Touane
The Live Archive
Part I
June 2010.
Buy
The new series of LHD releases, The Live Archive, it’s a rework and rearraging of material performed exclusively live during the latest 6 months of Touane shows across the globe.
1) The Bass and the Abstract Truth
Born as a two hour session in the studio back in 2009, this track made it to a final form way after it became a staple as the opening to my latest North America and European shows. The thing gets dubby, while retaining his colourful and original elements.
Part I
June 2010.
Buy
The new series of LHD releases, The Live Archive, it’s a rework and rearraging of material performed exclusively live during the latest 6 months of Touane shows across the globe.
1) The Bass and the Abstract Truth
Born as a two hour session in the studio back in 2009, this track made it to a final form way after it became a staple as the opening to my latest North America and European shows. The thing gets dubby, while retaining his colourful and original elements.
2) June 1sT
The sound of a midi sequenced orchestra, and a steady kick-hi hat combination, for one of my longest tracks to date. Very few but cautiously orchestrated elements contribute to a very powerful club tool.
3) Cavalca
Used to conclude some of my latest sets recently: playing this at the end the night, when people got finally closer to me and smore familiar with my music, it’s worked just magic: the epic, almost melancholic melody pairs perfectly whith the break in the middle of the track as everything dries up and kick and clap carry on the rhythm, a perfect track to play late in the morning!
As the previous two eps pursued a distinct organic approach to electronic-dance music, this installment is the ideal conclusion of the serie with three complex and layered pieces of music that try to suit dancefloor, iPod and home stereo.
While you can preview the music from Fairtilizer, as well as from my Soundclud page and on Touane's Last FM page, you can of course support the music and the label buying it on Beatport and many other shops.
Fulfilling the promise of sharing some creative tools of the Left Handed laboratory I am happy to introduce to you my own sequencer for Reaktor. Check the TVNZR page to donwload it, there is also an example for Ableton Live and some generic instructions on how to use it. Feedback welcome! touane[at]lefthandedaudio[dot]com
As mentioned in the previous update, the guys at Pyramind have been so kind to host my seminar about music creation tips and live showcase, here a short video of it, I promise more informations and video about the topic I exposed to come soon..
Months went by so fast but I have been pretty productive and besides doing music for Left Handed I also finished to work on an album with my pal Stewart Walker, the project is called Golden Parachutes and soon will announce release date and another couple of interesting features like remixes and previews.
Stewart together with Monsieur Michel Morin has been working to a very interesting concept too: Itchy Clips is a website that provides audio clips and sample packs created by artists, djs and producers, all optimized for the use with Ableton Live. Make sure to check out their smart idea and try out the free packs to et into the concept.
Finally, I worked hard to improve my DIY skills, and while actually working on my first active circuits, I revamped my summing device adding 8 more channels and an interesting routing system, I will prepare a nice post and some pictures and schematics for the next update.
I'll see you in June, enjoy the Spring as much as you can and listen to music in an active way!
 Touane Part III April 2010. Buy The third part of the Studio Works installment is a musical voyage inside and outside the Left Handed studio, with a strange buzzing presence as a special guest. |
