15 mars 2022

Bazurto Live @ Tignes

Tignes, France

Bazurto Live @ Tignes

Pour Montagnettes <3

Apéritif

Invoque l'été

Entrée

Solar
Lunar

Accompagnement

Michael
Nightly Repair
Contre visite

Plat de résistance

Burn this Book

Dessert

Break the Loop
Atari-ght: techno retro gaming

Dernier Verre

Alerte Verte

Digestif

It's About Time

~ BPM

90–165

# Tracks

lounge ×2breakbeat ×3techno ×2dnb ×2chiptune ×1ambient ×190–160 BPM

01Invoque l'ete115 BPMlounge

structure

setcps (115/60/4)

115 BPM lounge groove with MIDI mask/mute system for live arrangement

pattern

"d ~ ~ d d ~ d <~!3 d>"

Son clave pattern on snare:22 with variable ghost-note gain

sample

$ "fbass:13" $ loopAt 2 $ slice 8 (run "<4!4 8 8 [4 8 4] [8 4 8]>")

Sliced bass loop doubling slice count for complexity buildup

effect

# crushbus 51 (range 16 4.5 "^53") # roombus 52 (range 0 0.8 "^33")

MIDI-controlled bitcrush and reverb on bass for texture morphing

technique

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

Moog bass on a I-bVII-i-IV jazz progression with arpeggiated superimpose

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

02Solar110 BPMbreakbeat

structure

setcps (110/60/4)

110 BPM breakbeat with dual DJF bus for A/B filtering

sample

$ loopAt 2 $ slice 8 (run 8) $ "break:11" # hpf 500

High-passed breakbeat loop with striate and ply variations

technique

arp "<up!8 converge!7 diverge>" "c'maj'8" # "bassWarsaw"

Arpeggiated Warsaw bass cycling through up/converge/diverge patterns

sample

# "FMRhodes1" # modIndex (range 0 128 "^34")

FM Rhodes with MIDI-controlled modulation index for timbre sweeping

effect

# crushbus 51 (range 16 4.6 "^53")

Shared bitcrush bus across bass and piano channels

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

03Lunar110 BPMbreakbeat

structure

setcps (110/60/4)

110 BPM companion piece to Solar - darker, deeper

technique

note (scale "aeolian" "<3 3 5 <5 4> 5 4 3 <~ 2 3 ~>>") # "bassWarsaw"

Aeolian-mode bass melody with rests creating breathing space

sample

"break" # n "<13!12 14!4 15!12 14!4>"

Cycling through 3 break variants on rotating 32-cycle pattern

technique

|+| note "~ 12(<1 1 2 1 2 5 2 1 2 2 5 2 2 4 3 8>,8)"

Euclidean octave jumps on Rhodes superimpose for rhythmic sparkle

effect

# modIndex (range 0.1 32 "^54")

Low modulation index ceiling on FMRhodes1 for warmer timbres

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

04Michael120 BPMlounge

structure

setcps (120/60/4)

120 BPM lounge piano/brass hybrid

technique

fix (... . arp "pinkyup" . (>| note ("c'maj'3" - 7))) "a"

Fix-based layering: three synth brass voices (a/b/c) with pinkyup arp

sample

"fsynth:3" sliced across [a,b,c] bus with note offsets -12 and -24

Multi-octave brass choir from a single fsynth sample

sample

$ juxBy 0.8 (rev . (# cut 51)) $ slice 8 (run ...) $ "fpiano:3"

Reversed piano jux with sliced groove for jumpy texture

effect

# crushbus 41 (range 16 1.6 "^13") # room 0.3 # sz 0.6

Light crush + room reverb on brass for warm analog character

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

05Nightly Repair90 BPMtechno

structure

setcps (90/60/4)

90 BPM slow techno with blues scale and custom scale definition

technique

note (scale "blues" (arp "<up pinkyup downup thumbupdown>" "[0,1,2,<3 4>,<4 <5 6>>]"))

Blues-scale FM Rhodes run with rotating arp modes and expanding chord voicings

sample

# "90s_matrix:3" # lesliebus 41 (range "-1" 1 "^17")

Leslie speaker simulation on 90s matrix bass with rate ramp

effect

# crushbus 43 (range 16 2 ("^53" - 0.1 * (fast 4 perlin)))

Perlin-noise jittered bitcrush for organic grit on bass

sample

$ "90s_matrix:1/4" # squizbus 92 (range 0 10 perlin)

Squiz distortion with perlin on 90s matrix lead for evolving texture

src: live/techno/nightly_repair.tidal

06Contre visite90 BPMambient

structure

setcps (90/60/4)

