June 11, 2008

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Last Break -- I wanted to use the amen break one more time this year. As you'll hear it's been filtered well past the point of recognition. Think of this as a sign of things to come...

May 16, 2008

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Techno(logy) -- technology transforms, baby!


(I think the cinnamon gum I'm chewing is responsible...)

April 25, 2008

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Subway Break s this week's danceaday.com collaboration with Boris Willis. He sent me video of dancing in the NYC subway, so I added a little amen break just 'cause.

April 9, 2008

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Clarinet Break = the amen break + this clarinet sample recorded by insinger.

March 12, 2008

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Restless Night -- Today's piece is a drum-n-bass version of a Chopin Nocturne. Does this seem like familiar territory? Check out this Bach Invention that I reworked last summer.

March 5, 2008

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Mobile -- here's another reworking of the amen break.

January 7, 2008

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Amen Buzz -- I wanted to transform the amen break into an ambient soundscape. If you listen carefully, you will hear that it is much more than random noise...

December 17, 2007

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Jingle Bits is today's installment in my 12-part holiday series. A little 8-bit, a little breakbeat, a whole lotta holiday cheer.

September 29, 2007

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Bulldan - Today is my brother Dan's birthday. As kids we didn't get along very well, something that's changed with age. One thing we did agree onÔø‡Ôø‡Ôø‡we both think the piano groove in Hey Bulldog rocks. (Apparently Propellerheads think so too...)

Happy birthday Dan!

September 20, 2007

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String Cheese - a couple of ready-made loops from Apple, plus the amen break, are melted for today's tasty minute.

August 16, 2007

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btdt - some days it's difficult to make a new piece for this project; I knew it would be when I started. Sitting down to work, I often feel that It's All Been Done Before. Then I remember that it's not the idea, but the execution of an idea that's important, so I take an existing piece and add a drum track to it....

July 31, 2007

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Amen Broken ends the month with another vigorous deconstruction of the amen break.

July 28, 2007

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Dance Loop Haiku

slicing apple loops
fleeting dreams of music fame
broken drums remain

July 17, 2007

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Invention 4 is my interpretation of Bach's Two-Part Invention no.4 in d minor. In school, we studied Bach's music quite a lot. Our focus was always on the harmonic and contrapuntal content of his music. These are important to be sure, but this approach omits one of my favorite aspects of Bach's musicÔø‡Ôø‡Ôø‡its rhythmic elegance. His melodic lines are expertly constructed so that, when played properly, they can groove as hard as any music made today. My addition of the reworked drumbreakÔø‡Ôø‡Ôø‡the amen, againÔø‡Ôø‡Ôø‡does not create a groove where none existed, it merely calls attention to what is already there.

July 9, 2007

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Toss Me a Carrot was created from two samples: the amen break and Brian Wilson's Vega-Tables. It's an exercise in absurd contrasts.