Liable Mutt is the title of my new mini album which is available to download via this blog. You can download each track individually or the whole album as a .zip file.
The album is completely free which means you can take it, share it, give it away or do whatever you want with it.
About the album You have probably noticed the unusual track names, this is because they are all anagrams of themselves. For example the first track "Cake Torn" is an anagram of "Track one" and the title of the album "liable mutt" is an anagram of "album title".
Thanks to dave for helping out with the artwork for the album, you can find him on Twitter HERE or on Blogspot HERE
Production techniques I didn't want to use a lot of equipment while recording this album as I wanted it to have a raw minimal feel to it. The whole album was recorded on my Fostex D-80 8-track and mixed roughly with a basic Tapco 8 channel mixer. There was no computers involved in the production.
My Roland MC303 groovebox provided all drum and percussion sounds on the album, using mostly the 808 and 909 kits.
Most of the basslines were produced using my Freeform Analog Technologies FB383 [clone of the Roland TB303].
All other synth sounds came from my Korg Microkorg [apart from the strings on "Sax Trick" which came from the MC303].
For effects like reverb and distortion I used my korg Mini KP, Boss MD2 and Boss DS1.
Hope you enjoy listening to the album. You can find me on Twitter HERE or Myspace HERE
Drums/percussion - Roland Mc-303 Piano - Roland Mc-303 303 Bass - FAT Freebass FB383 (TB-303 clone) Simple raw pad - Korg Microkorg Extra synth hit - Reason NN-XT (Juno 60 multisample) Synth drone patch - Reason NN-XT(Juno 60 multisample) Vocal stutters - Alphebet samples!!?!?
The Mc-303, FB383 and Microkorg were originally recorded using a Zoom MRS-4b Multitrack and then imported into Propellerheads Reason using the NN-XT sampler. Then I added the extra parts to the track (Juno 60 parts & the vocal stutters).
The FB383 part Is run through the Scream distortion and the piano part is run through the DDL-1 delay (both in reason)
When I was happy with the track I did a bit of mixing and exported it.