The website is currently undergoing a restyling and translation from Dutch to English. During the time of this maintenance it is possible that some content appear in Dutch and some in English. We work hard to finish this as soon as possible.
New website for Mecanik Records
Mecanik Records has recently been given a new look. In-house designer of the record label Suzanne Marije has gone creatively and developed a style that better matches with what we want to convey. Simplicity, raw, industrial. At this moment the last refinements are still taking place, but it is possible to take a look already:
RAM IO – Interlude for global transmission
Interlude for global transmission is an ambient piece of 21 minutes long. It takes you through a calming soundscape with a swirl of tubes that resonate through space. The track has already been picked up by a number of artists and is getting warm support. The official release is on March 1. The track is already exclusively available at Bandcamp.
https://ramiomusic.bandcamp.com/track/interlude-for-global-transmission
Renoise to Reaper template
The question of how to run an instance of Renoise multi track in Cockos Reaper, with or without the help of Rewire, arises frequently.
In 2011 I wrote a template to do this with a simple mouse click. By default it has a one-to-one routing for audio and midi. Eight tracks from Renoise end up on eight tracks in Reaper. In addition, there are four send buses from Renoise that connect to four Reaper tracks. The eight main tracks are grouped in Reaper and also have a group level. All functionality on the tracks such as Mute, Record Arm and Solo is implemented.
The template is an excellent basis for quickly getting started with this combination of tools. It can be adapted to your own wishes.
t has been available for download in the Reaper Stash since 2011 and has been downloaded hundreds of times. Because the demand for it is still current (as it turned out today) I have now also included it on this website under the menu Resources.
Muziek voor animatie
Enige tijd geleden werd ik benaderd door Pauline Franke uit naam van haar bedrijf De Versimpelaar. Zij vroeg me of ik een muziekje kon maken onder een animatie van haar. Uiteraard kan dat. Zij gaf me helemaal de vrije hand om de invulling te doen.
Om de emotie te vangen in de juiste instrumenten gingen mijn gedachten al snel naar iets met piano en strings uit. In Julia Vrijdag vond ik een fijne samenwerking. Zij speelde de piano, ik de strings. De verdere productie kwam ook voor mijn rekening. Hieronder het resultaat:
Nieuwe RAM IO release: Icebreaker
Afgelopen tijd ben ik weer wat actiever aan het produceren. Ik was nieuwe sound patches aan het maken en toen kwam ik op de patch van de lead stab in deze track. Ik moest daarbij aan een scheepshoorn denken, dus heb ik daar maar een track over geschreven.
De track is vanaf heden verkrijgbaar via Bandcamp en zal op 22 mei in alle overige downloadwinkels en streamingdiensten verschijnen.