This is what the plotting looks like…
Posted: April 16th, 2009 | Author: John | Filed under: photos | No Comments »This morning.
The Spicy Secrets of Michael Williams
Posted: April 15th, 2009 | Author: John | Filed under: photos | No Comments »Introducing: The Laksa Ladies
Mike Williams, myself, and some of the Mindvalley guys have followed these women to 3 of their outlets for over 2 years.
This culinary explosion is best enjoyed with 2 glasses of iced Chinese tea. This would allow the spot to be proverbially, hit.
This is where you can find the BEST laksa in Kuala-friggin-Lumpur. You find a map of power.
May Flower Seafood Restaurant and Food Court,
144A, Jalan Vivekananda,
Off Jalan Tun Sambanthan, Brickfields,
50470 Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA
Send them our love.
Music: Autoparking
Posted: April 14th, 2009 | Author: John | Filed under: music production | No Comments »How to Solve Parking Congestion
A Scolex project.
Production Notes:
The aural guide to urban origami. The perfect way to have a car and live in a city is to have foldable transportation.
“折り紙は楽しい”
Dual bassline layers. Primary layer celebrates an acid house pattern, while the secondary layer keeps pace with a sub/saw tone with a touch of high-velocity reverb — creating space.
As it breaks, the bassline shifts chords into a syncopated EBM-style but retaining the secondary layer. This creates a sense of tempo while retaining space.
132BPM. Very out of my typical BPM range. But allowed me to fill in the blanks with a series of re-modulated sounds. Fractals.
Casio SK1 sample. Looped with a tape-looper.
Breaks from Keith Hillebrandt‘s Useful Noise Vol. 2. The only sample release I’m proud to own.
Sequenced on Ableton Live 7.0.11 on my MacBook (2.2GHz/4GB).
Vember Audio Surge
Click to listen:
[audio:http://johnkuan.com/music/scolex/autoparking-scolex-premaster128.mp3]
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Music: Wet Pavement
Posted: April 10th, 2009 | Author: John | Filed under: music production | No Comments »KL was raining yesterday.
Production Notes:
For the Scolex project.
I was walking around Pudu. For the most part, it was raining.
Moist Agoraphobes Chanting
Polyrhythm dub delay. And organic acid-style conversation.
Reverberated bassline. Modulated waveform sync / freqs. Denotes slippery pavement with a literal physical movement.
Percussion adds pace. Staggered particle sizes to give illusion of speed.
135BPM.
Sequenced on Ableton Live 7.0.11 on my MacBook (2.2GHz/4GB).
Click to listen:
[audio:http://johnkuan.com/music/scolex/wet_pavement-scolex-premaster128.mp3]
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Music: Seitch
Posted: April 1st, 2009 | Author: John | Filed under: music production | 3 Comments »An Arrakean Community Chant.
Production Notes:
A Seitch is community of Fremen, from Frank Herbert’s Dune
“Sand keeps the skin clean, and the mind.”
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Dry sand-type atmospheric patches blended with low fidelity stabs and bulges. Bounced Surge patches controlled via PS2-USB-MIDI controller.
Bass-line depicts the movement of the Fremen people across the deserts of Dune. Rhythmic parts intended to capture an post-civilization ethnicity with organic overtones.
Completed overarching ambient themes first.
Custom bass patch from TalBassline.
Sequenced on Ableton Live 7.0.11 on my MacBook (2.2GHz/4GB).
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[audio:http://johnkuan.com/music/seitch-premaster128.mp3]
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