Thankful 003Alaskan Tapes2021-12-31 | Thank you for listening this year. It means the world, it is thanks to all you who listen that I can even do what I do.
Next year there's a huge list of things being released and worked on, and I can not wait for everyone to hear.
Thank you again, I can't say it enough.Alaskan Tapes & LUCHS - (10-13) Piano Improvisation IAlaskan Tapes2023-08-04 | We're back with a track that I love. This track started with just a few simple drones that I had abandoned back in October of 2022. After we completed 'After The Flood' LUCHS had asked if I had any other tracks we could work on, and I found this one collecting dust in my hard drive. I sent it over to him, and a few days later he had sent it back to me pretty much the way you're hearing it now. This was a quick piano improv to him, but I loved it. Hope you do too!
Alaskantapes.ffm.to/aftertheflood-multiAlaskan Tapes & LUCHS - After The FloodAlaskan Tapes2023-07-14 | I'm excited to put out After The Flood with LUCHS, he's an amazing ambient/neoclassical artist from Sweden. Check him out below:
Stream on my new piano: alaskantapes.ffm.to/onmynewpianoAlaskan Tapes - Notes (rerecorded)Alaskan Tapes2023-04-21 | Ever since I first released Notes back in 2017 on some older piano VST plug in, I've wanted to rerecord it for everyone. Here it is; I hope you enjoy it.
Stream Notes (rerecorded): alaskantapes.ffm.to/notesAlaskan Tapes - Places (Rerecorded)Alaskan Tapes2023-04-07 | This new version of places was recorded earlier this year on my new piano. Ever since originally releasing Places on You Were Always An Island I had wished it was higher quality, now with a new piano I decided to re-record a few older tracks, those tracks will be coming out every two weeks for the next 2 months. Be on the look out!Who Tends A Garden - Album Project File LookthroughAlaskan Tapes2023-01-13 | Going through all of the albums project files, and listening in order!Alaskan Tapes - Who Tends A Garden (Full Album Stream)Alaskan Tapes2023-01-13 | Who Tends A Garden is 9 tracks inspired by travelling again, rummaging bookstores, and starting gardens. Released January 13th, 2023.
Chapters: 0:00 Of Woods and Seas 3:25 Who Tends a Garden 8:00 Everending 12:10 Then 15:27 Library Fields 18:45 Still Dividing and Dividing Still 25:30 A Long Line of Violet Hills 28:32 Swimming and Dancing and Floating in Circles 37:18 W(e)ave
Hope you all enjoy!Alaskan Tapes - Who Tends A Garden (Extended 4 Track Version)Alaskan Tapes2022-11-10 | I wanted to make a playthrough video of Who Tends A Garden like I did for Then and Library Fields, but unfortunately I couldn't find a practical way to do it with the granular synthesis involved in the official track. So I decided to put it to tape and "play the 4 track" with a couple of pedals.
The original plan was to play it in a garden, but in Canada in the middle of November that wasn't really possible. It was a nice day so I took it to the beach, set up a little stone pad to keep the sand away, and put down my pedals and tried it out. It worked really well I think!
Something I love about tape is the ease of detuning. As you hear in the second half that low detuning is so nice and satisfying. I may have to turn it into a lutes jennings track.
Anyways, I hope you enjoy it! Thanks for listening!
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The film was completed in collaboration with Last Frame Pictures and ambient artist Alaskan Tapes.
