Another one in 7/8.
Initially this used only Sufi plugins as sound sources, including drums, but I went back and polished it up a bit, and used a few other things instead. (It still leans heavily on Sufi plugins, though).
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“Once one has eaten at the hearth of Yomi it is impossible to return to the land of the living.”
Halloween, 2012
Listen to “Hunter’s Dreamboat (schädel remix)” by Ellie Herring.
Released on Ellie Herring’s “Reattraction“, for Race Car.
The label’s blurb about this one:
schädel (known to some as DJ Empirical) from Cincinnati, OH concocts a hypnotic look at ‘Hunter’s Dreamboat.’ A slow burner, complete with devilish ambiance and synths that hold you captive. The depths lead with the heart and fall to the floor.
Release Date: Apr 03, 2012
Artwork: Dustin Bowen & Evan Scott Sharfe
Catalog #: RCP 035
Mastering: Kevin Frey
This is a five minute minimix, a bit like the ones on Annie Mac’s BBC show. It’s short, but there’s a lot packed in there. You can download from the soundcloud widget, or click here.
Tracklist:
01) Graham Philip d’Ancey – Sacred Dance
02) Sheila Chandra – Strange Minaret
03) Moon Boots – Aretha (Zimmer remix)
04) The System – You Are in My System
05) Cut Copy – Sun God (Andrew Weatherall Arp version)
06) Fan Death – Veronica’s Veil
07) René & Angela – Save Your Love (for #1) (feat. Kurtis Blow) (12″ version)
08) Thompson Twins – Love on Your Side (No Talkin’) (12″ version)
09) Liaisons Dangereuses – Los niños del parque
10) The Who – Eminence Front (The Love Supreme edit)
11) schädel – [untitled] (rpm 04) Something Like a Hajj (demo)
12) Genius of Time – Houston We Have a Problem
13) Zodiac – Pacific (original mix)
14) Baron von Luxxury – That Disco Beat
15) DAF – Brothers
16) Ellie Herring – Hunter’s Dreamboat (schädel remix)
17) The Black Madonna – Exodus
Lexington musician Ellie Herring organized a compilation of electronic music entitled Sorghum, to which I donated the above track. All proceeds from its purchase will be donated to the Mid-East Kentucky Chapter American Red Cross to aid the tornado victims of West Liberty, KY.
It features some excellent music, and has a minimum of $4 to purchase. Click through to check out the other songs.
Listen to “Something Like a Hajj” by schädel.
I’ve been doing a lot of production in the last couple months, mostly under my resurrected alias schädel. Above you can hear a preview of* one of the songs I produced recently, which is as yet untitled.
I have a good amount of material mostly complete, which I hope to release this year.
* I decided to just make the whole thing available. Why not?
Listen to “Eight Years Old and Gone to the World” by schädel.
This is one I did as a submission for a compilation, but it wasn’t selected — so here you go.
Edit: It did eventually get a release on my EP:
Listen to the album “Watch My Captor Grow Old and Die” by schädel.
Listen to “Garden (schädel remix)” by The Lions Rampant.
This was my winning entry for a remix contest to appear in the soundtrack of the locally made, crowd-sourced short film, Radius.
If you’d like, you can check out the original version of the song, and watch Radius in full, as well as a making-of documentary in which my remix also appears.
mar 2004
This is a track from the very limited (23 copies!) e.p. by The Black Fives, released in 2004 with a handmade cover. At the time, The Black Fives was still a solo project, with schädel (a.k.a. Donald Spivak, a.k.a. DJ Empirical) still some time away from becoming a member.
The spoken samples come from the audio part of an adult education filmstrip. Scratches by DJ Empirical.