10 mai 2024

Live @ Toi Toi Mon Toit

Paris, France

Live @ Toi Toi Mon Toit

Tracklist

Première Grillade
Break Dynasty
Clameur
Nouveau Soleil
It's About Time ❤️

~ BPM

80–165

# Tracks

lofi ×1dnb ×2hip-hop ×1breakbeat ×180–165 BPM

01Premiere Grillade80 BPMlofi

structure

setcps (80/60/4)

80 BPM lo-fi opener with Yamaha RM50 drum machine and jazz harmony

technique

let prog = "<[c,e,g,b] [c,e,g,bf] [c,ef,g,bf] [c,e,g,b]>"

CMaj7-C7-CMin7-CMaj7 cycle on FMRhodes2 - classic jazz voicing

sample

$ "shiloh:1" # lpf 5000 # room 0.4 # dry 2

Shiloh vocal chop with lo-fi filter and saturated dry mix

technique

note ("<[c,c(3,8)] [g,[~ f6],g*4] [bf,bf(3,8)] c4>" - 24) # "bassWarsaw"

Euclidean-patterned bass with chord-tone rhythm

effect

# crushbus 51 (range 16 2 "^53")

Subtle bitcrush for lo-fi warmth

src: live/midi/nova/lofi/premiere_grillade.tidal

02Break Dynasty165 BPMdnb

structure

setcps (165/60/4)

165 BPM DnB with jungle breaks and lo-fi vocal chops

sample

$ loopAt 2 $ chop 16 $ "jungle_breaks:6"

Chopped jungle break loop as the core high-energy drum pattern

technique

note ("<<b4 [b4@3 cs5]> gs4@2 ~ gs4>" - 24) # "bassWarsaw"

Warsaw bass with chromatic tension and dramatic rests

sample

$ slow 2 $ slice 16 "~ <0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 ...>" $ "shiloh:2"

Half-time Shiloh vocal chops with evolving slice selection

effect

# delaybus 61 (range 0 1 "^55") # delayfb 0.5 # delaytime 0.375

MIDI-controlled delay on vocal for dub echo trails

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

03Clameur93 BPMhip-hop

structure

setcps (93/60/4)

93 BPM dark hip-hop - 'Clameur pour Clement' - dedicated piece

technique

fix (...(# "90s_matrix:0") . (# note (scale "aeolian" (slow 2 "<0 0 2 3>")))) "matrix"

Fix-based dual bass: matrix synth + bass1 infra sub in parallel via fix routing

sample

$ stack ["~ <~!3 wooh>", "<morohai ~>"] with voices_celtic:32 and voices_persian:10

Celtic and Persian vocal layers stacked: Morohai chant + Wooh exclamation

technique

(# "superpiano") . whenmod 64 16 (whenmod 4 3 (arp "up" . ply "1!3 2"))

Piano with conditional arp: only in the last quarter of 64-cycle phrases

effect

# squizbus 61 (range 0 4 "^55")

MIDI squiz on celtic voices for controlled vocal degradation

src: live/hip/darkside/clameur.tidal

04Nouveau Soleil110 BPMdnb

structure

setcps (110/60/4)

110 BPM mid-tempo DnB with retro console sounds

sample

$ "bass_gameboy" with midiOn "^57" (# "bass_gameboy:5")

Game Boy bass with MIDI-triggered preset switching

technique

$ whenmod 64 32 (off "q" ((|+ note 12) . (# pan 0.8)))

Progressive octave offsets at nested cycle depths for gradual buildup

sample

$ slice 8 "<0 0 1 <[1 1] [2 <~ 2> 3 <~ 3>]>>" $ "synth_atari:5"

Atari synth lead with expanding slice exploration

effect

# roombus 71 (range 0.3 1.2 "^55") # dry 1.8 # sz 0.7

MIDI reverb on moog melody with dry emphasis for presence

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

05It's About Time110 BPMbreakbeat

structure

setcps (110/60/4)

110 BPM breakbeat closer with long-form masks for gradual layer revelation

technique

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

Multi-level mask: FMRhodes bird-call emerges after 8 cycles of silence

sample

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

Dual-layer kick combining 808 sub with acoustic punch

sample

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

808 hi-hat carillon with chromatic melody and MIDI sub-octave

effect

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

MIDI-controlled delay on Rhodes for growing spatial depth over time

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