Re:The $35 2009 SoOn Compo
Wednesday, October 21 2009 @ 11:29 AM CDT

All of the entries so far can be found at

www.soonlabel.com

Re:The $35 2009 SoOn Compo
Sunday, October 25 2009 @ 09:22 PM CDT

just to give this thread a bump

Less than a week to enter your composition into the contest....

Re:The $35 2009 SoOn Compo
Monday, October 26 2009 @ 05:11 PM CDT

Thank you dj Alces for the 10th entry!!

And that's a cool initiative donating to Mysterium.

Here is the download link.

http://clones.soonlabel.com/public/2009-SoOn-contest-song-hosting/dj-alces-freaks-we-are-(soon-compo-entry).mp3

Re:The $35 2009 SoOn Compo
Tuesday, October 27 2009 @ 08:13 PM CDT

Eleventh entry is in from Paul Legovitch called A la source

Here is Paul's statement.

Hi,
I made a little piece with OpenMPT for the compo. Due to lack of time it's very short, but short can be nice too I guess. Smile

Song name : A la source.
Length : 1:10 min
File format: OGG
Samples used : Bongos, Congas, Sound_Effects and x.
download : OGG or MP3

Uncloned, is it possible for you to host it ? These urls won't play the file directly I'm afraid. Embarassed

Thanks for the very nice samples !

mp3 format

http://clones.soonlabel.com/public/2009-SoOn-contest-song-hosting/a_la_source.mp3

ogg format

http://clones.soonlabel.com/public/2009-SoOn-contest-song-hosting/a_la_source.ogg

Re:The $35 2009 SoOn Compo
Wednesday, October 28 2009 @ 07:41 AM CDT

Three more entries are in:

12th entry by Black Tiger is called Dark Magic Mind

Streaming:
http://www.traxinspace.com/song/44916

Download:

http://clones.soonlabel.com/public/2009-SoOn-contest-song-hosting/dark-magic-mind.mp3

13th entry by Dj Kujata called Hot Sim Module (SoOn 2009)

Streaming:

http://www.traxinspace.com/song/44911

Download:

http://alphax2.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/soon2k93.mp3


14th entry by Nahkranoth called Nahkranoth-INT -1d10

Download:

http://download.modplug.com/uploads/files/1256721468Nahkranoth-INT%20-1d10.mp3

Re:The $35 2009 SoOn Compo
Thursday, October 29 2009 @ 08:28 AM CDT

15th entry by Daniel Jackson called Loops of Lawns

Details

Made in Buzz.

Sounds used:

congas
contest-in-a-minor
funky_slap_base_with_drum_stick_ouch__
low
mindrones_2
nonsense
sound_effects
x

Download and on line playback at this URL

http://www.box.net/shared/juz15llks1


16th entry by IV65536 called Hexentanz (SoOn 2009 Compo)

Details

And now here is my entry for the SoOn Compo 2009 at TiS!

Used sample:

Keys by Alpha Alpha (A_2Sample)

Online playback

http://www.traxinspace.com/song/44920

Download

http://clones.soonlabel.com/public/2009-SoOn-contest-song-hosting/Hexentanz-SoOn-2009%20Combo-.mp3

Re:The $35 2009 SoOn Compo
Thursday, October 29 2009 @ 11:11 AM CDT

17th entry by Ozan Yarman called The Saba Storm

I am able to contribute a piece to Chris Vaisvil's SoOn 2009 contest after all:

(Streaming)
http://www.ozanyarman.com/musics.html

(Download)
http://www.ozanyarman.com/files/music/Sabastorm.mp3

This new piece is called "The Saba Storm". Catchy, huh?

The scale employed in the composition is that of the Saba maqam, or else a Yarman-36a subset for the scale of said maqam. The 12-tone subset scale chosen from my notorious Yarman-36a tuning is given below:

Yarman-36a Saba maqam with perde rast on C
12
!
148.23705
198.74659 D
347.40794 Eb (quartertonal)
381.44577 Ed
501.35622 F
649.32179 Gb (quartertonal)
699.74399
801.68275
896.75720 A
1001.88049 Bb
1079.85183
1200.00000 C

Don't be surprised if the established theoretical models (Turkish, Arabic, Persian, etc...) fail to faithfully represent maqams. You need something like Yarman-36a to render maqams like Saba, Ushshaq, Huzzam and Karjighar satisfactorily.

In the piece, I warped the Congas.mp3 sample by Norm Harris. It's hard to recognize, because the waveform has been reversed and processed with carefully chosen Logic Pro 8 plugins:

1-SpecGate: Dark Super Energy
2-FuzzWah: Crunchy Overdrive
3-EnVerb: Rolling Up
4-SpaceDsn: Modula B Delay & Hot Plate
5-Limiter

Notice how the original Conga beat is transformed to an ethereal Saba aire in the background, which seemlessly intertwines with the "Saba-ishness" of the composition. Who would have guessed that the inharmonic spectra of congas would be so suitable for maqam Saba? The pitches of the congas match delicately with the Yarman-36a Saba subset.

Due to the limitations with the chosen scale (Logic Pro does not allow on-the-fly tuning changes), modulations are very limited. There is a savoury modulation to Ushshaq and later to a diminished Segah pentachord as the piece progresses. But Saba on D dominates throughout.

The length of The Saba Storm is 5:10 minutes. The size of the mp3 file is 3.9 MBs.

And yes, I am the one who sings the "gazel" vocal in Turkish. If anyone wonders what the words mean, just ask me!

This is my first true attempt at electronic microtonal maqam polyphony.

Comments are welcome!

Ozan Yarman

http://www.ozanyarman.com

Re:The $35 2009 SoOn Compo
Friday, October 30 2009 @ 07:25 PM CDT

The 18th entry is by Din and is called "Step On It (SoOn 2009 Compo)"

5:40 in length, 7.8 megabytes

Artist's description:
My first release is 5 months , hopefully what ends up being the key-log in loosening my creative block.

This is a bit of an experiment in blending flavors, so I have no idea what genre to stick it in. Any suggestions?

Contributors:
SoOn samples used:
- contest-in-a-minor
- Funky_Slap_Base_with_drum_Stick_Ouch__
- low
- mindrones_2
- Nonsense
- x


Streaming


Download



All entries must be submitted by 7 pm EST tomorrow (Oct 31st) and voting starts then and continues for 1 week. [Nov 1st 00:00:00 GMT to Nov 8th 00:00:00 GMT]

All entries can be found

center.soonlabel.com

Re:The $35 2009 SoOn Compo
Saturday, October 31 2009 @ 05:39 PM CDT

19th and looking to be final entry unless someone sneaks one in...

#19 is by solo and is called Behind The Sun (SoOn 2009 Compo)

stream

stream

download

download


Artist's description:
Space ambient in the tradition of Boards of Canada.

Contributors:
Chris V aka Clones with his hauntingly beautiful feedback leads in A minor.

Ben V - Field Recording From Europe

Apollo 15 Commander Dave Scott demonstrating that the mass of an object does not affect the time it takes to fall, using a hammer and a feather on the Moon.

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apollo_15_feather_and_hammer_drop.ogg

Re:The $35 2009 SoOn Compo
Saturday, October 31 2009 @ 07:07 PM CDT

Voting is open from 2009 November 1st 00:00:00 GMT to 2009 November 7th 11:59:59


All songs can be individually downloaded from
http://center.soonlabel.com

or..... as a 155 meg zip file

http://clones.soonlabel.com/public/zz-all-2009-contest-songs.zip