Tripecac - Reprogression (2011)

  1. Recession [3:28] 2011-07-07 - 2011-09-16
  2. Resume [2:58] 2011-08-01 - 2011-09-16
  3. Tech Diff [3:58] 2011-08-11 - 2011-08-18
  4. Tick Doff [2:13] 2011-08-12 - 2011-09-17
  5. Headachin [4:49] 2011-08-23 - 2011-08-26
  6. Slugless [4:44] 2011-08-26 - 2011-09-01
  7. GME [1:40] 2011-08-30 - 2011-09-06
  8. Rev [3:44] 2011-09-06 - 2011-10-18
  9. Erted [4:01] 2011-09-09 - 2011-10-18
  10. SuX1c [5:03] 2011-09-13 - 2011-10-18
  11. Batari [4:50] 2011-09-21 - 2011-10-18
  12. Rerere [5:31] 2011-09-29 - 2011-10-18
  13. Nework [10:15] 2011-10-04 - 2011-10-19
  14. Sofrustratin [4:11] 2011-10-12 - 2011-10-19
  15. SuX1ess [3:10] 2011-10-17 - 2011-11-10
  16. Paper Snaked [2:55] 2011-10-24 - 2011-11-11
  17. Bleep Freeze [5:35] 2011-10-26 - 2011-11-12
  18. Nov [5:52] 2011-11-01 - 2011-11-12

This album continues my slow trudging up the soft synth learning curve.

Originally, I wanted it to focus on musical progression, but a slew of technical difficulties (primarily with new versions of Sonar and Kontakt) caused me to focus more on technological progression. My main struggle was to figure out how to get virtual instruments to perform smoothly and mix together nicely without having to resort to watered-down arrangements.

Some of these songs are improvised jams, others are loop based, and one was (gasp!) actually composed. You can probably guess which ones are which, and also my moods on the days I started them. Like most Tripecac albums, this one's a musical journal, an instrumental blog.

What made this album unique was my tendency to go back and fix (rearrange and remix) many of the songs days, weeks, even months after they were initially recorded. As a result of all the jumping back and forth, this album took longer than most to finish, but I do think some of the songs really benefited from the repeated doses of attention. Hopefully with the next album I won't have to do so much backtracking!