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The Cartridge Reader's Travelogue

by Milieu

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Soapwater 06:57
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DS-10 Acid 05:12
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Night Lobby 07:39
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about

For the third Fan Club-commissioned release and the first full-length recording exclusive to the Fan Club catalog, the members of the community were polled on which moniker they'd like a full-length album from. The results were tied between Milieu and Coppice Halifax, and I rolled a D20 live on Twitch to break the tie, with Milieu (although in preparation for both outcomes, a Coppice Halifax release was also partially underway, and those recordings will likely see a release later this Fall).

Given the opportunity to fill out a Milieu release just for the Fan Club, I wanted to do something I hadn't done before, so I opted to pull the audio from almost two-dozen different tracks written exclusively with the Korg DS-10 cartridge on my Nintendo 3DS portable gaming system. My DS goes wherever I go, most of the time, and definitely comes with me on longer trips when I have to stay in a hotel room somewhere. As such, I'd been inadvertantly writing this album in hotel beds in Asheville, Dayton, Cleveland, Columbus, Chicago and Indianapolis, as well as possibly other locations between those. Bouncing down the loops and sequences and drum breaks I'd constructed with Korg's digital workstation (which emulates two MS-10 monophonic synthesizers, alongside a drum machine that's also 'grown' from that synth engine), the album began to fully take shape after arrangment and some clever repurposing of the source in my studio DAW. Still, 100% of the audio presented here was generated using only the Korg DS-10 (minus a couple spots of my daughter's speech sampled here and there), showcasing just how flexible and powerful even Korg's emulated synthesis can be.

Looking back on the places and people and events that these pieces were fashioned alongside brings to mind both happy and sad (and even some unpleasant) memories, so the idea of presenting this material as a digital-audio-travelogue became appealing. Pair this with my romance of empty public spaces, cities after dark and off-grid interstate isolation, and The Cartridge Reader's Travelogue almost wrote itself.

For longtime listeners, there are reference points here going as far back as Aurora Borealis/Night Currents, the 8-bit melancholy of the Sophiesongs album (which is due for a reissue) as well as more 'modern' Milieu fare like Quebrith & Yarrow, Polypsilon or Academy Stripes. Hopefully, the album is diverse enough to appeal to everyone in the Fan Club, and possibly others, although it was definitely designed for those of you who continue to support me in extraordinary ways - thank you!

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released October 24, 2018

W/P by Brian Grainger. Recorded using a Korg DS-10 cartridge in a Nintendo 3DS portable gaming system, in tandem with the White Pillar Workshop DAW. Initial compositions created between 2015-2018 in hotel rooms, rest stops, libraries and vehicles while traveling. Final production and arrangement completed at White Pillar Workshop, Sept-Oct 2018. Mastered by The Analog Botanist. Photography by Brian, Dayton OH Summer 2018. This is Milieu Music number MMFC-004, 4th in the Milieu Music Fan Club exclusive catalog.

Special thanks to all of the members of the Milieu Music Fan Club at Patreon (www.patreon.com/analogbotany). With their continued support, more music like this release can happen! At the present moment, the members of the Fan Club are: Alan A, Alex B, Andy B, Alex K, Benoit P, Brian C, Brian H, Burton T, Chris S, Daniel F, David T, Devin H, Gordon C, Francois H, Jim P, Joel B, Jonathan W, Jose S, Levi G, Mathieu L, Matthew F, Peter T, Peter B, Pierre P, Rich A, Rik J, Sean W, Seth B, Tony S, Alex G, Sam P, Peter C, Arthur W, Rob S, Daniel O, Jake P

Many humble thanks to the subscribers of the Deep Earth series. Without them, this music might not exist, and if it did, you might not be able to hear it. Support deep electronic mining initiatives today: malfokusita.bandcamp.com

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