15 décembre 2024

Algolia - Last All Hands

Paris, France

Algolia - Last All Hands

Tracklist

Blue Gold
Something about Drums
Sunny Side Up
Café Bouillant
Café Tiède
Force Motrice
Love First
Contre Visite
Nuit Agitée
Invoque l'Été
Permanence

~ BPM

90–160

# Tracks

breaks ×3nujazz ×2techno ×1lounge ×1ambient ×2dnb ×1punk ×190–160 BPM

01Blue Gold124 BPMbreaks

sample

"suns_keys"

Suns of Gold key samples with tremolo and slice

sample

"suns_guitar"

Triple guitar: main, flying triplet, falling angel layers

pattern

$ fast (4/3)

Signature 4/3 polyrhythmic bassWarsaw line

sample

"suns_voice:0"

Father's voice sample with phrase slicing

technique

$ whenmod 32 16 (swingBy (slow 16 $ range 0.08 0.01 saw) 4)

Progressive swing reduction

src: live/collab/mousquetaires/blue_gold.tidal

02Something About Drums160 BPMdnb

pattern

note (cat ["[bf3, d4, f4, a4]", "[a3, c4, e4, g4]", "[d4, f4, a4, c5, <e5 e4>]", "[g3, b4, d5, <f5 ~>]"])

Jazz chord arpeggiation: Bbmaj7-Am7-Dm9-G7

sample

"FMRhodes2"

FM Rhodes with modIndex and stutter

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"moogBass"

Moog doubling chords with delay

sample

"break:2"

Break with iter and splice manipulation

structure

setcps (160/60/4)

160 BPM jazz-DnB fusion

src: live/midi/nova/dnb/something_about_drums.tidal

03Sunny Side Up120 BPMlounge

sample

"sunny_bass"

Warm bass with octave sub variations

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"sunny_brass"

Brass with progressive mask reveal

pattern

"acidOto3092" |- note 36

Acid synth overlay in F/G#/C/G

sample

"nujazz_keys120:35/4"

Piano loop outro

technique

$ mask "<t f <f t> f>"

Gradual 4-bar sample deployment

src: live/midi/nova/lounge/sunny_side_up.tidal

04Cafe Bouillant120 BPMnujazz

sample

"nujazz_bass120"

Plucked bass with perlin-driven crush

pattern

note ("e3 <b2!3 <ef3 g3>>" |+| ...)

BassWarsaw with euclidean offbeats

sample

"cpluck:4"

Plucked melody with probabilistic transposition

sample

"jungle_breaks:22"

Stereo-panned jungle break

technique

$ someCyclesBy "<1!32 0!32>" (|+ note ...)

32-cycle alternating note transposition

src: live/midi/nova/nujazz/cafe_bouillant.tidal

05Cafe Tiede125 BPMnujazz

sample

"nujazz_bass125:1"

Jazz bass chopped and sliced with MIDI control

sample

"nujazz_keys125"

Multi-layer piano: main, octave, pad, slice patterns

technique

$ slice 4 "<<[0 1 2 3]...> [0 1 2 3]>"

Alternating piano slice variations

effect

# roombus 110 (slow 16 $ range 0 0.9 saw)

Progressive reverb build

sample

"FMRhodes1"

FM piano pad with modIndex and arpeggio superimposition

src: live/midi/nova/nujazz/cafe_tiede.tidal

06Force Motrice125 BPMtechno

sample

"nujazz_bass125:1"

Jazz bass with crush and octave bus

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"FMRhodes1"

FM piano with modIndex and reverse offsets

sample

"giorgio_syn:22"

Giorgio synth with euclidean struct

sample

"cbow:2"

Cello bow with stutter superimposition at bar 32

sample

"meth_bass:3"

Meth bass sub-melody

src: live/midi/nova/dnb/force_motrice.tidal

07Love First120 BPMbreaks

pattern

note ("<c <ef ...>> f@2>" - 24)

BassWarsaw in C/Eb/F with octave doubling

sample

"nujazz_keys120:13"

Piano with crush and reverb processing

sample

"nujazz_guitar120:3"

Guitar with progressive delay build

sample

"movie_cat"

Cat movie samples with stutter and slice variations

technique

$ midiOn ("^92") (slice 8 ... . loopAt 1 . (# "breaks165"))

Nassim button: breaks165 sliced in real-time

src: live/collab/nass/love_first.tidal

08Contre Visite90 BPMambient

sample

"90s_synatm:8/4"

Atmospheric synth with MIDI note shift and chop

sample

"90s_synatm:14/4"

Electronic answer synth with octave sub and crush

sample

"90s_synatm:18"

High lead with jux reversal and doubt echoes

technique

$ someCyclesBy "^36" (loopAt 1 . mask "[f t]*4")

MIDI probability-driven break mask pattern

structure

setcps (90/60/4)

90 BPM contemplative ambient

src: live/midi/nova/ambient/contre_visite.tidal

09Nuit Agitee160 BPMbreaks

technique

let scale = getScale (scaleTable ++ [("gameboy", [1,2,4,5,7,9,11])])

Custom gameboy scale for retro melody

sample

"bass_commodore:7"

Commodore bass with leslie modulation

sample

"harpsichord2"

Harpsichord in gameboy scale

sample

"amencutup"

Amen break with stereo pan

pattern

note (scale "gameboy" ...)

Gameboy-scale melody with euclidean timing

src: live/midi/nova/breaks/nuit_agitee.tidal

10Invoque l'Ete115 BPMlounge

sample

"fbass:13"

Funk bass with 8-slice run variations

sample

"fguitar:12"

Gentle guitar with chop and whenmod reversal

sample

"fpiano:13"

Piano with mask deploy and octave sub

pattern

note ("<a3'maj g3'maj a3'min d3'maj>" + "0*<4 [4 16]>")

Moog angel bassline in A/G/Am/D progression

technique

$ (|* gain ("0.75 1 1 1 0.75 1 1 1"))

Clave-like accent pattern for snare groove

src: live/midi/nova/lounge/invoque_ete.tidal

11Permanence150 BPMpunk

sample

"bass_nes:1"

NES bass with freeze, ply, and squiz effects

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"fguitar:40"

Guitar with slice, distort, and LPF modulation

pattern

note ("<c4 ef4 <bf3 <g3 g4>> <af3 f4 af3 af4>>")

Moog bass in chromatic dark progression

sample

"fsynth"

Synth lead with crush and triple octave sub

effect

# squizbus 44 (range 0 1.5 "^33")

MIDI squiz on NES bass for lo-fi texture

src: live/collab/raph/permanence.tidal