Single du Jour : We Die in Sleep

This was recorded with the talented Molly Sundar some years ago, but didn't fit in the current projects.

Moog Little Phatty, Prophet 08 and Crumar Bit-01 for the main part (some Korg Poly-800 as well, if I remember correctly).

"A hard rain is gonna strike

And clouds will never part

Hard rain is gonna strike

Clouds will never part

The 30 ghosts behind me

They’re laughing in my back

They’re sleeping my sleep

They’re dreaming my dreams

Listen love, listen dear

Without regret or fear

Listen love, listen dear

Without regret or fear

The 30 ghosts behind me

They’re laughing in my back

They’re sleeping my sleep

They’re dreaming my dreams

That’s the thin, dry sound of bone

That’s the way things are done and gone

There’s no stranger land than this

We’re the living and the dead

We live in dream and die in our sleep"

PaleoFuture

A little improvisation...

The first half is one complex Prophet 08 patch.
The second half is one Crumar Bit01 patch.
Also Guitars and drum machine, and a Microkorg pad in the middle.

Download.

Abe's New Video Game Score

So, I've been making some music for a fun iPhone game app...

More on the game later on when the music is implemented, but meanwhile let's hear how it goes.

I was asked by the game designer to do a "retro gaming" kind of soundtrack, which needless to say is right in my alley.

Oh, and I've been doing this with a Lincoln mask, as one would expect.

This is a medley of all music cues I did for the game.

0.00 to 0.40 : Game menu, mostly done with the Crumar Bit01.

0.40 to 2.32 : Game theme, with tons of Solina, Yamaha SS30, Oberheim Xpander samples courtesy of Gforce's Virtual String Machine, along with Moog and Prophet 08 leads.

2.32 to 4.02 : Faster game theme, again with the Virtual String Machine, a Moog lead and a Casio-like beat from my usual Drums Overkill plugin.

Ibloxs  by  khoral

Crumar Demos (with Claudine)

A couple of very simple demos I did on vacation using the Crumar Bit-01 analog polysynth, a Boss DR600 4-track recorder and my old oooold Boss DR550-mkII drum machine.

Crumar Demo 1

Crumar Demo 2

Crumar Circuitry Moment

While you weren't looking my way, on the last days of december, I bought a Crumar Bit-01...

1985 polysynth rack, 6-voices analog.

Opened here to change a switch, but otherwise I haven't had that much time to deal with it.

Tomorrow I'll post some crude demos I did with it while on vacation on a simple 4-track Boss recorder.