Moschops

The return of the b boy meditation skratch

Big ups to all the listeners, glad you enjoyed it. The production dates on this one span over a decade, so it's great to share music from the archives and people still be feeling it. Just picked up a Roland JV1080 synth circa mid 90's so happy to be making some more old new music this year, cheers!

Looked at my bandcamp page and saw the last thing released was in June 2017, that won't do I thought, let's get something in there before the year runs out. So here is a beat tape released on Christmas day, bit late for the number 1 hit parade, plus there's no sleigh bells on it..maybe next year? Have a good one folks and love what you do, peace! https://synapsidstudios.bandcamp.com/album/welcome-to-synapsid

Good work Zetrik...digging the wild electribe chords on MechaRougarou. That machine packs a punch. I like the wild resonant bubble scratch sounds, especially on Fuzzy Weather. Had a flash of DJ Disk's PhonosycographDISK on that one. Very cool visuals as well

I really enjoy these high concentration mixes where you get to hear so many different rhythms and catch up on whats been happening in the world of music and beats..they always inspire me to explore new production ideas, thanks for putting it all together!

Fourier's theorem is one of the most useful facts in many branches of physics and engineering. This video shows how all complex waveforms (sawtooth/triangle/square/cranial) can be constructed from the simple addition of sine waves (a graphical reprasentation of circular motion). Doing a bit of digging on the subject I discovered reference to a famous paper by J.W. Cooley and J.W. Tukey from 1965. Their work utilised Fourier analysis and led to a radical increase in computing speed by exploiting the binary notation inherent to computers and the symmetry of sine waves. This leap in computing power is what enabled the effective storage and recall of analogue recorded sound via digital bits of information. Nice one lads!

You don't need much to produce hip hop beats, a couple of ears help...but that didn't stop Beathoven. I'd recommend learning your way round a sampler though, and some knowledge of keyboards I consider essential. When I get stuck I might follow an ableton tutorial to inspire some ideas and get me back into using the computer. Barry Beat's latest video is interesting.. ..as he demonstrates the incredible power of groove extraction. By using advanced techniques such as these the possibilities for creating sample based music is truly mind blowing, but don't be fooled by how easy it looks. To get lost in the method and forget about the music can be a source of great frustration, work hard to develop your skills and if you Love music you will do well!

Do I get extra votes cos my name is Webley?

Cheers guys, I'll work to post beats each week as I explore more sounds and ideas. The breakthrough beat for me was the one called 'C 2 B a DJ' when the powerful drum sample function came more into play, demonstrated more fully in the track 'Further Out'. Building on the 16 pattern sequences by live triggering samples turns this sampler into more of a playable instrument, and also develops the arrangement side of things. That part of the process can take place when I start to video record as you could spend ages just noodling with the thing. All in all it's a good way to explore what sample based music production is about without the frills of super hi-tech data processing (MIDI ha ha), the onboard fx are cool and can often yield some unexpected results especially when using longer samples.

Heyooo I saw this machine one time in Symatics studio and was instantly intrigued, could a sampler that small make head-nod beats? Well I've tried to answer that question by creating a youtube playlist of my original compositions, check em out here:

Ayo folks I heard about Digital Vertigo a long time ago from DJ Savwar, I was living in Ireland at the time and did a run of DMC's and ITFs there between the years 2002-2005. I was into making beats since being a teenager, I'm 38 now. Grew up in Milton Keynes and got into the rave scene attending Dreamscapes and Helter Skelters to name the big promotions, I still dig the early breakbeat sound. Made a beat tape before visiting Australia in 2000 and that got me connected with the Perth hip hop crew SBX, with artists such as Downsyde, Clandestine and Layla showing me how album production and touring become a reality. On relocating to Ireland I hooked up with rap crew Urban Intelligence and recorded the first Irish hip hop mixtape 'Homemade Bombs' helping establish the label 'Workin Class Records'. Played some big support slots for touring artists in Dublin and worked in a few record stores as well, building my knowledge of obscure labels and genres. I've come a long way since my first record purchase 'Agadoo' by Black Lace, classic shit. Skipping ahead like a dodgy needle I got involved in the Community Skratch Games in Galway as a performing artist in 2009, and went on to collaborate with Clash of the Titans battle champ DJackulate under the name 'Neil Bucannon'. We had a lot of fun using samplers, toy saxophones and theramins onstage, with the SP404 being my main weapon of choice. I am currently doing an online series on youtube under the channel 'harrymoschops' making fresh beats using the teenage engineering PO33 sampler if anyone cares to take a listen, to quote Handsome Boy Modelling School "you won't be sorry for long". To finish this brief bio it's worth mentioning the release I had out on Cut and Paste Records this year entitled 'Skratch Fossils', a project a long time in the making and an integral part of my development as a scratch DJ and producer. To hear mixtapes and other music I have released such as 'I Luv Space' on Alkalinear Recordings, I have a secondary youtube channel 'synapsidstudios'. That’s twenty five years in 365 words

Here's a Moschops spidery track featuring some samples from the Spider Jazz record: