Eleventh entry is in from Paul Legovitch called A la source
Here is Paul’s statement.
Hi,
I made a little piece with OpenMPT for the compo. Due to lack of time it’s very short, but short can be nice too I guess. Smile
Song name : A la source.
Length : 1:10 min
File format: OGG
Samples used : Bongos, Congas, Sound_Effects and x.
download : OGG or MP3
Thanks for the very nice samples !
mp3 format
http://clones.soonlabel.com/public/2009-So…a_la_source.mp3
ogg format
Three more entries are in:
12th entry by Black Tiger is called Dark Magic Mind
Streaming:
http://www.traxinspace.com/song/44916
Download:
http://clones.soonlabel.com/public/2009-So…-magic-mind.mp3
13th entry by Dj Kujata called Hot Sim Module (SoOn 2009)
Streaming:
http://www.traxinspace.com/song/44911
Download:
http://alphax2.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/soon2k93.mp3
14th entry by Nahkranoth called Nahkranoth-INT -1d10
Download:
http://download.modplug.com/uploads/files/…INT%20-1d10.mp3
15th entry by Daniel Jackson called Loops of Lawns
Details Made in Buzz.
Sounds used:congas contest-in-a-minor funky_slap_base_with_drum_stick_ouch__
low mindrones_2 nonsense sound_effects x
Download and on line playback at this URL
http://www.box.net/shared/juz15llks1
16th entry by IV65536 called Hexentanz (SoOn 2009 Compo)
Details And now here is my entry for the SoOn Compo 2009 at TiS!
Used sample: Keys by Alpha Alpha (A_2Sample)
Online playback
http://www.traxinspace.com/song/44920
Download
http://clones.soonlabel.com/public/2009-So…09%20Combo-.mp3
I am able to contribute a piece to Chris Vaisvil’s SoOn 2009 contest after all:
(Streaming)
http://www.ozanyarman.com/musics.html
(Download)
http://www.ozanyarman.com/files/music/Sabastorm.mp3
This new piece is called “The Saba Storm”. Catchy, huh?
The scale employed in the composition is that of the Saba maqam, or else a Yarman-36a subset for the scale of said maqam. The 12-tone subset scale chosen from my notorious Yarman-36a tuning is given below:
Yarman-36a Saba maqam with perde rast on C
12
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148.23705
198.74659 D
347.40794 Eb (quartertonal)
381.44577 Ed
501.35622 F
649.32179 Gb (quartertonal)
699.74399
801.68275
896.75720 A
1001.88049 Bb
1079.85183
1200.00000 C
Don’t be surprised if the established theoretical models (Turkish, Arabic, Persian, etc…) fail to faithfully represent maqams. You need something like Yarman-36a to render maqams like Saba, Ushshaq, Huzzam and Karjighar satisfactorily.
In the piece, I warped the Congas.mp3 sample by Norm Harris. It’s hard to recognize, because the waveform has been reversed and processed with carefully chosen Logic Pro 8 plugins:
1-SpecGate: Dark Super Energy
2-FuzzWah: Crunchy Overdrive
3-EnVerb: Rolling Up
4-SpaceDsn: Modula B Delay & Hot Plate
5-Limiter
Notice how the original Conga beat is transformed to an ethereal Saba aire in the background, which seemlessly intertwines with the “Saba-ishness” of the composition. Who would have guessed that the inharmonic spectra of congas would be so suitable for maqam Saba? The pitches of the congas match delicately with the Yarman-36a Saba subset.
Due to the limitations with the chosen scale (Logic Pro does not allow on-the-fly tuning changes), modulations are very limited. There is a savoury modulation to Ushshaq and later to a diminished Segah pentachord as the piece progresses. But Saba on D dominates throughout.
The length of The Saba Storm is 5:10 minutes. The size of the mp3 file is 3.9 MBs.
And yes, I am the one who sings the “gazel” vocal in Turkish. If anyone wonders what the words mean, just ask me!
This is my first true attempt at electronic microtonal maqam polyphony.
Comments are welcome!
Ozan Yarman
The 18th entry is by Din and is called “Step On It (SoOn 2009 Compo)”
5:40 in length, 7.8 megabytes
Artist’s description:
My first release is 5 months 
, hopefully what ends up being the key-log in loosening my creative block.
This is a bit of an experiment in blending flavors, so I have no idea what genre to stick it in. Any suggestions?
Contributors:
SoOn samples used:
Streaming
http://www.traxinspace.com/song/44931
Download
http://clones.soonlabel.com/public/2009-So…_Step_On_It.mp3
Midnight Nov 1st is the deadline - Nov 1st 00:00:00 GMT - 7 pm EST no more entries accepted - voting starts.
Anyone may vote on Nov 1st through Nov 7th.
Links to all entries can be found at http://center.soonlabel.com
19th and looking to be final entry unless someone sneaks one in…
#19 is by solo and is called Behind The Sun (SoOn 2009 Compo)
stream
http://www.traxinspace.com/song/44934
download
http://clones.soonlabel.com/public/2009-So…ind_The_Sun.mp3
Artist’s description:
Space ambient in the tradition of Boards of Canada.
Contributors:
Chris V aka Clones with his hauntingly beautiful feedback leads in A minor.
Ben V - Field Recording From Europe
Apollo 15 Commander Dave Scott demonstrating that the mass of an object does not affect the time it takes to fall, using a hammer and a feather on the Moon.
Voting is open from 2009 November 1st 00:00:00 GMT to 2009 November 7th 11:59:59
All songs can be individually downloaded from http://center.soonlabel.com
or… as a 155 meg zip file
http://clones.soonlabel.com/public/zz-all-…ntest-songs.zip
I decided it was only fair to include all songs in the vote pack and that meant hosting some songs the composers didn’t want individually hosted by me. I will provide statistics and I will remove the songs once voting is over.
I apologize in advance. If you want to remove yourself from the compo because of this I will.
Thanks,
Chris
A contestant , Phaze, made an online player for all of the entries. It randomizes on load.
http://www.phazezero.com/temporary/2009sooncompo.html
It has all the usual controls - have at it.
9 hours left to vote!
I’m not sure Tricky will be around for the closing. BUT I will shut off the email address.
The votes will NOT be announced immediately. There needs to be a little time to make sure the votes are counted properly.
Thanks
Chris
Voting is now officially closed.
The votes will be tallied and the winners announced.
Please be patient.
And SoOn artists thank everyone, contestants and voters, for participating in this event. We hope you enjoyed it.
Chris
this is being recounted - some votes were lost
Official Results are IN!
First place is Saba Storm by Ozan Yarman
Second place is Freaks we are by dj Alces
Third place is Behind The Sun by solo
All data including the actual email votes for the contest can be found here:
http://2009contest.soonlabel.com/contest/
There were a large number of irregular and duplicate votes - all involving Saba Storm.
However removal of these votes did not change the 1st place position.
The next time I do a contest… IF I do one again, a solution for this will be found.
In the end all votes that followed the requested format needed to be honored.
I will contact the winners for distribution of the prize money.
Chris
Congrats to the winner, BUT
Email voting is very sensitive to fraud/friendly-votes and imo is more of a marketing test then it has to do with music.
If I would wanted to have a better chance of winning, I could have send out a massive ‘spam’ request to my contacts, students at school, former colleagues of work et cetera. To exclude any smell of cheatage, next time consider to just have a small judging panel you trust…