Make me safe from pain
I could never again
See your face
It's in every girl I see
MUSIC CREDITS:
Written by Nathan Ford
Composed/Produced by Carl Mylo
Nathan Ford: Vocals
Carl Mylo: Drum programming, guitar, keyboards, sampler, synthesizers, and vocoder/vocals
Mindy Zhang: Additional and primary artwork/design
And we're gonna die young
I know I won't live much longer
How will I stay young
I can decide to go
I know I won't stay much longer
I can't grow old
MUSIC CREDITS:
Written by Nathan Ford
Composed/Produced by Carl Mylo
Nathan Ford: Vocals
Carl Mylo: Drum programming, guitar, keyboards, sampler, synthesizers, and vocoder/vocals
Mindy Zhang: Additional and primary artwork/design
I need to see my friend
We will see each other to the end
Hold each other in a house of shame
So contemptible full of disdain
I lost sense of what's sensible
I lost my pride, my second face, and all the lies inside
Rough mix and other nasty mixing habits await you, listener. I made this while streaming. This was the first time using a custom Reaktor ensemble I made for the mastering process. As per usual, all of the instruments were recorded in continuous takes. I'll probably flesh this out later on. I also used two Delay Lamas because you fuckers won't stop asking for it.
CREDITS:
Composed by Carl Mylo
Carl Mylo: Bass guitar, drum pads, guitars, sampler, and synthesizers
Hauntology: The title comes from "Specters of Marx" by Jacques Derrida. It refers to the feeling of nostalgia of an experience one never had. Most of the writing was done while staring at random places in Google Maps. That's the sentiment I got from staring at places across the world that I'll probably never even visit. The feelings I got from that were what I composed around. I'd even leave the Street View page open for a day or two while I finished writing, sometimes even leaving the monitors on overnight.
The pictures included as art were taken by Adam Snyder, since I don't know where to begin looking for pictures of myself from the 90s. I was never really good at the whole family album thing. The cover art is an Elvis impersonator, but since the room was dark, it created this spectral lookalike.Â
Since the beginning, I've been recording mostly live, meaning that every performance you hear is performed in a single take. I only do copy/pasting when it makes sense such as parts I want to have robotic consistency or when trying to build a songâs skeleton. However, material recorded before 'Welcome Home' was performed with the finesse of an old jackhammer. I couldn't keep beat on any song so I ended up pulling most it down. Slower tempos proved especially difficult for me back then. Since then, I've improved dramatically and even though I have awhile to go before I get to where I want, this EP is me saying "I'm ready".
Songs from 'Sunset Strip' are technically harder to perform, but I definitely went further to get authentic sounds on this EP. Â All the pianos tracks were recorded on a beautiful Steinway grand with amazing vintage microphones, and every other track was captured using high quality gear to preserve it better. I even used a Nintendo 64 just for a specific synthesizer sound. It's a shame streaming sites will completely make those things worthless. Either way, itâs the journey, not the destination, right?
CREDITS:
Made with â€ïž in Chicago, IL
Written, performed, and produced by Carl Mylo
Photography by Adam Snyder
Special thanks to: Â Abe Alberts, Anthony Anadiotis, Johannes Villa, Josh Marron, Sam Heck, Sheepy Sheep, Niko Thomas (nikothegreat), Adam Warne (kyrosmusic.com), and Mindy Zhang
I was challenged by someone to make a song as if it was 1992, using (more or less) period accurate hardware (via VSTs) that wasn't too expensive. I researched gear to see its flaws and characteristics to get as close as possible.
For example, I checked spec manuals for popular budget mixer just to get the noise floor and EQ strips accurate. I even exported everything at 48 kHz/ 16 bit depth to mimic a DAT recording from the early 90s.
CREDITS:
Made with â€ïž in Chicago, IL  "Borrowed Love" written by/ property of James Harris III, James Samuel III Harris, Terry Lewis, and Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Remix produced and mixed by Carl Mylo
Samples used: Â S.O.S. Band ââ Borrowed Love [VIN/4Z9 05920]
Carl Mylo: Drum programming, sampler, and synthesizers
All samples, audio, recordings, lyrics, elements, or whatever else you want to call them, are property of their respective owners. No ownership is expressed or implied.
A compilation of projects that had to die, 'Dopamine' are throwaway projects I made that rely heavily on samples. Since using copyrighted materials jeopardizes whether this will stay up on the internet, I stopped working on them since it'll be for naught. This is basically plunderphonics made by a beginner in sampling. Some of the drums and other samples were mangled on an ASR 12 and an MPC60. The rest were basically exercises with Ableton's warping. 'Eight Three Twenty Fourteen' was made by constantly sending an ALS file back and forth through Skype until it became a trap banger. Â Either way, I had tons of fun working on this thing. I learned a ton during the course of its production. Iâd love to do more sampled stuff but itâs such a minefield with DMCAs and content ID.
remaster released 2017
CREDITS:
Produced and mixed by Carl Mylo
'Eight Three Twenty Fourteen' co-produced, co-written, and mixed with Jake Funnyman.
Made in Chicago, IL with â€ïž
All samples, audio, recordings, or whatever else you want to call them are property of their respective owners. No ownership is expressed or implied. Â
CMDPMNE
(É) 2016 Carl Mylo Music
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I got a Jazz Bass from a pawn shop about two weeks ago and never before did I really appreciate the snarling sound it has. I listened to a lot of Rush and love Geddyâs tone but I was never after that on m own stuff. I changed my mind when I ran it through a computer's soundcard as opposed to a proper interface. This was so that it would overdrive easier. Then I further compressed it with an 1176 emulation. The title is "Let Ring" due to the B and high E strings constantly being open and ringing.
Remaster released 2017
CREDITS:
Written, performed, and produced by Carl Mylo
Boris K: Guitar solo, and pre-mixing
Carl Mylo: Bass guitar, drums, guitars, and piano
Made with â€ïž in Chicago, IL
Additional parts recorded and mixed in Karlsruhe, BW
(É) 2015 Carl Mylo Music/K
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