01/29 thrumma

 

a while back I stumbled upon a live dj set, one of many held in that space all day long, complete with very good independent art, movement and libations, all done by very young, VERY hip korean DIY artists who seem to be the coolest people in town, imo. I felt a little old and was getting side glances, but that’s ok.. i’m a 55 yo white dude crashing their party. I tried to be as unobtrusive as i could be. the music being spun and created live was pretty cool, though i kept asking myself, why is this not grabbing me? i think it’s the reliance on EDM tropes.. things that seem to only be cliche to me. no one else seems to mind. so i thought.. thrum.  there needs to be a thrumming rhythmic element instead of that ubiquitous 4onthefloor kick that punches my intestines.. i’d want them to be massaged, even loudly. so.. THRUM.

I took the idea home and started making things that thrum.

This morning i remembered that and revived the idea.

Today’s music is part of that. I’ll do more exploring and see what works.

only 2 very short sounds are used in the making of this:

a pure tone kick: a sweep from a mid freq sine to a low (~100Hz to 20Hz), very fast

a pure tone bip: a very brief (just a few dozen ms) sine wave tone at 440Hz.

various modulators activated in real time by assigned sliders on my keyboard did the magic. and of course, filters, compressors, samplers, EQ, reverb, etc.

you heard it here first, folks... THRUM.

(if that’s already a thing, well.. shit)