New Music: Loop Collage, Vol. 1

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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."



Phoenix New Times Review of In Scarlet and Vile from November 6, 1991

IN SCARLET AND VILE In Scarlet and Vile
(O2) 

Anyone remember synth-pop? Remember the legion of bloodless British bands that washed ashore about ten years ago and infected American nightclubs with the toots 'n' tweets of keyboards and drum machines? 

In Scarlet and Vile apparently remembers. This Tempe twosome (Kurt Lorenz and Jay Bitsue) takes to heart the old Soft Cell approach of floppy disc-o beats and earnest, mournful vocals. 

The only thing that keeps ISAV's eight-song cassette from sounding like a restored relic of trends past is a creeping instrumental ambiance. The ethereal underbrush suggests that while Lorenz and Bitsue have apparently never heard of R.E.M. or the Replacements, they've certainly been exposed to the sonic vagaries of new-age. 

All of which is peachy, I guess--or "limey," as the case may be--especially for those who speak and spell the language of synth-pop. But hearing an Arizona outfit croon like sullen, bed-sit Brits seems as hard a sell now as it was a long time ago.--Ted Simons

fear of wolves kept them in (Radio Edit) — AudioKit Digital D1 Ambient Improv on Cloudy Pad preset by Red Sky Lullaby

Here is an ambient improv I created using the AudioKit Digital D1 app on my iPad Air (3rd generation). I’m using the fabulous “Cloudy Pad” preset by Red Sky Lullaby. The video below is the 3:35 “Radio Edit,” but I’m editing the long version now and will be posting it here and to my Soundcloud page soon.

"fear of wolves kept them in (Radio Edit)" by Kurt Lorenz. Recorded July 10, 2020.

Official Music Video for Subcutaneous

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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

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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...