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A Page of Madness - A Sumatran Soundtrack - Live version for Salt Beyoglu REMASTERED

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This is the live performance from April 28th at SALT, Beyoglu plus some slight remastering.

Here's a little background. Since this was my first live performance as Sumatran Black I wanted to reduce my stress levels as much as possible and simplify the live work flow. Essentially the core of the soundtrack was composed and recorded prior to the performance (you can find that version on the Bandcamp page)

I divided up the score into chunks or "pages" that I could cue whilst the movie was playing via Ableton Live. In addition to this I created a large array of send/insert effects that I could manipulate during the performance. I think there were 8 main effects sends that did a variety of strange things. Once the main compositions were completed, the design of these effects sends was the most time consuming aspect of the project.

Some of the effect manipulations were very carefully planned out and timed to the exact second (if I played it right ) and I also allowed myself some areas where I could improvise.

I know some people are interested in what synths and gear I use and so on this project everything was done in the box with a bunch of different VSTs: Omnisphere (especially the granular function), Arturia's DX7 clone, Serum (melody at the end of the score), Psychic Modulation, Novation V-Synth and Iris .

Also, there was a technical issue with Page 1 of the live recording, half was missing, and so I recreated that Page in my studio as best as I could. Live, one take and no edits.

I hope you enjoy it
SB

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released February 14, 2019
Written, produced and performed by Sumatran Black

April 28th 2018 in Istanbul, Turkey

Photo by Gelareh @ gisan_photography

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Sumatran Black - minimalist ambient blackness for dark relaxation and contemplation - "Necrochill"

Black Box Memories - nostalgic melodic lo-fi synthcore and dreamy themes of loneliness

Ataşehir - aspirational dystopian dark ambient drone

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