Description : Do not freak out just because this is jazz! There's also blues, rock, funk and a little hip hop in it to break up the deep, chillout jazz sections - gets particularly rocking then funky at the end. Main bassline (the track's foundation) is recycled leftover slide resonator guitar parts detuned one octave to make a slide bass sound. Also features: piano, violin, hammered dulcimer, organ, ethereal pad guitar, bass guitar, jazz/blues/rock electric guitar and multiple programmed acoustic drumkits. This was difficult to make at times as I thought I needed more leads parts eg from sax or trumpet. But I'm happyish with the end result. I expect very little interest in this as it's both jazz and long jazz. But it's also an unusual type of genre-mixing jazz. So, leave your thoughts, good or bad, if you like...
Description : This track contains only free loops from several Looperman artists. This one is especially sweet to me - i hope you will enjoy to listen it as much as me while making it. :) UPDATE 2015.10.24.: improved audio quality - lower lows, higher highs. Now in 256kbps!
Applied loops (fully or partially):
FERRYTERRY: 0747210-0054759 (90 bpm spacetrip single guitar),
0747210-0054758 (90 bpm spacetrip double guitar),
0747210-0055660 (120 swing drum 2),
MIDISPARKS: 0479957-0059406 (bonang groove),
0479957-0047347 (sunrise percussion),
0479957-0047312 (sunrise riders),
PSYCHOTROPIC_CIRCLE: 0071878-0005564 (Fat Fusion 120),
0071878-0002790 (Fusion 01),
THEDREAMMERCHANT: 0431343-0040289 (Creepy Groan),
0431343-0040290 (Creepy Laugh),
ELASTROTOM: 0878928-0059665 (ElastronicallyYours Bass),
QWERTY12: 0460559-0058073 (101 Spacey Studio Kit),
NIGHTINGALE: 0207475-0035862 (Doll Tears),
VANTAGE: 0468737-0037624 (Vantage - Snow Drop Piano),
DANB10: 1137042-0069663 (Wasser rauschen),
THEPANTHERLAB: 0430930-0049010 (solo hats delay 2 - 100 bpm),
NGSBB: 0094137-0047984 (Cmin9 Bossa Nova Nylon Guitar 120 bpm),
SONICLEARNINGS: 0518158-0045674 (Above the sadness),
TEXARCANA: 0434810-0053253 (A 21st Century IPCRESS sound),
TONYRAY: 0481887-0039714 (Acrili choral over piano),
ACRYLIC: 0170043-0009506 (Swingshift 3),
SCOTTSIMS1970: 0867406-0057508 (Jazz Guitar),
TRANCEFER: 0052497-0001017 (Rhodes Lounge),
MEGAPAUL: 0448131-0065256 (Gorgonzola Burgers 80bpm Gm),
CRAIGBLACKMOORE: 0593331-0057231 (ambient-drums-80bpm), - (unavaiable loop?)
Description : "Sausalito Sunrise" is a smooth jazz track featuring SlapJohnson on flute and Eric Bustamante on guitar; I play all other instruments. "Da BassMan" is sort of a drum and bass / reggae track, lots of groove hope you enjoy it.
Description : Enjoy and let me know what you think about it!
Two first singles of my upcoming horror jazz LP are out on the most of streaming platforms. Go give me couple of spins!
Every instrument is performed and recorded live. Piano, double bass, drums.
Instruments Used:
-"LIRA" upright piano (MADE IN USSR in 1973)
-"KAY" upright bass (MADE IN GERMANY somwhere in 1950th)
-TAMA Imperial Star + Pearl OMAR HAKIM snare + Various Ziljian cymbals.
Description : Update Nov. 11.: Mastered
. We wish everyone a wonderful Time with our song "Our Love" in a Dixieland version.
Music and keys Angelica Schwanitz, vocals and guitar Manuela Boekels and a big thank you to "Olafs Jazz Kombo" who took part in this fun!
Description : Every instrument is performed and recorder live. Piano, double bass, drums.
Instruments Used:
-"WELTMEISTER" upright piano (MADE IN GERMANY in 1938)
-"KAY" upright bass (MADE IN GERMANY somwhere in 1950th)
-TAMA Imperial Star + Pearl OMAR HAKIM snare + Various Ziljian cymbals.
