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recorded 20130911

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elements used:


kalimba solo_genmix7 (4 iterations)
beat07_100_db4zgprnb_loopbeats2 (2 iterations)
beat03_106_mv1zgdspice_loopbeats2
beat02_126_7wdzgspice_loopbeats2
bass_drifter_genmix6 (3 iterations)
codachords_sweep_genmix6
shiftharm_particles_genmix6 (2 iterations)
sombre_droplets_genmix6 (2 iterations)
bc_dark_genmix6 (2 iterations)
bc_bright_genmix6 (2 iterations)
variharm_hi_genmix7 (6 iterations)
soft_melody_hi_genmix7 (3 iterations)
aquatron_genmix7
bass_swell_genmix7 (6 iterations)
gen_pulse1_genmix7
gen_pulse2_genmix7 (4 iterations)
ghost_song_genmix7 (4 iterations)
simple_bright_bell2_bellsmetalsarps
simple_clear_bell_bellsmetalsarps


this track is the first of hopefully many that speak directly to the music I loved as a young person living in east africa in the late 60s / early 70s, mainly I loved congolese music but I did listen to a lot of east african music, and I’ve carried that with me to this day.

using the kalimba as the main melodic device sent this piece down an obvious course, and there is sort of a “call and response” between the kalimba melodies and the responding percussion instruments. the slightly languid tempo is very realistic, deceptively quick and lazily slow, the sound of live east african music is still coming through after all these years.

another utterly unique mixtikl piece, now, I believe mixtikl can create afropop, so look out kanda bongo man, your time has come – you are being replaced by a machine (well, OK, maybe not replaced….).

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from music for apps: mixtikl - an eternal album, released April 17, 2013
dave stafford: mixtikl application

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dave stafford Stirling, UK

ambient loop guitarist dave stafford performed on stage with robert fripp and the orchestra of crafty guitarists in early 2009, and again with robert fripp and the symphony of crafty guitarists in 2015, and has worked with ambient music and looping for over twenty years. stafford has a rich back catalogue of ambient and loop music, +rock, prog or acoustic crafty guitar music: www.pureambient.com ... more

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