Tag: Alesis Vortex

bookmark_borderConveyed Consciousness

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A Tribute to Ikutaro Kakehashi
I happened to be in the midst of recording a MIDI based album when I learned of the passing of Ikutaro Kakehashi:

Ikutaro Kakehashi (梯 郁太郎 Kakehashi Ikutarō  7 February 1930 – 1 April 2017) was an engineer, an entrepreneur, and the founder of Ace Tone, Roland Corporation and ATV, Japanese manufacturers of electronic musical instruments. He was known for his role in the development of Ace Tone and Roland drum machines and the MIDI standard.

Synthesizers
Synthesizers

An album by The Electric Slugs.

Keyboard
Keyboard
MIDI Setup
MIDI Setup

The album Conveyed Consciousness.
Instrumentation: MicroKorg, MiniNova, Casio WK-3500, Yamaha PSR-740, Kurzweil 88Mx, Ableton Alesis Software, Alesis Vortex, Alesis iO2, Roland VS-1680, Behringer Midi Foot Controller

bookmark_borderKnown

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LYRICS
Sure glad I know

If I hadn’t known our love had grown
… life would’ve been blown
Sure glad I know
To you insight I owe
If I hadn’t known you
Perpetually blue
Sure glad I know
If I hadn’t met you
You bet I’d be blue
Sure glad I know
How to let love grow
Sure glad I know
Quid pro quo
Go for go
Flow for flow
Oh for oh
Sure glad I know
Without you what would I do?
Sure glad I know

Known Music Video.mp4

Known.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Music
Chords: F#aug F# variations
Rhythm: 118 BPM / Latin House
Recording: live 1-track digital stereo

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers and Computer Controller (microKorg, Korg N364, Casio WK-3500, miniNova, Alesis Vortex, Korg MIli software)

From the album Fall Into Place
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderEjection Seat

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INSTRUMENTAL

Ejection Seat.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Music
Chords: Dm with F/C/Dm over
Rhythm: 144 BPM / Shuffle
Recording: live 1-track digital stereo

Daniel — Keyboards, Synthesizers and Computer Controller (microKorg, Korg N364, Casio WK-3500, miniNova, Albeton midi software)

From the album Fall Into Place
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderRocking Milky Way

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LYRICS
Flying through the sky
Gettin’ high, high, higher… er, a….
Through the solar system’s space
Rocking a roadtrip called the Milky Way race
They say I’m… traveling through space and time
A virgin, again… falling toward the Virgo Cluster of Galaxies (falling as I hear angels sing)
Here we go! Free falling toward Virgo!
All falls toward the Virgo Cluster… of Galaxies
From my point-of-view… how about you? What do you see? What do we seize?
Ohhh, the realities
Am I an Einsteinion traveling through time again…
Until my whole whole is swallowed by a wormhole
Then I’ll find out when it spits me out, what I’m all about?
Surreal for real
Flying through the sky
High, high, high
All night long and all night long is forever long

The Earth is moving by 30 km/s around the Sun and relatively to the Sun. The Sun is orbiting the center of our Galaxy, the Milky Way, by the speed of about 200-250 km/s. Our Galaxy is moving relatively to the Local Group where it orbits and the Local Group falls toward the Virgo Cluster of Galaxies.

Albert Einstein, in his theory of special relativity, determined that the laws of physics are the same for all non-accelerating observers, and he showed that the speed of light within a vacuum is the same no matter the speed at which an observer travels.

Rocking Milky Way.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Music
Chords: EbmM7 D D7
Rhythm: 162 BPM / Slow Rock
Recording: live 1-track digital stereo

Daniel — Keyboards, Synthesizers (microKorg, Casio WK-3500, miniNova, Alesis Vortex, Ableton Live Lite)

From the album Fall Into Place
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderFun And Games

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INSTRUMENTAL

Fun And Games.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Music
Chords: F# D#m7 F#9
Rhythm: 156 BPM / Shuffle Boogie
Recording: live 1-track digital stereo

Daniel — Keyboards, Synthesizers (microKorg, Casio WK-3500, miniNova, Alesis Vortex, Ableton Live Lite)

From the album Fall Into Place
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderSlide Inside

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INSTRUMENTAL

Slide Inside.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Music
Chords: Em variations, Em7, CM7
Rhythm: 126 BPM / Blues
Recording: live 1-track digital stereo

Daniel — Keyboards, Synthesizers (microKorg, Casio WK-3500, miniNova, Alesis Vortex, Ableton Live Lite)

From the album Fall Into Place
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderSlow Big Bang

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INSTRUMENTAL

Slow Big Bang.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Music
Chords: Cm9
Rhythm: 118 BPM / Slow Big Band
Recording: live 1-track digital stereo

Daniel — Keyboards, Synthesizers (microKorg, Casio WK-3500, miniNova, Alesis Vortex, Ableton Live Lite)

From the album Fall Into Place
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderTest A Call

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LYRICS
This is a test of our mental ability
Life. What it is that we be
A test of our ability to see society
Reality and certainty
Instead of skeptically spouting absurdity
Define precisely — what it is that we be
A society of humanity… or humans acting like Barbarians
Come again? A humanity calamity?

Testing, testing, 1, 2, 3… what it is that we be?
Pop-quiz — are you a wiz kid?
What will you do… what have you “did”?
As of now, what is it that we be
A society of humanity… or hatred, greed, insanity?
Rife with life! What it is that we be
A society of humanity

Test A Call.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: ExperiMental Music
Chords: D Dsus4 Em
Rhythm: 146 BPM / DigiRock
Recording: live 1-track digital stereo

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers (microKorg, Casio WK-3500, miniNova, Alesis Vortex, Ableton Live Lite)

From the album Fall Into Place
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderReflection Of The Sun

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LYRICS
Swimming through the stars on our way through the Milky Way
Beaming lights take flight at the speed of light
Traveling light years away. Traveling day-by-day.

Reflection Of The Sun
Reflection Of The Sun

A light year per year… just bring along some atmosphere
186,000 miles per second… reckon Earthlings’ beacon beckons
Our reflection from the sun… 365 days = light year 1
The action of refraction bending it some
Our reflection of the sun
Burn, Baby, burn… run, run, run

Traveling at the speed of light… might our light shine bright
As we become a reflection of the sun

Reflection Of The Sun Music Video.mp4

 

ABOUT THE SONG
A song about the sunlight that bounces off of Earth.

Style: ExperiMental Music
Chords: F#9 F# F#6
Rhythm: 138 BPM / Ambient 1
Recording: live 1-track digital stereo

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers (microKorg, Casio WK-3500, miniNova, Alesis Vortex, Ableton Live Lite)

From the album Fall Into Place
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderOut Of The Shell

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INSTRUMENTAL

Out Of The Shell.mp3

About The Song
Chords
Esus4 Em AbmM7

140 BPM / Trance

An extemporaneous 1-track stereo recording.

Daniel — Guitar, Keyboards, Synthesizers (microKorg, Casio WK-3500, miniNova, Alesis Vortex, Ableton Live Lite)

From the album Fall Into Place
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderHold The Salt

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INSTRUMENTAL

Hold The Salt.mp3

About The Song
Chords
Cdim Cm7 Cm7b5

130 BPM / Twist

An extemporaneous 1-track stereo recording.

Daniel — Keyboards, Synthesizers (microKorg, Casio WK-3500, miniNova, Alesis Vortex, Ableton Live Lite)

From the album Fall Into Place
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderAntenna

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INSTRUMENTAL

Antenna.mp3

About The Song
Chords
Ebm7 Bb

An extemporaneous 1-track stereo recording.

Daniel — Keyboards, Synthesizers (microKorg, Casio WK-3500, miniNova, Alesis Vortex, Ableton Live Lite)

From the album Fall Into Place
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderGlistening Trails

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INSTRUMENTAL

Glistening Trails.mp3

About The Song
Chords
Em7 Dm9

136 BPM / 60’s Soul

An extemporaneous 1-track stereo recording.

Daniel — Keyboards, Synthesizers (microKorg, Casio WK-3500, miniNova, Alesis Vortex, Ableton Live Lite)

From the album Fall Into Place
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderThe Closest Son

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LYRICS
My Son, do you know how far to the closest sun?
How far to the closest star…?
It’s feeling kind of dark in here
And, I hear it’s pretty near

Can you shine some light
And make us bright… enlighten insight
It’s been feeling pretty slight
So, I’m wondering how far to the closest star?
My Son, how far to the nearest sun?

About The Song
Chords
Am7 C

158 BPM / Pop Shuffle

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers (microKorg, Korg N364, miniNova, Alesis Vortex, Ableton Live Lite)

From the album Fall Into Place
by Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderMental

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LYRICS
Not so subtle
About as gentle as a blow to the brow
Somehow, I’m hoping for more mental
Less brutal for all

Maybe put our heads together
Don’t have to pledge it’s forever
Just join hands to understand
The things damned by man
Giving way to a brighter day
Past the pages of the Dark Ages
To a new era of pro-engage
See beauty
Hear harmony
See beauty
Here harmony

Mental.mp3

About The Song
Chords
Ebm7
Bb Db Eb

162 BPM / Pop Shuffle 2

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers (microKorg, Casio WK-3500, miniNova, Alesis Vortex, Ableton Live Lite)

From the album Fall Into Place
by Daniel Brouse