Show Notes
Check out Danny Playamaqui's electronic music, a hugely expansive discography using a staggering variety of techniques. Danny conducts by-ear-tuning editing, strategic de-tuning, varispeed tricks, and poly-systemic techniques in addition to starting out with xenharmonic tunings as templates. Luckily, 4 bars a day keeps the doctor away (or is it an apple? Perhaps a lemon, or some paprika). We take inspiration and feedback from what is around us, trying to counterbalance that with boredom, motives, gimmicks, and alter egos. Animals and food, the ultimate kid-friendly songwriting subjects, here ironically take a bitingly sans-vocal formation. Tunings may or may not include Wendy Carlos scales, meantone tunings, 9-TET, 11-TET, 16-TET, 17-TET, 22-TET, and/or 31-TET. Music [Intro] Ichi-go ichi-e [New album!] - Danny Playamaqui Correcaminos [479^2] - Danny Playamaqui We Can't Be Blamed [Harmony Hacker] - Sevish (22-TET) Lemongrass [VEG ༼༼༼༼ ◕◕◕ ༽༽༽༽] - Danny Playamaqui Tigre [479^2] - Danny Playamaqui Nuggets [479] - Danny Playamaqui Truffles [479] - Danny Playamaqui Una Tortuga de Patas Amarillas [479^2] - Danny Playamaqui Bears [479^2] - Danny Playamaqui Octopus XX [New album!] - Danny Playamaqui Chocolate [479] - Danny Playamaqui Silver Bells [cover, xenharmonic chocolate] - arr. Stephen Weigel (21-TET) ♥ ◕ ༽つ ♥ [VEG ༼༼༼༼ ◕◕◕ ༽༽༽༽] - Danny Playamaqui (31-TET?) Bitter Melon [VEG ༼༼༼༼ ◕◕◕ ༽༽༽༽] - Danny Playamaqui Turmeric [VA] - Danny Playamaqui Little Fox [479] - Danny Playamaqui [Outro] Lynx [New album!] - Danny Playamaqui
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