#GradTime by ShaYne
Building on ShaYne's groundbreaking 2016 album Broader Range, #GradTime is the next leap forward. While nodding to the current "synthwave" fad currently sweeping the electronic music scene, this EP carries it a step further. Or two. Or three! Combining the best of analog and digital sounds and recording it all at high-definition 96KHz digital audio, this EP experiments with dynamics as well. You have your punch-through dance energy combined with moments of pulling back, forcing your ears to pay attention to what's going on behind the scenes. Some sounds drop by -20 or -30db. Where did those sounds come from? Listen again.
What is "progressive wave'? Yes, you begin with the '80s dream-synth vibe, but instead of trying to recreate what Gen-Xers had -- which is what current synthwave artists are trying to do -- you move it on to Gen-Z. Twist it up. Chop up the vocals. Raise it up. Bring it down. Make it different. Forget the cheesy lo-fi '80s sounds -- everything now is hi-fi and alive. Look for NEW sounds. No tired old Linn-Drums or TR-808!
Welcome to the Progressive Wave Experience. WAV, AIFF, and FLAC downloads will be full-resolution 96kHz. ALAC download will be 48KHz for iPhone compatibility. All other formats will be standard quality.
Tracklist
| 1. | Classroom | 0:41 |
| 2. | Kawlhedge Stewdints | 4:26 |
| 3. | Biodiversity | 5:19 |
| 4. | The Four Winds | 4:46 |
| 5. | They Tower Above Us | 8:44 |
| 6. | #GradTime (Continuous Mix) | 23:25 |
Credits
Composed, performed, recorded, mixed, and mastered by Shayne White using Cakewalk Sonar Platinum at high-definition 96kHz with a 64-bit mixing engine. Photography by Shayne White.
Notable instruments and effects:
- Dave Smith Mopho X4 + Tetra (8-voice analog poly beast!)
- Roland Juno-106
- Synthesizers.com analog modular syntheiszer
- Native Instruments FM8
- Native Instruments Absynth
- Cakewalk Rapture
- InEar Display Ephemere
- Waldorf Attack
- Plogue AlterEgo - featuring the voices of "Daisy" and "Bones"
- Boss DM-2w analog delay effect (I use this practically everywhere)
- Boss BD-2 Blues Driver
- Ibanez AP-7 phaser
- MXR Analog Chorus
- LiquidSonics Reverberate Core convolution reverb
- Izotope VocalSynth
- Izotope Stutter Edit
License
All rights reserved.
Leading a new era of electro-dreamwave music, Cellular Signal was born from an idea: take what made '80s music so good and put that level of creativity and innovation back into fresh new music for the next decade. Based in Kent, WA, Cellular Signal is led by Shayne White, a musician who has publicly played keyboards and harp since the age of 8.