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God Is An Astronaut – New Years End

Maybe a bit late, thematically speaking, but this is one of my favorite songs ever. God Is An Astronaut was the first instrumental band I listened to and thought “huh, maybe we don’t need guitars with distortion all the time to make things interesting” (I was really into Joe Satriani at the time) and, for…

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A Long December

Forgot to post this in December, something I usually do on socials, so here it is. I’m a Counting Crows enjoyer. There’s something kinda different in the way they make music compared to similar bands from that time. I have a penchant to enjoy art depicting melancholy, and all of their songs sound kinda melancholic…

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Shiny Happy People

As some people say, this is such a weird song from R.E.M. I’m not their biggest fan, but I’ve been known to enjoy their music from time to time. This one, though, really is catchy and unlike the rest because it really is so happy, and every time it plays (it’s always on the playlist…

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Using Arturia’s CMI V to create lo-fi samples

Quick tip on how to create lo-fi sounds from hi-fi samples and instruments Some years ago I was looking into some of Arturia’s less talked synth emulations and found a great video about the Farlight CMI V. The video is quite long, but the stuff about sampling and resynthesis caught my eye since I never…

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Changing music services is a miserable experience

Why does changing streaming services, or even music player software, have to be an experience so hostile? The first time I moved from one “music service” to another was when I moved from Winamp to iTunes. Heresy, I know, but my music collection was growing fast and I wanted an easy way to manage all…

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I made some chiptune music

Well, I finally released my chiptune/fakebit album, made in Renoise and with sounds synthesized on Plogue Chipsynth C64. If the sounds don’t seem too much videogame-y, it’s because I was driving the filter with resonance while trying to create more “realistic” sounds. I was trying to push the chip emulation to its limits rather than bending the tracker…

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New ambient EP

After a long while, I released two new ambient songs in a new EP. You can listen to it now on bandcamp, link below, and in a week or so it should hit all the streaming services and YouTube. A Day in the Life of by lokeloski

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All Along the Watchtower

Here’s a compilation of my favorite “All Along the Watchtower” covers on YouTube for no good reason and in no particular order. I don’t know what’s up with this song, but I love the expressivity musicians show when playing it. So, this is the original one, from Bob Dylan.   This is Jimi Hendrix’s version,…

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I’m obsessed with the band Jinjer

Before I say anything, if you never heard Jinjer, watch this music clip first. The video was so tastefully shot it’s almost a crime. But ok, anyway, now we can talk. People not used to listening to metal – and to be honest, a lot that do listen to metal – always get shocked when…

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