February Album Writing Month - FAWM.ORG

looprication (@looprication)

progress: 16

winner!
joined: January 28 2009
location: California, USA
website: www.looprication.com
influences: Boards of Canada, My Bloody Valentine, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Everything But the Girl, LCD Soundsystem, trentemøller, Portishead, björk, Radiohead, The Cure, The Smiths, Depeche Mode, M83, Sasha & John Digweed, Tortoise, Anthony Pappa, Satoshi Tomeii, GY!BE, The Orb, Pixies, Joy Division, The Knife / Fever Ray, Antony and the Johnsons, A Place to Bury Strangers, Calvin Harris, Deep House Cat, Tim Hecker, Crystal Castles, Kraftwerk

Bio

Almost nobody dances sober, unless they happen to be insane.

- H. P. Lovecraft

Update March 1: That's all folks!!! A HUGE thank you to everyone out there, period, and especially the ones who most contributed to me FAWMING this year (in no particular order):

@theawkwardsleep
@rosedeschamps
@caterwauler
@solarrainuk
@cts
@captainvulpine
@adforperu
@evelbist
@chasingandromeda
@andrewaspland
@disposal
@kristian
@candle
@auditasum
@rogerette
@psyt
@djx
@injerabreath
@cleverhansel
@stevenwesleyguiles

And somehow I stayed well through the whole thing.

I really believe I've heard more great music this year than any other, and I'm looking forward to spending March doing some catch up for those of you who I haven't listened to everything yet. <-- fragment, awkward. like me

Another February, another FAWM, and another album. Great work you magnificent bastards, let's keep in touch.

Update Feb 20: It looks like I'm more behind than I am, but believe me, I've got a couple of irons in the fire (collabs) that are going to burn brightly, and they're nearly done, so I'm not quite as far behind as it looks. Not bad for just spending the last three days basically off the grid... Oh, and I'm still healthy, touch wood, yaay!

Update Feb 10: So stoked on all the comments I'm able to leave for everyone this year, and of course for all the ones I've received! I've really been inspired by my fellow FAWMers even more than in past years, which is really saying something! Keep it up, everyone! Also, I am not yet sick, so that's good. Waiting for the other shoe to drop and the ebola FAWM to set in...

My fourth FAWM, and I swear, it's changed my life as much as any concert, any decision to go in a musical direction, any lyric that I heard when I was in high school that made me say, 'this is me.'

Not sure what I'm going to do this year, but I'm going to do it. Oh, and I'm going to try to stay healthy the whole time.

The most recent thing I finished is the soundtrack to a movie. It's the only thing I've "finished" outside of FAWM since I started FAWM. Here's a link to the IMDB entry:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2139839/

and here's a link to the soundtrack:

http://looprication.bandcamp.com/album/music-from-the-film-el-termino-medio

Born in Detroit, moved to San Diego in 1994. Grew up listening to "alternative" and got heavily into electronic music and scene back in 1999/2000. DJ'd at the infamous Loft in Long Beach in 2001 until it imploded.

Traveled to Amsterdam, Japan, UK, Iceland, Chechy, Vienna, Berlin, Rome, and will happily crash on your couch if you live in a city I haven't experienced yet

I've been writing/producing electronic music under the moniker of looprication since 2000.

2012 Songs

1	Grindhouse	24 comments // 3 months ago
2	Stora-Viti	23 comments // 3 months ago
3	Old Skool Cliché	15 comments // 3 months ago
4	another forest	16 comments // 3 months ago
5	(last one out) turn out the light	7 comments // 3 months ago
6	roads	15 comments // 3 months ago
7	another forest (with theawkwardsleep)	12 comments // 3 months ago
8	home	6 comments // 3 months ago
9	in our hearts it never ends	6 comments // 2 months ago
10	let me draw you naked	6 comments // 2 months ago
11	SIX	4 comments // 2 months ago
12	choose your weapon	2 comments // 2 months ago
13	Vapour Trails (with rosedeschamps)	4 comments // 2 months ago
14	New Dawn Fades (Joy Division cover) (with caterwauler)	6 comments // 2 months ago
15	peaktime (w/t)	2 comments // 2 months ago
16	fade on	6 comments // 2 months ago

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candle 2 months ago

Thanks again for all your wonderful comments & support!