I just put together some old ideas to see if it will work. Some vocals and brass, or guitars is clearly needed. Let me know what you think about it. Tnx
Description : This song highlights a few different styles of jazz. First it starts with a kinda early 20s and 30s groove. Than it melds into a New Orleans style. Than into a sort of Maynard Ferguson big band jazz/rock groove, and finishing off with the 20s and 30s style again, all held together with some cool horns and bass. All n all, it's...Pretty Cool! Hope you like
Description : My last LP very jazzy, in the spirit of Bugge Wesseltoft, one of the best actual electro jazz man. And if you want more about me, my album is now available on my bandcamp!
https://bleep1.bandcamp.com/album/second-life
Description : Made with love from...
looperman-l-2968451-0165883-lo-fi-jazz-hop-piano
looperman-l-1319133-0108878-fanto8bc-dubuc-beat
looperman-l-1352219-0087174-jensmuse-indian-rhythm-vande-mataram
looperman-l-1684172-0089454-bjornchapman-ethnic-flute-key-of-c
120 BPM
Description : This track made me just stop working on it and listen to it for enjoyment.
Smooth Mellow funky Jazz. Uses: 0111003-djrumplestiltskin-swung-funk-drum-beat, 0087009-mrroads442-guitar-line, 0072485-michiel555-mellow-funk, 0058934-ferryterry-90-bpm-soprano-sax. Is this Funk or Jazz?
Description : This track contains only free loops from Stayonbeat.com and several loops from Looperman artists (listed below). I "made a promise" that my next track will be use a lot of jazzy loops - well, i done with this track, for the great sadness of jazz lovers or experts i think - i fear they will never forgive me. :) While my ISP launches my internet out of the Earth system for a long time, i had to face the fact that i dont have too much downloaded jazz loops on my computer, so i think no wonder that this one is sounds like if i smoke some marihuana while making it. But hey, who cares, i like the result - it reminds me the (maybe only) really funny episode of "Breaking Bad", where Pinkman uses some heroin and flyes up with an idiotic smile on his face - that chapter is priceless. :D
I dont think this one needs a vocal, but ofcourse you can use it if you want, and as always, just write and i will give any support as i can. Any feedback welcomed too as always. Enjoy! UPDATE 2015.10.24.: improved audio quality - lower lows, higher highs. Now in 256kbps!
Applied loops :
STEVEJAZ : 1118799-0068664 (The Jazz Vehicle), 1118799-0068713 (A Lydian Chords 1),
TUMBLEWEED : 0498019-0068255 (G Sharp Acoustic Rhythm), 0498014-0068257 (120 A Tele Rhythm),
JOEFUNKTASTIC : 0630386-0055418 (MrF - Great Scott - Set 1 - Piano 120 A), 06300386-0054520 (MrF - South Bronx Ghetto Piano 92C),
DANKE : 0671112-0066558 (Heaven Calls), 0671112-0067503 (Reggae Sax),
REI4REAL : 0039029-0005229 (Rei Smile03 D 120), 0039029 (Rei - Plain3 D 100),
SERIALCHILLER : 0000003-00000076 (Chilla Do Do Vox Fx),
DJFREDVAL: 0002663-0007540 (FV 120 BackBeat2)
Description : Music by Antonio Carlos Jobim. This particular piano arrangement is from one of jazz sheet piano books I found on scribd. The electric piano is MrRay22 plugin which I played on Casio CDP220 digital piano. This is also a new piece that I learned today so it was quite tricky to get a proper touch at places and overall make the entire thing sound anywhere realistic. I tried many times and this was probably the best take. Also I am relatively new to playing latin piano music. I didn't manipulate any notes after recording - instead I added few virtual vintage amps. I choose jazz but it is a bossa nova latin style. Enjoy and feel free to comment and download.
Description : Jazzy trip hop.
Every instrument is performed and recorded live. Piano, double bass, drums.
Description : This jazz fusion track contains loops only from looperman artists. UPDATE 2015.10.24.: improved audio quality - lower lows, higher highs. Now in 256kbps!
