sunset rider | Yamaha Reface CP, op-1, Digitakt

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"sunset rider

short jam with the Yamaha reface CP"

Digitakt, microcosm | still. | live ambient performance

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"still.

this video is a live performance of ‘still.’, a track that i’ve been working on in the studio for a while. the full version is a work in progress, but it’s shaping up to be a piece that will make its way onto an EP.

playing it live feels emotionally different from the studio version, but i think both capture what i’ve wanted to express.

‘still.’ is a reflection on how some feelings & memories have their way of staying with us, no matter how much time passes—like old photographs tucked away in a book you forgot to finish reading, only to resurface with all their colors intact and unchanged; they've been persisting quietly in the background.

musically, 'still.' is built around a single melodic phrase that repeats and layers upon itself, shifting and evolving slightly with each repetition. each line comes from one of the eight voices on the digitakt. the morphagene starts the line initially and then goes on to morph into other ideas as the piece progresses. these overlapping lines blur together, creating a sound that feels full yet indistinct, much like how memories work over time. as time goes by, we revisit the same moments again and again, but each time the details shift, overlap, and blend, forming a kind of collage—an imprint of a time long gone, yet somehow always familiar. i hope you enjoy listening to it.

i want to take a moment to thank everyone who’s been here with me supporting my work—whether you’ve been listening from the beginning or just discovered it, i’m truly grateful for the time you take to engage with my music.

on a personal note, i’m looking for opportunities where my music can be a good fit, so if you or someone you know is looking for original music for a project, please feel free to reach out to me. thank you.

i'm ‪@patchesinblue‬ on bandcamp, instagram and yt"

Osmose | Lavender fields

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"The @ExpressiveE Osmose run through pedals and some post-processing.

The composition ends with something I'd previously written called 'Goodbye, October'. Thank you for listening.

https://www.instagram.com/patchesinblue/
https://patchesinblue.bandcamp.com/"

Vermona Perfourmer MKII, Moog Mother-32, Digitakt | transcend

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"Hi! Hope you're doing well. I'm back with a jam and this time I have the Cirkon 2 doing most of the sequencing. I received the Cirklon sometime last year after a 4+ year wait but couldn't find the time to fully dive into it. Reviving an old composition (3 mother-32's at the time) and adding a few more voices seemed an exciting way to kick the tires on the Cirklon and revise the original piece. Both the Cirklon and Digitakt are running in their song modes, respectively. Everything is sequenced from the Cirklon, except the Digitakt. I've strayed into musical territory that I usually shy away from (and don't fully understand) but I enjoyed it nonetheless and I hope you enjoying listening too."

"I'm @patchesinblue on bandcamp and instagram."

Expressive E - osmose | dying star

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"dying star

astoundingly expressive and endlessly inspiring to play, the osmose is a truly remarkable instrument that immediately allows for immersive engagement with sound and music. thanks for listening.

@patchesinblue on bandcamp, instagram, twitter"

Meng Qi Wingie 2, Norns (Awake), Digitakt | run

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"@Meng Qi 's #Wingie 2 is one of the most deeply gratifying instruments i've interacted with in the last few years; it feels personal, intimate and experimental all at the same time. when i began sketching, i missed being able to add notes from a lower octave, while keeping most of the melodic content in the upper registers. so - i went out and got another Wingie 2. they make a beautiful pair together

for this piece, i tried to push the Wingie out side its usual familiar territory, and it responded very well. both Wingie's are receiving input from the monome norns awake synth; the black Wingie resonating an octave below the silver one, subtly, with a shorter decay time. i also added some color to the original sound from the wingie; the silver wingie is going through an electro-harmonix big muff guitar pedal (just off camera on the top). there's also an mxr dyna comp pedal (also slightly off camera) that is boosting the right-channel of the silver wingie.

there's also a norns shield (next to the silver Wingie), running an arp from Awake, tempo-linked to the standard black norns. ironically, the norns shield display went to sleep sometime before i started recording.

the expressive e touché is controlling the filter cut off of the norns awake synth. as the cut off changes, the wingie resonates accordingly.

