New Music: Loop Collage, Vol. 1

I am happy to announce my latest release Loop Collage, Vol. 1.

Created with Blocs Wave on iOS between January 2018 and December 2020. Mixed and mastered in Ableton Live, Cubasis 2/3, Final Touch, and Grand Finale.

This collection is my first foray into using iOS as my main music creation environment. Conceived, collected, collaged, mixed, and mastered by Kurt Lorenz. 

"The loops are stock but the decisions are all mine."



Official Music Video for Subcutaneous

Haptic | Subcutaneous is the first official release for these two tracks. Composed and conceived by Kurt Lorenz in early 2011 with Ableton Live, the tracks were remastered on iPad with Grand Finale in early 2020. Available now: https://kurtlorenz.bandcamp.com, and all other major digital retailers.

Haptic | Subcutaneous is the first official release for these two tracks. Composed and conceived by Kurt Lorenz in early 2011 with Ableton Live, the tracks w...

Official Music Video for Haptic

Official music video for Haptic by Kurt Lorenz from the 2020 release Haptic | Subcutaneous, available now at all digital retailers. "Haptic | Subcutaneous" is the first official release for these two tracks. Composed and conceived by Kurt Lorenz in early 2011 with Ableton Live, the tracks were remastered on iPad with Grand Finale in early 2020. Purchase on Bandcamp: http://kurtlorenz.bandcamp.com/album/... Footage courtesy of Prelinger Archives: https://archive.org/details/0557_Prec...

Official music video for Haptic by Kurt Lorenz from the 2020 release Haptic | Subcutaneous, available now at all digital retailers. "Haptic | Subcutaneous" i...

"Into Air" release available now...

My track "Into Air,"  a collaboration with fellow Ember Music artist Coreena is available now. It is the lead track on Coreena's latest EP entitled Collabs + Remixes

coreena.bandcamp.com

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Featuring collabs with Richie Dagger’s Crime, Modal Morphosis, Noisegasm, Ember Music artists Kurt Lorenz and (my other musical projectThe Never Were and remixes by Kjell, Stan Dart and J. Ohm.

I composed and performed the instrumental track and posted it online... Coreena heard it and asked if she could add vocals. She sent me her vocal recordings and I mixed the track... 

The EP has received several favorable reviews including a 10/10 review by Canadian music mag CPG. 

 "This EP is the most forward thinking piece we have heard this year. Coreena has the voice that is and will rise through the electronic genre ranks and our predictions are that she will be obtaining many requests for track features in the near future.

This EP is not your typical piece of electronic music. It's experimental, deep, dark, groovy, and sonically rich in sound. Each track has its place yet molds into one another like an extended set. Our favorite track was "Into Air". This spiritual trip of simple sounds makes you feel like it is never ending. The progression of quality sounds really hits the mind where it is necessary and is perfect food for the mind, body and soul."

Rating: 10/10

 cpgmag.ca/album/coreena-collabs-remixes-exclusive/

2015?

So here we are... I have just completed a massive year-long project and I'm ready to start on a new musical adventure. 

Over the last few years I have been working with my good friend Joe Love on an electronic- industrial project called The Never Were. We have a bunch of songs in demo form and I really like the direction it is going. 

I'm going to spend the majority of my music time this year on The Never Were as we still have much to do. There will be guitar recording sessions, lyric writing and vocal sessions... Rewrites, edits and all of the producing that goes with it. Most of which is new-ish territory for me.

wish me luck.. 

Weekly Beats 2014

I have started the Weekly Beats 2014 project... Basically I will be challenging myself to create a track every week for a year. You can learn more about the project and listen to many many free tracks here: weeklybeats.com

I will also be uploading my submissions to my Soundcloud page and the tracks will be added to the playlist below as time goes on.

I am a graphic designer and electronic musician based in Seattle, WA. USA. I have been interested in electronic music since 1980. I am co-founder, ...

Search For Meaning 2013 Soundscape...

This is a soundscape mix that I created for the 2013 Search For Meaning Book Festival sponsored by Seattle University's School of Theology and Ministry. The Festival had an interactive installation which allowed participants to experience/express their Search For Meaning through the 5 Senses.

The mix was created from stock sound effects.

This is a soundscape mix that I created for the 2013 Search For Meaning Book Festival sponsored by Seattle University's School of Theology and Ministry. The Festival had an interactive installation which allowed participants to experience/express their Search For Meaning through the 5 Senses. The mix was created from stock sound effects.

More Album Art for Ember Music Artist Darren Borg

I have created another piece of album art for my friend and label-mate Darren Borg.

The Restoration of Abbie’s is the first full-length album from Darren and is an impressive collection of deep, atmospheric electronica. This follow up to 2012′s The Beginning and the End EP sees Darren pushing his signature sound in new directions. The album is available now via Bandcamp.

My New Remix for Golden Gardens...

Here is my latest track, "Swirl" Æthelwulf (Noble Wolf) Mix, a remix for Seattle Dreampop duo Golden Gardens. The track is free to download and share...

You can check out their full-length album by visiting the Golden Gardens Bandcamp page.

"Seattle duo Golden Gardens waft somewhere among Julee Cruise's silky lullabies, Cranes' tremulous hymns, and Slowdive's aquatic symphonies." - Dave Segal, The Stranger

"Soothing dream-pop at its best." - Seattle Weekly

My track “An Untravelable Space” featured in the Bertha Landes 2012 Playlist for the International Fountain at Seattle Center

BTW: who was Bertha Landes?  First female mayor of a major American city, aka Mayor of Seattle 1926 - 1928: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertha_Knight_Landes

James Whetzel (http://jameswhetzel.tumblr.com/) has created a Bertha Landes Mix for 2012!  This is an all local music mix, and in it are all excellent artists from Seattle, WA, US of A.  It’s mostly new tunes, but yes there are a couple tracks from years past that are in there as well.

James is not only listing all the tracks but providing links to make it easy for you to listen to them. 

These tracks will play in the International Fountain August 29th & 30th.  The fountain will be shut down for the Bumbershoot Festival on August 31st through September 3rd, and will remain off during post-festival cleanup.  Fingers crossed, the cleanup will be done, and the mix will play again September 6th - 10th, 2012. 

 

1. JusMoni & WD4D “A Limit (Instrumental)”

http://soundcloud.com/wd4d/01-jusmoni-x-wd4d-limit [

[Sorry couldn’t find the Instrumental mix, thus enjoy the vocal version!]


2. Ritchie Aldente “Give it to the DJ”
http://richiealdente.bandcamp.com/track/give-it-to-the-dj

3. Scntfc “Jim Guthrie’s Ballad of the Space Babies (Remix)”
http://scntfc.bandcamp.com/track/jim-guthries-ballad-of-the-space-babies-scntfc-remix

4. BFA “Molly Moon” (feat. Geo & Thig Nat)
http://brothersfromanother.bandcamp.com/track/molly-moon-feat-geo-thig-nat

[Yes, I did edit this one to cut the curse words.]

5. Babajaga “Supermoon” (Subaqueous Remix)
http://www.amazon.com/Supermoon-Subaqueous-Remix/dp/B008IVRXFI

6. Georgetown Orbits “You Know the Story”
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/georgetownorbits [Track #10]

7. Fresh Espresso “Big or Small”
[Yeah this is from 2009, but I hadn’t worked it into a mix yet so here it is now!]
http://freshespresso.bandcamp.com/track/big-or-small
Plus the official video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7wXpdTzom0

8. Daze of Resistance “The Ocean is in the Clouds”
http://soundcloud.com/daze-of-resistance/the-ocean-is-in-the-clouds

9. Five Percent Joe “Beauty is Dead”
http://soundcloud.com/fivepercentjoe/beauty

10. Jake One “Microphone Killa” (feat. Young Chris) Instrumental
http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/microphone-killa-feat.-young/id352707348?i=352707382

11. M04N3R “Smoke Break”
http://soundcloud.com/m04n3r/90-bpm-new-groove

12. Keyboard Kid x Darwin “Bellz”
http://soundcloud.com/darwin206/keyboard-kid-x-darwin-bellz

13. Kurt Lorenz “An Untravelable Space”
http://soundcloud.com/kurtlorenz/kurt-lorenz-an-untravelable-space

14. Omniverse “Architeuthus (Kalakala Mix)”
http://soundcloud.com/omniverse/architeuthus-kalakala-mix

15. Kid Smpl “Low Light” 
http://kidsmpl.bandcamp.com/track/low-light

16. RX & Mista Chatman “Aqua Chat”
http://www.amazon.com/Aqua-Chat/dp/B007KIVDPQ

17. B_Scale “First Citizen”
http://bscale.bandcamp.com/track/first-citizen

18. TatselVienne “Last Seattle Summer”
http://soundcloud.com/tatselvienne/last-seattle-summer

19. Tetra_ “Flood”
http://soundcloud.com/tetrabyte/flood

19. Amphibian Children “Monoceph Ladyboy”
http://soundcloud.com/lofreqmusic/monoceph-ladyboy

The Film I Made with Imogen Heap...

Last year I was asked by Imogen Heap to contribute my short film "Bees" to her Love The Earth Concert/Film performance at the Royal Albert Hall. Well the film is finally coming to the public and will debut on April 22, 2012 (Earth Day) at 7.30 pm BST in the form of a 90 Minute Live Event from Imogen's Garden. 

For more information about this event and to RSVP for the live stream: