vogelscheiss: chuck graef’s sonic blog

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Spent about a week in LA where I met some great — nay, fantastic — people in and out of the film biz. Being around that total commitment is really refreshing and energizing.

Patch, a short film by Chris Romero.  More info here.

• Friday March 20 at 8:45AM
• Friday March 20 at 11:45PM
• Thursday March 26 at 8:55AM, and
• Friday March 27 at 5:35AM

Trippy, dark, and eastern-flavored with slow breakbeat. Yalli tambur and soprano lead lines. Doepfer, RA, EWQL Symphonic Choirs, Stylus RMX.

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Whimsical, with a beat. Synful violin, viola, and cello, RA, Colossus, Trilogy, Stylus RMX. Title means “kiss my ass” in Gaelic.  RA, Colossus, Trilogy, Stylus RMX.

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A short electronic/guitar groove. Doepfer modular, Colossus, RA, Atmosphere, Reason, Stylus RMX, with Synful horn.

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A short Celtic demo groove. RA fiddle, pipes, Irish whistle, and Middle-Eastern Strings, Colossus guitars and horns, EWQL SO bass, Stylus RMX percussion.

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A short African/Middle-eastern demo groove. RA kora, dubuk, yalli tambur, tambura, and strings, Trilogy double bass, Stylus RMX percussion.

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A short Celtic/African/what-have-you groove. This track was used in the Travel Channel documentary, Eclipse Chasers: Ghana. RA African ngoni lute, oud, Middle-eastern violin, and tambura, Colossus lap steel, agogo bells, and kalimba, Trilogy upright bass, RMX percussion.

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A one-minute suspense movie cue revisited. Things are looking grim for that minor character. EWQL SO.

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