Craig Childs
Burning Black
Heavy bass on Nakata in one of two dubstep tunes I wanted to do without the standard ‘wop wop wop’ bass synth. Still a lot of movement there. This one has a little humour because of the lines I throw in from Haruki Murakami’s Kafka On The Shore. Bladerunner uses a small sample of Flying Kabuki, off one of the movie’s many bootleg soundtracks.
Craig Childs
Berry St
A fun little breaks tune with my favourite kind of arpeggio solo to keep it fun and light.
Craig Childs
Underwater Valentine
Both dubbish tracks, Shark Attack is the faster of the two, exploring a phasing synth line over a fairly erratic groove and airy melody. Valentine is your more triphop instrumental of the two, keeping the same groove but with subtle variations.
Craig Childs
Wind & Whimsy
Gail’s a piano riff with some subtle frequency variations and a nice supporting bass from an amp in a hall or something. Fairy is another live riff with an arpeggio; longer and with more progression.
Craig Childs
Forest Fire
Did a dirty, distorted attack of snares and bass and screeches. Think of Atari Teenage Riot or something with a little more variety.
Craig Childs
Mountain Climb
Cloud Castle by Pavel Elagin
Trekking through the Barbadi Forest his much needed power crystal supply had diminished. Luckily he came across an uttermouse and made use of it’s smoke glands; allowing him to navigate easily until he reached the foot of the mountain, where he would later use the crystals as he reached closer the peak. A dubstep song.
Craig Childs
Sludge Spill
Stoner rock, sludge metal; very interesting genres. These three tracks represent a session trying a few things out starting off within this style of music. Pick Up is a Jesu kind of tune; simple and melodic and a little sappy. Sweaters gets a little more interesting in adding more elements, Sunn O))) influences in the vocals, I guess, and bringing the energy up. Then Argument gets a touch more hardcore/punk with some sloppy vocals. I pretty much ripped off the opening riff from Sydney’s Not For You split with Ultimatum.
Craig Childs
Like A Wolf
Fairy live track, piano driven; instrumental.
Craig Childs
Phoenix – Fences Remix
Decided to kind of ruin my favourite tune from Phoenix’s Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix by trying a little lofi electro on it. Like most remixes I do I just like changing the tune or key to suit the vocals. Arpeggios, fuck it.
Craig Childs
Don’t Eat Frogs
“Poison within. Cold-blooded amphibian.” A dub-step tune with a message of not eating the truly beautiful colour frog because it’s cold heart pumps deadly jumping gas that will kill you. Animal songs are fun.
