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Artist: PNAU

https://open.spotify.com/artist/6n28c9qs9hNGriNa72b26u?si=C01cNOk6TDC3IEAinBNXbA

Stand out performers (live drums mixed with EDM - live performances). Energetic music composition (Changa album) and stunning supporting visual content (music video 'Changa').

Album: Changa

https://open.spotify.com/album/4zZhV656BJMvD2hSAveA91?si=LLChGMJISVaiFM6Us1YAWQ

Music Video: Changa

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeawokXyvXY

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Producer: Hans Zimmer

https://open.spotify.com/artist/0YC192cP3KPCRWx8zr8MfZ?si=0vnmum2CS4ipBlOCETEEDg

Moving film soundtracks that have stood out in my all time favourite movies. Open approach to musical genre and materials (Orchestral - Dark Knight, Modular, electronic inspirations - Interstellar)

Movie Soundtrack: Interseller

https://open.spotify.com/album/5OVGwMCexoHavOar6v4al5?si=vqpyjci7T1SDvTvr5EnvEQ

Movie Soundtrack: Batman: The Dark Knight

https://open.spotify.com/album/60WJsU06uA2tAzYPogY8uR?si=zQXiux2JS_e3f8RIXM0ZFw

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Artist: ZHU https://open.spotify.com/artist/28j8lBWDdDSHSSt5oPlsX2?si=RyYIfUHbS8e5QK45rT9klQ
My most influential artist. Unique brand image and musical content. Moving, diverse and adapting musical style. Effective visual content which supports musical style. Effective brand collaboration (Adidas), full length song to support a clothing line.
Album: Generationwhy - https://open.spotify.com/album/6Xhb46t8f3z8FkuXQAj4UV?si=A-hadmJPTr6T4Busu2bCLQ
Album: Ringo's Desert Pt.1 - https://open.spotify.com/album/1VAIQmXGA2BVlpXBrueMnk?si=TDMRCoJkSsqREY0pXFj7ng
Music Video:

Waters of Monaco (Adidas China Pure Edit)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRjDqw1w7k8
Instagram Account: Zhumomentz

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Mapping your interests Critical concepts in media

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Mapping your interests Critical concepts in media

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Mixing Technique : PARALLEL COMPRESSION

In the modern music industry the art of compression is of upmost importance for every artist attempting to create dance music for the radio or other streams where ‘loudness’ is important. In order for music to be enjoyed at its maximum potential, the mix of each musical component in a song must be properly balanced. For this to happen, certain elements must be lowered in gain whilst others increased from their ‘normally restricted’{Snowman, 2014} signals. Parallel compression is a commonly used technique by most experienced mixing engineers.

In an example, rhythm components are sent to a single group track so they can be ‘controlled’{Snowman, 2014} via a single mix fader. Then, by applying maximum compression to the compressor, the overall compression mix can be controlled by the compressors wet / dry control. To achieve best results, the grouped tracks must have the compression mix applied in ‘small amounts’{Snowman, 2014}. The overall result should be the control of the ‘low level’{Snowman, 2014 #6} transients in the mix whilst still maintaining the original ‘uncompressed’ transients {Snowman, 2014 #6}. A ‘thicker’ {Snowman, 2014 #6}, more ‘defined’{Snowman, 2014 #6} rhythm is achieved without compromising on loudness.

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Recording Technique (ZHU): VOCAL RECORDING AND COMPRESSION

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Recording Technique (ZHU): VOCAL RECORDING AND COMPRESSION

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Electronic artist ZHU states in a 2016 interview with Recording Academy :

‘[It]…means a lot because that was probably one of the simplest songs ever to be nominated for a GRAMMY. But maybe that spoke to the power of simplicity and, something that Miles Davis always talked about too, is that the space is more important than the notes. And that’s really true in my music too, the space is very important.’ (ZHU, 2016)

The use of live instruments to add ‘feel’ and ‘space’ in electronic music is often overlooked in the production process and the impact that they have is often missed. When recording and compressing vocals there are ways in which producers can utilise a vocal’s impact without increasing the volume of the track. By utilising a ‘slightly backwards’ {Clark, Garvey & Hughes, 2014} method, vocals are recorded and mixed before other sections. This is done in order to make the vocals sound ‘wonderful’ {Clark, 2011} not just to be ‘heard’ {Clark, Garvey & Hughes, 2014} over other elements such as the drums, which are often mixed to sound ‘loud’ and ‘big’ {Clark, Garvey & Hughes, 2014}.

Finally, vocal compression should be an element that is only added into the mix at the end. It should be used as a means to add ‘sheen’ {Clark, Garvey & Hughes, 2014} or ‘gloss’ {Clark, Garvey & Hughes, 2014} to vocals. This ‘minimal[istic]’ {Clark, Garvey & Hughes, 2014} approach to compression is how an artists music can sound so full whilst still preserving it’s ‘space’.

