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Introducing my new track ‘4 Stages’ which I will be incorporating into my music video. The style of music is experimental electronic with a minimal feel through the simplistic melodies. In association with the atmospheric music, I plan to create a minimalistic music video with floaty footage.
Biography
Isabelle Astley is not your typical University student from Leeds as she spreads the powerful message of spiritual connections and current matters within social-politics through her music and Shikimate. She produces minimalistic, electronic tracks via Ableton and incorporates organic sounds much alike artists such as Baths and Phaeleh.
Isabelle is 21 years old and comes from a classically trained background having achieved her Distinction certificate in Grade 8 (ABRSM) Singing when she was 18 years old. In addition, she has recorded amongst the world-renowned percussionist Ged Lynch. Furthermore, on the Musical Theatre side, she has performed the lead two years on the run for Craven College in Skipton.
Today, Isabelle hopes to get herself known musically through Shikimate and plans to carry on making progress via Shikimate, however expanding her skills into other music projects for the future.
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Check out our Soundcloud where we have posted a few clips from our new track, and to get involved with the #SIP campaign.
Shikimate’s Interactive Project
Our new Interactive Project (SIP) is a campaign in aid to discover the crucial feedback through social media we feel will be an enormous help in completing our tracks successfully..and we would like it from you!! We are going to regularly post specific organic sounds and tranquil videos in order to review what our targeted audience prefers. Thus giving our band an advantage on what the majority of the public like, and more ultimately, giving you the chance to have a huge impact on our overall production process.
We are going to record simple day-to-day tasks like running the shower, pouring a drink, turning a light switch on and off etc. These tasks create a (surprisingly) pleasant, minimal atmosphere when incorporated into music, which in our live performances will be complimented by tranquil videos, for example waves crashing against a cliff, a blossom tree being blown by the wind etc...
So please don’t be shy and tell us what you think!
We will present these audio and video clips to you that we have recorded via Facebook, Tumblr and Instagram, so keep your eyes pealed as we will be asking you which ones you have decided you like the most - all comments welcome and appreciated.
Shikimate’s Interactive Project
Shikimate’s Interactive Project (#SIP) is a campaign in aid to discover crucial feedback from our targeted audience in reference to specific organic sounds and tranquil videos. Thus giving our band an advantage on what the majority of the public like, and ultimately giving our audience a huge impact on our production process.
We are going to record simple day-to-day tasks like running the shower, pouring a drink, turning a light switch on and off etc. These tasks create a (surprisingly) pleasant, minimal atmosphere when incorporated into music, which in our live performances will be complimented by tranquil videos, for example waves crashing against a cliff, a blossom tree being blown by the wind etc.
We will present these audio and video clips to the public via our Artist pages on Facebook, Instagram and Tumblr and question which ones they prefer through calling them to action (asking them to share, comment or like a post) along with #SIP and finally incorporating the most popular posts into our music.
For this module I have decided to form a group with Toni Hodder - my friend, and a fellow Music Production and Performance student at Leeds Beckett. Our band name is Shikimate, in reference to Shikimic acid which is an important biochemical metabolite found in plants and micro-organisms therefore appearing on the list of Group 3 carcinogens of the International Agency of Research on Cancer. Furthermore, Shikimic acid is a precursor for the psychedelic compound dimethyltryptamine (DMT).
Myself and Toni are currently producing a track on Ableton Live in hopes of creating tranquil, minimalistic beats. Click on the link to check out our artist Tumblr page where I explain our influences, process etc and post videos and audio clips for our audience.
The Making-of “House of Cards” video
Radiohead post a ‘Making of’ video on YouTube for their innovative music video for their track ‘House of Cards’. An extremely creative idea and concept and they take you through their exciting 3D motion sensor experience.
Gotye - Somebodies: A Youtube Orchestra
The public’s version of Gotye’s ‘Somebody That I Used To Know’, edited by Gotye himself. A great example of social interaction, not necessarily to the height of some digital media projects being experimented at the moment, but an imaginative way to show appreciation and recognition to your audience.
