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HERRCD04 EARLY WORKS Opus: Various Length: 76:10 Instruments: Korg micro preset synthesiser, sound and tape effects, computer manipulated MIDI sounds (reworkings) Composed: 1979 |
| All my early synth experiments from 1979. Click on the links for more info on each piece. Download the whole albumwrapped album (complete with old and new versions of some tracks) free from MegaUpload. |
| Mins | Description of individual pieces on CD (Click on titles for more info) | |
| The Upandunder Overture |
4:13 | My first synthesiser piece - short and sweet, and a bit naive. I still like the tune, and refer to it occasionally in other works. The title is a reference to Eddie Waring of "It's a Knockout" fame, whose catchphrase was "Up and under!" |
| String Quartet no.1 (March of the Killer Ants) |
6:22 | An early attempt to make a primitive synth sound like a quartet. After reworking this piece using Cakewalk it now it sounds like some mad prehistoric march when played on piano. I've renamed it "March of the Killer Ants" and now it sounds a lot better, but still as weird. At least now it's possible to hear what I originally intended. |
| Prelude & Fugue | 4:00 | Me trying to be Bach, and failing miserably. Well, if you never reach for the heights, you never attain mediocrity, I always say. After this failure I decided it was better to just be myself instead of trying to emulate the masters. |
| Rhapsody for Electronic Sounds |
18:54 | Wierd & experimental, integrating synths and sound effects for the first time. The mood gradually gets darker, like a black cloud looming in a clear blue sky. I never planned it, it just turned out like that. |
| Nova | 5:53 | A giant musical crescendo like an exploding star. Klaus Schulze was an inspiration behind this one. |
| Chinese Cheesecake | 4:14 | A wierd musical "perpetuum mobile" which doesn't let up for a second. |
| In The Hall of the Mountain King | 2:22 | By Grieg, of course. My first attempt at a classical piece - using the Korg Micro-Preset synthesiser and multi-tracking. Tricky, but I pulled it off. Remember this was a MONOPHONIC synthesiser! |
| here i go | 2:58 | Take Syd Barrett's moody post-Floyd song, strip off the vocals (sorry, Syd), raise the pitch by about a fifth, speed the whole thing up, then add a couple of bubbly synths and this is what you get. |
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