Sizzle and Freeze
A busy, energetic, strange little experiment in hybridizing beat making with ambient sounds. An entry to the BewitchingBeat Challenge (November 2024).
Most rhythms are rooted in a polyphonically driven Polygene (Rare Breeds). The new Crust module by Bastl Pizza came in handy for synthesizing a few sharp drum and percussion sounds. The 4th bar always offers a slight random variation created with Poly Chances (Count Modula), assisted by Polycon16 (Bogaudio).
Midway, there is a breakdown in the beat for a short intermezzo of a cowbell with delay and a large reverb tail.
An FM bass, a pad and a lead voice are guided by Melodygen (SS-Modules), including a couple of trills.
Voices were arranged using a combination of Polgyate (ZZZ) and 8FACE (stoermelder), and SLEW modules (Bogaudio) for fading tonal elements in and out.
Sorry, the arrangement clocks in at 4 minutes, exceeding challenge requirements.
