David Simpson
BIOGRAPHY
falling up art, founded in 1999 or thereabouts, consists of one human, several boxes which make noise, some devices with strings, and some devices which facilitate the movement of air columns
BAND MEMBERS
David Simpson:
keys, guitar, percussion, various woodwinds & harmonica
YEARS COMPLETED
2007,2008,2009,2010,2011,2012
GENRES
Electronic Ambient,IDM/Experimental,Instrumental,Electronica,Unclassifiable
Completed Albums
Evan and Elle(2007)
Alternating Portraits of Heaven and Hell (a nod to Vangelis's classic album)
sliding panels(2008)
sliding panels marks my second consecutive year of participating in the RPM Challenge. I have long wanted to explore polyrhythmic textures unplayable by human hands. Each of these tracks features the simultaneous occurrence of such strange bedfellows as 11/8, 7/4, and 5/4, for instance. Notating these pieces would be tedious and performing them live would be difficult. A friend of mine insists that notation of everything, no matter how strange, is possible, but who would want to play a tune in 385/32? (If I'm not mistaken, that would be one possible "normal" time signature in which to commit the above collision of three odd time signatures to paper.) What maniac would want to conduct it, for crying out loud? So, there is--as usual--an easier way: technology comes to the rescue. The step-entry of each note was painstaking, but not impossible. May you derive some insight, or hopefully even some enjoyment, out of listening to these odd creations, my rhythmically wicked little step-children. And the title?
FUN(2009)
I decided just to have fun in 2009, thus the title. There's more information on my profile; at the moment I am too lazy to duplicate it here. Oh, and I cannot locate my cover art. I've been living under a rock and I did not know we had to upload our own music last year. So, in March of 2010 I am finally uploading my 2009 album.
Manley But I Like It Too(2010)
A $10 keyboard made in China inspired this album. Its happy sounds can be found all over the album. More on my methods later. Right now I just want to get it uploaded.
take only what you can carry(2011)
This year, I'm using an assortment of gear for each song that's limited by what I can reasonably carry out to my car in one trip.
in miniature(2012)
80+ tracks performed solely on the iPod Touch running Akai Synthstation 25 app, vocals recorded on PC-based DAW over audio exports from the iPod. Other than a tad of compression here and there, external effects appear on only two tracks (vocoder on "Ghost in the Machine" and something else but at the moment I can't remember what, probably a reverb on one track).