Muzik 4 machines is a live electronic music project from Quebec, Canada. Performing live with hardware synthesizers, using no pre-recorded sound or backing tracks, he creates a plethora of sounds ranging from electro to drum and bass, always with the same minimalist modus operandi; Distorted analog and punchy sampled drums, a few monophonic synths a couple of samplers, lots of effects and constant sonic mangling and tweaking.
It all began in 1991 with a Portastudio, a guitar and a TR-707 drum machine; early compositions were a mix between early house and grunge music, mixing the 4 on the floor rhythm with loud fuzz guitar. As the technology evolved, so did the Project; recruiting performers and signers and buying, finding or building new gadgets and sound mangling devices. When computer became powerful enough to generate and process sound, a new page of M4M history started.
The Music also evolved from simple riffs over a steady beat to more complex and mysterious texture in some works and at the same time exploded into Rave party music in others. They got some good charts apparition online and even sold Cd's worldwide on the then underground mp3.com website that since closed.
Back to minimal electro house, Muzik 4 Machines is now producing new material, performing it live, and distributing it via bit torrent, youtube and a multitude of online music stores from around the world (iTunes, Amazon)
To support me and buy the songs, just go to: http://itunes.apple.com/artist/muzik-4-machines/id325375467 or if you prefer Old School, real, plastic CD's http://muzik4machines.com/store
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Muzik 4 machines is a live electronic music project from Quebec, Canada. Performing live with hardware synthesizers, using no pre-recorded sound or backing tracks, he creates a plethora of sounds ranging from electro to drum and bass, always with the same minimalist modus operandi; Distorted analog and punchy sampled drums, a few monophonic synths a couple of samplers, lots of effects and constant sonic mangling and tweaking.
It all began in 1991 with a Portastudio, a guitar and a TR-707 drum machine; early compositions were a mix between early house and grunge music, mixing the 4 on the floor rhythm with loud fuzz guitar. As the technology evolved, so did the Project; recruiting performers and signers and buying, finding or building new gadgets and sound mangling devices. When computer became powerful enough to generate and process sound, a new page of M4M history started.
The Music also evolved from simple riffs over a steady beat to more complex and mysterious texture in some works and at the same time exploded into Rave party music in others. They got some good charts apparition online and even sold Cd's worldwide on the then underground mp3.com website that since closed.
Back to minimal electro house, Muzik 4 Machines is now producing new material, performing it live, and distributing it via bit torrent, youtube and a multitude of online music stores from around the world (iTunes, Amazon)
To support me and buy the songs, just go to: http://itunes.apple.com/artist/muzik-4-machines/id325375467 or if you prefer Old School, real, plastic CD's http://muzik4machines.com/store
so i watched sound city and it made me get the guitars out
only midi is the drums, only edition was creative (ie: it is f**king sloppy)
e-bow was sliced with camelspace, but it could have been my sl20 live too
so i did this yesterday after supper and i'm wondering, should i work on it for days/months and polish it to the max, or should i just release it as is?
i find there is a really in your face feeling to the 4 hours version i might loose if i put on another 60-80 hours making every hat different, every 4 bars not repeating and so on, so, should i just say f**k it and upload it on iTunes/beatport/etc tonight or should i keep it in the need work folder and spend like 100 hours polishing it
video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OwQ1hu-jhI
here's a birthday gift i made for my brother, and since it's the 30th anniversary of the song, i decided to make a video with it
to downlaod the audio: http://k007.kiwi6.com/hotlink/38jy51rss3/toto_-_africa_-_m4mstep_remix.mp3
"This track is going to kick clubbers in the head." -Johnny D United States
Second single from the EP Apocalypse, When?
out now on iTunes
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/apocalypse-when-ep/id589495002
So i saw this today
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xM16nr7VJ0Q
and me and a couple friends decided to see if we could remake the song between dinner and bed time
here's my version
made using only live built in stuff
So i saw this today
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xM16nr7VJ0Q
and me and a couple friends decided to see if we could remake the song between dinner and bed time
here's my version
made using only live built in stuff
Work in progress
I just watched this on netflix and the weird "theme" song got stuck in my head so i decided to exorcise it by doing a pastiche, still missing the horrified screams in the background and some really heavy delay feedback processed thru ringshifters and granulizer
http://k003.kiwi6.com/hotlink/s4x6pextd8/01_that_bass_muzik_4_machines_the_next_one.mp3
only non live thing used is camelspace on the pad, big departure from my usual sound, i like it :)
still needs perc and maybe another "lead" after the 2nd break
and of course, a real mixing session and a proper mastering
the next studio album is started, first demo
made that quickie while watching the results (hence the lame title)
1 8 bar loop that i "played" live with the mouse from the performance to the arrangement, sounds nice IMOHO
all live built in stuff, mostly operators
from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oozMMsbS0s
vocal acapella in f# at 70/140BPM: http://ge.tt/3H4gLQP/v/0?c
click here to hear what i actually do: http://youtube.com/watch?v=2VX231VaJ1c
iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/rotokulteur/id551663904
whole album assembled and mastered, last chance to comment before it's uploaded to the iTunes store
iTunes: http://bit.ly/fB0L9V
Store: http://muzik4machines.com/store
International Booking Agent: luc@slfa.com
Muzik 4 machines is a live electronic music project from Quebec, Canada. Performing live with hardware synthesizers, using no pre-recorded sound or backing tracks, he creates a plethora of sounds ranging from electro to drum and bass, always with the same minimalist modus operandi; Distorted analog and punchy sampled drums, a few monophonic synths a couple of samplers, lots of effects and constant sonic mangling and tweaking.
It all began in 1991 with a Portastudio, a guitar and a TR-707 drum machine; early compositions were a mix between early house and grunge music, mixing the 4 on the floor rhythm with loud fuzz guitar. As the technology evolved, so did the Project; recruiting performers and signers and buying, finding or building new gadgets and sound mangling devices. When computer became powerful enough to generate and process sound, a new page of M4M history started.
The Music also evolved from simple riffs over a steady beat to more complex and mysterious texture in some works and at the same time exploded into Rave party music in others. They got some good charts apparition online and even sold Cd's worldwide on the then underground mp3.com website that since closed.
Back to minimal electro house, Muzik 4 Machines is now producing new material, performing it live, and distributing it via bit torrent, youtube and a multitude of online music stores from around the world (iTunes, Amazon)
To support me and buy the songs, just go to: http://itunes.apple.com/artist/muzik-4-machines/id325375467 or if you prefer Old School, real, plastic CD's http://muzik4machines.com/store
