CR.A.FT - Deviant (Album): A Rethinking of Minimal House & Dub Techno Through Jazz and Live Production.

Authors

Juan Moreno

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Abstract

This C.E. project represented the author's (CR.A.FT) exploration of his creative manifestations through the production of a new album and live performance. It comprised the processes of thought used during the creation and production of both at Berklee Valencia's Studios.

Its objective was to intertwine the different possibilities for creation learned through the MPTI Master's program incorporating the acquired experience in recording, production, sound design, and live performance. This project allowed for the author to approach the roles of composer, producer, recording, mixing, and mastering engineer to obtain a self- produced professional album and artistic concept to support it. The album explored minimal house and dub techno by rethinking how those were being produced and performed. It combined harmonic and improvisational elements from electronic-based jazz subgenres. It explored the composition and arrangement tools that new performance devices and technologies provided, the use of MIDI production controllers such as Native Instruments Maschine or Ableton Push 2, and how these digital tools merged with the electro-acoustic world. This exploration looked to harness the possibilities of the author as a multi- instrumentalist, by using instruments like the electric guitar, bass, and drums in an electronic music context to widen and stretch the palette of sounds found in minimal house and techno.

The concept of the album and performance revolved around the chaotic essence of art and music creation, the confrontation of theoretical knowledge (or preconceptions), and the creative freedom to manifest art and communicate experiences and moments through sounds and songs.

Publication Date

7-1-2023

Campus

Valencia (Spain) Campus

Keywords

Minimal House and Jazz, Creative and Collaborative Project, EP.

Recommended Citation

Moreno, Juan. “CR.A.FT - Deviant (Album): A Rethinking of Minimal House & Dub Techno Through Jazz and Live Production..” Master's thesis, Berklee College of Music, 2023. .