johnl.org » Music http://johnl.org Sun, 18 Mar 2012 18:10:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 A free album for everyone: Sampler by Ulrike Jokiel http://johnl.org/2011/02/21/a-free-album-for-everyone-sampler-by-ulrike-jokiel/ http://johnl.org/2011/02/21/a-free-album-for-everyone-sampler-by-ulrike-jokiel/#comments Mon, 21 Feb 2011 01:04:32 +0000 johnl http://johnl.org/?p=554 This album has been doing the rounds online for some time, but I was first recommended it by Aengus a few years ago. I really enjoyed the cut-down sound which reminded me of Rebirth and simpler times.. The tracks have no titles, just numbered 1 to 13. I find it to be great music for driving, and particularly enjoy tracks 4, 9 and 11. Ulrike Jokiel is a pseudonym it seems, but I'm not sure whether the actual artist is Finnish or not.

MC-303 SH-101 TR-606 KMS-30 JX-3P RY-10

Here's what Ulrike Jokiel  had to say about the production of the album:

the equipment used is more than minimal: roland jx-3p, roland tr-606, roland sh-101, mc303 groovebox, yamaha ry-10 drumbox
all sequencing is done with the built-in sequencers, the trigger/midi interface is my good ol' korg kms-30. everything was recorded directly to 2-track stereo tape (no overdubs, no mix, everything LIVE). no computer used.

The album is hosted on the wonderful Internet Archive, but I decided to re-host it here for ease of access...

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Ulrike Jokiel - Sampler

  1. 01
  2. 02
  3. 03
  4. 04
  5. 05
  6. 06
  7. 07
  8. 08
  9. 09
  10. 10
  11. 11
  12. 12
  13. 13
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I did some digging online and found out that the track was taken from the debut and only album, "In Slow Motion", of a short-lived Irish electronic music duo. The quaint record company page, still hosted on IOL web storage years later, led me to the producer Brian Kelly. I discovered that on his website he had the album in full available for download! I've re-hosted it here for posterity.

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I also wrote up the Wikipedia article about the group in an effort to make more people aware of their music, which falls somewhere between ambient and Orbital-style electronica. I hope you enjoy the album as much as I have, over the years. Brian was very appreciative of my previous efforts, so I'm sure he won't mind me re-hosting the album here...

Stills from lost Skintone video "Burning Out"

My favourite song from the album, "Burning Out", also had a music video according to the record label's website. If anyone has ever seen it, or better yet has a copy, let me know!

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Skintone - In Slow Motion

  1. What's Called This Place? (Intro)
  2. Lennox Avenue Butterfly
  3. Hail, Rain & Slow
  4. Full of Stars
  5. Burning Out
  6. Idle Speed, No Wake
  7. Ice Jam Creaking
  8. Luminous
  9. Cello Dub
  10. Drift Too Deep
  11. Afterdust
  12. What's Called This Place?
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This is a remix, of sorts, of It's Grim Up North by The JAMMs. The making of this song was almost an accident, but I think it worked out well. The JAMMs is one of the many pseudonyms for the group known mainly as The KLF, still one of my favourites, after all these years.

By clicking on the thumbnails, you can see the full album art. The art is also embedded in the MP3s.
Press the little play icon listen to a song. If you like what you hear, download the whole release in a .zip file below.

Songs:

  1. It's Grim On The Docks

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This album was created entirely using samples of my voice, or other speech sounds. Each track represents a vision of paradise, heaven or the after-life, as seen by different cultures through time.

By clicking on the thumbnails, you can see the full album art. The art is also embedded in the MP3s.
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Songs:

  1. Avalon
  2. Jannah
  3. Tír na nÓg
  4. Gan Eden
  5. Shangri-La
  6. Aaru
  7. Mag Mell
  8. Valhalla

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Video made in Grenoble, France. I had never made a video before, and I was waiting for my clothes to finish washing in the laundrette, and I happened to have my camera, so I took some footage. I edited this out of it afterwards.


Hit the HQ button for marginally better video and much better sound.

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British soldier Lance Corporal of Horse Matty Hull, aged 25, was killed when US A-10 "tankbuster" pilots opened fire on a UK convoy in southern Iraq in 2003. A cockpit video of the incident was withheld by the US authorities but then leaked to the public by The Sun newspaper. The interpretation is mine.

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Songs:

  1. Friendly Fire

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This is my ambient arrangement of Erik Satie's Gymnopédie No. 1.

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Songs:

  1. Gymnopedic

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This 3-song mini-album is based around the concept of radio and the AM (amplitude modulated) bands in particular, the LW/MW/SW that I always saw on our old radio. It was composed in 2006, while I lived in Grenoble, France.

By clicking on the thumbnails, you can see the full album art. The art is also embedded in the MP3s.
Press the little play icon listen to a song. If you like what you hear, download the whole release in a .zip file below.

Songs:

  1. Long Wave Memories
  2. Medium Wave Dreams
  3. Short Wave Thought

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