This film is directly in support of mental health. For more information and continuing support, please contact your local support lines. To learn more, visit camh.ca/en/science-and-research/discovery-fund
Shot on ARRI 235 3-Perf with Leica Summilux C's - Kodak 35mm 500T and 250D
WINNER - Phoenix Short Film Festival - Best Experimental Short WINNER - Phoenix Short Film Festival - Best Cinematography WINNER - Beyond The Curve International Film Festival - Outstanding Achievement
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MAN: Michael Wamara @michaelwamara WOMEN: Brittany Miller @imabadbee LITTLE GIRL: Lauren Brady
WRITER / CREATIVE DIRECTOR: Liam Higgins @liamhiggins DIRECTOR: Martin Klapperbein @martin.klapperbein PRODUCTION COMPANY: Last Frame Pictures @lastframe
PRODUCER / 1ST AD: Mike Gillespie @mikegillespie PRODUCTION COORDINATOR: Julia Batista @juleeagh DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Liam Higgins @liamhiggins 1ST AC: Oleksii Furdiiak @oleksii.furdiiak 2ND AC: Abraham Athodakee @a.thodakee LOCATION SOUND RECORDIST: Daniel Brackenbury @grand_moule HAIR & MAKEUP: Irene Brotto @irenebrotto.mua PA: Chris Lawrence @clawrence.exe PA: Japi Sandhu @japi.ca PA: Harmen Baidwan @harmenbaidwan BTS VIDEOGRAPHER: Mauri DeHaro @mauricideharo STILLS PHOTOGRAPHER: Kirk Lisaj @largecrewneck GAFFER: Ivan Karaulov @karaulov_ivan SWING: Eamon Hillis @eamonhillis KEY GRIP: Will Minh Le @will.minhle PRODUCTION DESIGNER: Frances Santiago @francesantiago SET DRESSER: Leala Chi @leala.chi ART PA: Kennedy Robinson @kennedy.r.creative ART PA: Ciara Andruski @candruski ART PA: Michael Le @mi.joh ART PA: Adrienne McClaren Devenyi
ART DEPARTMENT RENTALS: Josh Turpin @jdwgturps TALENT MANAGEMENT: The Agency Talent Management @theagencytalentmgmt TALENT MANAGEMENT: Miracle Management @miraclemgmt CAMERA RENTALS: Keslow Camera @keslowcamera CAMERA RENTALS: Ontario Camera @ontariocamera LIGHTING & GRIP: Doug Cunningham @douglas.cunningham FILM PROCESSING: Colorlab @colorlabmd PROCESS POST SUPERVISION: Scott Mueller @scottmueller FILM PROVIDED BY: Kodak New York @kodak
SPECIAL THANKS Triton Hall, Jason McCalla, Daniel Shojai, Scott Mueller, Yolanda Crocker, Miracle Kerr, Aleksandra Vujicic, Coffee, Anne Hubbell, Niagara Custom Lab, Brady Kendall, Andrew Dezen, Norm Li, Salomon Ligthelm, Jordan Oram, Andrei Tarkovsky, Becca Gordon, Nicole Soo, Ivy Bregman, Jorden Yen, Monica Bialobrzeski, Minsoo Koh, Kelly Jeffrey, Laura Nordin, Ethan Cabral, Alethea Cassano, Alex Seltzer, Mike Mildon, Blessing Adedijo, Coey Kerr, Greg Kouts, Sahul Rateja, Dean Sleiman, Arman Sadrzadeh, Alyssa Reid.Alaskan Tapes - Library Fields (Live Jam)Alaskan Tapes2022-10-14 | Hey everyone! This is just a quick jam of the bones of Library Fields, this track is essentially a bunch of piano loops stacked on top of each other, as you see in the video. Nothing's perfect in this one, just had some fun and made a video. Hope you enjoy!
Alaskantapes.ffm.to/libraryfieldsAlaskan Tapes - Library Fields (Official Visualizer)Alaskan Tapes2022-10-06 | Hi everyone! Here's a new one for you all, a little layered piano track called Library Fields. A little while ago I started messing around with layered piano (You can also see it in my Piano Day video), and I came up with this for the new album. If you write music on the piano I highly recommend it, it's so fun and satisfying when you get it right!
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My Organelle is recording the Xylophone hits into the native Sampler, which I'm then running into the looper, that's why the sound of the bells doesn't come in until later on.
In case you missed it, you can also listen to the official version of Then herE: alaskantapes.ffm.to/then
Hope you all enjoy!
