Optic by whatsisname
This is my ninth self-released collection of music. Most (but not all) of the tracks featured here are downtempo, many of them melodic in nature, but darker moments are still present.
All tracks were originally recorded between June 2014 and September 2016, and final mixing and mastering took place between September 2021 and October 2022.
By the time I wrote these tracks, I had spent over 7 years making music and I realised that it was actually becoming easier to put these pieces together, and at the same time, because I was taking more risks with the sounds and routing, my "sound" was slowly evolving towards its current incarnation in 2023.
Genre: electronica, electroprog, electronic, synths, guitar, cinematic, glitch, atmospheric, bass guitar, reverb, ambient
Tracklist
| 1. | Ganymede's Inertia | 6:40 |
| 2. | An Ill Wind | 8:14 |
| 3. | Axis Part 2 | 9:52 |
| 4. | Fools Rush In | 8:44 |
| 5. | Altar | 7:10 |
| 6. | Parallax | 9:04 |
| 7. | Paraxial | 10:39 |
Credits
Written, recorded and mixed in 24-bit audio by Whatsisname in EnergyXT2
Instruments: SK Ganymed, Psychic Modulation Phonec, Psychic Modulation Construct, Dream Vortex Microtrance, CM SR-202, EVM UltraSonique, AAS Lounge Lizard EP-4, Fender Stratocaster, Squier Jazz Bass Active IV, Cakewalk Z3ta+2, Audio Damage Axon, Cakewalk Rapture, E-Phonic Drumatic 4, Synapse Audio Dune, Angular Momentum KickLab XXL, EnergyXT Drum Sampler, IK Miroslav Philharmonik, Psychic Modulation Phonec 2, CM ADM, Sonic Charge Microtonic, FXpansion Tremor, AAS Tassman4, EnergyXT Synthesizer, IK SampleTank 2, DominatorCM, Fuzzpilz Oatmeal, Psychic Modulation Cerebrum-c4, IK SampleMoog, NI Pro-53, AaltoCM, Ichiro Toda Synth1, DuneCM, Wollo FMERA, Native Instruments Skanner XT, Arturia ARP2600 v2, Toontrack Superior Drummer 2, Arturia Modular V2
Effects: Valhalla FreqEcho, Blue Cat Gain3 Stereo, stw-audio REFLEX free V1.1, Audio Damage Replicant, Audio Damage Eos, line6 Pod Farm 2, Newfangled Audio EQuivocate, U-He Satin, 2CAudio Breeze, Illformed Glitch2, IK CSR, IK Vintage Compressor 670, 2CAudio B2, Anarchy Sound Software Convoluter, Glitchmachines Fracture, Nugen Audio Stereoizer 3, EnergyXT Delay, Illformed Glitch V1.3, EnergyXT Reverb, stw-audio REFLEXplus, iZotope Stutter Edit
24-bit mastering by Whatsisname in IK T-Racks5:
IK Linear Phase EQ
IK Vintage Equalizer
IK Opto Compressor
IK Brickwall Limiter
License
All rights reserved.Tags
Prog-Rock formed a significant part of my musical upbringing, although this collection of my creations may confuse the casual listener, and I suspect, the experienced listener equally. I note that the proportion of my ambient releases relative to my other works is slowly increasing.