See You In The Shadows…
headfirstonly 2 months ago

Thanks for the very generous comments on my stuff - glad you liked the Stick playing on "Get out there"!

Oh, and Snow Crash? *excellent* book.
quigboto 2 months ago

Thanks for the listens and the kind comments!
theawkwardsleep 2 months ago

sure thing, d o you want a zipped up loop? this was a productive one, wasn't it? email me anytime...
peppernash 2 months ago

Hey, thanks a lot for your nice and helpful comments- much appreciated!
P.S.: the "mariachis serenading" are me trying to emulate a mandolin on the guitar with lots of reverb.
andrewaspland 2 months ago

Just wanted to say thanks for getting me into H.P Lovecraft, just finished Mountains of Madness which blew me away and now I'm totally addicted to his books. Cheers
songsville 2 months ago

Thanks for your nice comment!
captainvulpine 2 months ago

I'll be there Loopy! Though I don't really have any songs this year that I can perform all acoustic and whatnot (since I won't have my fancy equipment) so we'll see how that works out. You think you'll make it down??
solarrainuk 2 months ago

Thanks for the kind words After FAWM I'm going to get seriously busy, with promised collabs and other commitments. But we still have a few days here to bash something out if you want. Email me: pat@solar-rain.co.uk
theawkwardsleep 2 months ago

those aren't cut up vocal samples, but instead me singing oohs and ahhs with a cool ass filter effect throughout the entirety of the track. we started jamming and then found this cool plug in and then it sort of took on a whole other vibe. thanks matthew! now off to listen to your latest...
evelbist 3 months ago

c'mon man, get to grinding another one out!!
candle 3 months ago

Thanks for the great comment on 1000 Points Of Light.

See You In The Shadows…
auditasum 3 months ago

Cool. Yeah, take your time. I'm pretty overwhelmed at the moment anyway.
solarrainuk 3 months ago

lol no worries, accidents happen!
auditasum 3 months ago

Hey, so, I think it would be fun to do a collab with you sometime this FAWM if you're into it. Let me know if you have any instrumentals that need vocals or lyrics+vocals. Or if you have any other ideas!
daddyschu 3 months ago

Come!
http://fawm.org/forums/thread/2708/
valeriecox 3 months ago

Hey loops.Not knowing your real name, I figured loops was a good substitute. Thanks for the comments on my little album. It was certainly fun doing something so dancey, synthified electro. Kristian sure knows his stuff. You know your stuff too. I like your tracks.
ankara 3 months ago

thanks for taking the time to listen and comment, much appreciated, cheers.
evelbist 3 months ago

man you are fast becoming a favorite of mine
rosedeschamps 3 months ago

Just emailed you about a collab - huzzah!
theawkwardsleep 3 months ago

i feel like fawm this year has been phenomenal for both my mixing skills and creativity with vocals. last year was literally the first year I had done anything with either. so yeah, i think i'm growin' up! thanks matthew! it can really only get better from this. and working a job where i work only 5 days every two weeks, gives me time to ruminate in my music making. (the only happy parts of health care is longer shifts) -ru
marklberry 3 months ago

Love your bar comment on "My Shower."
Val is making an album, and I thought my contributions were complete, but I recently had a spark for helping her with one more collaborative song, so standby.
Cheers, marklberry
rogerette 3 months ago

Thanks for the comments on Steve the Dalek! Daleks are the Doctor Who baddies who look like upside-down brass trash cans with a plunger and an egg-whisk for arms (see: "Laser"). They don't usually have names, but we thought it would be pretty funny for one to be named Steve. We had so much fun with that one
caterwauler 3 months ago

Your comments make me blush, thanks a lot Sir
I'll mail you back about Paris soon
candle 3 months ago

Thank you again for the comment on Love.