Gear Used: Gretsch G5655TG Boss RC 500 Looper Mission Engineering 529I Rechargeable power supply Chase Bliss Mood Chase Bliss Dark Worlds Hologram Microcosm Critter and Guitari Organelle Tascam Portastudio 414 Mk IIAlaskan Tapes - Then (Official Visualizer)Alaskan Tapes2022-09-09 | New song, from a new album! More details soon, I hope you all enjoy!
https://www.Alaskantapes.com https://www.Alaskantapes.bandcamp.com https://www.Twitter.com/Alaskantapes https://www.Facebook.com/Alaskantapes https://www.Instagram.com/AlaskantapesLittle Outdoor Ambient JamAlaskan Tapes2022-07-18 | Hey everyone! Just wanted to post an extended version of that little ambient jam from Instagram. I recently made some upgrades that I'm pretty excited about! Grabbed this Gretsch G5655TG in Aspen Green that I'd been looking for for a while, as well as this Boss RC-500 looper, and Mission Engineering battery powered power supply that Bedroom introduced me to, this allows me to bring my rig outside (very excited about this in particular), so here's a quick little ambient jam I made the other day when the sun was out I'm hoping to do more like this with playthroughs for the new album!
Gear used: Gretsch G5655TG Boss RC 500 Lehle Volume pedal Mission Engineering 529I Rechargeable power supply (very excited about this one, it makes my whole set up portable.) Chase Bliss Mood Hologram Microcosm Critter and Guitari OrganelleConversation Piece XI (Ambient Jamming on the Organelle and OP-1)Alaskan Tapes2022-06-17 | Hey guys! Another Conversation Piece here. Number 11 this time! It feels so great to have a place to just jam and make fun videos without any pressure. Lots more coming, but they'll stay on my hard drive until the timings right! Hope you enjoy!
Gear Used: Teenage Engineering OP-1 running through the Microcosm Critter and Guitari Organelle running through Shallow Water
That's it!Alaskan Tapes & Michael Lessard - SoonAlaskan Tapes2022-05-19 | The second of our two track EP. Very excited to have these out in the world!
Written & Produced by Alaskan Tapes & Michael Lessard Cello played by Raphael Weinroth-Browne Additional guitar by Adam London Mastered by Chad SkinnerAlaskan Tapes & Michael Lessard - Know (Official Visualizer)Alaskan Tapes2022-05-05 | I'm so excited to get this track out into the world. Me and Michael Lessard (of The Contortionist) have been working on a handful of tracks together and this is the first to see the light of day, I hope you all enjoy!
Lyrics: Can you feel the fallout On the corner of Fifth and Rome All signs say to go now I know, I know
Of all the things you've thrown out It's the hardest thing that you've known They never taught you to know how I know, I know
Never heard until you got loud Now you're hiding what you've shown Only confess now that it's found I know, I know
Know this is always passing Know it will always end Know this is all I'm asking Stay with me until the endPiano Day 2022Alaskan Tapes2022-03-29 | Hey everyone! Been playing around with texture and rhythm rather than melody lately and having a lot of fun with it. Decided to record this small video for Piano Day.
Hope you enjoy!
Alaskantapes.comAlaskan Tapes - X (Conversation Pieces)Alaskan Tapes2022-03-11 | This is the tenth conversation piece, made completely on the Organelle by Citter & Guitari using the ORAC system, and sampling my piano.
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Mastered by Taylor Deupree.
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This one was made around September of last year after messing around with a bunch of different camera angles, and whatnot.
Hope you all enjoy!
Gear used: Teenage Engineering OP-1 Critter & Guitari Organelle Chase Bliss Mood Chase Bliss Dark World Microcosm Hologram Fairfield Shallow WaterAlaskan Tapes - O Woods (Official Visualizer)Alaskan Tapes2022-01-14 | First track of Alaskan Tapes' most recent AB Split 'O Woods/Wake' Viola by Rachel Lansky Cello by Raphael Weinroth-Browne
Conversation Pieces are back! It's been a while, so if you don't know these are just some smaller "Jam" pieces that I post for fun. Over the last couple years I've picked up a few pedals, synths, and workstations, so I have a bunch of more recorded which will be coming out over the first half of the year.
Hope you enjoy!
