Music 1997 - 2001 | Steve Layton

Music 1997 - 2001

by Steve Layton

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	1.	Sheen (1997) 03:56
	2.	Patternmaking (1997) 02:39
	3.	Black Pearl (1998) 05:07
	4.	You're a Star (1998) 03:02
	5.	Cat Dreams (1998) 06:03
	6.	Channel Passing (1998) 06:48
	7.	Dressed to Kill (1998) 04:20
	8.	Panopticon (1998) 05:07
	9.	Her Motor (1998) 13:07
	10.	Jabès (1998) 04:53
	11.	Seesaw (1998) 07:15
	12.	Walk Away (1998) 02:29
	13.	Rift (1998) 06:54
	14.	Play (1998) 04:00
	15.	He She (1998) 06:11
	16.	Emeralds (1999) 05:10
	17.	No Brakes (1999) 04:06
	18.	Broken Mirror (1999) 09:18
	19.	Home (1999) 05:49
	20.	Kitty Kitty (1999) 03:09
	21.	Horizon (1999) 05:41
	22.	Chrome Dome (1999) 03:37
	23.	Tighter (1999) 06:19
	24.	Last Days (2000) 09:08
	25.	Indiscreet Charm (2000) 04:21
	26.	Coming Down the Mountain (2000) 03:29
	27.	Wicked Scissors (2001) 04:51
	28.	Sky and Sand (2001) 05:04

about

1997 was the year of my first computer (Windows '95), and the big shift from composing and recording only with external hardware. All the composition and recording could now take place in the computer (though for a long while all of my actual sounds came from still driving my Alesis QSR rack-mount synth; it just had hundreds great sounds/instruments and great multichannel MIDI capability).

It was the second momentous change in my music, after getting MIDI and multichannel cassette recording in 1987, and my new normal way of working until I brought everything onto the computer with Reason in 2007.

These tracks were composed, performed, and recorded in the computer, creating all the parts with Voyetra's Digital Orchestrator Pro playing the QSR, which sent its audio back into the computer to be recorded with first Goldwave, then later with Cool Edit (which was later acquired by Adobe to become Audition). The computer was a standard generic of the time, with a basic hard drive, RAM, processor, and reliable but somewhat noisy soundcard. This means the original recordings were by no means studio-quality. Yet, they ARE absolutely authentic, and capture the fire, enthusiasm, and wonder of exploring this new way of working.

A lot of the works I made during that time were more in the Classical vein, and are represented on other albums here. These pieces lean more toward the "pop" and ambient side of things. People who know me and my music know that I've always been restlessly eclectic, zig-zagging between genres and styles at will. That's what you get here, in spades.

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released October 29, 2023

All tracks composed, performed, and recorded by Steve Layton.

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Steve Layton Seattle, Washington

Composer, performer, recordist, connector, facilitator. Editor of Sequenza21.com, a long-running website reporting on contemporary classical music.
Collaborator at ImprovFriday/Sound-In, a weekly web gathering of musicians from around the globe. NiwoSound is an umbrella for innovative art music / art sound. ... more

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discography

Eight Tracks

Apr 2024
Peace

Mar 2024
68

Feb 2024
Life Askew

Jan 2024

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