Moody thick drum ‘n’ bass. Starts off with almost classical/orchestral elements, then the drop, then a little more banging. Lots of arpeggios and melodic content.The post Cost of Difference appeared first on Canton Becker.

December V

Dec 30th, 2015 5m 50s

This was the third track in my one song a month project. Here I’m playing around with polyrhythms (3 against 4 against 5 against…) and some nice pure synth tones. It’s in a major key, which is really rare for me.The post December V appeared fi

Kipsigis Love Song

Nov 30th, 2015 4m 12s

This was the second track in my one song a month project. The sample you hear in this deep tribal house track is from a wonderful collection of records I found recorded in 1952 — famous anthropological field recordings by Hugh Tracy. More or le

The Great River

Oct 11th, 2012 6m 27s

Happy melodic techno. 122 BPM, starts off in a mellow place then gets bouncy and fun. Vocal sample is from Richard Kilmer’s LibriVox public domain reading of The Night Horseman by Max Brand (1920).The post The Great River appeared first on Can

Gamaya

Sep 28th, 2012 5m 41s

I love the album “Chants of India” by Ravi Shankar, and in particular the track that features this chant: asato ma sad gamaya / From ignorance, lead me to truth tamaso ma jyotir gamaya / From darkness, lead me to light mrtyor ma amrtam gamaya /

Floodwaters

Aug 28th, 2010 6m 54s

My first original techno track in a long, long while. Lush, layered, moody, epic. Composed in daily 20 or 30 minute stolen workday moments over the course of several weeks. Finished this during a moment in history when 2,000 Pakistanis have die

Snow Break

Dec 15th, 2008 6m 50s

On this very snowy Santa Fe morning and with one week left until the 2008 Winter Solstice, I’m pleased to release this new song for free under a creative commons license. Snow Break is a 92bpm ‘breaks’ piece based around a sampled string melody

Serious Song

Jun 16th, 2008 6m 50s

Wow this song was a long time in the making. 12+ months? Not sure if it’s done yet — this mix feels a little thick and awkward at times — but it’s done enough to let me move on to some other tracks in the near term. 174 BPM d’n’b, growly nasty

Benbient

Mar 30th, 2008 7m 42s

Composed for Benjamin Becker, born Feb 12, 2008. 102 bpm. Ambient groove deep ethno dub. Usually I make music on a Macintosh running Logic Audio and a sizable amount of outboard gear… but this one was composed entirely on a Palm Pilot T|X using

Stringy

Jan 1st, 2008 5m 37s

168 bpm, lush strings, jazzy fun drum ‘n’ bass with a couple of deep-beat breakdowns.The post Stringy appeared first on Canton Becker.

Harmonic

Nov 26th, 2006 5m 38s

Melodic breakbeat, dissonant pianoish melodies, hard-hitting resonant bass and lots of fun with harmonics and phasing.The post Harmonic appeared first on Canton Becker.

Big Chord

Nov 29th, 2005 7m 55s

Atmospheric / rolling drum ‘n’ bass with a many-layers jazzy feel. Giant heart-bursting pads.The post Big Chord appeared first on Canton Becker.

Rollertechno

Sep 18th, 2005 6m 15s

Trance-techno, 131 bpm. Hints of kraftwerk. Oldschool drums and even a siren. Breaks too, so maybe it’s not really trance. Sounds best while wearing roller skates.The post Rollertechno appeared first on Canton Becker.

Bassomatic

Jun 19th, 2005 6m 48s

Medium-fast breaks. Deep resonant (squirty!) basslines and a catchy melody. Inspirational bass-blending music.The post Bassomatic appeared first on Canton Becker.

Indian Summer (Licensed for Dance Dance Revolution)

Jul 14th, 2001 4m 45s

Does anyone have a Xbox 360 I can borrow? A while back I was hired to compose two songs for Konami’s DDR UltraMix 4, and they sent me some free copies of the game… but I don’t have a console to play on (or stomp on or whatever it’s called when

Schvisen

Jun 28th, 2001 6m 9s

Hard acid techno.The post Schvisen appeared first on Canton Becker.

Solstice

Dec 21st, 1999 3m 54s

(Recorded Winter Solstice 1999) Cosmic trance-techno. Hard hitting kicks, but nice spacious pads and bass blasts.The post Solstice appeared first on Canton Becker.

Lujon (Henry Mancini Remix)

Jul 1st, 1999 3m 50s

Remix of Henry Mancini’s “Lujon”. One morning in 1999, I woke up to hearing this song (the original) on my clock radio. While in a half-dreaming state, I imagined hearing these extra layers and rhythms underneath the song. Later on that day, I

Lewd Day

Jun 1st, 1999 6m 18s

Is there such a genre as Atmospheric Acid? That’s this one. Melodic soft strings with a funky beat and a gentle acid baseline.The post Lewd Day appeared first on Canton Becker.

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