“Xenakis was the first fully electronic song that I wrote, produced and mixed. I created it when I was getting familiar with granular synthesis, a form of audio processing that consists of breaking down a sound into grains. Although granularity can be very useful for decorative elements within production, I used it as the forefront of the piece. This allowed me to think less about chords and scales, and more about the textures and colours that I could use to create a fully immersive soundscape.”

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Leaving aside dense, granulated, reverberated mixes, Richy Gaia is a groove based, light and fun song to ride your bike to. Made mostly out of hardware equipment, the song takes its name from combining Aphex Twins first name (Richard D. James) and the name of the synth the lead line was made with, the Roland Gaia.

With the exception of the drums (made with a Zoom RT 123 drum machine), every musical sound you hear on this track comes from a single source: a granulated guitar. It is the first single of the upcoming album All Given Names Are Literal And Have Meaning. It is a further exploration of glitch hop style, focusing on groove and texture as a whole, rather than just the latter.

Part of the upcoming album: All Given Names Are Literal And Have Meaning

This song samples the song Adoration by Florence Beatrice Price and turns the slow, ambient organ sounds into a Drum & Bass track through glitchy drums, time stretches and spacial movement.

Part of the upcoming album: All Given Names Are Literal And Have Meaning

Described as “cinematic”, Attempt 1 is an agglomeration of samples and snippets collected from different jams that took place in Berklee studios and house parties, as well as field recordings of multiple streets around the world.

Part of the upcoming album: All Given Names Are Literal And Have Meaning