Spectra
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"It took thousands of paid professionals to build the titanic, but only one amateur to build the Ark."

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Houston, TX
United States

Last login: Jul 25, 2008
Member since: Aug 17, 2007
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About me
Welcome...and feel free to look at my entire list of music not just the top 5. Also note, often my best songs have lower (IE 3-star not my usual 3.5+) ratings but VERY high download ratios (trolls?!). No clue why, but simply listen on preview mode and you'll see what I mean.
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Plus if you are interested in my works in progress please check out Ejectra at http://www.traxinspace.com/profile/ejectra
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I do everything from trance to ambient, drum and bass to hip hop, big beat, demo-style, goa, pop, jazz, IDM, soundtrack, micro-tonal, and more. Lately (IE post July), though, I've been focusing on making my dance production skills more professional (with the exception of "Sutrated", which uses exotic scales), though my older tracks are more "underground".
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News: DJ "Richard" Hard-floor has joined me to form a new group, "Spectra-Floor", to produce dance music. DJ Hard-floor is a resident at Cafe Europe and a full-time DJ and business owner (yes, he does it for a living).
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Need a reference? Here are some quotes/comments from notable musicians who support my efforts:

Perhaps the biggest positive you have going for you is your deep understanding of music theory, and most of the chords in this song give for a perfect example of that understanding. -Roncli on my track "Dreamist"

Sounds nice actually
-Eyspire on my d&b song "Chop Suoy"

I like this one's rhythm, especially how it blends with that bass-line. Very unique, as whole composition. And I like that gated organ.
-Hanhis about my r&b song "Aqua"

The sound made me feel like I was walking on the water.
-Space Walk (about the new-genre style preview "Moon Blooming")

I particularly like that snare (I don't know the correct term for it). It hits on 2 and 4 like I expect it to, and then on the next measure it.... doesn't. It works great and doesn't feel forced like a lot of experimental music tends to. -Warrior Bob on my break-beat track "Break to Paradise"

Favorite music editor
As of March 2008 Renoise and Reason from the melodies, OpenMPT for the drumlines (rather than everything, as I did before)

Favorite musicians
Way Out West...they combine BT-quality sound engineering with massive layers, huge break-beats, technically perfect jazz intonations...all done with emotional charge untypical of much dance music. On the side, Lagoona used to be one of my favorites...they had a very personal/original sound reminiscent of the demo scene yet the raw confidence and power to push a crowd.

Musical inspiration
So many: Lagoona/TSEC, Paul Van Dyk, Hybrid, Way Out West, BT, Tomas Orsulik (of my old dance project, Plasmatix)... Also Mp3TV and KPFT 90.1 radio for having the guts to play/broadcast my tracks at their own will.

Advice to other musicians
It is better to have 10 people enjoy your music for being original...and give the detailed comments to prove it...than have 200 say it sounds professional and have every song you make follow that exact mood and style. You have to have something seriously original and new in every song if you want people to remember you for more than a year (a few examples of this: Awesome, TSEC, Sonic and Keith 303 of Destiny).

Notes about my music
I try to bring out all elements in my music...my music is about massive layers, chords and drums...I never make beats that sound empty when the kick or hi-hat drop from the mix. I'm known to be maximal-istic in my arrangements so a few of you may find the layers in my songs a bit overbearing...you've been warned! :-D

Music by Spectra (View all)
Project Freedom
By: Spectra
Added: 7/17/2008
Genre: Trance
Downloads: 10
Plays: 11
Reviews: 0
Playlists: 0

Eyes of Cancun
By: Spectra
Added: 7/24/2008
Genre: Breakbeat/Breaks
Downloads: 2
Plays: 3
Reviews: 0
Playlists: 0

The Canary Funk
By: Spectra
Added: 7/04/2008
Genre: Drum & Bass
Downloads: 6
Plays: 13
Reviews: 0
Playlists: 1

Sutrated
By: Spectra
Added: 6/19/2008
Genre: Breakbeat/Breaks
Downloads: 8
Plays: 19
Reviews: 1
Playlists: 0

SpectraFloor: Easternity
By: Spectra
Added: 5/29/2008
Genre: House
Downloads: 8
Plays: 20
Reviews: 0
Playlists: 0

Reviews written by Spectra (View all)
Drifter Qulin
Reviewed: March 30, 2008
Artist: Alizhen
Props to Alizhen for taking an experimental rhythm measure...sounds to me like a 5/8th rhythm...and injecting into it the degree of confidence in break-beat hip-hop. Has a flat foreground that injects confidence into the song yet distracts from the brilliant beat rotations and funk-like quick stabs
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Do Dat Thang FT. PhillyBlunt2000
Reviewed: March 25, 2008
Artist: King Tru
Very smoothly executed hip-hop. This is premium far as a club track or in a car with good subs, but less so for listening due to the extensive repetition of the chord progression (the same 3 or so chords are repeated through the entire song).
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Robbie's Rocketship (WIP)
Reviewed: November 07, 2007
Artist: Warrior Bob
Uplifting, upbeat pop song loaded with melodic hooks...using very creative leads to overcome the monotony of 4-chord backgrounds. There are few quite overly loud instruments and ones that need touches like vibrato to loses them up...but the mood of this track still manages to be as potent and confi
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Metro
Reviewed: November 04, 2007
Artist: thecanary
Very emotive, laid-back d&b that actually gives more of a Paul Van Dyk-style trance mood than a d&b mood. I also here hints of Starecase d&b style in this...it's very flowing and the bongo break-beat starting at 2:55 is brilliant, providing that d&b snare fill feeling while maintaining a trance/tr
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Hip Pop :D
Reviewed: November 02, 2007
Artist: Alk
One-theme pan-flute led hip-hop track saved by spiraling layers and very progressive break-beats much in the lieu of the classic rapper LL Cool J's early tracks, but with more more modern touches.
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Playlists
--------Best of TIS----- (21 tracks)
Not only judged as being best musicially, but also most fun, with most longevity. These are the kinds of songs I'll still remember 20 years from now. :-)

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fives (16 tracks)


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mods (19 tracks)


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New Genres by DJ Trancendance (4 tracks)
My more experimental work designed to devise new genres, tonalities, tuning, etc. ...much more melodic and beat variation than my "club" play-list songs.

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remixable (1 track)
anything I think could/should be remixed into other genres/styles

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Trance and Dance (my club-quality tracks) (4 tracks)
Club-suitable, polished production tracks. Due to at least semi-pro production quality and relative simplicity and catchy-ness, these are built for the dance floor IE not my more experimental work or mild production quality dance songs.

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