This is my entry for the RPM Challenge 2009. I’m presenting it below both as an entire cake, and as individual pieces.

What you’ll find below is the full recipe, separated by pieces (in bold) with its ingredients listed below. Each of the piece numbers/titles will download the individual piece, but just before the ingredients list there is a link to download the entire cake in its un-cut format.

I created this album with the intention of producing a cohesive whole (whether or not I accomplished that is another thing entirely), so please be aware that you are missing out on a little bit of the experience by downloading tracks individually. While most mp3 players can play a set of songs without a short silent gap between them, some of the transitional effects will be lost.

If you’ve wondered where I’ve been (because you haven’t seen me for a month), wondered where I was going (because I sent you a clip of absolute noise to listen to), or wondered what I was thinking (because I seemed to mentally drift off to some other place mid-conversation) … Then I’d like to thank you for your help and patience – both while I was making this and while you’re listening to it!

Chocolate Cake Ableton Set

Also, you can have a look at the entire set in Ableton Live, as I’ve linked it above. This might give you an idea of the time and effort that I put into this project this past month (or it might just confuse you). If you zoom in, you’ll see that each track is marked off. Each ingredient is presented by the bold-color bits, and each effect track (reverb, beat repeat, gate, pong, etc) is presented by a red line on the faded-color bits. Regardless of how technical it may look, I hope you enjoy how it sounds…

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01 Intro Download audio file (01%20Intro.mp3)
Nuspirit Helsinki – Take It Back
Edward Elgar – Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op.85, Lento-Allegro Molto
Explosions In The Sky – Time Stops
Abass – Abass

02 Fudge Crisp Eulogies Download audio file (02%20Fudge%20Crisp%20Eulogies.mp3)
Poets Of Rhythm – Eulogize The Source
Damu The Fudgemunk – Colorful Storms (Ruff Instro)
George Harrison – Ballad Of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll)
One Self – Unfamiliar Places
Bonobo – Nothing Owed

03 Candy Cane Corkscrew Download audio file (03%20Candy%20Cane%20Corkscrew.mp3)
Camille – La Jeune Fille Aux Cheveux Blancs
One Self – Unfamiliar Places
Bonobo – Nothing Owed

04 Voodoo Colleen Morning Download audio file (04%20Voodoo%20Colleen%20Morning.mp3)
Claude Thomain – Un Soir De Blanco
Desmond Williams – This Morning
Joanna Newsom – Colleen
Strange Fruit Project – Makin My Way
Phil Upchurch – Voodoo Chile

05 Hard Wind Divers Download audio file (05%20Hard%20Wind%20Divers.mp3)
Nina Simone – Wild Is The Wind
Billy Preston & Syreeta – With You I’m Born Again (Acapella)
King Tubby – Satta Dub
Baby Huey – Hard Times
Boozoo Bajou – Divers

06 Downtown Scrabble Download audio file (06%20Downtown%20Scrabble.mp3)
Darondo vs Rene Costy – Didn’t I Scrabble
Nicole Willis & The Soul Investigators – Blues Downtown
Ibrahim Ferrer – Si Te Contara
Vincent Geminiani – Insidieusement Les Elfes

07 That There Download audio file (07%20That%20There.mp3)
Dennis Coffey – Whole Lotta Love
Ibrahim Ferrer – Hay Que Entrarle a Palos a Ese
Maria De Barros – Mi Nada Um Ca Tem
Damu The Fudgemunk – Colorful Storms (Ruff Instro) ?

08 Nowhere Sea Download audio file (08%20Nowhere%20Sea.mp3)
Nu People – I’d Be Nowhere Without You
Patricia Kaas – La Mer

09 Upstream Download audio file (09%20Upstream.mp3)
Amen Andrews – 1000001 Style
The Marvelettes – Too Many Fish In The Sea (Acapella)
Areski & Brigitte Fontaine – La Fille Du Curé
Wynton Marsalis – You Don’t Know What Love Is
Frank Zappa – Nasal Retentive Calliope Music
King Seven – Stripped Out And Gutted
Global Dance Project – Krishnamurti Groove
Wynton Marsalis – Stardust
Dennis Coffey – Whole Lotta Love
Damu The Fudgemunk – Colorful Storms (Ruff Instro) ?

10 Timebox Sound Download audio file (10%20Timebox%20Sound.mp3)
Beck – Diskobox
Michael Andrews – Middlesex Times
Sound Studio Orchestra – Southbound
Nicole Willis & The Soul Investigators – No One’s Gonna Love You

This is basically a dubby/downbeat remix of Smokey Robinson And The Miracles – The Tears Of A Clown.

I also used the introduction of The Contours – Do You Love Me and the main beat from Disrupt – Bauhelm Dub to create the music that Smokey Robinson’s vocals sit in.

There’s some serious bass in there, so get this out of a good set of speakers if you can!

Download audio file (Jimbalaya-Pieces_Of_The_Wholes-08-The_Contoured_Tears_Of_A_Clown.mp3)

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I spliced a 911 call from YouTube with some Jay Dee beats…
This lady’s (seriously explicit) flow makes the Wu-Tang Clan look like the Teletubbies.

