Sliptide Seattle Electronic Music Producer & Performer

December 2009 Open Projects Review

With all of the joy and craziness of the holiday season, I haven't really been doing much in the way of music production. This is a good thing, since I've needed a bit of a break and some time to 'reset' the creative process in order to get back into producing outside of tech-house.

I've been surprised by what I've heard by going through my project files, exporting things to Mp3, and listening to them on the go on my phone (I don't have an iPod or easy-to-manage mp3 player, but my Android phone rocks my socks for a music player!)

First up is a set of songs that I've had on my plate for entirely too long. They pre-date some of the work I've been doing for my next trip-hop and downtempo adventure.

"Breaking Horizons"
"Space & Time"
"Project 2"
"The Deep Trips"

All of those have appeared in some way, shape, or form in the project clips I had posted awhile back. There's even a YouTube video of me making the first bits of "Breaking Horizons".

These tracks are great and about 90% complete! I would *like* to see if anyone out there is interested in releasing them on a label, but if nothing comes of that after I shop around an EP, I will put them up on Sliptide.com and Soundcloud for listening enjoyment.

Then we come to the collection of tracks making their way on to "This Modern Depression", an album I've been working on for awhile. I still have a lot of writing and vocal work to do for this project, but I've found new inspiration and am very excited to continue working on these songs.

So far we have:

"Torch" - An anthem piece that carries a bit of emotion through it much like a Massive Attack track would.
"Grace" - originally appeared on my For the Cure 2008 breast cancer benefit album. The song will be deliciously re-mastered.
"Aces High" - Trip hop goodness with some organic instrumentation.
"Envisioning the West" - A shorter song with some dark overtones.. it's almost interlude-like, but stands on its own quite well.
" Conversation with the Passing" - A breakbeat styled track that has a lot of trip-hop influence a'la Sneaker Pimps, with a crazy glitch synth that I put together with manual warping on the x-y of the padKontrol.
"This Modern Depression" - Lyrics almost complete, and I'm very excited to knock this one out. It's dark, it's drippy, and it kicks major ass.
"You're Surrounded" - Thick beat and synth, has a bit of a hip-hop flair.
"Forward" - A direct cue from Massive Attack. I made this track awhile ago and have been fiddling with the EQ and mix-down to make it sound right. Some great trip-hop percussion and bass.
"Great Start 1" - Unnamed yet and still needs a lot of work, but more of an indie-styled track that I love in its awkwardness. It sounds kinda funky but has a charm to it that I want to share with everyone.
"1" - Then there's another project also needs a name, but the sounds are great! More downtempo and trip-hop goodness here to round out a great song list so far.

That makes 10 tracks. I don't know if there will be more than 10 songs on the album, but that's what I have going so far. There's a lot of work to be done, but I'm gaining ground and will post more tidbits and updates here on the website.

Lastly.. Here's the official count and word on the house music I've been making. I've sent 2 tracks via Soundcloud to a local label to see if they might be interested in working with me or having my music published through them-- I will probably solicit some additional labels once I get a proper press kit put together for this project.

"Mit Freunden"
"Tunnels"
"While My Lover Sleeps"
"Cold Hands, Warm Body"
"Ninety West"
"Bank Shot"
"Twelve Twelve"
"Moon Drop"
"Dig Out Your Heart"
"Constrictor"