Apollo Lee 52 Tracks in 52 Weeks

Archive for October 2008

Pliancy

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Title: Apollo Lee – Pliancy
Date: October 22, 2008
Software: Logic Pro 8
Genre: Ambient
Timing: 6:30 @ 40 bpm

What I Like About It

This is an instrument I haven’t used before. It’s different.
The harmony (Em7, DM7, Cm7b5, B7) is simple, but effective.

What I Don’t Like About It

There is a whole bunch of [...]

Owyhee

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Title: Apollo Lee – Owyhee
Date: October 15, 2008
Software: Logic Pro 8
Genre: Ambient
Timing: 7:06 @ 40 bpm

What I Like About It

The harmony is minor Rhythm Changes in Bb minor. It’s consonant enough to leave big open chords, but dissonance enough to give us some delicious tension.
The lows are vast [...]

Nunavut

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Title: Apollo Lee – Nunavut
Date: October 08, 2008
Software: Logic Pro 8
Genre: Ambient
Timing: 7:30 @ 40 bpm

What I Like About It

The harmony is diatonic to some degree, consisting of descending seventh chords in F minor (Fm7, Eb7, DbM7, C7). The combinations of the sixteen tones used is enough to [...]