It’s been a slow year, but towards the end of 2012 I had worked on a “new” sound for me to play with.. a somewhat darker, aggressive throw back to solid house music from the 90’s. I was very pleased with the result. Here’s the first clip of two songs from around that time.
Could You Really? [work in progress][deep house]
Here is a clip of a new deep house track I started last week. I won’t be able to touch it again until after moving back to Seattle proper.. more on that in a separate post.
I already posted this, but this time I’m linking it from my Sliptide profile, as I shared it to groups for promotion.
Written December 25th, 2010.
Another preview of things to come, I’ve chosen “Everything After” as my song to appear on the “Seattle SoundClouders Vol.1” compilation. Our local man, Brent “Fabricator” Labasan, has compiled songs from active meetup members into this awesome free album! ( Link: http://fabricatormusic.com/2011/06/16/seattle-soundclouders-vol-1-compilation-album )
Artists on the album:
Jazzyspoon
Kurt Lorenz
Brent “Fabricator” Labasan
Sliptide
James Whetzel
The Googly
VuDu
CobraWolfShark
Your City Sleeps
A preview of things to come: Sliptide - “Everything After” is a downtempo/trip-hop influenced track with a thick, loose groove. It appears for free by way of the “Seattle Soundclouders Vol.1” compilation. You can stream the whole thing and download the whole thing on Brent “Fabricator” Labasan’s website.
The audio stream on Soundcloud is a bit crunchy/garbled for my song. The downloaded version is clean and delicious.
I’ve updated my groovy house track “All Night”. Enjoy!
JSRK - “No, You (Sliptide’s Lazy Sunday Remix)”
on his new EP: JSRKEP - Available at Bandcamp.
I’m checking out the SoundCloud URL insertion for Tumblr. I have no idea what it’s going to look like when the post is done, but hopefully it’s nice enough to keep using here on my blog.. speaking of which, I’m in “return of the blog” mode.. so I’ll share more about what I’m up to, what I’ve been doing, playing, reading, listening to, and other random crap. Why not, right? ;P
By the way (or BTW for the n00b school, hah!), this track is a free download. ^_- Enjoy.
**Edit**
I don’t see the album art and links showing up like they probably should in my theme.. so here’s the URL just in case ya need it: http://soundcloud.com/sliptide/these-dreams/ — yes, this has been ‘out’ for awhile, but it was a candidate for testing. =)
2011 Sampler: April Update
I’ve been pretty busy this month, but I found time to start a few songs! Here they are in the monthly “2011 Sampler” I’ve been updating each month.
I’m most excited about “Salt & Sun”, as it represents a lot of things I absolutely love about house music. The direction in which that track has taken some of my productions is wonderful and I look forward to writing more stuff that is along those lines.
I also enjoyed the sounds used in “Rush”, and various aspects of each of the other songs.
The “Untitled Start” came completely out of the blue on the night of the 21st. I’m not sure how that will end up, but I like where it’s going!
Sean Armstrong: 2011 Sampler - Updated for January
Clips from works in progress and works completed in 2011. I update this set every month and label the clips accordingly. If you are interested in release/distribution/signing/remixing/licensing any of my work, please don’t hesitate to contact me.
I’ve been working on some new sounds and in a new direction that I pointed myself in at the end of 2010. With the near completion of “Paper Heart”, the series of music that compliments this sound leaves me incredibly excited! I’m in love with these projects and am looking to translate them to a live (or “almost live”) performance.
On the house front, I’ve been reeling in some of my production methods and leaning towards deeper and more subtle styles. My overall aim is to write a series of house tracks directly inspired by my loves of what can best be described as that “feel good San Francisco” house music (hence “Pike”). Naturally, some of the darker shades come in to play with more droning and bass-driven compositions but I feel they are still appropriate to finish and share.
That’s all I have for some quick notes on the sampler for January. I’ve enjoyed working on this project and look forward to updating the sampler next month with my music from February.
I'm Doin' Everything I Blog About: Daily Track Project: Day 19
Yay! Silver Standard!
This is kinda turning into the every other or every two daily track project, but still chugging along. Went back to Sean’s for another Silver Standard session, and this is what came of it.
The process for starting…
Sliptide - Clichy, 2 AM (clip) (low quality)
Here’s a new deep house song I’ve been working on.
