28 décembre 2024

[38C3] Secret Toilet Rave

Hamburg, Germany

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Secret Toilet Algorave Set ㊙️🕺🪠

Played live at the CCC 38C3 edition (Ghosts in the Toilets composed on the spot 🤟)

Tracklist:

Ghosts in the Toilets
Nouveau Punk
Pitbul Punk
Acidulé
L'or Bleu

~ BPM

124–170

# Tracks

acid-techno ×2punk-dnb ×2downtempo ×1124–170 BPM

01Ghosts in the Toilets160 BPMdnb

structure

setcps (160/60/4)

160 BPM, fast DNB-adjacent tempo

sample

"ghost" # n (slow 4 $ "<0 1 2 3>")

Ghost samples cycling through 4 variations - the track's namesake

technique

slice 16 "[0 .. 7] . <[0 .. 7]!3 [0 1 . [2 3]]>"

Breakbeat slicer on breaks165 with variable resequencing

effect

# octersubsub 2 # octersub 2 # sz 0.01 # room 1.0

Heavy octave sub-bass doubling with tight reverb

pattern

note ("<e3 fs3 <gs3 d4> <a3 df4>>" - 12) # "bassWarsaw"

Dark Warsaw bass with diminished/augmented interval cycle

src: live/collab/ccc/ghosts_in_the_toilets.tidal

02Nouveau Punk155 BPMpunk-dnb

structure

setcps (155/60/4)

155 BPM - punk energy territory

sample

chop 4 $ "punk:0/4" # crushbus 41 (range 16 1.5 "^53")

Punk guitar chopped with MIDI-controlled bitcrush

pattern

note "<e g a <b4 b4>>" # "meth_bass:3" # hpf 2000

High-passed meth_bass following E-G-A-B progression

technique

struct "t(<3!3 5>,8,<0!7 1>)" $ arp "up" ... # "cpluck:2"

Euclidean-rhythmed arpeggiated 'Violoncelle Manouche punko-magique'

effect

# crushbus 52 # octersubbus 51 # octerbus 53

Triple MIDI-controlled destruction on 90s_synatm synth

src: live/collab/raph/nouveau_punk.tidal

03Pitbul Punk170 BPMpunk-dnb

structure

setcps (170/60/4)

170 BPM - full DNB speed, fastest track

pattern

note ("d*<3 4 3 2> . ds ds df" + 2) # "vec1_acid:11"

Acid bassline with variable-density note patterns

technique

superimpose ((|* gain "^17") . (# n 10) . (# legato 0.8))

Layered acid superimposition with MIDI gain crossfade

sample

loopAt 2 $ slice 2 $ "meth_bass:9" # delay ... # delayfb ...

Meth bass with building dub-delay wash (0 to 0.8 feedback)

pattern

note "<a as <a a df5 df5> <d df>>" # "moog"

Moog lead with chromatic A-A#-A/Db-D progression

src: live/collab/raph/punkachien.tidal

04Acidulé135 BPMacid-techno

structure

setcps (135/60/4)

135 BPM acid techno groove

pattern

n "<30!16 31!16>" # "vec2_synth_acid"

Triple-layered acid bass stack: vec2 alternating + two vec1 lines

technique

>| note ("[b d6 b cs6 d6 b cs6 b]*2" - "<0!32 12!32>")

Acid sequence with octave drop every 32 cycles

sample

note ("b ~ ~ b ~ ~ <d!7 e6> <~ d>") # "FMRhodes1" # tremdp 4 # tremr 1.8

FM Rhodes 'Piano lead acidulé' with tremolo droplet texture

pattern

note ("<b5!3 <g d>>@7 <c6 c6 cs6 a6>") # "moog:0"

Caring bass - Moog with chromatic C-C#-A movement

src: live/collab/raph/acidule.tidal

05L'or Bleu124 BPMdowntempo

structure

setcps(124/60/4)

124 BPM - slowest, most melodic track

sample

"suns_keys" # n "<0 <1 2> 3 3>"

Suns of Gold keyboard stabs with tremolo and euclidean slicing

technique

fast (4/3) $ note ("<[fs4 <a5!2 gs!4 fs5!4 ...>@3]*4>")

Polymetric (4/3) Warsaw bass - triplets against 4/4 grid

sample

slice 8 "<0 1 2 3>(3,8)" $ "suns_guitar:2" # room 0.8

Euclidean-sliced guitar with lush reverb and L/R panning

effect

# crushbus 73 (range 16 2.9 "^55") # lpfbus 72

'CRASH/BURN THIS GUITAR' - MIDI-driven total destruction

src: live/collab/mousquetaires/blue_gold.tidal