finally made something new! after a couple of months of not being able to work on anything. wanted to stray away from the usual electronica sound i had on my previous tracks. i’ve been listening to a lot of jazz within the past few months and i think it is evident in this new track. enjoy! -pat

i was fiddling around and wanted to put together all the things i loved into one monster track. (its not so monster but you get the idea :P ) peace.

<3 jorge

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I’ll find you2

Act 2: Stage 1: No I.d. Panic increases while pushing through the crowd. There’s no end to to these halls . The disco is dark. Everyone’s a vampire and who can you blame? But you finally find what you’re looking for. A china town disco dancing light shines on the prize but it seems 10,000 feet away. “I feel like I can make it”,an ambitious thought. An elderly man relives his youth by a pop and lock next to the bar. Candy for the eyes and I forget once again what I’m walking towards.

One day I found a minitape recorder in my backpack after pick up from baggage claim on way to Florida. The tape contained some live opera rehearsals. This loop was created from an excerpt from the tape, sped up, and perhaps some reverb..? Long ago.

Instrument: Grandma’s church organ. Orginal recording with digital still cam with video.

After making this ditty, I thought I might name it “Ferries Really Wear Boots.” Somehow to me this sounds like the tune that Ozzy Ozbourne might have heard when he spotted ferry(gnome?) he talks bout in the classic, “Ferries Wear Boots.” In this rendition, he spots the ferry with boots dancing in a dark alley way under a blue spotlight and this song is playing.

Sample extract from whistling and banging keys on desk simultaneously..looped.

Download Mp3: Traveling by Japan Soul

I’ve been noodling on the guitar for weeks and decided to lend one of my ‘original’ riffs to my Artronica process.  I’ve long been a fan of minimalism and repetition and Artronica gives me the freedom to explore these interests more acutely. And then there’s the beautiful freedom of digging around in my brain to isolate influences to sample.

Guitar and collage arrangement by Japan Soul.

Samples from:

1. Cut Copy – Future
2. Bible – Crystal Palace
3. Steve Reich – Pulses
4. Johnny Cash – I Walk the Line
5. Johnny Cash – A Thing Called Love
6. Moby – Porcelain

Photo by Ewa Orzech