90 BPM ambient techno with layered mute groups for gradual unveiling

sample

"90s_synatm:8/4" # cut 4 # room 0.8 # legato 4

Quarter-speed atmospheric synth pad with heavy reverb

technique

$ superimpose (struct "t(5,8)" . arp "[down,up]" . (|+ note 12))

Euclidean arp superimpose on the aerial synth for question-answer motif

sample

$ "90s_synatm:14/4" # delayfb 0.25 # delayt 0.25 # delay 0.8

Second synth layer with dotted-eighth delay for rhythmic depth

effect

# octersubbus 53 (range 0 1.85 "^34")

MIDI-controlled sub-octave for bass reinforcement on synth

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

07Burn this Book120 BPMtechno

structure

setcps (120/60/4)

120 BPM dark techno with ASCII art banner and fire emojis

technique

note (scale "aeolian" ...) # "cpluck:0" # roombus 42 (range 0 0.8 "^33")

Aeolian pluck bass with arpeggiated superimpose triggered by MIDI

sample

$ chop 16 $ loopAt 4 $ "drums_nes:3" # lpf 4000

NES drum chip sample chopped into 16 slices at slow speed for dark texture

effect

# delay 0.85 # delayfb "<0.25!3 <0.5 0.9>>" # delayt 0.125

Ping-pong delay with escalating feedback on the NES drums

technique

midiOn "^58" (>| note (scale "aeolian" (arp "down" ...))) $ "cpluck:1"

Second pluck voice overriding notes with descending arp on MIDI trigger

src: live/techno/noir/burn_this_book.tidal

08Break the Loop165 BPMdnb

structure

setcps (165/60/4)

165 BPM drum & bass with MIDI-controlled break switching

technique

midiOn "^76" (scramble (8 - 4 * "^44"))

MIDI knob controls scramble amount on break slices for live glitching

sample

$ "90s_synatm:9" # lesliebus 42 (range 0 1 "^17")

Leslie-processed 90s synth bass with MIDI-controlled rotation depth

sample

note (scale "aeolian" ...) # "FMRhodes1" # modIndex (range 0 100 "^54")

Aeolian FM Rhodes with MIDI mod-index sweep

technique

note (scale "aeolian" (arp "<up downup down updown>" ...)) # "90s_matrix:3"

Matrix synth voices with rotating arp patterns for evolving chord textures

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

09Atari-ght120 BPMchiptune

structure

setcps (120/60/4)

120 BPM chiptune techno with Atari ASCII art header

sample

$ chop 8 $ loopAt 4 $ "drums_atari" # n "[29 29 <29 [29 28 29]> 28]"

Atari drum machine samples chopped and looped

technique

note ("c'maj'4" + "<c!3 g g g [g, [~ c]] c>" - 12) # "90s_synatm:8/4"

Synth pad ghost from an easier time with major chord progressions

sample

$ chop 8 $ loopAt 16 $ "synth_commodore" # n "0"

Commodore synth sample as the retro BASIC bus lead

effect

# crushbus 61 (range 20 2.25 "^55") # squizbus 62 (range 0 1.5 "^35")

Crush + squiz on Commodore synth for authentic 8-bit degradation

src: live/chip/ataright.tidal

10Alerte Verte160 BPMdnb

structure

setcps (160/60/4)

160 BPM DnB with layered kick (squiz+octersub) and MIDI mute matrix

sample

$ loopAt 4 $ chop 16 $ "fbass:25"

Chopped bass loop with MIDI-switchable forward/reverse slicing

technique

$ whenmod 16 12 (struct "t*<4 4 8 16>")

Snare rush pattern building from quarter to sixteenth notes

sample

$ chop 16 $ loopAt 0.5 $ "breaks165"

Nassim button: half-speed breaks165 chopped for live glitch drops

effect

# leslie "^34" # lsize (1 + (slow 16 perlin * 2)) # lrate 6.7

MIDI-controlled Leslie speaker on guitar with perlin-modulated cabinet size

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

11It's About Time110 BPMbreakbeat

structure

setcps (110/60/4)

110 BPM breakbeat with slow introduction masks revealing layers over 64 cycles

sample

$ "[808bd:4,kick:4]"

Dual-layered kick with 808 and acoustic for body and punch

technique

$ mask "<[[t <f!4 t!4>] <f!8 t!8>]!8 t!24 t!96>"

Long-form mask: FMRhodes bird call emerges after 8 cycles of silence

sample

note ("<c!4 ef!2 f g>" ...) # "808hc:2" # octersubbus 72 (range 0 1.4 "^55")

808 hi-hat carillon with sub-octave reinforcement via MIDI

effect

# delaybus 51 (range 0 0.8 "^34") # delayt "<h>" # delayfb 0.25

MIDI-controlled delay amount on FMRhodes for growing spatial depth

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