You can hear the original call here.

Download audio file (Jimbalaya-Pieces_Of_The_Wholes-07-My_Son_(Is_Disrespectful).mp3)

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This one is an up-beat, slightly jazzy tune. I’ve been sitting on Luminescent Orchestrii‘s Moon Song for a while (you can stream their original song here, or download the mp3 here), trying to do it justice with my work (not that I’m making it better, but that I’m not making it worse). This is what came out… Oh, I also used parts from:

Andre Nickatina – Summer In Florida
Nuspirit Helsinki – Take It Back
Tosca – Annanas
Bitter:Sweet – Salty Air
Mew – Small Ambulance
Q-Burns Abstract Message – Touchin’ On Something

Download audio file (Jimbalaya-Pieces_Of_The_Wholes-06-Touching_The_SummerSweet_Moon.mp3)

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This is a laid back downtempo bit that’s sort of a beat-filled ambient mix. I used quite a few tracks to piece this one together:

Biosphere – The Shield
DJ Vadim – Melodies In Vertical Theory
Billie Holiday – Just One Of Those Things
Dizzee Rascal – Excuse Me Please
Melvin Bliss – Synthetic Substitution
DJ Shadow – Midnight In A Perfect World
Mos Def & Diverse – Wylin Out
DJ Logic – Abyss
The Notorious B.I.G. – I Really Want To Show You
Oh No – Break

Download audio file (Jimbalaya-Pieces_Of_The_Wholes-05-Rolling_The_Bones.mp3)

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This is my fifth entry for the RPM Challenge. This is all software instruments and a few effects.

Download audio file (Jimbalaya-RPM_Challenge_2008-05-Mechanical_Melancholia.mp3)

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This is my fourth entry for the RPM Challenge. Jimbalaya’s jungle jazz juice, juggling junk gently jiggled from:

Drumagick – Easy Boom
Dizzy Gillespie – Wheatleigh Hall
Thelonious Monk – Japanese Folk Song
Billie Holiday – Twenty-Four Hours a Day
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings – Casela Walk
Blue States – Metro Sound (Four Tet Remix)
Roots Manuva – Yellow Submarine

Download audio file (Jimbalaya-RPM_Challenge_2008-04-Japanese_Boom_Walk.mp3)

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This is my third entry for the RPM Challenge. Upbeat and funky, go!

The Three Sounds – Your Love Is Too Much
The J.B.’s – The Grunt
Billie Holiday – Summertime
9 Lazy 9 – Bad Boy
Ampop – My Delusions
Billy Squier – The Big Beat
Monkeys – Mary Mary

Download audio file (Jimbalaya-RPM_Challenge_2008-03-Delusional_Grunt.mp3)

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This is my second entry for the RPM Challenge. It’s some sort of freakish rock/reggae carnival anthem that includes pieces of the following:

James Sutter – Firefront Recording Sessions
Syreeta – Your Kiss Is Sweet (Feat Stevie Wonder)
Big Youth – Waterhouse Rock (Groove Corporation Remix)
King Megatrip – Samples

Download audio file (Jimbalaya-RPM_Challenge_2008-01-But_I%27ve_Never_Heard_Anything_Like_This.mp3)

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This is my first entry for the RPM Challenge. Chipped off some of the finest old blocks:

Herbie Hancock – Olilloqui Valley
Sonora Carruseles – Micaela
Roni Size – Brown Paper Bag
Big Youth – Waterhouse Rock (Groove Corporation Remix)
Billie Holiday – Summertime
Billy Squier – The Big Beat
Monkeys – Mary Mary

Download audio file (Jimbalaya-RPM_Challenge_2008-02-The_Hoo_Hah.mp3)

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Related posts:

1. Delusional Grunt
2. But I’ve Never Heard Anything Like This
3. Japanese Boom Walk

This is Mr Scruff – Fish shoved into The Beatles – Octopus’s Garden. Enjoy!

Download audio file (Jimbalaya-Pieces_Of_The_Wholes-04-Eating_Fish_In_The_Octopus%27_Garden.mp3)

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Here’s Eurythmics – Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) mixed with Squeeze – Take Me I’m Yours. It’s a bit gallop-y, but there’s not much I could do about that…

Download audio file (Jimbalaya-Pieces_Of_The_Wholes-01-Take_Me_In_Your_Sweet_Dreams.mp3)

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Related posts:

1. Running In My Dreams

This (roughly) three minute cut & paste job uses pieces from these tracks:

Lena Horne & Q-Tip – I Got Rhythm (Take The Lead Remix)
Justin Timberlake – Lovestoned/I Think She Knows (Interlude)
Gladys Knight & The Pips – I Heard It Through The Grapevine

Download audio file (Jimbalaya-Pieces_Of_The_Wholes-03-I_Think_I_Got_The_Grapevine.mp3)

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Related posts:

1. Running In My Dreams

I forget some of the tracks that were used in this (roughly) three minute mix of tunes, so I won’t bother listing any.

Download audio file (Jimbalaya-Pieces_Of_The_Wholes-02-Running_In_My_Dreams.mp3)

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Related posts:

1. Take Me In Your Sweet Dreams