Dirty Ape - Beijing Bandits

I’ve recently joined a band called the Beijing Bandits, who are a gypsy folk rock band based in Newport. You can check out the Soundcloud or like us on Facebook. We’re playing a gig on the 9th December at Le Pub, Newport and another gig on the 15th December at Meze Lounge, Newport.

Recently, I’ve started listening to a lot more experimental electronic music. After producing my entry for The Science Museum’s remix contest, I had another shot at producing my own experimental electronic piece. Seeing as I’m still getting to grips with Ableton Live 8, I had a go at mixing while recording, mainly altering the cutoff, attack and resonance.

“Rolex Knockoff” was my first attempt at producing a Moombahton piece. Set as (almost) a challenge, by my friend Caramelou, I sampled “Wearing My Rolex” by Wiley, slowing the BPM and adding percussive instruments.

Written as a response to The Science Museum’s OraMIX competition, “OraMIX: Satellite Song” uses audio stems of Daphne Oram’s recordings in order to create a new “song”, through remixing the available audio.

“Sunshyne” was the product of being asked to edit Dario G’s “Sunchyme“, in order to use the final piece as backing music to a live fashion gallery exhibition. The brief was to only use the section with tribal-like vocals and to repeat till the piece ended.

“Stash” was my first shot at actual electronic music production. I wanted to make a dark sounding dubstep song, using only the samples available in Ableton Live 8. This is the product of my first shot with proper music sequencing software and, although I know it’s not great by any means, I’m quite proud of it.