Chill House vibe

https://soundcloud.com/fredrickrafael/dreams-remix-flux-fx

Here is a sample of audio. This is from my Senior EP I remixed the original song we recorded. I took the vocals of the song sound designed the vocals to a new original chill house vibe track. No samples or loops used in the original or this remix sample.

Roli Seaboard

http://youtu.be/hP-Tzq3hFgQhttp://youtu.be/hP-Tzq3hFgQ

In looking on new ways to create music or a new sound I stumbled onto The seaboard by new UK company Roli. It's the next step of progression for the piano/keyboards. It's the most expressive keyboard instrument that is not just midi controller. Roli has collaborated with plug in company's to make a custom sound engine inside of the seaboard. This keyboard has it all pressure sensitive after touch, ribbon control, polyphonic, velocity touch, new material for keys, modulation touch, vibrato in the keys, instead of programming or having one or two other devices to handle of all of those parameters. They are in how you play the seaboard seems very intuitive and fun! The next hardware/instrument I would buy would be this. This seaboard can simulate an acoustic bass slaps and frets without the cheesy fake sample sounds. It goes on to emulate the guitar, physical modeled (mallets, bells,), and any other synth or bass accurately. Music since going digital has taken a lot flack about artistry. I think this and other innovations can change music. There's some authenticity to this cause it's a real instrument you can play it like a real upright bass. Just the new material and the soft tactile feel of the groove keys compared to the hard plastic keys of regular keyboards. The notes can pitch bend and slid at the same time. The combination of performances can be amazing. Don't take my word for it look the videos posted yourself.

Introduction

Here's an introduction of what this blog is about and some production.

Design by nature

After watching a series on youtube starring Pharrell. Where he was interviewing different artist from different fields such as architecture, product/interior design, music/audio, and traditional painter/sculptor. The show is called artist talk on the reserve channel. On this one episode Pharrell interviewed  Karim Rashid famous interior and product designer & Kenny Scharf pop artist. Well more about Karim and his unique odd free form shaped colored designs. Karim has designed two hotels one in Germany called nHow and the other in Greece called Semiramis. He designed the lobbies, restaurants, pools, rooms, even full professional recording studio in the nHow. The nHow is the most lavish design with big free form shape pink blob for its front desk. The lobby is full of the same of free form furniture. He says he wants his furniture and designs to be experiences for everybody. The type of designs he makes are high priced and usually not seen by the public this way people can enjoy the designs. About Kenny he was roomates and friends with the late graffiti artist Keith Haring. Keith Haring graffiti became iconic especially with hip hop during the nineties. That same graffiti style has inspired many even to new artist these from Chicago’s own Hebru Brantly. As he uses that Haring style in some of his paintings. All of this goes back to the essence of art people expressing themselves and just using the tools available. So art can be whatever it wants to be it’s mostly by what the viewer sees.

 
    This is James Blake performing at the pitchfork festival in Paris this past November. He is an UK electronic producer, but not like a Teisto fist pumping type of electronic music. Blake is little more chill ambient/soul music. With a couple of his last projects he has turned more into the singer/songwriter but producing all of the music himself. Last with 2013 being his biggest breakthrough year coming out with the awarded album Overgrown & getting a big co-sign from Kanye West being his favorite artist to listen to. He's is now working on new material, but check out he video above to hear him perform his best songs.

   He is definitely what you would call a sophisticated creative. Leave a comment let us know your thoughts on James Blake http://youtu.be/o2BVk5tWciI