Gear used: Teenage Engineering OP-1 Critter & Guitari Organelle Chase Bliss Mood Chase Bliss Dark World Microcosm Hologram Fairfield Shallow WaterAlaskan Tapes - HólarAlaskan Tapes2021-10-22 | The B-side to Seconds/Hólar! This one's named after a town we drove through the last time we were in Iceland. Loved it there! Hope you enjoy! Listen to Seconds/Hólar here: alaskantapes.ffm.to/secondsholarAlaskan Tapes - SecondsAlaskan Tapes2021-10-22 | So excited for you all to hear this track, it's actually the last track recorded on my old piano before I got rid of it this year!
Hope you all enjoy! Listen to Seconds/Holar here: alaskantapes.ffm.to/secondsholarAlaskan Tapes - All We Cant See (Live Solo Piano Version)Alaskan Tapes2021-09-10 | A solo piano version of All We Can't See off of the newest A/B single 'All We Can't See//An Image'
Hope you all enjoy!Alaskan Tapes - An image (Official Visualizer)Alaskan Tapes2021-09-10 | The official visualizer for An Image off of the new A/B Single 'All We Can't See//An Image'
Hope you all Enjoy!Alaskan Tapes - In The Middle of the Living Room (Live From The Dining Room)Alaskan Tapes2021-08-01 | A live playthrough of In The Middle of the Living Room.
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Cello played by Raphael Weinroth-Browne. Featuring the vocals of Myself, Chantal, SYML, Jack In Water, Voga, Bedroom, Sundots, Good Weather For An Airstrike.
Mastered by Taylor Deupree.
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Software: Fl Studio 12 - DAW NI Komplete 9 - Synths/Samplers/etc. Mangle - Granular Synthesizer FabFilter ProQ3 - EQ
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Director/DP: Norm Li, csc Producer: Tyler Hagan Production Designers: Sophie Jarvis / Liz Cairns 1st AC: Jeremy Cox 2nd AC/Loader: Ryan Ermacora Gaffer: Scooter Corkle Scorpio Technocrane and Libra Head Op: Ryan Petey Crane Tech: Zach Steele SPFX: Brant Mcillroy Sound Designer: Eugenio Battaglia
Special Thanks:
Alaskan Tapes The Last Dinosaur Meredith Hama-Brown Eagle Camera Cranes Simpco Camera Arri Rentals William F. Whites International Panavision SIM Video Keslow Camera MELS Studios Kodak Film House
Shot on Arricam LT 4-perf / 35mm Arri Master Prime / Kodak 35mm 500T 5219.
Film on the unceded Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-waututh territory in Vancouver, BC Canada.
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We filmed Under the Viaduct in an area that was once known as Hogan's Alley. Hogan's Alley was named after Ben Hogan and was known to be where the first Black community settled in Vancouver in the early 1900's. Sadly, the City of Vancouver eventually levelled the area to build the Georgia Viaduct between 1967-1971, which destroyed/displaced the entire community.
For more information on the history Hogan's Alley, please visit:
https://www.Alaskantapes.com https://www.Alaskantapes.bandcamp.com https://www.Twitter.com/Alaskantapes https://www.Facebook.com/Alaskantapes https://www.Instagram.com/AlaskantapesMaking an ambient track (ep. 1) - Lets see what happens!Alaskan Tapes2021-04-13 | Powered by Restream restream.ioGoing over the Real People in Real Places project file (Test)Alaskan Tapes2021-04-07 | Just a test showing my daw + audioAlaskan Tapes - One Thousand (Mighty) Voices [Official Visualizer]Alaskan Tapes2021-03-05 | New album 'For Us Alone' out now.
https://www.Alaskantapes.com https://www.Alaskantapes.bandcamp.com https://www.Twitter.com/Alaskantapes https://www.Facebook.com/Alaskantapes https://www.Instagram.com/AlaskantapesAlaskan Tapes - The Sky Sings Its Chorus (For Us Alone) [Pt 1] [Official Visualizer]Alaskan Tapes2021-01-15 | New album 'For Us Alone' out April 16th.
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With all that said, please enjoy this slow improv I did last night while Chantal and her little brother were making an escape room.