. Reaktor factory machines: Sinebeats 2, Junatik, and Newscool vocoded with Steampipe2. Glitching achieved with resampling, filtering, bit crushing, triggering, etc. in Ableton Live.
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Love the resonant bass and the glitches are quite really nicely done.