London Mix by Interkosmos

I wish I’d had this album on hand that night too! I decided that I would make a point to create some music that could get played in clubs, and resolved to visit some of the top clubs there for “research”

On my flight to London I created “warbledisco” which I continued to revise during my time in the UK. I sheltered in a gracious flat in Fulham on Munster Road, and would spend my evenings eating Indian take-out and working on seven sketches over four weeks:

o basichouse

o downtime

o loudphilistines

o goodnight

o junglerumble

o warbledisco

o trip

“basichouse” was really my first foray into pre-recorded percussion loops, which turned out to be a fun tool to work with. I’m not really trained as a percussionist, and so here I get some percussionists who’ve recorded the loops that basically just work in my opinion. That marked a change in my style, and since then I’ve played a lot with mixed genres of beats

Other evenings I’d be out with my coworkers, or checking out the Ministry of Sound or Fabric…

When I returned from London I (as usual) chose to continue creating new sketches instead of going back to develop those I’d done in London; that next sketch (“tickticktock”) serves as the summary from home of what had been an cool adventure in the UK, thanks mates

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Interkosmos is Seattle-based artist Christopher Ferris. He's released three electronica albums since January 2005 – "Invasion Warning," a deep space film score, mastered by Chris Ballew of the Presidents of the United States of America; "London Mix," Euro-house electronica; and most recently "Proximity" which collects progessive house, drum and bass, and downtempo beats.

A prolific and sophisticated composer, he is also an accomplished performer remarkable especially for his extraordinary improvisation. His compositions reflect his many years of classical training, whether in solo piano performance or deep in his electronic music sets.

DISCOGRAPHY

Proximity, INTERKOSMOS (electronic) March 2006

London Mix, INTERKOSMOS (electronic) February 2006

A Chime in the Woods 2005 (live solo piano) January 2006

A Chime in the Woods 2004 (live solo piano) November 2005

Invasion Warning, INTERKOSMOS (electronic) January 2005

Bonjour Tristesse (solo piano) October 1997

PERFORMANCE SYSTEM

Alienware m7700a laptop with E-MU 1616 I/O

Reason 3.0 audio authoring software

Behringer BCF2000 faders

Sennheiser EW-152-G2 wireless headset mic

Roland AX-7 performance keyboard

Fatar VMK88 88 key controller

JUNO 106 synthesizer

SOUNDS LIKE

Propellerheads

Debussy

Jean-Michel Jarre

Claude Bolling

Scott Joplin

Hybrid

Paul Oakenfold

Chick Corea

Miles Davis

Kraftwerk

Switchblade Symphony

Pat Metheny

Chopin

Philip Glass

Crystal Method

Laurie Anderson

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