Applied loops (fully or partially) :
JFW : 0226904-0060572 (JFW - Bassline 1), 0226904-0060573 (JFW 1 - Bassline 1 - tonal variation),
TRANCEFER : 0052497-0001085 (Jazz Club Sound Perc Loop), 0052497-0001086 (ChillLounge - Piano Riff),
MEGAPAUL : 0448131-0059455 (D-C-130bpm-Delayed-Guitar), 0448131-0059581 (The Melon Bass Riff 100bpm),
MWRATRIDGE : 0631933-0052906 (House be home), 0631933-0052980 (The Final Hour),
ARTEMKUK : 0267945-0022097 (Simple jazz ish loop),
RICKMAL : 0300400-0026909 (Guitar woofin),
CRYPTIXIC : 0538582-0043542 (Lemon Guitar only),
FERRYTERRY : 0747210-0059379 (Guitar steps 5),
SLAPJOHNSON: 0067443-0007179 (Jack Russell Flute loop 2),
PSYCHOTROPIC_CIRCLE : 0071878-0003640 (Double Bass g 118),
SHORTBUSMUSIC : 0500098-0052359 (End of World Choir in Gm-Cm),
SOUNDLI : 0402590-0052498 (Karolis Soundly - Beat),
3rdNIPPLEMUSIC : 0609523-0059038 (visher lonely b note 112),
MRFUNKSTASTIC : 0630386-0054433 (Mr Funk beautiful pianos series session five 150f).
Description : "Oh no - not jazz metal! You're not supposed to mix those genres together." Yes, but someone's got to and the musical gods have chosen me for the difficult task. 9 mins of instrumental jazz metal - damn I sure know how to write a hit song - US No 1 here I come. Anyway - there's some dark, swinging groovy jazz, with Rhodes and guitar as the main instruments, for a few minutes and then some haunting, thumping evil breaks loose. Look out for the powerful synth horn sound. And then it just gets heavier and heavier before returning to some nice chillgroove funky mystery jazz. Instruments played and/or programmed: electric guitar, bass guitar, electric cello, multiple programmed acoustic drumkits, filtered strings, Rhodes, big synth bass, evil synth horn and a few other assorted synths. I assume this has too much jazz for metallers and too much metal for jazzers. So, only for weirdoes like me who enjoy both. This will surely be too odd for most people but I like to think it's pretty interesting and powerful. Let me know how its weirdness worked for you...
Description : Kind of medium up tempo. Something I would perform at the after party of a show.
I love this track; I wish more players would expand their sound by not being a slave to the genre titles and styles in their compositions. You morphed your way through at least four if not five different genres. Sounds like youve freed your mind and your sound. Thanks for sharing.
AWE-SO-ME track!!!!!! don' t find words to describe the pleasure i took in listening to this master piece! im' really impressed!
As i always said: "there's music in our life because there's life in our music" (Bleep)
Thanks for this precious moment
Bleep
hi, this is probably the first time when I have a chance to hear the 'jazz' kind of piece from you, at least about 0:45 - 1:52 when there's typical 'jazz piano trio' drumming - it returns again many times throughout the track.
I love the intro - it's a bit ambient-like.
I heard some song on the radio this morning when driving my car https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xnn7dNPDZlw
and I thought that (southern?) beat reminds your playing from 9:42.
Some nice jazzy keys at 10:04 - I like them. They appear just for a moment but it's very cool.
Again some piano from 4:45. From 6:19 really fine jazz guitar playing with a bit of a piano.
Probably I will need to listen to your track once more to find more jazz elements.
I enjoyed it - it's quite different from your other songs. Alex
Also, I wanted to say this music made me think of the sound track in the Stallone movie "Bullet to the Head". If you have a chance to listen to some of those pieces, done by Steve Mazzaro and Hans Zimmer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ek8K_BiMtec
I bet you could do some similar stuff.
This was different kind of song, and some very nice guitar strumming in it. It's got some southern influences and I thought it was a nice mix. Thanks for sharing this piece.
I see what you mean about maffin's review, It's more like a novel than a review and this one isn't going to be anywhere near half as good because of my lack of imagination when it comes to comments. I'm actually a lot better at slagging things off than i am providing positive comments which is one of the reasons i get annoyed that you HAVE to be nice around this place in order to get feedback returned.(not that i can slate this tune in any way)
Everything sounds on point to me and i do enjoy a jazz number from time to time so i'll just finish by saying....you guessed it......great track!
(see, i told you my reviews are shit)
FR
"Yo. I was actually going to send you a PM drawing your attention to Maffin's wonderful review. Not good because he likes the track but because of how he expresses it and the empathy with issues I struggle with when making it and others.
And he even asked for it to be longer - first time anyone's done that.
You now have to think when commenting on my stuff "Is that review as good as Maffin's Low Key Love review?" If not, you need to make it better, which doesn't necessarily mean adding more Latin!"
Ah well I appreciate a good review and it's refreshing to see someone contribute like that..for me it's not a competition. As I get older I realize that I am not competing against others but against myself.
