oh earth that has gone round the sun some four billion five hundred forty million two thousand and eleven times earth that is round earth that is sometimes covered in snow

if i could draw a line from my eyes and another from your eyes to that exact point at which they meet and hold it there, that point that is so infinitely small and certain not even unity but just is, just is and is and is

Sun With Tassels by Them Stars

well this was a nice surprise! space whale studios just released return all robots, and my remix of “deep freeze” from the game’s soundtrack got posted over at ocr. you can download the soundtrack for free, or you can buy the game and/or the soundtrack in various media formats and bundle configurations.

the original track is the music for the “cryogenics lab” stage, and i wanted to convey that in the remix. something sedate and pristine. the main image i had in mind was the album cover for stupid dream by porcupine tree. quicksilver is sort of an unfortunate title. it is i guess an archaic term for liquid mercury, which is the sense that i meant it, but it is such an overused word for unrelated things that people will probably end up associating it with a pair of jeans or smth.

Moonbeam vs Morgan Page – The Longest Life (Them Stars Mashup) by alexhhhh

I HAVE NOTHING TO ADD. LISTEN MY SONG. DO YOU LIKE?

Moonbeam – The Lilt (Them Stars Remix)

this one’s for a remix contest over at saintwoods.

it’s been a tough couple of weeks, working on this track. the reason i enter these remix contests, above all else, is because it forces me to work to a deadline. work ethic has always been a problem for me. ultimately, a completed track (on time) is itself a prize, and any other recognition that comes out of it would be a bonus. i probably tried four or five different approaches before settling on the one that eventually became the final version. i’ve been listening to a lot of barletta, hervé, and afrojack, so the result is sort of my take on those styles.

this is only my second electro track, but i’ve clearly got tendencies. my stuff tends to be very clean and blocky, so my goal was to be as unpredictable as possible. this time around i recorded most of the synth parts live as opposed to sequencing them by hand, which allows for a lot of cool, unintentional sounds. i think the end result is close to complete raw unpredictability, but it’s not entirely there yet. when i look at something like robotaki’s remix of turn it up, i can’t fathom the attention to detail, the micro-nano-editing that must have gone into creating it. but i look at this track and i am able to say that it is a quantifiable improvement over my last one. what more can you do?

Easy – Heatshock (Them Stars Remix)

if you compare this beat to born mind – a track i think of as my previous personal best – i think aside from the obvious disparities in production quality, they both suffer from the same fundamental problem: underdevelopment. this is a recurring theme, not only in the music i write, but in any of the work i’ve done in my life. a certain amount of the work comes easy, i’d say around 90%. the last 10% is where i hit a wall. i don’t know what it’s like for other people, whether or not they experience it at all, or if they’re all just much better at handling it. it becomes a kind of torture for me, the most claustrophobic, lonely feeling.

of course, this post has been the same way. all i’ve written is the basic idea, but i can’t figure out how to get past that wall. there’s so much i haven’t said and i know it, but i’m going to post it anyway. maybe i should stop doing that.

Spitbubble by alexhhhh

this is my entry for the Peter Gabriel remix contest over at Indaba. i wasn’t familiar with the original at first (though after 7 straight days of work i could probably recreate it myself), but the idea was immediate. the female vocal melody and the pseudo-rap delivery in the verses lent the song to electro house fairly easily. this was my first honest attempt at electro house, not to mention i am still familiarizing myself with ableton live, so there was a lot of trial and error in creating this mix. all things considered, i feel good about how it turned out.

Peter Gabriel – Games Without Frontiers (Them Stars Remix)

here it is, my first completed track in ableton live. it’s about a week old now, and i was sort of back and forth between going back and making more changes…but i think i should just let it go.

it’s ambient (the “easy” genre), made with fancy synth patches i made in Sylenth (my favourite synth atm)! the main pad is something i am proud of, since i am generally terrible at pads. influences mainly drawn from Tim Hecker and Eluvium. the title is from a Cannibal Ox song.

i hope you find this sufficient.

Light Decreasing

so, long story short, i’ve decided to expand my horizons a little. i’ve been taking a course in production that deals with Logic, and i’ve decided to give Ableton Live a shot. currently, it’s a puzzle. i’m happy if i can click a button and not destroy a whole damn section of the song. this track i’ve made is not particularly interesting in any way, and it ends almost as soon as it starts. but i’m optimistic. maybe it’s important that i fumble around for a bit.

12barbloops

i wrote you a song (finally)

blue sunrise