Random sounds from inside my head
The online portfolio of Kurt Lorenz. Music, art, design, thought.
I am happy to announce my latest release Loop Collage, Vol. 1.
Created with Blocs Wave on iOS between January 2018 and December 2020. Mixed and mastered in Ableton Live, Cubasis 2/3, Final Touch, and Grand Finale.
This collection is my first foray into using iOS as my main music creation environment. Conceived, collected, collaged, mixed, and mastered by Kurt Lorenz.
"The loops are stock but the decisions are all mine."
Haptic | Subcutaneous is the first official release for these two tracks. Composed and conceived by Kurt Lorenz in early 2011 with Ableton Live, the tracks were remastered on iPad with Grand Finale in early 2020. Available now: https://kurtlorenz.bandcamp.com, and all other major digital retailers.
Haptic | Subcutaneous is the first official release for these two tracks. Composed and conceived by Kurt Lorenz in early 2011 with Ableton Live, the tracks w...
Official music video for Haptic by Kurt Lorenz from the 2020 release Haptic | Subcutaneous, available now at all digital retailers. "Haptic | Subcutaneous" is the first official release for these two tracks. Composed and conceived by Kurt Lorenz in early 2011 with Ableton Live, the tracks were remastered on iPad with Grand Finale in early 2020. Purchase on Bandcamp: http://kurtlorenz.bandcamp.com/album/... Footage courtesy of Prelinger Archives: https://archive.org/details/0557_Prec...
Official music video for Haptic by Kurt Lorenz from the 2020 release Haptic | Subcutaneous, available now at all digital retailers. "Haptic | Subcutaneous" i...
My track "Into Air," a collaboration with fellow Ember Music artist Coreena is available now. It is the lead track on Coreena's latest EP entitled Collabs + Remixes.
Featuring collabs with Richie Dagger’s Crime, Modal Morphosis, Noisegasm, Ember Music artists Kurt Lorenz and (my other musical project) The Never Were and remixes by Kjell, Stan Dart and J. Ohm.
I composed and performed the instrumental track and posted it online... Coreena heard it and asked if she could add vocals. She sent me her vocal recordings and I mixed the track...
The EP has received several favorable reviews including a 10/10 review by Canadian music mag CPG.
"This EP is the most forward thinking piece we have heard this year. Coreena has the voice that is and will rise through the electronic genre ranks and our predictions are that she will be obtaining many requests for track features in the near future.
This EP is not your typical piece of electronic music. It's experimental, deep, dark, groovy, and sonically rich in sound. Each track has its place yet molds into one another like an extended set. Our favorite track was "Into Air". This spiritual trip of simple sounds makes you feel like it is never ending. The progression of quality sounds really hits the mind where it is necessary and is perfect food for the mind, body and soul."
Rating: 10/10
I have completed the 2014 Weekly Beats challenge. I created 52 new pieces of music,
one each week, over the last year.
https://soundcloud.com/kurtlorenz/sets/weekly-beats-2014
I have started the Weekly Beats 2014 project... Basically I will be challenging myself to create a track every week for a year. You can learn more about the project and listen to many many free tracks here: weeklybeats.com
I will also be uploading my submissions to my Soundcloud page and the tracks will be added to the playlist below as time goes on.
I am a graphic designer and electronic musician based in Seattle, WA. USA. I have been interested in electronic music since 1980. I am co-founder, ...
This is a soundscape mix that I created for the 2013 Search For Meaning Book Festival sponsored by Seattle University's School of Theology and Ministry. The Festival had an interactive installation which allowed participants to experience/express their Search For Meaning through the 5 Senses.
The mix was created from stock sound effects.
This is a soundscape mix that I created for the 2013 Search For Meaning Book Festival sponsored by Seattle University's School of Theology and Ministry. The Festival had an interactive installation which allowed participants to experience/express their Search For Meaning through the 5 Senses. The mix was created from stock sound effects.
Ok... the secret is out. I am Aetheric Field.
I am happy to announce my latest release Isaz, a 4 track EP featuring experiments in sound, processed loops and field recordings. All of these tracks were conceptualized, recorded, programmed, and mixed between January and September 2009. Available now as a free download from Bandcamp.
01. This is just my voice
This is just a looping, processed sample of me saying "this is just my voice"
02. Cargo
Processed sample of a train running through Carkeek Park in Seattle, WAUSA. This track was recorded with an M-Audio MicroTrack II digital recorder using the standard t-microphone. I used Ableton Live 6 for processing through an Auto Filter, a Simple Delay and a Resonator.
03. Batavia
This is the soundtrack to a memory. Flying in my fathers small plane from Buffalo. NY to Batavia, IL. when I was 6 years old. A mix of excitement and utter dread. I feel like I captured those feelings in this track.
04. Eye
Original Experimental Music/Sound (by Kurt Lorenz) made completely on the iPhone using BeatMaker, NLogSynth, and iGendyn. (Slo-Mo Vocalizations are from the videos audio track.) Each app was recorded directly into an audio channel in Ableton Live and some basic mixing/compression applied. This track is the soundtrack to an experimental film I created entitled "Eye" you can see the video below or here: www.vimeo.com/5243888
eye from Kurt Lorenz on Vimeo.
BTW: who was Bertha Landes? First female mayor of a major American city, aka Mayor of Seattle 1926 - 1928: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertha_Knight_Landes
James Whetzel (http://jameswhetzel.tumblr.com/) has created a Bertha Landes Mix for 2012! This is an all local music mix, and in it are all excellent artists from Seattle, WA, US of A. It’s mostly new tunes, but yes there are a couple tracks from years past that are in there as well.
James is not only listing all the tracks but providing links to make it easy for you to listen to them.
These tracks will play in the International Fountain August 29th & 30th. The fountain will be shut down for the Bumbershoot Festival on August 31st through September 3rd, and will remain off during post-festival cleanup. Fingers crossed, the cleanup will be done, and the mix will play again September 6th - 10th, 2012.
1. JusMoni & WD4D “A Limit (Instrumental)”
http://soundcloud.com/wd4d/01-jusmoni-x-wd4d-limit [
[Sorry couldn’t find the Instrumental mix, thus enjoy the vocal version!]
2. Ritchie Aldente “Give it to the DJ”
http://richiealdente.bandcamp.com/track/give-it-to-the-dj
3. Scntfc “Jim Guthrie’s Ballad of the Space Babies (Remix)”
http://scntfc.bandcamp.com/track/jim-guthries-ballad-of-the-space-babies-scntfc-remix
4. BFA “Molly Moon” (feat. Geo & Thig Nat)
http://brothersfromanother.bandcamp.com/track/molly-moon-feat-geo-thig-nat
[Yes, I did edit this one to cut the curse words.]
5. Babajaga “Supermoon” (Subaqueous Remix)
http://www.amazon.com/Supermoon-Subaqueous-Remix/dp/B008IVRXFI
6. Georgetown Orbits “You Know the Story”
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/georgetownorbits [Track #10]
7. Fresh Espresso “Big or Small”
[Yeah this is from 2009, but I hadn’t worked it into a mix yet so here it is now!]
http://freshespresso.bandcamp.com/track/big-or-small
Plus the official video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7wXpdTzom0
8. Daze of Resistance “The Ocean is in the Clouds”
http://soundcloud.com/daze-of-resistance/the-ocean-is-in-the-clouds
9. Five Percent Joe “Beauty is Dead”
http://soundcloud.com/fivepercentjoe/beauty
10. Jake One “Microphone Killa” (feat. Young Chris) Instrumental
http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/microphone-killa-feat.-young/id352707348?i=352707382
11. M04N3R “Smoke Break”
http://soundcloud.com/m04n3r/90-bpm-new-groove
12. Keyboard Kid x Darwin “Bellz”
http://soundcloud.com/darwin206/keyboard-kid-x-darwin-bellz
13. Kurt Lorenz “An Untravelable Space”
http://soundcloud.com/kurtlorenz/kurt-lorenz-an-untravelable-space
14. Omniverse “Architeuthus (Kalakala Mix)”
http://soundcloud.com/omniverse/architeuthus-kalakala-mix
15. Kid Smpl “Low Light”
http://kidsmpl.bandcamp.com/track/low-light
16. RX & Mista Chatman “Aqua Chat”
http://www.amazon.com/Aqua-Chat/dp/B007KIVDPQ
17. B_Scale “First Citizen”
http://bscale.bandcamp.com/track/first-citizen
18. TatselVienne “Last Seattle Summer”
http://soundcloud.com/tatselvienne/last-seattle-summer
19. Tetra_ “Flood”
http://soundcloud.com/tetrabyte/flood
19. Amphibian Children “Monoceph Ladyboy”
http://soundcloud.com/lofreqmusic/monoceph-ladyboy
My track "Haptic" has been featured as part of the Seattle SoundClouders Volume 1 Compilation Album. Enjoy!
Katie Weed has reviewed our compilation Ember Music Volume 1 on her blog Sights and Sounds Dovetail
"This first release by nonprofit label Ember Music is the rare find among multi-artist compilations that plays like a cohesive album rather than the disjointed offerings of its individuals. From the pensive introduction ("Huntitled III" by musician Murat Esmer) to the dark, haunted coda by New Englander MobiusB, the listener is led seamlessly through tracks that manage to differ vastly from one to the next without sacrificing unity. The album plays not only as a whole, but as an intelligent and detailed statement. We are taken on a dark, occasionally gloomy, but always thoughtful tour through this collection."
I was the Ember Music Featured Artist for February 2011. Click here for more info.
I have been chosen as SoundClouder Of The Day!
Check out my SoundCloud page. http://soundcloud.com/kurtlorenz
I have just completed a music video project for Summer Rain Recordings artist IG88. The video is made with found footage from the Prelinger Collection at archive.org. Edited in FCE4.
"Cardboard Houses" by IG88 from Kurt Lorenz on Vimeo.
"Cardboard Houses" by IG88
Release Date: May 31st 2010
Catalog Number: SRR-075
IG88′s self titled EP is his debut release on Summer Rain. Beautiful, haunting melodies, occasional vocals, and glitched, elaborate beats bind to culminate in a blissful collection of tracks that inspire and soothe.
Visit http://www.summerrainrecordings.net
Video compiled and edited by Kurt Lorenz
http://www.kurtlorenz.com
My most recent project is compiling and narrating a monthly podcast for my artist-run net label Ember Music.
This is the first in a series of regular podcasts that will highlight Ember Music artists. In this episode, learn more about the background and creative processes of Savaran, MobiusB, Kurt Lorenz and Slaphappy Mortician and hear a track by each.
The podcast is currently available on Soundcloud but will also be available on iTunes soon.
Ember Music link: http://www.embermusic.com/2010/09/02/ember-music-podcast-1/
Soundcloud link: http://soundcloud.com/embermusic/ember-music-podcast-001
So it has been almost one month since I released my first EP "The General Analysis of Nature" and I have just tabulated my stats from Soundcloud and Bandcamp.
1269 Listens/Plays
221 Downloads
I would like to thank everyone who has listened/downloaded and helped spread the word. Thank you so much.
I am proud to announce the release of my first official EP, "The General Analysis of Nature." This EP was conceived and recorded in 20 days as part of the RPM Challenge.
Cover art by: Kurt Lorenz