Shinbones Man - Spreadsheet Ocean Funk
1 Chirp
Glitched out funk-hop-dance
2 Silent Fog
I bought a Polyend Tracker off my mate and this is the first thing I’ve made on it.
This machine has a LOT of quirks. In fact, it’s made basically of quirks! It’s a totally different workflow to anything I’m used to - trackers passed me by in the 90s, although I remember a mate telling me about Renoise and thinking they sounded cool.
The workflow is really quite interesting - it’s like making music in a spreadsheet! There’s a lot of sample effects, even granular and wavetable synthesis, so I think it goes pretty deep.
The problem I would get is I’d make a couple of tracks, but they get out of sync in terms of global edits I wanted to make - almost like Git remotes! So I’d spend a lot of time adjusting effects between tracks to get levels more consistent.
Anyway, this track could really use a lot more effort in mixing I think. I can export stems apparently but this is the raw export of the mixdown from the Tracker itself. In Audacity, I can see it’s VERY spiky where the kick drum occupies much of the sonic information! Still, first effort and all that, and I’ve gotten really absorbed in it a few times.
3. Sharpsheeter
Spreadsheet funk
4. Joiner Bros.
Glitched out spreadsheet-hop produced on a Polyend Tracker. Sounded a LOT brighter once I exported it for some reason but sod it, it sounds a bit different!
Contains a sample of the Brothers Joiner playing sax, plus some random samples from the radio, no idea what station even, this sampler has a built-in radio receiver, rude not to use it.
5. Flump
Hard techno
6. Ruperts
Glitchy dark electronic, like a sampler choking.
7. Batterheads
Techno/garage
8. Rattlebats
Melancholy synthwave-hop created on a Polyend Tracker
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