DAY 4: s o n i c b r a t

"Une peu de Démence"

Delirium is a luxury like the calm before a storm
Like the laughters before tears
And the adrenaline rush before collapsing
Living an oxymoron...

















Tempo: 73 bpm
Colour: Multi-colour

A mini Hungarian citera, a toy piano and a chinese gourd flute; contact microphone...

Sampled using KORG Kaoss Pad and passed through an interesting reverb that makes it sound metallic (I believe is very long early reflection). The percussion was done again by slapping the rhythms on the lid of the toy piano, and clapping of hands. No synths or any other electronic instruments were used at all except for processing using KP3, all acoustics. The recorded samples were manipulated later during post and some subliminal sound designs.

DAY 2: s o n i c b r a t

"Journal Intime De Pluie"




























Tempo: 100 bpm
Colour: Green

Continuing my explorations using toy instruments...

Toy piano, contact microphone, Casio SA-5 toy keyboard, sampled through KORG Kaoss Pad III; no other synths used. Percussion done by hitting the lid of the toy piano, the clicky noise from the start is done by tapping the toy piano's lid with the fingernails and grained through KP3. Added a little sound design as well to add on to the mood.

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DAY 1: s o n i c b r a t

"LE PIANO DE JOUET"


The boy looked into the mirror and saw an old man
The old man smiled at him as he smiled back...
Their palms met and the old man looked into his eyes
With an acceptance that made the boy happy again...

















Tempo: 60 bpm
Colour: Yellow

With all my regular gears at rehearsals, I am left with bare minimal at home. I wanted to see what I can come up with using just very primitive instruments.

A toy piano, a contact microphone, sampled on KORG Kaoss Pad III and grained, Roland SH101. Recorded live, except drums added later using Reaktor 5 and layering the toy piano samples, pitching them down and reversing them at parts.