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Fossils – Paul Shillito

admin — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 09:38:43 +0000

It seems I have been bitten by the Carnival of the Animals .

After doing Aquarium I have been toying with several of the other pieces from the suite and to that effect I did a version of Fossils, again this is very well known piece which is more commonly seen accompanying videos/films of bones and skeletons. Its also very short at just over 1:17.

This was made again primarily with the Arturia Origin digital hardware modular synth but also with help from Reaktor, u-he ACE and Arturia ARP 2600V again. Effects provided by the EHX Cathedral, Line 6 M13, Eventide Pitchfactor and Digitech Timebender.

Fossils : Tomita Classitronic version by paulshillito

Aquarium played on BBC Radio introducing

admin — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 07:41:05 +0000

I can hardly believe it but Aquarium is to be played on BBC Radio Essex Introducing on 2 Sept 2011 7pm, a show for unsigned acts. Looking at the track listing, mine must be a bit of an inverse culture shock on a show playing the lastest Dub, rap, techno and electronica.

I uploaded the track on the off chance that it might get heard by someone, then they said that it would be the played as the last track of the show, always a good slot to be to first or the last.

So it goes to show that we can get on to major radio stations

EDIT : They actually opened the show with the track and said that is was amazing !, which made my day

Aquarium : Camille Saint Saens by Paul Shillito

admin — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 09:33:38 +0000

This is a piece of music that I have heard loads of times in film, TV, documentaries but until recently I still didn’t know who the composer was or the name of the piece, then by accident if found it on Youtube. Now finally I have been able to do my version of it and in what seems to be a record breaking time for me of about 10 hours. It was made using mainly an Arturia Origin digital hardware modular synth which seems to be my main weapon of choice at the moment and was aided and abetted by an Eventide Pitchfactor, Strymon El Capistan, EHX Cathedral and Line 6 M13.

In keeping with the watery, fishy theme, the video is of some of the more unusual sea creatures and mostly synchronised (sort of but ran out of unique shots and had to time stretch some to make them fit).

Stravinsky Petrushka – Paul Shillito

admin — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 12:59:05 +0000

Well, it feel like its being a an eternity since I put out anything but after a complete studio refit, change of working technique and a lot of work I finally have done Stravinsky’s Petrushka. A dry run for not only sussing out the new studio kit but also for my re-run with “The Rite of Spring” which I started, stopped, started, shelved and finally gave up on software instruments in favour of hardware.

This is a selected highlights from the full 22 minute piece, I intend to release it on an album in 2011 along with the “Rite” once it is done so there may well be changes that I do after I have had time to re-assess it.

It was done with all hardware including DOT.com/DoepferAnalogue modular, Arturia Origin, Creamware Prodyssey and Pro-12, Roland V-Synth GT, Digitech Timebender, EHX Cathedral and Small Stone Phaser, Line 6 M13 Stompbox modeller, Eventide Modfactor and PitchFactor with Cubase 5 running on i7 PC and Windows 7 64bit.

The whole piece was adapted from the 3 part piano version with the Shrovetide Fair and Charlatans Booths added at the beginning again adapted from a piano version. The whole piece took about 4 months of evenings and weekend work to put together.

Stravinsky – Rite of Spring – Introduction – Paul Shillito

admin — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:21:20 +0000

After a bit of a long wait I have finally got around the starting some new works. I have started my interpretation of Stravinskys The Rite of Spring, the first part, the introduction is here and hopefully (time allowing) the rest should be coming along in the not too distantant future.

It’s certainly an interesting piece and allows for a lot of creative sound design and placement, I’m looking forward to working on it and as soon as i have something it will be posted here.

Sibelius Intermezzo Karelia Suite Op.11 – Paul Shillito

Paul Shillito — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 23:22:49 +0000

Just completed my latest piece, this time it’s my take on Sibelius Intermezzo from Karelia Suite Op.11

The style is well, I would call it Classitronic for want of a better word, it certainly is influenced by Tomita style I like very much, and like many of these projects I do it developed a life of it’s own, so now it’s time to let it out in to the wild and see what happens .

The gear used to make this included Malström, Thor, Minimoog V2, Jupiter 8V, Battery 3 and Omnisphere soft synths, and was arranged and mixed in Cubase 4 and took about 2 weeks of evening and weekend work to complete.

I hope you enjoy it.

In the hall of the mountain king – Paul Shillito

admin — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 22:16:46 +0000

In the hall of the mountain king – Grieg/Shillito

This took about 2 weeks to do the music and about 2 hours to stitch the video around around in the attempt to get a few more viewers on that there Youtube. Juries is out yet as to wether this approach works better than just a plain still image but it has the eye candy of Angelina Jolie and some great CGI scenes from Beowulf to help it along and it seems to go rather well with the music ( well i would say that wouldn’t I )

Synths used on this were Omnisphere, CS-80V, Jupiter 8v and Virtual string machine.