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I’m happy to share Early Works for free: 36 tracks from my early days with Fruity Loops, composed between 2000 and 2007.

Back then, my approach was very spontaneous. It was pure fun, almost like playing a video game. Whenever I had some free time, I’d build a loop and let it play on repeat while adding sounds, tweaking knobs, and introducing variations until a song gradually took shape. The result was a collection of playful, melancholic, dark, and weird tracks that I originally shared online across three albums, all of which are compiled in this archive.

Listening to them again brings a smile to my face and stirs up so many memories. While some tracks are a little rough around the edges and not always perfectly mixed, this period marked the genesis of my main musical project: CIRC.

I hope some of you enjoy listening to them.

Bandcamp : https://circ.bandcamp.com/album/early-works
Free Codes : https://band.codes/circ/early-works

Recommendations much appreciated <3

Free (Pay what you want DL)

https://downstate.bandcamp.com/album/tower-4zp105

Released a new album last week.

I tried not to listen to too much stuff that would over influence my music and wanted to see what i would make if i wasnt constantly seeing what other people are making on social media feeds. Hopefully the result is something that has an original and intriguing sound.

For the nerds - everything is sequenced with keystep pro or max. Modular set up and some old synths and samplers - DX7 ,JV1010, Dreadbox NYX, Roland S330 etc.

Cheers

Hello!

I made this record a while back. Posted a couple of songs from it here and there. Anyways here's the link to the full thing on your streaming platform of choice:

https://open.spotify.com/album/2ELwtcm9htc637UvOdpSwA?si=yqsN68UnR7uNscAOclkvLA

https://mattikarkk.bandcamp.com/album/squery

https://soundcloud.com/mattikarkkainen/sets/squery

I hope you enjoy! Any feedback or comments appreciated. Thank you for your time.

it has some more breakbeat elements but also sounds a bit glitchy

it’s 3026. You live in New York but it looks like this now.

Pop music has gone through so many different waves it’s turned into electronic bleeps. What is that playlist?

My picks:

- Xtal - Aphex Twin

- June 9th - Boards of Canada

- Yulquen - Autechre

This is a mix that captures a moment in time (90's electronic) where people were still making interesting electronic music to be discovered by dance DJs in record shops and record collectors. I personally WAS playing ambient, IDM and downtempo and trip-hop type sets at parties and for mixtapes - so I bought most of this music on sight, and unheard, based on a recommendation from a record shop employee.

https://youtu.be/u36I-6B1BIg

1. Enter The Biosphere 00:00:03
2. Heavenly music corporation - Octal (1996) 00:00:20
3. Heavenly music corporation - Sphereless 00:05:00
4. Hydrosphere - Nebula 00:08:20
5. BoC - Wildlife analysis extended 00:14:00
6. Major Briggs from Twin Peaks 00:16:50
7. µ-Ziq - Ethereal murmurings 00:19:30 
8. Heavenly music corporation - St. Giga 00:28:00
9. Autechre - Foil 00:35:00
10. Aphex twin - 9 unchopped 00:40:00
11. Aphex twin - On (28 mix) 00:42:00
12. Beaumont Hannant - Water & Space 00:45:00
13. Beaumont Hannant - Utuba 00:48:00
14. Casino vs Japan - It's very sunny 00:52:00
15. Boards of Canada - Olson (Version 3) 00:55:50
16. The Sunworshippers– The Sunworshippers Speak 00:56:30
17. Aqualite vs Xylon - Zweiundvierzigfieber  00:57:45
18. St-Etienne - Who Do You Think You Are (Aphex Twin Quex-RD Remix) 01:01:55
19. Boards of Canada  - Hi Scores 01:07:20
20. Boards of Canada-Blood In The Labyrinth 01:12:00
21. Ameeva - Exosphaera 01:15:30
22. Autechre - Inhake 2 01:19:05
23. Jeigo - By My Side 01:26:45
24. Black dog productions - Pillars & mirrors 01:31:45
25. Avalon Emerson - One More Fluorescent Rush 01:40:00
26. The KLF Kylie Said Deeper (Microphase Remix) 01:44:25
27. Afx - 19 bradley echoes  01:48:25 QED - Glimpses of Death 01:55:20
28. Suzuki K1 - Satellite Serenade [Saturday Mix] With Japanese It's All Right Song (1994) 01:56:10
29. The Orb - Blue Room (State Azure Cover) 02:04:25
30. Dr. Chandra and SAL 9000 - 2010: The Year We Make Contact 02:22:40
31. Biosphere  - Biosphere II 02:24:10
32. Skee mask - LFO 02:28:00
33. Boards of Canada - Arena Americanada 02:30:55 
34. Arovane - Amine Matis 02:34:15
35. µ-Ziq - Goodbye µ-Ziq 02:38:30
36. µ Ziq - µ Ziq Theme 02:43:15
37. Bjork & Mark Bell ~ Hyperballad ~ The Freak Mashup 02:46:30
38. Diagrams - Ascii.Disko 02:49:40
39. µ-Ziq - PHI*1700 (u/v) (R&S Records RS 94048 A1) 02:54:50
40. Curve - Falling Free  (Aphex Twin remix) 03:01:40
41. Autechre - Eutow (RamonPang remix) 03:07:10
42. Rhythm is Rhythm - Drama (1990) 03:13:50
43. Nail - Cassiopeia (Luca Lozano remix) 03:19:50
44. Rhythm Invention - Chronoclasm (Nick Simpson's Portable Mix) 03:26:00
45. LFO (Rich Lane Cotton Dub) 03:28:40
46. Windowlicker (Aubrey Fry & abandoned technologies Interpretation) 03:34:00
47. Terrence Mc Kenna - Reclaim your mind 03:40:40 A
48. Autechre - Clipper 03:41:20
49. Deniro - Epirus (2018) 03:46:50
50. Social Seminar - Tom (1972) 03:52:45
51. Nodens Ictus - Atavista 03:53:00
52. Curve - Rising (FSOL Headspace Mix) 03:55:00
53. Tipper - No Dice 04:04:15
54. Boards of Canada - Telephasic Workshop 04:06:00
55. Autechre - PIOB [Mix Two] 04:09:50
56. Global communication - 9:39 04:14:40
57. Monolake -  Mass Transit Railway 04:15:45
58. Monolake -  Indigo 04:20:20
59. Casino Versus Japan -  Go Hawaii 04:27:00
60. 16 was sampled on Mylo (2003) : Sunworshipper  Samples from the following sources (TV Shows, documentaries & Films) :  Twin peaks (1990-1991)  The Krays (1990) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099951/ Terence Mc Kenna (1992)  The Unknowns Mystifying UFO Cases