Koto – Dragon’s Legend (Armandox 30th Anniversary Remix) officially released
My 30th anniversary remix of Dragon’s Legend has been officialy released on the ASE Music label
It is available on all major music platforms and stores:
Armandox & PsychNerD – Flakes officially released
Since I’ve started my own music production company and record-label ASE Music I decided to release this track together with PsychNerD.
It is now available on all major platforms, such as Google Music, Spotify, Deezer, iTunes.
Some ‘flakes’ already for the coming winter 🙂
Armandox & PsychNerD – Flakes
TanmaDance – I Am Nothing
Every now and then you come across music you wouldn’t really directly be linked with, but TanmaDance comes from the spacesynth-scene and we got into talks about this track ‘I Am Nothing’ and if I would be willing to mix and master it for them?
Since I am absolutely not afraid to step out of my comfort-zone I got to mixing and tinkering while thinking about this name TanmaDance, and I just had to know and eventually also had to ask…: So the story goes that the name TanmaDance came to be between producers-duo Tanner and Harman, through their two biggest interests, namely LEGO Bionicle and spacesynth music to (in Jay Tanner’s own words) “create a musical landscape befitting of the beloved, action-filled multimedia franchise”. Spacesynth music like that from i.e. Laserdance, of which these producers bear reminiscence and are akin to. The vocal samples in this track are spoken lines read from the finale of the “Mata Nui Online Game”.
It was fun and interesting to work on this track and I loved to mix and master it. Please enjoy some righteous spacesynth music old-skool style!
Jean-Michel Jarre & Little Boots – If..! (Armandox Rework) remastered
I recently listened to this remix again that I made a couple of years ago, and I felt I should remaster it. Now it sounds much fresher and balanced.
Armandox & PsychNerD – Flakes
Some time ago I came across a little idea that Stephan Gervais (PsychNerD) had while going through the ‘Flakes’ ROM of the Sonic Charge Pattern8 plugin. I had an instant click with this idea and asked him if I could do a ‘remix’ of this idea (prototype) he had? Stephan kindly provided me the stems, I started composing, producing, mixing, and thus this track happened…
Event Horizon – Exodus Part 1 & 2
A little side-project I’ve been working on together with Rick v.d. Eerden called Event Horizon. Exodus parts 1 and 2. Mellow new age synthe-landscapes.
Instruments used:
- Doepfer Dark Energy
- Moog Little Phatty
- Arturia Microbrute
- Waldorf Streichfett
- Roland D50
- Access Virus
- Korg Kaos Pad
- Spectrasonics Omnisphere 2
- ReFX Nexus
- Memorymoon ME80
- RMI Harmonic
Recorded and produced with Logic Pro and Ableton Live 9. Mixed and mastered in Ableton Live 9
Koto – Dragon’s Legend 30th anniversary VIDEOCLIP
Lizardking – Lizardking’s Theme (Armandox Rework)
It was about time I did another remix for the Amiga/C64 demoscene, which still has a great following.
I’ve always wanted to do a remix of this track, as it is so close to my heart composition-wise. I love how Gustaf Grefberg works with chord-progressions, and especially in this tune let’s the bass run chromatically lower and lower against those chord-progressions. Sorry if that sounds nerdish, but if you had any form of musical education in your life and know a bit about solfege you know what I’m talking about. That being said, I think it is one of the hallmarks of a great composer and I’m proud to have been able to do this remix, keeping as much true to the original as possible. I wanted this remix to come out as an improved version of the original. Admittedly I did this remix totally by ear (I haven’t taken a look at the MOD in Protracker or such to see what chords are played) as I wanted to challenge myself and wanted maybe also to put a little bit of my own vibe to the track, as you mostly can hear in the bassline, which is not done with a step-sequencer or drawn into the ‘piano-roll’ by the way, but played by hand (as all parts in this remix)…
I hope you will enjoy my take on Lizardking’s Theme