die Elektra komplex

year	instruments	time	title

	1999		synth/drums		4.06		"any moment now"

recorded with Xero, who did the vocal track and played the majority of the synth and piano lines. i recorded the drums, guitar (a synth patch), the second piano, and various synth lines. we collaborate on programming, sampling, and engineering. if you wondered, the image that this is linked to on my splash page is the lyrics to this song in English and Japanese.

[whenever we get around to doing a new die Elektra komplex page, this probably will no longer reside here.]

	MVK 1111/2121 [piano class]

year	instruments	time	title

	2000		piano/strings		2.32		"kyoujin: a dirge for piano & strings"
	2000		e. piano/strings		3.56		"prototype six"
	2000		e. p./piano/str.		3.35		"of entropy and apathy"
	2000		piano/strings		3.51		"yasoukyoku"

these are all live recordings, as i wrote them using a Yamaha electric piano with 2-track record and no sequencing functions. in the case of the piano/strings songs, the strings were played seperately from the piano, and "of entropy and apathy" was the only song which used both tracks. the bass part (e. piano) was recorded on one track, the strings on another, and a piano part was played on top of these recorded parts. "prototype six" used neither of the possible record tracks, it was played live to MD with a doubled instrument sound.

dedications and gift music: "of entropy and apathy" was written as a present for Askance, quite some time after i promised that i'd write something for her, and "yasoukyoku" was a birthday present for kloe-sama. it's still one of my favourite songs.

	fragments of a hologram rose...

year	instruments	time	title

	1998		drums/keys/voc.		8.51		"prototype five"
	1998		drums/keyboard		5.07		"feedback and dismay"

these songs were originally "i'm in the studio, it's late at night, and i'm utterly bored"-type experiments, generally because i had some idea in mind that i was trying to put them to tape for Xero. the vocoded lyrics to "prototype five" are fragments of a number of songs by die Elektra komplex. originally, "feedback and dismay" was intended to have a vocal track, but it never happened. "prototype five" initially had a non-vocoded vocal track, but it was wiped on mixdown, having been the product of post-Halloween party exhaustion and insanity. [not to mention, my voice was terrible.]

note that the title to "prototype five" has nothing to do with "prototype six"...actually, it was the result of dining with Xero...the restaurant wall had a blueprint designated only with a rather cryptic "prototype five" at the bottom, and it stuck in my mind.

also, these songs were intended to be part of an EP that i was toying with putting together at the time, that had cover art but no final title...i was joking about calling it feline dreams because i had a lot of fun cutting up negatives of my sister's cat for the artwork. it didn't happen. the title here is from a William Gibson short story of the same title, and seems somehow appropriate.

	hiphopnotic [incarnation one]

year	instruments	time	title

	1995		wavestation rack		7.03		"morpheus"
	1995		wavestation rack		2.49		"thanatos"
	1995		wavestation rack		5.19		"agape"

these tracks were written in Cakewalk for Windows using a Cheetah MIDI controller and a Korg Wavestation. originally "morpheus" began as an experiment in writing "danceable" music, but that just didn't happen. *laughs* or at least, i don't think that it did. they're listed above in EP order, even though "thanatos" was written before "morpheus". also, of the songs on this page, "thanatos" is the only song that features guest "musicians"...a friend at school named Leigh was playing with the pitchbend on hi-hat track, and essentially that song was written around it.