"I'm not sure what the British blend is that I bring to Americana Appalachian blues. Don't know if any of my music sound 'British' (maybe you only say it cos you know I'm English)."
It's not because your English. I really like English musicians interpretation of American music styles. it's different and unique and it has it's own character.
Take Punk for example. Born and invented in the early seventies in NYC..(Ramones, NY Dolls) The British just took it too another level. All the great bands like Zeppelin, and the Stones, looked at the delta blues and added there twist on it. One of my fav's Bryan Ferry was trying to sound like Otis Redding..does he..well no, he adopted some of the glottal sounds of Otis, but his northern background and sensibilities made it sound unique. You my friend are unique in your interpretation of Appalachian blues and delta blues with your guitar and bass structures. That's what makes it fun. I can think of no one who sounds like you in the states. No one.
"I bet you like a good mashup as that's a glimpse at what two or more good artists could have made if they had got together.
Wax Audio is my fave mashup guy. He has 3 great free albums, containing wittily-titled gems such as this:"
I have all 3 albums..love his work!
Really liked "Judas" with Priest and Gaga..
There is a great Mashup with the Beatles Tax Man, the Surfaris' Wipe out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYDK2yXE0yU, and the Batman Theme that is just awesome
Later
MT, Faux G ,Crucethus, Steven the third incarnation of ...Sai Baba (I just pulled that one out of the air).His Majesty the jubilant and petulant and not bald in any way (thanks genes)Steven the 10th.
"you open so many routes through the forest".
Might be the best allegorical phrase ever uttered on this site so kudos to Maffin.
I am now listening to this track on headphones, which is not something I normally do. It has a more emotional feel to me this way to listen like this. Still gives me the feeling of live. But I see Maffin's point about the drums and quantizing. Have you considered working with a live drummer?
On Headphones the bass at 6:14 is amazing esp. in contrast with the guitar and then the piano comes in..my fav part. kind of a bluesy piano and not a grand piano but just a lazy upright you might find in a school..that's what I love about the piano. There is a kind of sentimentality in this tune that I missed the first time around. I think I understand why you named it as such..now. What's weird is you have such a twisted and (good) sensibility of Americana Appalachian blues with such a unique British blend it's uncanny and differently pleasant to listen too.
Major Tom!!!
Man I'm way behind on these latest tracks being posted. Some pretty choice stuff has been added recently.
Well, I never freak out on your tracks based on description. Only after I start listening. Cool factor does it for me every time.
The intro reminds me of a band warming up right before a live gig. You know how everybody tends to do their own thing briefly just before going into that first song. Enjoyed that. The one thing that I tripped on listening to this track is the tone setup on the guitar. Very much reminds me of Robin Trower. Yeah its jazzy but I dig the blues rock aspect here, and I really dig Robin Trower so thats what really floated the boat for me. These other guys have pretty much covered everything with some real detailed breakdown, so I will spare you the redundancy.
I know you like the technical commentary and of course I would love to be more critical and exacting on my comments as well but im really not so much into that. Besides you really dont need my help bro. I would hope that you understand that, at least in my case, instead of being your critic, I just want to be your Fan. Which I am.
Very good indeed. I think this is one of my favourites of yours, and with a proper ending...:)
Seriously, I think when people see jazz they run a mile without realising that it refers to form and mode of expression rather than a set of instruments or rules, in other words, improvisation as a bedrock rather than pre-planned composition, and what makes this work so well is that you manage to use such a wide range of instruments, sounds, grooves and moods, techniques and methods, drawing on so much, but delivery something so well blended and musically logical.
It does everything utterly organically almost like there were no computers involved, but underneath you are actually cutting loops and being highly technical to create it. The piano is especially good, you can almost smell the furniture polish and hear guys jamming in an old rehearsal room, but all done in the lab. I love the way you use technology to free yourself from the traps (like drum loops) which technology can sour things with.
If Im being really picky, I wonder if you have groove quantised the programmed drums, theres a touch of the Logic 16C about that swing, and I like it to feel looser personally, especially as your live playing is so brilliant and seasoned; you can just rely on your ability and humanity and stick your neck out. Let the tempo and pattern drift if it wants to like you do in the instrument parts. There are also tiny places where I waiting for anothererlead or theme on top somehow, like a real melody to emerge out of such a living liquid bed, but again, that's a very personal taste.
