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On New Tools, New Sounds, and Enough Synthwave Tunes to Release an Album

At the start of the year, I thought the Acid42 project was dead. Turns out all I needed was a new set of sonic tools.

Album: Renovatio (2020)

Consider this your quarantine soundtrack. It collects the last 3 years’ worth of ethnotronic worldbeat chillout tracks from my archives. Free download.

Recording a Cover of Ang Huling El Bimbo is Cathartic

“Ang Huling El Bimbo (A42 Cover)” is my cover version and homage to the hit 1996 song by the Philippine rock band Eraserheads. It turns what was originally a pop/rock ballad filled with nostalgia and puppy love into a more bouncy hip-hop infused version with a dash of IDM and downtempo electronics.

Track: Positive Babinski Reflex

“Positive Babinski Reflex” is a jazzy, synth-driven tune resurrected from limbo by turning it from a quite typical house track into something more organic and funky.

Remixing Kylie Minogue’s “Breathe” with Thomas Dolby’s “Windpower”

I built out this Kylie Minogue remix a few years back using Reason and Studio One and it remains one of my favorite remixes because the arrangement came so easily, and the final mix is exactly what I was imagining in my head.

How a Bass Line Led Me To Record a Talking Heads Cover

A simple two-note bass line for a new song I was writing inspires me to build out a cover version of Talking Heads’ Once In A Lifetime, but this time with verse lyrics in Filipino.

My Cover of Pure Shores by All Saints

Here is my vocal cover version of Pure Shores by All Saints, and given a downtempo electronic twist.

Track: Revenge of the Tikoy – A Little Mutant Lounge Music

It’s a little IDM and alien space cha-cha mixed with crackly breaks for a future jazz/faux-retro vibe from the 30th century. And horns. And of course, galactic seagulls cawing at you. This is my mutant lounge music.