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5:08 minutes (4.71 MB)Sonar, Fruity Loops, SY77 and lots of lovely jungle, plus some random noises to keep it interesting... This is a big tune...

5:18 minutes (4.85 MB)

I used the Devine Machine to mash up a few drum loops from my Jungle Warfare CD's, which I put into Sonar where I added a 2-note synth line, playing with the VST instrument Pentagon to create both a synth part and a bass line. The SY77 just fills out the top end a bit.

5:57 minutes (5.45 MB)

The aliens are coming! One afternoon with Fruity Loops. What else can I say? More Jungle Warfare Samples and a slightly alien theme...

3:25 minutes (3.13 MB)

Um, just an improv wigout... chilled out trippy drums and funky autowah guitars. A bit of throat singing and other little samples to keep it interesting.

4:37 minutes (4.25 MB)

One of my favourites, this is feel-good stoner drum and bass. All written in Sonar with a minimum of complications, basic midi sounds out of my MU50 and keyboard and a couple of cool VST's. What more do you need?

4:45 minutes (4.36 MB)

1. The branch of theology that is concerned with the end of the world or of humankind.
2. A belief or a doctrine concerning the ultimate or final things, such as death, the destiny of humanity, the Second Coming, or the Last Judgment.

Which is why it's a happy tune... (jungle warfare samples, live guitar & keys)

5:46 minutes (5.28 MB)

This tune showcases the amazing Ohm Boyz delay plug-in, along with the Devine Machine and a little ReFX plugin called 'The Claw'. This is current, latest, hot off the presses music from my bedroom....

3:31 minutes (3.24 MB)

Ladies and Gentlemen, A tribute! I give you the Vortex...

...I'm only doing this because I like your robot...

2:01 minutes (1.86 MB)

Some ramblings, samples and a nice electric piano sound. Stops a bit abruptly, but there you go. This was all recorded in Sonar and Fruity Loops.

3:56 minutes (7.46 MB)

This song was built up from the bassline, I always heard the 1st beat in a different place to Kieron, so when I actually got round to recording, he had to learn how to play it all over again! Jungle Warfare Samples, Fruity Loops and my guitar... Bass was recorded through the Fender Bassman on my Line6 Amp.

LYRICS

I don't know if I told you that there ain't no other
way of life for the criminal kind,
you couldn't hear it, but I did discover
how to get out of this frame of mind.

I don't know if you want it but you've got to grab it
before it's out of sight
like you never understood than when you be my lover
all of the time it's like, it's like,

I wanna be whole again...

4:35 minutes (4.2 MB)

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I was pretty pleased with the effects on the MU50, this tune was really my first real exploration into SysEx messages and things like that. Of course this isn't really relevant anymore, but at the time it was mind-blowing what you could do with Yamaha XG!

9:16 minutes (8.49 MB)

Slow, hypnotic, someone listening to a bit too much Omni Trio, perhaps?

7:32 minutes (6.9 MB)

I wrote this at a time when I was listening to a lot of Moving Shadow compilations....

6:51 minutes (6.27 MB)

Again, heavily influenced, another drum and bass tune...

9:29 minutes (11.51 MB)

Yes yes, I know it's pretty ropey! This is the first tune I wrote on my first computer wot I bought with my own money - so of COURSE it has to be here!

5:14 minutes (6.94 MB)

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10:25 minutes (14.44 MB)

Cheesy dance track, hilariously I tried to play the delay on the piano instead of ACTUALLY using delay on the piano.

6:39 minutes (9.73 MB)

8:25 minutes (7.71 MB)

The original (and my favourite) version of the Vortex!

8:57 minutes (13.27 MB)