The only criticism, if that's the right word, as that you open so many routes through the forest, so many possibilities, teases and suggestions, you can't pay them all off (no one could) and although this is a great feature as it allows the listener to imagine the rest, it makes me long for an album length exploration of the same bass lick, or at least about 30 mins, so that things can be planted, grown, allowed to intermingle and then be revisited in their natural time frame...'more' is definitely more with you!
This is a very successful trip and a real joy to hear music so worked and considered, but retaining so much vitality and verve, but when you're onto something like this, I just want you to keep going, and then, keep going...!
Great to bring things to a neat ending, but perhaps there's more of this story to be told...?
Well done.
M
Incredible. I was a bit sceptic at the beginning but it grew on me with every second.
listen to his new album...
a color map of the sun...
his cd 2 contains studio reels.
listen to them.
nice riffs....
sounds like a Pretty Lights song....
good work
Perhaps 12 Tone offers closest thing to infinite variety in note pallette. It may turn out there is at the end of the day a 12tone sound but I don't know yet. I spend quite a bit of time playing with 12 tone concepts.
U do a wonderful job at around 9 minutes in of heating things up via very smooth transition.
Enjoyed listening to this again. Peace
Wow, very nice one! I call this in myself as "intelligent music". So complex and so smooth... Congrats!
I think it's now inspired me to use lots of jazzy loops in my next project (will be horrible, i fear :D).
Very interesting blend of instruments. I like the sounds here. The tension and build up is nice. Great job!
Cognac
Very interesting blend of instruments. I like the sounds here. The tension and build up is nice. Great job!
Cognac
Even prior to hitting the play button...I just knew I won't be disappointed, because you always deliver great performance on many levels in your works and this one is no exception...
Among many other candies I have to emphasise great drum parts on this one...
Those 11 minutes were over ia a flash...thx for sharing...
Orlando
Well you will get no complaints from me, nor long comments! sorry I just love what I hear and everything blends so well, I like it and so do my ears. Nice work.
Best wishes,
Mark/Larry!
Hi MrNomad,
Unfortunately I have no time for a longer comment, but I wanted to let you that I really liked this new song of yours!
My personal highlight: the clean guitar around ~6:40
I really liked this song... even if it has "less" drumming than your usual songs, but I find it beautiful!
Ciao, Domenico
PS: is this going to be on your "electro-jazz" album?
Well u have a customer here and many more I am sure. Have been very much in this space of the slow ponderous groove. Big fan of this choice of instruments. A lot of attention to detail here. Very musical. Very patient with ur development. Big hats off.
This is a pretty cool track StaticNomad. It takes you on an interesting ride. I really like from 3:38 to 4:45 and 9:42 to 10:38. You blended everything up nicely through out the whole track. Nice work.
The drumming on this is especially well done, I like the mixture of all the instruments, they all mix together nicely to form the song
Nice Filtered bass tone on the intro.(Main basssline (the track's foundation) is recycled leftover slide resonator guitar detuned one octave to make a slide bass sound) Sinister start. It feels to me like a dixie jazz funeral procession with out the brass, but the nice eerie synth is cool. You have definitely created a mood with this tune. The bass work really defines and holds this tune together. Like the snare at 3:52. Break at 4:56 is cool..has a disjointed feel as if the whole song will just shatter into many pieces but then that guitar brings it back with some nice percussion. 5:50 is another nice interlude of creativity. The Piano is so subtle in this but nicely done. Also the way you recorded this one it has a live feel to it. 7:50 becomes very uplifting but briefly and then it's dark again.8:33 and 8:44 interesting acid sound. Nice slide starting at 9:08. 9:50 feels like it's morphing into another song. Holy crap..an ending!!
Very good work. I like the overall feel and presentation of this.
Hi Alex!
Another quality and valuable track (as usual)...I was afraid a bit when I saw that word jazz but than I red your description...:-)
My favourite parts...
1. from 1.30-2.15 that ethereal guitar? voice is awesome...
2. from around 7.10 that piano leadish part...
3. from 8.22 that headbanging groovy...
Thanx for the upload, hope everything is fine around your lab...
Danke
OMG Jazz!..my ears ..my ears! Seriously though...love the slow low guitar start and the way the slides pan right to left..that piano chord a 1:00 is a real tease....sort of drunk floyd..nice edgy guitar now..4:00 and nice groove going on...we need a new genre for you stuff...love the piano with the edgy guitar at 5:35..I think you could have used some touches of muted trumpet or short section brass..just touches..7:15..cool piano work.8:44 and a wicked lead synth gets us rockin again...very cool...excellent track...congrats!