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Synthesis Technique (Flume): WAVETABLE SYNTHESIS

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Synthesis Technique (Flume): WAVETABLE SYNTHESIS

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With technology continuing to advance at rapid rates, new methods of creating electronic sounds are beginning to emerge. Wavetable synthesis is a technique commonly used by Flume in his futuristic, ‘hip hoppy’{Creators. (2018)}, electronic dance music. The idea behind modern wavetable synthesis is that of using a small, ‘raw’{Russ 2009}, segment of a sample waveform as the starting point for subtractive synthesis. Modern plug ins such as ‘Serum’ by Xfer Records allows its user to insert a waveform into each of its digital oscillators and choose the waveform position. Then, by automating the position of the waveform through built in LFO’s or envelopes, the producer is able to construct a sound that displays a ‘variety'{Russ 2009} of changing timbres with a characteristic ‘swept’{Russ 2009} vibe. Additionally, the distortion that occurs by continuously ‘disturbing’{Russ 2009} the waveform adds harmonic content to the original signal and thus resulting in a more ‘interesting’ sound.

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‘Digital art is an artistic work or practice that uses digital technology as an essential part of the creative or presentation process.’

‘A horror (film) is a film that seeks to elicit a physiological reaction, such as an elevated heartbeat, through the use of fear and shocking one’s audiences.’

Future: Set ahead of the current time period.

Idea: A virtual reality, dystopian horror experience that draws upon the construction and display of live digital animation through VR paraphernalia and requires the subject to be placed in a state of unconsciousness. The experience is based on stimuli extracted from an audience through a type of ‘Rorschach Test’, where the machine or person constructing the experience gains insight prior to the experience, of the subject’s fears and discomforts. A digital image or scene is then digitally constructed through virtual reality to depict a horrific dystopian future, individualised to the subject’s innate fears. The experience ties in current societal and environmental issues that could lead to the destruction of the earths natural resources or breakdown of society and makes them the basis of the experience. The intended outcome for the subject is a epiphany to help support views on preserving the earths resources or other forms of constructive future planning. The idea is that the epiphany should happen subconsciously much like the idea behind the 2010 movie ‘Inception’ by Christopher Nolan, where ‘ideas’ are ‘planted’ into a subject’s head in order for them to believe they came up with the idea. The idea is that due to the innate biological makeup of our brain, which causes us to ‘care’ about the outcome of circumstances in our dream, we can be positively enlightened towards certain ideas; we have motivation to take action on these ideas.

Lehrer, J., Gonzalez, R., Milman, O., Scoles, S., Molteni, M., & Allain, R. (2018). The Neuroscience of Inception. Retrieved from https://www.wired.com/2010/07/the-neuroscience-of-inception/

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Neo Noir is a new age derivative of Film Noir and translated means ‘new dark’(French)(Byabortta, 2018). Neo Noir utilises elements of ‘chiaroscuro lighting’, a variety of ‘obscure’ and ‘obstructed’ camera angles, eroticism & sexuality, ‘cynical’, ‘world-wary’ protagonists and urban environments (Antwi, 2018). By utilising high contrast lighting to cast shadows and shapes over characters, ‘beauty, suspense, and [a] surreal nature’ ("Chiaroscuro lighting | What is Film Noir", 2018) are depicted. The soundtrack to a Noir style film must follow the same ‘dark’ and grungy guidelines as the filming. ‘Jazz Noir’ is a common genre in Neo Noir and Film Noir, and is defined by the dominance of elements such as a ‘downbeat tempo’, ‘bass’,  ‘cool jazz’, ‘ambi[ence] and minimalism'("Jazz noir music | Last.fm", 2018). Encompassed by a ‘landscape of synth music’(Manduteanu, 2018), Vangelis’ soundtrack to Ridley Scott’s 1982 movie ‘Blade Runner’ supports  the dystopian setting of Scott’s film by blending the ‘dreamy, melodic and hypnotic’(Manduteanu, 2018) sounds of 80’s synthesisers with the surreal and picturesque cinematography of Neo Noir film technique.

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ZHU —> Prince

Prince:

Zhu states that Prince was successful in building an audience due to his ‘look’ and the way he ‘behav[ed]’ on stage. Additionally he touches on how Prince was able to create a space where fans could ‘transcend’ beyond the music and enjoy it on a ‘spiritual’ level(Brown, 2018). A common theme amongst many in Prince’s musical works was that of psychedelia, a genre of music that became popular in 1960’s and was associated with the use of psychedelic 🤬 to enhance visual and aural experiences. As the listener, we can see similarities in Zhu’s musical style as compared with Prince’s in various albums such as ‘Generation Why’ and the ‘Genesis Series’ where solo electric guitars, horns and ZHU’s high vocal range are contrasted with a mysterious array of synth sub basses. Eluding from the spotlight under a shroud of secrecy ZHU has so far been successful in building a large audience around his brand image by focusing attention away from ‘the person’ and rather on ‘the music’. Although different circumstances, this can be seen as a similarity to when Prince changed his performer name to the glyph, ‘sex symbol’ in 1993. Largely seen as defiant act against ‘Warner Bros’ the symbol also had the ‘grandiose’(Rhodes, 2018) effect of creating a following, opening up doors for branding that was indiscriminate of any stereotypes and focused on musical content.

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Week 8 Tropes: Minor Key Orchestral Piece

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Week 8 Tropes: Minor Key Orchestral Piece

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Tropes: Long drawn out strings and brass, distant sounding drums and orchestral hits for an intense emotion.

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Tropes Jayden Hackett Week8 fmin 104-music

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