Tomorrow I’m going to see Trent Reznor. I simply can’t wait. And it shows in today’s improvisation, based heavily on his “Underneath It All”. Sorry it’s so imprecise, it’s the excitement.

Listen to All I Do, I Can Still Feel You 4:16

Tags: technical, fast, heavy, snappy

Backdated because it was recorded yesterday. I just ran out of energy to do the master and publish it. Theme and title inspired by a German movie I saw that day: „Gegen die Wand”.

Listen to Lantern on the Hill 12:06

Tags: 100 bpm, long, heavy, witty, sentimental

It’s still a big surprise for me how differently can those who were once very close to me behave when they feel left behind.

Listen to It’s Nice Until It Gets Nasty 10:45

PS: I have some trouble releasing REALLY daily. This has to do with the perturbations I experience lately. Hopefully it will all settle down soon...

Also, vote for my remix. 8 days left!

Tags: heavy, long, disappointment

After a long break, I decided to return to recording ambient drones. This one is done by playing the piano while filtered through a deep reverb, some equalizers, chorus and heavy overdrive distrotion with a high feedback rate. This is arguably the most heavy, distorted and noiseful part. But there is a reason for it and the composition of the piece is structured. You may also be interested in the first, second and third part of the series.

This piece is unedited, released as recorded.

Listen to Photosynthesis, Pt. 4 19:26

Tags: ambient, drone, long, heavy

I’m amazed how many people I encounter lately who are avid believers of the worst kinds of pseudoscience and superstition possible.

Listen to Conspiracy Prophecy Paranoia 4:58

Tags: heavy, waltz

That’s right. There was no improvisation for the weekend. Sorry for the ommision. This track is longer than usual, to somewhat cover the gap.

A continuation of the more structured series of improvisations. This part is far less peaceful than the initial one. There are some theme overlappings to maintain focus on the subject, but overally this is a very different animal. You can also be interested in KST, Pt. 1. Two more parts are planned.

Listen to Key Signature Tackled, Pt. 2 11:34

Tags: metal, heavy, long, 120 bpm

In fact, the way may be the paradise.

Listen to The Way To Paradise (is a part of it) 6:38


By the way, Eric Barnhill posted another link in our chain of mutual improvisations, a response to Bodytrapped II. Well played, let’s see where I can go from here...
 

Tags: 100 bpm, heavy, metal, witty

This week’s rendition of Electric Fridays, weekly e-piano improvisations. The inspiration is obvious for a Great Friday tune: the solitary son of God, terrified by the knowledge of his destiny and future events. And being afraid of death, even while knowing that it does not conquer all. No one there to help him, not even God himself.

Listen to Alone in the Garden 4:14

Tags: e-piano, 168 bpm, dreadful, heavy, metal

This piece is the continuation of the improvisation challenge for Eric Barnhill in a series of versuses, mutual improvisations on a given theme. The game turns out to be very interesting and it was tough to prepare a worthy improvisation as a response for his piece. I hope the result is okay.

Listen to Bodytrapped II 3:21


Update: Eric posted his response, well played indeed. Let’s see where I can go from here...

Tags: 90 bpm, technical, witty, heavy, waltz

Today’s piece is the first phase of one of the more experimental and heavy Anomalies, recorded in 2007 as one behemoth 30 minute piece. It was later recut and divided in two parts. Here you can find the second phase.

Listen to Contrast Means More Than Absolute Brightness (Phase 1) 10:09

Tags: heavy, long, experimental

A little creature, a grand perspective.

Listen to Siskin in Flight 6:33

Tags: waltz, heavy

Destiny rules our lives and we are like lemmings, marching forward.
Listen to Our Paths Are Chosen For Us 3:21

Tags: witty, heavy, low tuned

An etude for practising counting in 5/4. Not a particularly strong piece but still, it was quite a challenge to get it right without falling for 4/4 anywhere...
Listen to Wireless Everything 5:08

It seems the recording is a little distorted. Sorry for that, will tweak the settings for consecutive improvisations.

Tags: heavy, technical, 5/4

A bitter-sweet tune with some metal spice. Let’s just hope this week will be more sweet than bitter, nonetheless. Recorded at 144 BPM.
Listen to Homeless 4:56

Tags: metal, heavy, 144 bpm

That’s right: no tune was published for Friday. This was the deadline for Steven Wilson’s Abandoner remix contest and I participated. The commitment really knocked me up and despite spending a couple of hours finding anything interesting, nothing came up. So, this marks the first hole in the DailyImprov.net calendar. Oh well...

Today’s piece is one of the more experimental and heavy Anomalies, recorded in 2007 as one behemoth 30 minute piece. It was later recut and divided in two parts. This is the second part, but it is presented here first, just as it appeared chronologically on the album.
Listen to Contrast Means More Than Absolute Brightness (Phase 2) 10:34

Tags: long, heavy, experimental

A variation on the Watermelon Man theme with a metal twist, with apologies to Herbie Hancock.
Listen to Fall of the Watermelon Man 4:42

Tags: heavy, sentimental, melancholic, snappy, metal

Sixth of the Anomalies, a longer piece from 2007.
Listen to I Don’t Remember Tuesdays 08:30

Tags: heavy, sentimental, long

Recorded two weeks ago, edit from about ten minutes of performance. The melody turned up while playing.
Listen to Remember This Next Time 7:42

Tags: heavy, melancholic, waltz, long

For weekends a single longer piece will be published. This one is particularly heavy but turned out to be pretty successful when it came out. It is the very first of Anomalies, a series of improvisations I’ve done in 2007. Unfortunately the unedited Logic files are gone, so only the processed ones will be published along with the MP3s.
Listen to Trust Like Empathy 12:52

Tags: heavy, sentimental, disappointment, long