New projects 2024-2025

Latest studio projects.

• January 15, 2015 (m4a), January 15, 2015 (mp3), 04'18. An ambient piece over a creaky, scratchy, cuica-like background that was probably made with the Reaktor synth Skanner XT back in 2015. The drum shuffle was adapted to the varying tempo of the background. Synth overlays are PhasePlant watery pad, Reaktor Blocks saw-sine lead, u-he Bazille bells, and Arturia Analog Lab "theremin" lead.
• February 11, 2019 (m4a), February 11, 2019 (mp3), 05'20. A jazz-adjacent piece with harmon-muted cornet over a rolling drum and bass line that has a fixed-tempo pulse but not a strict meter. Electric piano is the Ableton/AAS Electric instrument. Bass is u-he Diva. Additional percussion is Noise Engineering Basimilus Iteritas with a slow random mod of key parameters.
• June 19, 2014 (A Fright) (m4a), June 19, 2014 (A Fright) (mp3), 01'27. A cinematic piece based on an audio recording made with the Reaktor synth Scanner XT. That recording had an implied variable tempo, which was mapped out in Digital Performer. Drums were added, and then a drone from the Newfangled Generate synth. Finally an acoustic-sounding marimba was added.
• May 12, 2023 (m4a), May 12, 2023 (mp3), 03'18. An atmospheric piece using Reason's Objekt synth for the bell drone, enhanced with Noise Engineering's Desmodus. Bass is u-he's Diva. Lead is the Floboe patch on Yamaha's PLG150-VL, a virtual acoustic, physical modeling synth, played with breath controller (I think). A simple, three-track piece.
• April 21, 2024 (m4a), April 21, 2024 (mp3), 05'21. A drone piece mostly based on a sample of an arpeggio player on a Roland JX-8P. Synths include Kilohearts PhasePlant for the drone, Native Instruments Reaktor Skanner XT for the lead, Ableton Simpler and Reason Grain for the countermelodies, Ableton Operator and NI Reaktor Prism for the basses.

All compositions, arrangements, and performances on trumpet, cornet, fluegelhorn, keyboard, and percussion by Kalle Nemvalts.