I recently picked up M01d, A Software Replica of the Famous Korg M01 for 3DS. Although still getting used to it, I thought the perfect way to give it a baptism of fire would be to use it solely to make the track of the week.

Krubera is a dark and roomy sounding track that was made using purely the sounds available on the M01d including effects. The reverb available on the M01d was also a deciding force for the track and was a major contribution towards its composition.

Give it a listen on Weekly Beats Below:

The original idea for this track was to create something along the lines of Acid house. It didn’t take long before it had gone in another direction but the use of the 303, 909 and Piano samples are still there although re-appropriated for the track.

This is also the first track where I’ve had a direct collaboration with another musician. Adam Wheeldon provided Live guitar and Bass for the Piece.

This week’s track was a little different. I wanted to create a track representing a sunrise. I knew I wanted a wall of sound approach to imitate the suns awesome power and after a few Ideas I decided that the use of radio static (the audio remnants of the big bang) was a perfect imitation.

This track is made up of many layers of different recordings of static with pitch shifting and automated EQ to add rhythms and melody’s to the track. I then accentuated elements that I liked with a heavily distorted electric guitar and a bass line from Monark, which I recorded through an FM radio using a transmitter: