#3

I had the best Andrew Huang moment last year. I don’t get to hang out with my little brother very much - he’s much younger and still lives with my mum and is at school - and I’ve got a whole other life. Anyway, we’d managed to find a day to spend together and we hung out - he’s getting older and I discovered we had some common interests. We got to talking about synths, the OP-1, etc, I had no idea he was into this stuff, and he was like “There’s this guy on YouTube who does these great videos making music from all sorts of things and he has this four producers one sample video” and I was like “Andrew Huang!” and he was like “Andrew Huang!” and as we said it we both did the thing with the high-five. I remember it like it was yesterday, on a busy high street in England - our common interests bringing us a little closer. Anyway, thanks for that! It’s a fond memory I have of my brother. I’m looking forward to listening to the album!

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#4

Really enjoying this, lovely and peaceful.

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#5

Edited the original post to add patch notes on each track.

@louis thanks for sharing that story, laughed out loud about the high five bit!

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#6

Loving this and the fireworks track especially great work as always!!

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#7

Including extensive notes on how these tracks are made is really thoughtful; thank you.

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#8

Bought! I’m going to listen on the plane from Phoenix to Denver.

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#9

I reckon it’d be useful to name the topic more specifically - there’s two topics with almost exactly the same name right now and the forum software doesn’t show who started the topic when you’re browsing.

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#10

This music isnt really my kinda thing…
BUT while doing something else on the computer i accidentally had fireworks and rain ii going at the same time and it captivated me and was like daym this dude has some mysterious vibes down!
On their own their own its all a bit too straight edged for me but mixed together its got the right imbalance of harmony that makes things interesting to me is the only way i can describe it.
You should defo try it out just start fireworks and fade rain ii in.

#11

Mate, love it!

From your videos you obviously know how to add a lot of harmony and complexity to tracks, and it’s lovely to hear you using a lot of restraint! Defo one that’s going on my phone for night-time drives and lonely hotel rooms.

S

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#12

Is this post purely promotional or do you want an honest critique of your music? I’m not really sure what the intention is here.

#13

This is categorized under releases which is described as such:

release announcements. please help facilitate discussion by providing context for the release.

What’s confusing about the intention? People share the music they’re putting out and encourage discussion around it.

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#14

A lot of time people only want positive feedback and praise. If that’s the culture in this category, then I don’t want buck the trend.

#15

You can mute the category if it really bothers you.

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#16

Gotcha. I just wanted to understand the score here.

#17

In general, people here are polite and respectful. Andrew posted his album and gave a mess of patch notes, which is pretty kind. No request for critique was given, so there’s no need to give one unless you have something you feel is critical knowledge to share or a critical question to ask. For example mystasea’s post above expressed how he was able to appreciate the album despite not being into the album as such. If it’s not for you, there’s no need to comment.

And since I’m posting, I’ll mirror some of Simeon’s comment above. While I definitely don’t prefer it to his other work, it is interesting hearing him approach modular in more restrained fashion. I honestly wish it was pop-ier, but I appreciate his craft and his willingness to take a chance here.

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#18

@kesserich

If you had an honest critique but werent sure if sharing publicly would make the OP (or others) uncomfortable…you could just send via dm expressing your uncertainty

Ask or say what you want privately and then perhaps, share in the thread if they are ok with it

But really, if the tunes are in a dedicated release thread, the artist demontrated willingness to have a dialogue with us (the audience). They cant expect all feedback to be 100% positive…

No need for hesitation next time

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#19

i’m always open to constructive criticism

this is a little bit of promo for me but mainly i’m on lines because it’s my favorite place to talk about experimenting with electronic music and particularly modular. hence the patch notes. also why for example i didn’t post my previous release here which was relatively straight ahead instrumental hiphop

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#20

Its funny , though , because you have ppl clamoring for “more pop”. You’ve set a certain expectation of yourself, which is nice to see thwarted in lieu of something more ‘challenging’ and cerebral.

I haven’t heard it yet, but am looking forward to digging in. It sounds like it would be morning music…

As for the contribution of playing more than one track at a time: I don’t see this as critical, but as an experimental suggestion. Whatever works ! I’ll probably try both ways :slight_smile:

#21

it’s funny what you become known for, and to whom, and all their perspectives that come into play. i’ve had many synth enthusiasts say i’m too poppy and many pop listeners say i’m too experimental. though being on a forum like lines and hearing someone “wish it was pop-ier”, that’s a first for me haha.

i’ve been bouncing around genres my whole life and quite inconsistent about how i promote myself. i wonder if the most poppy material is just what has naturally been able to engage the most people.

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#22

Funny how it changes for people though. I remember being disappointed when Autechre went very generative (Confield, I think?), and now it’s some of my favorite work of theirs. Better to just do what you think needs to be done…

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