MP3 INTERKOSMOS - London Mix

Progressive House/dance music with a rich, sensual and intelligent musical approach

9 MP3 Songs
ELECTRONIC: Dance, ELECTRONIC: House



Details:
The LONDON MIX tracks form a series of sketches, the heart of which I composed on laptop while I was there for four weeks

The first track âairplaneâ was written on a flight from San Francisco back to Seattle. On that flight I happened to meet DJ Mea and talk with her about working with Reason (the software tool that I use to compose my electronic music), sheâd seen me with my headphones

I gave her one of the original 100 âInvasion Warningâ CDs, but realized that she probably wouldnât be able to spin any of them when she gamely suggested sheâd listen through and see if she could work it into her set that night. I had coded in all of the drum beats I came across during my fiendish exploration of my new studioâs powers, but used them as they appeared which made for some really unusual stuff. Experimental, thatâs what the OM called it

Just too symphonic and not created to get them up and crazy and bouncing around. I wish Iâd had this album on hand that night too! I decided that I would make a point to create some music that could get played in clubs, and resolved to visit some of the top clubs there for âresearchâ

On my flight to London I created âwarblediscoâ which I continued to revise during my time in the UK. I sheltered in a gracious flat in Fulham on Munster Road, and would spend my evenings eating Indian take-out and working on seven sketches over four weeks:

o basichouse
o downtime
o loudphilistines
o goodnight
o junglerumble
o warbledisco
o trip

âbasichouseâ was really my first foray into pre-recorded percussion loops, which turned out to be a fun tool to work with. Iâm not really trained as a percussionist, and so here I get some percussionists whoâve recorded the loops that basically just work in my opinion. That marked a change in my style, and since then Iâve played a lot with mixed genres of beats

Other evenings Iâd be out with my coworkers, or checking out the Ministry of Sound or Fabricâ¦

When I returned from London I (as usual) chose to continue creating new sketches instead of going back to develop those Iâd done in London; that next sketch (âtickticktockâ) serves as the summary from home of what had been an cool adventure in the UK, thanks mates

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Interkosmos is Seattle-based artist Christopher Ferris. He's released three electronica albums since January 2005 â "Invasion Warning," a deep space film score, mastered by Chris Ballew of the Presidents of the United States of America; "London Mix," Euro-house electronica; and most recently "Proximity" which collects progessive house, drum and bass, and downtempo beats.

A prolific and sophisticated composer, he is also an accomplished performer remarkable especially for his extraordinary improvisation. His compositions reflect his many years of classical training, whether in solo piano performance or deep in his electronic music sets.

DISCOGRAPHY
Proximity, INTERKOSMOS (electronic) March 2006
London Mix, INTERKOSMOS (electronic) February 2006
A Chime in the Woods 2005 (live solo piano) January 2006
A Chime in the Woods 2004 (live solo piano) November 2005
Invasion Warning, INTERKOSMOS (electronic) January 2005
Bonjour Tristesse (solo piano) October 1997

PERFORMANCE SYSTEM
Alienware m7700a laptop with E-MU 1616 I/O
Reason 3.0 audio authoring software
Behringer BCF2000 faders
Sennheiser EW-152-G2 wireless headset mic
Roland AX-7 performance keyboard
Fatar VMK88 88 key controller
JUNO 106 synthesizer

SOUNDS LIKE
Propellerheads
Debussy
Jean-Michel Jarre
Claude Bolling
Scott Joplin
Hybrid
Paul Oakenfold
Chick Corea
Miles Davis
Kraftwerk
Switchblade Symphony
Pat Metheny
Chopin
Philip Glass
Crystal Method
Laurie Anderson