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ACP049: Mad EP - Twenty-four Breakbeats

Matthew Peters (aka Mad EP) has been influenced by Bach's 'Well-Tempered Klavier' and Shostakovich's '24 preludes and fugues' for years, and so decided to do something similar for the breakbeat.

Like Bach & Shostakovich, originally the project was supposed to be a composition exercise to compose a breakbeat in every major & minor key, but soon it really hooked him and he ran with it, trying to offer as much diversity as he could while still having the group make sense as a whole.

Presented free of charge by Mad EP & Acroplane_Recordings.

24 tracks total.

no. 01 - C Major
no. 02 - a minor
no. 03 - G Major
no. 04 - e minor
no. 05 - D Major
no. 06 - b minor
no. 07 - A Major
no. 08 - f# minor
no. 09 - E Major
no. 10 - c# minor
no. 11 - B Major
no. 12 - g# minor
no. 13 - F# Major
no. 14 - eb minor
no. 15 - Db Major
no. 16 - bb minor
no. 17 - Ab Major
no. 18 - f minor
no. 19 - Eb Major
no. 20 - c minor
no. 21 - Bb Major
no. 22 - g minor
no. 23 - F Major
no. 24 - d minor

Download the full LP free of charge from http://www.acroplane.org

(TeReKeTe- I know this probably isn't the proper place to post this- but there had been a lot of interest in this from peeps here due to our discussions about key signatures, etc- hope it is ok)

On this...

interesting

used to live with a composer, he taught me how to write a fugue, did it on rebirth.

will dl later

they tuned breaks ?

Paradigm X wrote:interesting

used to live with a composer, he taught me how to write a fugue, did it on rebirth.

will dl later

they tuned breaks ?

Nice one- I didn't write any fugues on this one.. heheh, come to think of it, I haven't written a fugue in ages. Might be worth giving it a go again.

They aren't tuned in the sense that I didn't 'pitch' the drum hits. They are a wide variety of breaks- ranging from fully developed songs for some, others are brief reflections. Some have full melody, basslines, etc... others are simple chords.

As the press sheet states- I started it as an exercise, but really got into the idea as I progressed in the project. I wanted to find as many ways to be expressive with a breakbeat as I could and still have a general coherence to the collection.

On it like...

Oh, hell, just on it!

mad ep wrote:

Paradigm X wrote:interesting

used to live with a composer, he taught me how to write a fugue, did it on rebirth.

will dl later

they tuned breaks ?

Nice one- I didn't write any fugues on this one.. heheh, come to think of it, I haven't written a fugue in ages. Might be worth giving it a go again.

They aren't tuned in the sense that I didn't 'pitch' the drum hits. They are a wide variety of breaks- ranging from fully developed songs for some, others are brief reflections. Some have full melody, basslines, etc... others are simple chords.

As the press sheet states- I started it as an exercise, but really got into the idea as I progressed in the project. I wanted to find as many ways to be expressive with a breakbeat as I could and still have a general coherence to the collection.

Paramad XEP - Fugues and Variations.



Not dled yet, no audio at work will grab later.

nice one.

Hurtdeer wrote:haha, the cover makes it look like a Decemberists album

downloading it

It's actually a direct rip from the Peters Edition Publishing house... All their sheet music has that cover...



with my surname being Peters, I couldn't resist.

Paradigm X wrote:
Paramad XEP - Fugues and Variations.

HA! Best name ever.

Thank you. On the dl now!

Much respect.

big ups mad ep and big ups acroplane. Quality label.

Dling now.

fugue

So, how do you say that? Like, "fuck you"?

Hurtdeer wrote:

Magnetron, Sputtering wrote:

fugue

So, how do you say that? Like, "fuck you"?

fyoog

fyoog you too.

Yew meen it ain't said "FuhGway?"



Also, the Acroplane Soundcloud playlist is pretty dope.

Yeah Alphacat-

Creative Commons... I'm not making any money off it, so as long as no one else is (and credit is given, obviously) all is cool to share, spread and play as you see fit.

I'd love to hear people use em for blends with acapellas in dj mixes, etc.

I think it's an excercice we should all try - I'm sure you learned a lot from it.

Nice job! Downloading it right now.

my mate i mentioned above taught me loads of cool compositional techniques - try writing a tune with just 3 notes, no more than 3 instruments etc.... really interesting and makes you think well differently.

deffinitely worth gving a go.

A fugue is super simple, just some rules (i forget now) but well suited to repetative beats/acid....

you hear the ceefax acid 'prelude in 303 major? awesome. Bach (i think) done by on 303s...

(yup, bach)

http://www.ceephax.co.uk/Prelude%20in%20303%20Major.mp3

-Mad Ep - just listening now on the soundcloud player- some awesome stuff man !

c# minor is f'in wicked