Highlight from Brixton Radio Show #77 + new track out TODAY!

Continuing to post highlights from my radio shows with this section from my 77th show, originally broadcast 13th February 2023...

PLUS: new track from myself and Rocco LDN out TODAY!

TDC Tunes' thoughts about this set

This highlight features samples from my released track 'Space'. This is one of the ways I like to try to bridge the gap between my modular improvisations and my released tracks. To do so I take quite a small selection of samples from the track in question and load them into the modular to be played on and built upon to create a new improvisation with some of those elements.

In practice what that normally means is going back to my original project in Ableton Live and exporting a few samples that will be relatively easy to use in the modular. This might be some percussive hits or loops or some short melodic lines.

The sample playback time and quality I have in the modular is limited so there's no way I will be reproducing entire sections or melodies, so it's quite interesting to try to identify the really core elements to represent the track with.

In this case it's a short snippet from the melody, the repetitive single note beeping sound and the distinctive pad/chord loop that plays at the very beginning of the track. I trim these very carefully and often transpose them into C (normally minor) which is the default tuning for the other parts of my modular.

Then once in the modular it's a case of adding new elements, mixing them together and generally experimenting to create something new, yet also familiar!

Out today: Second Time Around

Pleased to announce my second release with singer/songwriter Rocco LDN!

You can check out the track on the major streaming services here:
https://ffm.to/second-time-around

And here's a bit of insight from Rocco herself on where she was at when she wrote the lyrics...

An electronic pop track, born from a time when a lot of people were struggling with their mental health as we came out of the pandemic.

Second Time Around is a reassuring song reminding people that they are loved and that they will have a chance for a do over, to get things right again when given the chance for some normality and equilibrium to be restored in their lives.

Photo in cover artwork by London based photographer Frederick Goff. His portfolio: https://www.frederickgoff.space/