Basically, its another collection of pointless links mostly nicked
from other blogs
Is That It?
Well, no, one day, I hope to break free from the bonds of having a day job and spend my time
floating round the med,
knocking up the occasional track for a cool label. Till then, this is my only outlet for
my compositions.
If you like Progressive tracks with nice breaks, you might like to listen you my latest, finished creation...well,
actually, its my only
*finished* creation, Celestial.
Download the MP3, Or stream
it.
The excellent vocals (in case you're wondering) were taken
from a track by Loreena
McKennitt called 'The Mystics Dream'.
One of the problems I have is actually finishing a track... No stamina y'see ;) I've got round this (sorta) by
stuffing all my unfinished
tracks into
Acid and creating one long mix. Whilst unfinished, they also represent the best stuff I've produced to
date...without sounding
self-congratulatory, its easily as
good as any of the other mixes...but just pure, homegrown Roguetrooper. Enjoy...(and play loud) Clicky Streamy Clicky downloady
The track I'm working on at the moment is a bit of a departure
for me. Normally I don't like long intros, but the beginning
to Gravity developed into this dark, broody soundscape. Its
a full 4 mins till any proper percussion kicks in which sounds
a long time, but its just right for the track (currently running
at 12 mins). Anyway, you can Stream the MP3 hopefully...
or download it(11Mb)
Heres what happens when you use Acid Pro as an mp3 sequencer..nearly an hour of beats n breaks.
Have a listen to Methodical or download it.
Want some more? heres another with Leftfield and
Hybrid (to mention a few). You
can download this too if you like.
Think I'm going to have to find a more permanent home for the mixes and stuff. judging by the amount of stuff I'm
churning out of the
Triton... Anyway, heres the Adam Freeland stuff mix from below on the blog...nice trancy, break filled mix that
hardens
somewhat towards the end when Joujouka arrive..However, its still only 135BPM and doesn't disrupt the flow too
much... Same as usual, you
can stream it or
download it...beware though, its
20Mb. Sounds best about
4am Sunday morning. Enjoy.
I was looking through my mp3 collection the other day and came across some depeche mode stuff I never realised I
had. Perfect excuse to
mix a few tracks up in acid and give the Basildon boys a breakbeat flavour. Its still a work in progress at the mo,
but I've since discovered
that DM and Breaks were made for each other. Have a listen and you'll hear what I mean. Download or Stream
Kontact::
"I was duped into
coming here!!! I want my money back!!! Who do I complain to?"
Seeing as my logfiles report that most people come here looking
for the excellent DNA java trials bike game, heres
a link so you don't have to scroll through all my archives....How
good am I?
Archives::
Stuff I've been messing
with::
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Feed::
Nosy? come and take a peek round chez Rogue via a (sometimes) Live Webcam
Stream
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I love Edward Goreys stuff, for lots more about Ed and his stuff, you should wander across to goreygraphy.com
Google Earth: This is genuinely fascinating!!! Spent half the day playing with it so far
"The idea is simple. It's a globe that sits inside your PC. You point and zoom to anyplace on the planet that you want to explore. Satellite images and local facts zoom into view. Tap into Google search to show local points of interest and facts. Zoom to a specific address to check out an apartment or hotel. View driving directions and even fly along your route. We invite you to try it now."
You know that feeling you get when you go back to the gym after a long period of 'cant-be-arsed-ed-ness' and in your enthusiasm to get back into the swing of things you kind of overdo it a bit which leaves almost every muscle in your body seized and knotted, almost crippling you? Well, this weekend I got the last bit of kit that will take me on a journey into the realms of kite buggying, what is commonly referred to as a 'kite buggy' (clever eh).
Now, I'm not sure if this is a good or bad thing but one of experienced freestyle dudes from Ainsdale that I've met, an incredibly dedicated chap called Carl has adopted me as his freestyle paduan... After picking the buggy up we continued over to Redcar on the East coast where Carl and a few others were spending the day 'because thats where the wind is". And spent the day learning how to fly a kite and steer a buggy at the same time. It's certainly a lot harder than it looks and the co-ordination and concentration required surprised me. It was great introduction to the sport and I accomplished a lot more than I would have done if I only had my regular tutor of 'the internet' to rely on.
Carl is one of those people who are 100% committed to the sport and always looking for ways to raise it to new levels by organising events and getting people involved. I'm really looking forward to learning all he has to know...but I can see plenty of pain and punishment ahead.. which brings me back to the gym thing...
What has become apparent after the weekend is that hanging onto a kite that wants to drag you face first down the beach for several hours is like (for me) a 2 hour, 16-stone workout, hanging off a climbing frame over a river with crocodiles patiently waiting for your fingers to start slipping. Unlike the gym though, buggying is massively more challenging and fantastic fun. You get plenty of fresh, healthy sea air instead of a sweat-laden recirculated fog, plenty of rays and most importantly, when you stop for a breather, you can drink beer and no one will look at you as if you're some kind of weird freak ;)
I've set up a folder for buggying stuff in the photo album. Couple of good photos from the weekend including a 'not really deliberate but looks good' photo of me on 2 wheels and some of Carl when he decided to go on a safari.
Sony launched a competition for AIBO Owners a while ago and asked them to program a dance routine for Daft Punks Technologic track and send in a short video of their AIBO gettin down to the funky beat. Listening to the same track over and over while watching the clips gets annoying very quickly, but some of the routines that have been created are well worth a look
Fathers day has come early for me this year it seems. The lovely Wendy has decided in her wisdom that I shall never again look longingly at the people kite surfing / buggying on the beach so she pushed me in at the deep and and bought me a Flexifoil Blade III 4.9m kite. I'm a little nervous to be honest. After talking to lots of nice people over at the Flexifoil forums it seems that the 4.9m blade, especially, is very adept at inflicting broken ankles and other injurys...I can't wait till my BBC insurance comes through so I can join the ranks of the limping... I think a crash helmet might be in order as well.
