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“Polar” album out

My new album, Polar, is out now.
It’s largely a return to Fanu roots with a little bit of modern spice thrown into the mix.
Wanted to get super busy with breaks once again, and the tone is deep, dark, and melancholic – just like the mindstate of those living up north.

It is only available through Bandcamp for now, but will show up in other main outlets some time in 2016. It’s a name-your-price release, as I believe that’s largely the way to go these days: you get to say what it’s worth. And if you want to grab it for free, feel free to; I’d only ask you to share it if you happen to like it.

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I went lighter on the breaks this time, reason being the new Fanu album is dropping soon, which will most definitely make listeners overdose on drums and breaks for a while. Plenty of dubs here from dope artists and labels: Fracture, Astrophonica, Cosmic Bridge, Etch, Moresounds, etc…so this one will provide you with a lot of something you haven’t heard yet. Also has two forthcoming Lightless things. Keep your eye out on all those, as all the unreleased tunes will be dropping soonish.

TRACKLIST
Fanu – Bad Dreams [Coleco remix] (Lightless)
Danny Scrilla – Riddim (Cosmic Bridge dub)
Etch – Back On The Planet (dub)
Etch / Big L – All Black [Etch reshade] (dub)
Sully – Crystal Cuts (Astrophonica dub)
DJ Madd – Duppy (Cosmic Bridge)
Overlook – Distant Blues (31 Records)
ReDraft x HP. Ritch – Champion Killa (dub)
Moresounds – Etho (31 Records)
Sam Binga – I Tol U (Critical)
J:Kenzo – Rum Punch (31 Records)
Overlook – Gumshoe (Rupture)
Seba – Jungle Music (Secret Operations dub)
SDS – Shadow People (Lightless dub)
Fre4knc – Rotor (Critical)
SDS – Andromeda (Machinist Music)
Moresounds – What A Party (Cosmic Bridge dub)
Module Eight – OK With That (Exit)
Neuropol & Om Unit – The Rise (Cosmic Bridge dub)
Alix Perez – Losing You (Exit)
Fracture – Remember The Time feat. Lucie La Mode (Astrophonica dub)
Fanu – Winterlude feat. Sarah Kivi (Lightless dub)

Quick Ableton Live 9.5 filter tips

Ableton Live 9.5 is out – with nice new analog-modeled filters.
Here’s two quickies relating to them.

1) The new analog-modeled filters can self-oscillate, so by setting the resonance really high (goes up to 125%) and adding some drive (by using the MS2 filter, for example), you can create sinewave type of sound if you play a sample that’s silent.

2) If you have a sample that’s just noise or something similar, crank up the LP filter resonance all the way up to 125%, add some reverb, and you can create a nice bleep sound that you can play melodies with.