My music - melancholy fuzzed-out tunes, cyberpunk, and more
Fri Mar 04, 2011 4:46 am
Hi there!
A few of you might remember my first release A Terrible Flood from 2007 (I refuse to believe it has been that long already) or the pair of songs I had on One On Twoism Vol. 1.
I've been working veeeery slowly since then on my second full-length, titled Seventeen More Times. In the few months (or less?) remaining before its completion and finalization, I'll be posting up previews and samplers of what I've been working on! I can get pretty obsessively perfectionist, which is the main reason it's taken me so long to consider this stuff ready for human ears.
Anyways, I finally got around to setting up a Facebook artist page and a SoundCloud account the other day to share music and news with!
For ease of the clicking, here's the three songs I've posted up so far:
Oh, right, the cover art:
I'll be posting up lots more new and old tunes there in the near future, so Like/Subscribe to stay updated! Comments and questions are much appreciated.
A few of you might remember my first release A Terrible Flood from 2007 (I refuse to believe it has been that long already) or the pair of songs I had on One On Twoism Vol. 1.
I've been working veeeery slowly since then on my second full-length, titled Seventeen More Times. In the few months (or less?) remaining before its completion and finalization, I'll be posting up previews and samplers of what I've been working on! I can get pretty obsessively perfectionist, which is the main reason it's taken me so long to consider this stuff ready for human ears.
Anyways, I finally got around to setting up a Facebook artist page and a SoundCloud account the other day to share music and news with!
For ease of the clicking, here's the three songs I've posted up so far:
- 18 Apostolos (Seventeen More Times, 2011) - Warm and fuzzy downtempo tune that builds into a melancholy synth melody
- Zwei (Seventeen More Times, 2011) - Cyberpunk-themed drum and bass with a cold, rainy atmosphere
- Kaianide (A Terrible Flood, 2007) - Squelchy breakbeats with lots of distortion
Oh, right, the cover art:
I'll be posting up lots more new and old tunes there in the near future, so Like/Subscribe to stay updated! Comments and questions are much appreciated.
Fri Mar 04, 2011 6:51 pm
I love the three that you posted 
really good work!
Can't wait to hear more =)
really good work!
Can't wait to hear more =)
Tue Mar 08, 2011 3:29 am
Thanks Spenner!
I'm not quite sure what I want to post up next, but there'll probably be something soon. Most recently I've been working on some mastering (or what passes for it in essel-land) adjustments, mixing improvements, and other subtleties.
I'm not quite sure what I want to post up next, but there'll probably be something soon. Most recently I've been working on some mastering (or what passes for it in essel-land) adjustments, mixing improvements, and other subtleties.
Tue Mar 08, 2011 4:03 am
I definitely like what I'm hearing in 'Zwei'. Great arrangement and melodies. Your production style is very 'clean' which could be seen as a good and/or bad thing. I personally like this kind of music to sound a little rough around the edges (hence I am posting on what is ostensibly a BoC forum).
Keep up the good work!
Keep up the good work!
Tue Mar 08, 2011 5:27 am
Thanks a ton!
And that's good to hear, that it's clean; makes me more confident in my mixing ability. Everything sounding clean so far might just have to influence my next pick for a song to post, though — I'd hate to be pigeonholed.
And that's good to hear, that it's clean; makes me more confident in my mixing ability. Everything sounding clean so far might just have to influence my next pick for a song to post, though — I'd hate to be pigeonholed.
Wed Mar 09, 2011 6:58 pm
I've posted up another new song from "Seventeen More Times", as well as an older one from "A Terrible Flood".
Introjection is a particular favorite of mine; hope you guys like it
- Introjection (Seventeen More Times, 2011) - Piano-infused drum and bass that explodes into an ominous industrial finale
Ones (A Terrible Flood, 2007) - Experimental, frozen-over electronica as performed by glaciers and satellites
Introjection is a particular favorite of mine; hope you guys like it
Thu Mar 17, 2011 9:08 pm
Hmm, no interest? Bah.
Anyway, I posted up something new today, a little song called "White Wash":
http://soundcloud.com/esselfortium/white-wash
It's an experiment: I set out to create a soundalike of the 80s-infused, hazy sound of sample-based chillwave songs like Washed Out's "Feel It All Around", but in an all-original composition rather than sampling any existing songs to do it.
As part of the process of creating this tune, I created a rack configuration in Reason with which to effectively "sample" myself, creating an entire song and then processing the mixer's resulting stereo output as though I were working with a sample.
I also used a hell of a lot of compression, reverb, and tape distortion. Because.
(One or two of you might remember me posting an earlier version of this song in another thread several months ago.)
Anyway, I posted up something new today, a little song called "White Wash":
http://soundcloud.com/esselfortium/white-wash
It's an experiment: I set out to create a soundalike of the 80s-infused, hazy sound of sample-based chillwave songs like Washed Out's "Feel It All Around", but in an all-original composition rather than sampling any existing songs to do it.
As part of the process of creating this tune, I created a rack configuration in Reason with which to effectively "sample" myself, creating an entire song and then processing the mixer's resulting stereo output as though I were working with a sample.
I also used a hell of a lot of compression, reverb, and tape distortion. Because.
(One or two of you might remember me posting an earlier version of this song in another thread several months ago.)
Thu Mar 17, 2011 9:29 pm
I really like the new song. You've really got to the "80s-infused, hazy sound of sample-based chill wave"-feeling
Thu Mar 17, 2011 9:41 pm
White wash is great! Keep it up man, I'm really enjoying your stuff.
Fri Mar 18, 2011 3:00 am
Thanks guys!
I might have to polish up and post some of the other songs and experiments that I haven't officially released anywhere and aren't slated for the album. It's fun and the pressure is a little bit less
I might have to polish up and post some of the other songs and experiments that I haven't officially released anywhere and aren't slated for the album. It's fun and the pressure is a little bit less
Mon Mar 21, 2011 11:53 pm
New song, called "MPU".
http://soundcloud.com/esselfortium/mpu
This one's a slow-building melodic ambient piece to accompany a long journey through the expanse of space.
Free download (or stream it)
http://soundcloud.com/esselfortium/mpu
This one's a slow-building melodic ambient piece to accompany a long journey through the expanse of space.
Free download (or stream it)