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TOPLAP SOLSTICE 23

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TOPLAP SOLSTICE 23

Winter Solstice stream performance.

Tracklist

Permanence 🫶🫶🫶🫶
Bain Bouillant 🤿 🤿
Haunted House 👻 👻
Salut nu 👋👋👋👋

~ BPM

120–150

# Tracks

techno ×1nu-jazz ×2breakbeat ×1100–150 BPM

01Permanence150 BPMtechno

structure

setcps (150/60/4)

150 BPM high-energy techno with triple mute groups

sample

$ "[techno:0,808bd:2,909,kick:4]" # lpf 1200

Four-layer kick stack low-passed at 1200 Hz for heavy sub weight

sample

$ chop 4 $ loopAt 4 $ "bass_nes:1" # octersubbus 43 (range 0 1.5 "^17")

NES bass loop with MIDI-controlled sub-octave for massive low-end

technique

$ note ("0@3 0 . <gs4 f4 ef4 d4>" + "<g4!3 f4> . 0" + "[0,12]") # "superfork"

Superfork lead with chromatic descent and octave-doubled unison

effect

# crushbus 41 (range 16 2.5 "^53") # squizbus 44 (range 0 1.5 "^33")

Dual distortion: bitcrush + squiz on the NES bass for gnarly texture

src: live/collab/raph/permanence.tidal

02Bain Bouillant120 BPMnu-jazz

structure

setcps(120/60/4)

120 BPM nu-jazz with house kick foundation and jazz sample layers

sample

$ "nujazz_keys120" # n "<61!24 60!8>"

Jazz piano chords alternating between two voicings on 32-cycle rotation

technique

note ("e3 <b2!3 <ef3 g3>>" |+| "[0 ~ ~ 0 ~ ~ 0 ~] [...]") # "bassWarsaw"

Warsaw bass with syncopated euclidean-style note triggering pattern

sample

$ "nujazz_bass120" # n "<33!64 34!64>"

Plucked jazz bass alternating samples every 64 cycles for evolution

effect

# roombus 42 (range 0 0.4 "^33") # crushbus 41 (range 16 3.4 "^53")

MIDI-controlled room reverb and bitcrush on bass for live dynamics

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

03Haunted House120 BPMbreakbeat

structure

setcps (120/60/4)

120 BPM Beatober track (Oct 16) - released as La Fin de l'Insouciance

technique

note ("<[<g4 <g4!3 gs4> gs4 gs4>@3 <c!13 gs4 c c>@2 ...]") # "FMRhodes1"

Bird-call FM Rhodes melody with chromatic voice-leading (g/gs alternation)

sample

"weird_dialogs:39" with fix slicing: begin/end for effects/almost/variations/answer

Vocal dialogue sample surgically sliced into 4 semantic sections for Q&A texture

sample

$ "trance_pads:7" # legato 2 # room 0.4

Atmospheric trance pad layer with sustained legato and reverb wash

effect

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

MIDI-controlled delay on FMRhodes creating spatial depth on demand

src: live/midi/nova/beatober/oct_16_haunted_house_insouciance.tidal

04Salut nu120 BPMnu-jazz

structure

setcps(120/60/4)

120 BPM nu-jazz with jazz samples and wah-wah guitar

sample

$ "nujazz_keys120" # n "<54!16 53!16>" with juxBy 0.9 mirror

Jazz piano with reversed mirror superimpose creating stereo depth

technique

note ("<[a4@4 c5 <c5 d5 c5 fs4>] a4>" + "[0,12]" - 36) # "bassWarsaw"

Warsaw bass with tritone movement (a4 to fs4) and octave doubling

sample

$ "nujazz_wahwah125" # octersubbus 71 (range 0 2 "^55")

Wah-wah guitar with MIDI sub-octave for funky bass reinforcement

effect

$ jux rev $ note (...) # "moogBass" # chorus 0.2 # att 0.3 # rel 2

Moog choir with jux-reversed stereo and slow attack/release for evolving pad

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