Artificial - Second Life

Just finished and uploaded a new mix I have been putting together over the last couple of weeks. The mix is mostly Dubstep with some Drum'n'Bass thrown in to mix it up a bit. The tracks are mostly all favourites I have had on repeat in the last 6 months.

Give it at listen, see what you think:

Second Life by Artificial on Mixcloud

Tracklist:

01 Noisia - Tommys theme
02 Gemini - Vision
03 Nero - Promises (Skrillex & Nero Remix)
04 Tasha - Journey (Culprate & Twist Remix)
05 Labrinth feat. Tinie Tempah - Earthquake (Noisia Remix)
06 Xilent - Choose Me II
07 Gemini - Feel Stronger
08 Porter Robinson - Spitfire
09 Porter Robinson - Spitfire (Kill The Noise Remix)
10 Nero - New Life
11 Camo & Krooked - Cross The Line (Metrik Remix)
12 Camo & Krooked, Body & Soul - The Big Rush
13 John B - Numbers (Camo & Krooked Remix)
14 Noisia - Could This Be
15 Gemini - H. A. T. D.
16 KOAN Sound - Funk Blaster
17 Skrillex - Kill Everybody (KOAN Sound Remix)
18 Two Door Cinema Club - What You Know (Feed Me Cover)
19 Noisia - Tommys theme

[Demoscene] Numb Res by Fairlight & CNCD 2011.1

This weekend was The Gathering, a massive gathering of nerds and gamers in Norway. What started out as a humble demoscene party has blossomed into a 5 day gathering of some of the best gamers and scene groups around.

The following is the offering by the ever excellent CNCD & Fairlight. I posted a particle-tastic video by them last year so if you like this sort of thing I strongly recommend that you check that out too.



Edit: Oh if you like the music on this video you should check out the artist album, its bloody fantastic! http://stereowildlife.co.uk/

Assembly 2010 - CNCD & Fairlight Demo

It was the massive annual Assembly gathering last week. Traditionally its a place for the demo scene to gather and present their demos and to hack out new ones.

For those not in the know the demo scene or "scene" is where a team of people come together and compete to make a music video. Except that they arent videos in the traditional sense as its all generated using code and runs in realtime. This means that you have to be super efficient with your code. Some of the competitions are "64k" or even "4k" competitions which means that the whole demo must fit in 64kb or 4kb! The music is also produced by the groups and often excellent.

I have been checking out some of the demos produced by the teams this year and they are simply stunning. Every year they get better and better.

This one from CNCD and Fairlight particularly caught my eye as it has massive numbers of particles and a stunning soundtrack kinda reminiscent of glitchy Radiohead. Therefore I thought it essential I share it here.

Enjoy:



Oh while im at it check out this one from last year:



If you are interested in more demos from assembly you can get them all here: http://scene.org/newfiles.php?dayint=7&dir=/parties/2010/assembly10/

Oh I have also posted about the demoscene before here: http://mikecann.co.uk/art/andromeda-software-development-lifeforce-2007/

Trance Around The World, Show Downloader

Had this little idea a while back, thought I would spend an hour tonight and bash it out.

I love the Trance Around The World radio show by Above and Beyond, downloading  it for listening later is very annoying however and involves some fiddling with browser source and other things, so to make life easier I built this little tool. What it does is grab the HTML from the above and beyond page then parse it for the MP3 file, then it uses the FileReference class in flash to download it to your HD.

Anyways, enough jibber jabber. Source is enabled:

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Hope you enjoy!

Andromeda Software Development - Lifeforce 2007

I know this is now a coupple of years old, but just stumbled accross it.

I have always been into the scene but from a distance, some of the stuff is ameturish, some is a programming marvel (the 4k,32k,64k comps) but this is just plain beautiful. Its a demo (all code) from ASD (look them up on youtube if you want more from them) called Lifeforce, enjoy!

Sound Cloud & Previous Mixes

Been messing about with Sound Cloud recently, just seeing what all the audio related fuss is about and I must say its quite good. I have uploaded some of my mixes up there (not all of them as there is a size restriction on the number of uploads). I have also gone back and edited some of my old posts as the links to my old mixes no longer worked (thanks for Richard Davey for spotting that one.

Anyways, here are all my mixes done in release order (Tracklistings can be found in the post):

Post
Artificial - Intelligence by mike.cann

June 2009 - Intelligence - Download - Post

November 2007 - Future Harmonics - Post


November 2006 - Chill Trip - Post


June 2006 - Harmonics 2 - Post


May 2006 - Harmonics 1 - Post

Trifonic - Parks on Fire

Absolutely love the album, love the song and just discovered that I love the video, so have to post it really. Its Parks On Fire by Trifonic from the Album Emergence. Enjoy.

New Mix: Coalescence

Wow! Well this one was a hell of alot easier to make than the last one.

Instead of trying to tell a story with film samples and a large overarching theme I have instead just let this one naturally progress and take its course. The consequence of this, I think anyway, the transitions are alot softer and more natural giving a good easy listen.

I have called this one "Coalescence" as it contains a rather different mixture of tracks that I have coalesced together. It still has that chilled-downtempo IDM-esq sound that I love so much at the moment with tracks by Jon Hopkins, Trifonic but I have also included some other tracks I have acquired on my eclectic audio adventures.

Anyways I hope you enjoy it, I think its probably my best mix since my Harmonics 1 and 2.

Coalescent by Artificial on Mixcloud

New Mix: Artificial - Intelligence

Finally, finally I have decided to say sod it and stop tinkering with this god damn mix! I have been making and remaking this thing for the best part of a year but I can still see the rough edges. Its been driving me quite literally mad! Having said that however I have enjoyed making it, else I wouldn't do it... right?

Anyway the idea was to have a two part mix, a more downtempo one and this one (coming soon). I have tried to tell a story with this mix, using both samples from a certain famous movie and through the track selection and progression. I have gone for a deeper darker sound than my usual harmonics light and easy to listen to sound. I dont imagine this one will be as popular with most people but I hope some will enjoy it!

Artificial - Intelligence by mike.cann

Intelligence by Artificial on Mixcloud