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NeoKitsch produces ‘Etherwaves’ – A Science Fiction Music Album

May 032010

Twenty haunting tracks have been produced at the NeoKitsch studio for the Science Fiction genre.

Each track describes a different landscape or scene inspired by science fiction stories and films. The musical influences come from both a modern and vintage interpretation of futuristic sounds and ideas. Modern science fiction film scores such as Cliff Martinez’s music to the remake of Solaris with George Clooney has been the direction Danny Hahn has been going with for this album at the studio. As a complete contrast, Danny developed this musical style with influences from earlier film scores, such as Bernard Herrmann’s music to The Day The Earth Stood Still in 1951, and even dipping into the 80′s, with Vangelis in Blade Runner. Other influences come from the futuristic, experimental, glitch/electronica music by the group Autechre.

To achieve these styles, Danny used many modern and vintage instruments. For that 21st century sound, Danny turned to Autechre. After hearing Autechre live using the Swedish made synthesizer, the Elektron Monomachine, and its partner in crime, the Machinedrum, the NeoKitsch studio added these instruments to the collection. The Elektron synths helped produce a wide range of sounds, which span across many different eras of music.

To achieve the vintage, 50′s feel of science fiction, the Moog Etherwave Theremin was used in many of the tracks. After Danny played the Theremin to the public with Lydia Kavina at the Royal Festival Hall in London, many new ideas to produce the ‘Etherwaves’ album came about after the collaboration. Lydia Kavina had played the Theremin for many film scores including Tim Burton’s ‘Ed Wood’ and ‘The Machinist’ starring Christian Bale, and these contrasting styles, both serious, psychological interpretations, and ‘Neo-Kitsch’, nostalgic older styles, were a starting point for Danny to work with his interpretation of the genre.

To achieve the 80′s feel to science fiction music, many Roland synths and early Korg vocoders were used. Arpeggiators, vocoders and samplers from 30 year old synthesizers can be heard in the collection, including the Moog Rogue, Korg MS2000B, Roland TB-303, Yamaha CS10, and many others.

The Etherwaves album can be heard from the link below, where it is published for film producers on the networking site, Humtoo, and it can also be downloaded from iTunes, Amazon mp3, Rhapsody and Napster, as well as on CD, which can be purchased from the NeoKitsch online store from the tab at the header of this site.

Humtoo Produce a NeoKitsch ‘Bizarre Carnival Music’ Album called ’8-bit Circus’

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Apr 112010

Another 20 tracks have been published under the music library publisher Humtoo.
Traditional and experimental musical styles have been combined to produce this eclectic mix of party, carnival and circus tunes.
All tracks are available for purchase or free to broadcast for film, television or any public broadcast medium.
Danny Hahn has composed this album at the NeoKitsch studio, with the new collaboration of Michael Doherty, who arranged the track called ‘Circus Fanfare’, and contributed by composing his own tracks named ‘Silky’ and ‘Carnival Overture’. David Way, as always, has performed outstanding violin and viola interpretations, and has worked closely with Danny throughout the project to compose music together. Angela Caesar has recently joined the NeoKitsch team, a soprano concert singer, who also contributed on a few pieces with her unique and versatile voice on tracks such as ‘Carnival of Venice’. This collection describes circus and carnival themes through a broad range of styles, where Schoenberg takes a trip to a beach party and Pierrot lets his hair down in a tango.

Please click on the 8-bit Circus banner below to listen to all 20 tracks.

Shades Of White – Ambient Music

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Feb 142010

NeoKitsch has four ambient tracks published on Humtoo’s minimalist drone collection. You can listen to the tracks by clicking on the image below.

Ben By Night: (Neokitsch) is an ambient piece which is tranquil, reflective and enlightening. It is a location specific piece, as the music resonates through the chimes of Big Ben, so this track is a perfect choice for those wishing to describe a London night scene.

The Ocean : (Neokitsch) is a mysterious and haunting piece with threatening rumbles contrasted with high pitched chimes. It weaves through light and dark moods, describing the uncertain depths of the otherworldly ocean.

Schumann Fish: (Neokitsch) uses a mixture of subtle ambient music with sound recordings. The name comes from the piece being inspired by a particular passage in one of the Schumann Lieder, although this piece however, has an aquatic texture.

Frost: (Neokitsch) is very dark, with a distant, reverberant female voice accompanied by the low crackles and rumbles of the vintage analogue Moog Rogue synthesizer.