El Cóndor No Vuelve

El Cóndor No Vuelve

Disco Completo (46:19) (The Condor Doesn’t Come Back) ties directly to the closing track, and captures the whole arc, something that leaves and doesn’t return, whether that’s youth, a father’s love, a town’s people, or grief itself. Bittersweet rather than bitter, which fits the major-key resolution at the end of the last track, and the … Read moreEl Cóndor No Vuelve

Grain & Substratum

Grain & Substratum

Ever wonder what kind of music an AI without any direction would create itself? I did. Here are the amazing results. AI Process/Open Source Software: HUMAN, Google Flow Music (Lyria 3.5) – DAW: Audacity 4 (alpha), OS: Linux (Ubuntu 26.04) FREE Download: Grain & Substratum by PR-01 (Google Flow Music) – Full Album (45:18) Liner Note: Grain & Substratum by PR-01 Usually, my … Read moreGrain & Substratum

Smooth Orchestrator

Smooth Orchestrator

AI Process/Open Source Software: HUMAN, Google Flow Music (Lyria 3.5), Claude.ai, ChatGPT, Perchance.org – DAW: Audacity 4 (alpha), OS: Linux (Ubuntu 26.04) FREE Download: Smooth Orchestrator – Full Mix (41 Tracks – 1:59:32 – 273.6 MB) Music Prompt (take a perfunctory glance at the “cover” for all you really need to know, but below is how I reverse engineered this quasi-tribute album): 1980s smooth downtempo sophisti-pop … Read moreSmooth Orchestrator

MENTAL OVERLOAD: A Mega Mixtape

MENTAL OVERLOAD

AI Process/Open Source Software: HUMAN, Google Flow Music (Lyria 3.5), Claude.ai, ChatGPT, Perchance.org – DAW: Audacity 4 (alpha), OS: Linux (Ubuntu 26.04) MENTAL OVERLOAD: A Mega Mixtape – Full Mix Download Free Mega Mix 320 kbps MP3 (74 Tracks – 3:24:12 – 467.4 MB) Download Free Individual Tracks’ 128 kbps MP3s (overload.zip – 185.3 MB) Google Deep Dive Podcast – Y2K Sonic Capsule: Rebellion and Evolution … Read moreMENTAL OVERLOAD: A Mega Mixtape

Karangahape Sundays

Karangahape Sundays

AI Process/Open Source Software: HUMAN, Google Flow Music (Lyria 3.5), Claude.ai, ChatGPT, Perchance.org – DAW: Audacity 4 (alpha), OS: Linux (Ubuntu 26.04) Full Album (52:32) Text to Music Prompt

Global South-Facing Windows

Global South-Facing Windows

AI Process/Open Source Software: HUMAN, Google Flow Music, Claude.ai, ChatGPT, Perchance.org – DAW: Audacity 4 (alpha), OS: Linux (Ubuntu 26.04) Global South-Facing Windows – Full Double Album (1:12:18) Download Free Double Album MP3 Music Prompt: Jangly lo-fi indie guitar pop, Dunedin Sound style, circa 1982-1985 New Zealand. Chiming, treble-heavy Rickenbacker-style guitar arpeggios layered over a simple, driving, slightly-behind-the-beat drum pattern. Warm, melodic, hooky bassline sitting … Read moreGlobal South-Facing Windows

An Ambient Aegean

An Ambient Aegean

Pyr, Gyni, Kai Thalassa Download/Stream Free Full Mix: 40 Tracks – 1:54:46 – 262.7 MB – 320 kbps Technically, I was raised by Greeks, thank God(s). My friend, Petro’s mother, Maria, my mother from another mother, was far beyond wise. She taught me that a man must fear three things: Pyr, gyni, kai thalassa. Fire, … Read moreAn Ambient Aegean

Les Éclaireurs, Fin del Mundo

Les Éclaireurs, Fin del Mundo

AI Process/Open Source Software: HUMAN, Google Flow Music, Claude.ai, ChatGPT, Perchance.org – DAW: Audacity 4 (alpha), OS: Linux (Ubuntu 26.04) Les Éclaireurs, Fin del Mundo – Full Album (1:12:16) I didn’t plan to make an album about running. I set out to make something that sounded like the Andes at 2 a.m., charango and dub bass, tape hiss and cold air, and somewhere in the … Read moreLes Éclaireurs, Fin del Mundo

off-white

off-white

full album (31:01) ai process/open source software: human, google flow music, claude.ai, chatgpt, photopea  – daw: audacity 4 (alpha), os: linux (ubuntu 26.04) stream/download free album mp3 as we once would quip as a friend’s monologue began, ‘smoke ‘em if ya got ‘em!’ we’re taught to see white as an absence of flaw, a state of grace we fell out of. I don’t buy … Read moreoff-white

Rat Pack Redux

Rat Pack Redux

Live at The Sands (1964) AI Process/Open Source Software: HUMAN, Google Flow Music, Claude.ai, ChatGPT, Perchance.org – DAW: Audacity 4 (alpha), OS: Linux (Ubuntu 26.04) Rat Pack Redux: Live at The Sands (1964) – Full Set (45:52) >>> Stream/Download Free Full Set (320 kbps MP3 – 105 MB – Yes, headphones advised!) SFX Credits Applause: Sound Effect by Dario Krobath from PixabayClinking Glasses: Sound Effect by freesound_community from PixabayAudience Room Tone: Sound … Read moreRat Pack Redux