See You In The Shadows…
francesriley 3 months ago

Sample away! I'd love it!
Thank you for the comments, and your wife too!!
stevenwesleyguiles 3 months ago

Thanks for the kind words, Loops!
By the way, the two tunes of YOURS I've heard were also excellent. Great great grooves.
If you ever want to shoot me a track to add vocals to, I will definitely try my best.
chasingandromeda 3 months ago

Thanks for the shout-out on the recommended tracks thread! I am grateful.
melindadimaio 3 months ago

Hey thanks for the sweet comments, yes - let's see what we might cook up!
mctown 3 months ago

I heard some Detroit.. in Grindhouse...
melindadimaio 3 months ago

Hey there, female vox interested in collaborating.....check out my clips, you'll see I have a varied style...but interested in something hypnotic and techno...let me know if you wanna play....
chasingandromeda 3 months ago

Thanks for stopping by!
candle 3 months ago

Thanks for the great comment on Ghia Is Churning! Looking forward to your output.

See You In The Shadows…
musicbykatie 3 months ago

hi looprication! saw you in the "west" forum and thought I'd drop by and say hello since we are both san diegans this year. Do you perform around here??
theawkwardsleep 3 months ago

finally able to work on the songs we've been dreaming about for the past few weeks! we'll have one out by tomorrow eve for sure. maybe 2~
ianuarius 3 months ago

Ooh! Yes! I just gotta make my morph song first because that's got the tightest time-limit.
auditasum 3 months ago

I'm super slow so I won't be finished with the vox until after FAWM starts. But we don't have to include it in the songcounts.
solarrainuk 3 months ago

Thanks for the welcome! I'll be watching you too Good luck and have fun!
ianuarius 3 months ago

Haa! Awesome, awesome!
Maybe we oughta do some collaboration this year.
candle 3 months ago

I've been playing around with setups in my recording/processing software (Jeskola Buzz) & I think I've tweeked it to get some more user-friendly results. But time will tell. No new gear for me, tho (except for a few new Buzz Machines for the program). Oh well, maybe "gearing up" was the wrong phrase. Oops.

See You In The Shadows…
djx 3 months ago

Don't call it a comeback, I've been here for years...

Good to see you poised and I'm looking forward to your new sounds again!
I hope to get a couple tracks out myself this time around. Fingers crossed.
Best of luck!
candle 3 months ago

Indeed. I'm gearing up as we speak. Thanks for the hello & a hello right back at you. Can't wait to hear what you have in store for us this year.

See You In The Shadows…
auditasum 3 months ago

Alright well. I'll try to send those to you before FAWM starts. Or during, if you want to be devious and include them in the old songcount.
sapient 3 months ago

Lo Loopster. Hope all's well with all things loopy
captainvulpine 3 months ago

Loopy my friend!
dillonrichards 4 months ago

Heck yeah I'm back! Glad to see you are as well!
explodingmary 4 months ago

loooop!

and yes, the new Kate is pretty sweet.
mojo 4 months ago

Mrrraaaw!
caterwauler 4 months ago

Hey! I'll do what I can, 14 look like an utopia but you're right, I don't have to finish
What's your plan this year?
cts 4 months ago

...and here. We. Go. I'll see u in the Jelly Factory.
theawkwardsleep 4 months ago

sounds excellent! lets do it! this time lets make the beats on time, so we can do more with it later!
auditasum 4 months ago

Cool cool. What file-type do you want them in? Wav?
debs 4 months ago

Would love to
kristian 4 months ago

sorted!
chasingandromeda 4 months ago

It was Saskatoon Sunrise. Let me see if I can get a temp download spot for you. Will be in touch.
rosedeschamps 4 months ago

Absolutely! We've been meaning to for awhile now, haven't we? Maybe 2012 is our year
auditasum 4 months ago

Hey, Audita Sum here. I think I'm gonna re-record some of the songs we did for FAWM 2010-- "Hill" and "Green Grapes of Proserpine"-- now that I have a better microphone. If I do, do you want me to send you the audio files so you can mix them?

Looking forward to future collabs as well.
chasingandromeda 4 months ago

Hope to hear some of your tasty electronic tidbits this year.