interesting article about trance states and music

http://www.trance.edu/drupal/node/29

discusses ways to increase the trance forming aspect in music.

street fighter sample pack

classic game, classic samples, now officially released to get you to buy more products.

forget all that and get it here

http://rapidshare.com/files/186578921/Capcom-Street_Fighter_IV_Sample_Pack-Trackitdown.zip

bassfaced democast

this is a link to a mix done by DJ Coup over at Bassfaced

all unsigned tracks, real underground bizness

lookout for mnml amnml by bmstx :P

http://www.bassfaced.com/2009/01/bassfaced-democast-01.html

dub production rescource

This site has some excellent dub production tips as well as a bunch of homemade vst fx that are useful for making dubwise music. the fx are for pc only

http://www.interruptor.ch/

one drop riddim tutorial

anyone who knows me would know that I'm digging old skool reggae and dub in a big way right now.

here is a simple tutorial that shows how to program a one drop riddim

http://wayneandwax.com/org/lessons/roots-riddim-tutorial.html

field recordings from Bokeo nature reserve, Northern Laos

Here are some sounds that I recorded on a trip to the bokeo nature reserve in northern Laos. These were made using a Rhode NT4 stereo mic, an Apogee Duet audio interface and an Apple Macbook running Ableton Live 7.

Everything had to be carried into the forest in one back pack. This setup was designed to be as light and portable as possible because the terrain is extremely mountainous. At the same time I wanted to be sure of getting a proffessional standard recording. The whole kit performed well and I'm happy with the way that the recordings turned out. Battery life was pretty limited, with about two hours of record time.

There was only one little incident where I lost my thong while wading across a river. Without thinking, I ran after it and luckily caught it before the water came too far up into my backpack. Since the bag is water resistant and the really sensitive bits were packed water tight, no problem.

Here are the links:

bokeo - 2pm

http://www.divshare.com/download/6245380-20e

bokeo - 9pm

http://www.divshare.com/download/6245381-01c