Chocolate Cake
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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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
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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
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Camille – La Jeune Fille Aux Cheveux Blancs
One Self – Unfamiliar Places
Bonobo – Nothing Owed
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Claude Thomain – Un Soir De Blanco
Desmond Williams – This Morning
Joanna Newsom – Colleen
Strange Fruit Project – Makin My Way
Phil Upchurch – Voodoo Chile
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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
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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
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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) ?
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Nu People – I’d Be Nowhere Without You
Patricia Kaas – La Mer
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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) ?
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Beck – Diskobox
Michael Andrews – Middlesex Times
Sound Studio Orchestra – Southbound
Nicole Willis & The Soul Investigators – No One’s Gonna Love You