lastly, there's digitakt for rhythm. yet another wonderful instrument that never fails to deliver.

this piece was a bit outside the usual for me, but so are the times we live in and everything i'm experiencing. i hope you enjoy listening."

morphagene, beads, arbhar | eurorack ambient | unexpected dream

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"'unexpected dream'

this might just be the shortest Eurorack ambient video here on YouTube.

a combination of textures from the mutable Instruments beads, the make noise morphagene and the instruo arbhar with rings playing a melodic line in a lower register

just like a dream that appears out of nowhere and then disappears just as vaguely, this piece is an abbreviation of a longer piece that i can't remember having either a tangible beginning or a decisive end

@patchesinblue on instagram, twitter, soundcloud and bandcamp"

Meng Qi Wingie 2, teenage engineering Op-1 | sunlit stream

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"streams of water, lit by the sun. the Mengqi Wingie 2 continues to inspire, producing the most unexpected and wonderful of musical moments. the teenage engineering op-1 provides the original sound through an arpeggiated synth sequence, and the Wingie 2 resonates with beautiful sounds

thank you for listening.

@patchesinblue on instagram, twitter, bandcamp and soundcloud"

Just friends, Monome ansible kria, beads, STO | exercise caution

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"exercise caution

an afternoon exercise with kria sequencing whimsical raps justfriends and the makenoise sto with sparks from mutable instruments beads.

at one point during the performance, my entire arm covered the frame while i was adjusting the filter cut-off on the whimsical raps three sisters, so i included some amazing clips of the sky that felt right for the music for that section.

@patchesinblue on instagram, twitter, bandcamp and soundcloud"

Ciat-Lonbarde Cocoquantus 2 and Sidrax organ | overblown

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instruo arbhar, makenoise RxMx | tides | #Shorts

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"the magical instruo arbhar through the makenoise rxmx. tides; high and low, bitter and sweet"

Cocoquantus 2 w/ Sidrax, MakeNoise RxMx | gentle reminder

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"gentle reminder

fall has brought with it mixed colors and feelings. i went through another patch in blue. i'm not sure if I'm out on the other side yet. making this was hard. but i'm here anyway

thank you for listening

Ciat-Lonbarde Cocoquantus 2
Ciat-Lonbarde Sidrax Organ
Whimsical Raps Mangrove
MakeNoise Phonogene
MakeNoise fxdf/RxMx
Oto Bam"

Cocoquantus 2 w/ Sidrax Organ | separation

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"inspired by and written for the poem 'Separation' by W.S. Merwin

Ciat Lonbarde Cocoquantus 2 w/ Sidrax Organ
Hologram Electronics Microcosm
Oto Bam
Fairfield Circuitry Shallow Water
ER-301"

Vermona Perfourmer MKII | nowhere night

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Teletype and Just friends | it was practically magic

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"first time using i2c to have the Monome teletype speak to Whimsical Raps just friends. i started studying and got distracted

the MakeNoise mimeophon is there to preserve and repeat the history of what was said; occasionally; like little echoes of memories that surface suddenly, often blurring the lines between what was said and what was meant and understood

the er-301 adds grains of weariness from having to listen and remember

the Hologram Electronics microcosm creates much needed space to breathe

Thank you to vecteezy for their bird vectors that helped me created the animation"

Make Noise Strega | mimicking a cassette tape loop

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"experimenting with the Make Noise Strega and I found that it can be used to make something sound pretty close to a cassette tape loop. the primary sound source is the Make Noise 0-coast. no external effects"

Buchla music easel w/ Make Noise music easel | goodbye

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'Goodbye'

Buchla music easel
Make Noise music easel (0-coast, Strega, 0-ctrl)
Walrus Audio Julianna
Strymon El Capistan
Hologram Electronics microcosm
Added orchestral strings

Available on Bandcamp

https://patchesinblue.bandcamp.com/tr...

I’m @patchesinblue on twitter, instagram.

Sidrax Organ | grief comes in waves

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Ciat Lonbarde Sidrax
Strymon El Capistan
Walrus Audio Julianna