Some weeks ago a friend of mine tipped me about Venetian Snares (thanks Jason). I have always loved drum'n'bass, especially when the artist doesn't fall into formulas but has his breaks evolve constantly. Venetian Snares is an anomaly of an musician; not only are his breaks totally crazed, but he pretty much only writes music in 7/8 meter, which sets him apart of most electronica artists, slave to an exclusively binary conception of rhythm.
I have been checking his discography and there are quite a few gems there. Last night I was a bit insomniac so I decided to program a generative system that generates a constantly changing stream of beats. I toyed around with some melodic / harmonic elements too, and the result was quite encouraging for only a few programming hours. Next step is to explore the constant change of meter, something dance music is pretty much alien to.
This is the improvised, 9 min. session:
This is only the beginning, more to come soon.
I have been checking his discography and there are quite a few gems there. Last night I was a bit insomniac so I decided to program a generative system that generates a constantly changing stream of beats. I toyed around with some melodic / harmonic elements too, and the result was quite encouraging for only a few programming hours. Next step is to explore the constant change of meter, something dance music is pretty much alien to.
This is the improvised, 9 min. session:
This is only the beginning, more to come soon.
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