Here's a mashup of classical, straight-ahead rock and electro. This is quite unlike most music I create (including the religious overtones near the end)...but then again I love going off on strange tangents (and this would qualify) and mixing genres that normally keep to themselves.

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Laid-back, downtempo, jazzy track with minimal effects, live acoustic bass, drums, piano and guitar, sexy vocals (en Français). Dedicated to my wife.

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Groovy little track featuring cool arpeggiated analogue synths and lots of classic synth soloing.

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Heavy old-school sequencing, simple, intermingling melodies and Berlin-school analogue synth aplenty. Very reminiscent of Virgin-era Tangerine Dream (circa '75-'77) and Jean Michelle Jarre (Oxygene). Part II of my "Theories of Altered Spaces Trilogy".

Image copyright Christophe Huet.

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I can't believe I wrote a 4-minute pop song! Those who know me, know my penchant for long, sprawling, sequencer-heavy instrumental tracks with several intertwining themes that slowly morph...this is not one of them. I've done more "mainstream" songs before, but this is a very short (for me) adrenaline-rush of a tune...fuzz bass, acoustic drums, heavy guitar, just a bit of synth and gorgeous (yet processed) vocals courtesy of Calendar Girl.

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When I work on a new track, I usually start just playing around and experimenting with various sounds, beats, melodies, looking for a common theme that sticks, then building a track around it if it's working for me or my mood at that moment. I usually throw away 90% of every track, keeping only 10% in the final mix. This track is an example of some early playing around which later became "Cuban Nights", but rather than throw it away, I kept it ...I'm not sure why, I just liked it too much to throw away. It's only 1:47 long, so not a real song...more like a collection of musical ideas, or perhaps an intro to "Cuban Nights".

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When I first got Acid Pro I did a bunch of experimenting, and part of a track that I saved was the basis for "Cuban Nights". That was a couple of years ago, and lately I've been experimenting again with various world styles, which reminded me of that peice I had done so long ago. I started playing around with it again and started really having fun with it, eventually adding some jazz and rock elements (I love to skip between genres).

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I had so much fun putting music to Calendar Girl's beautiful vocals that I had to do another one. This time, I went back to the early eighties for a synth pop sound that reminds me of early Depeche Mode, Yaz, Human League, etc.

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I used the amazing vocals (of Amelia June) recorded for "Lies" by Trifonic, a San Francisco-based electronic act, but I put a totally new instrumentation and chord structure to it, which gives it a more earthy flavour than the also-cool original.

Image copyright Christophe Huet.

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