GENRES: Mutant jazz. Little big band. Large Language Modal jazz. Beep Bop. Big Soul. Deep scratches. Tribetablism. MPHDJ cuts. Rainshroom rap. Token word. Slick, tight, funky drums. Updown beat. Sinnermatic soundscapes. Wake boxing. Canto tott trott. Blues, redefined: Tanmoy blues. Spew jazz bursts. Cosmic trigger word punctuations. Data set sax solos. Optihop energy. Optical street soul. Fly funk. Movie soundtrack vibe. Axiomatic jazz structures. Geometric classical elegance. Non von neumann swing. Non-being core philosophy. Data dust crew sound.
credits
released January 8, 2025
All music by Steve Fly + Udio + Gemini AI. Tanmoy 2025. MPHDJ.
GENRES: Mutant jazz. Little big band. Large Language Modal jazz. Beep Bop. Big Soul. Deep scratches. Tribetablism. MPHDJ cuts. Rainshroom rap. Token word. Slick, tight, funky drums. Updown beat. Sinnermatic soundscapes. Wake boxing. Canto tott trott. Blues, redefined: Tanmoy blues. Spew jazz bursts. Cosmic trigger word punctuations. Data set sax solos. Optihop energy. Optical street soul. Fly funk. Movie soundtrack vibe. Axiomatic jazz structures. Geometric classical elegance. Non von neumann swing. Non-being core philosophy. Data dust crew sound.
credits
released January 8, 2025
All music by Steve Fly + Udio + Gemini AI. Tanmoy 2025. MPHDJ.
It’s probably only me, but, I swear, ever since I got into music, playing drums and mixing records, I had (in my head) an array of fantasy albums, collaborations and DJ mixes. Back then in the mid 1990s, every DJ set was the chance to blend and create new forms, new worlds, soundtracks, dusty funk and jazz groovers, instrumental hip hop, spacious dub, all the music you can lay your mittens on. All records for tuning into this inner fantasy studio world. To me, today, this “Udio” tool has opened up many previously locked or abandoned rooms, or music projects.
I’ve been writing lyrics and making beats / music for over 3 decades now. Amassing a tidy pile of sonic detritus and textual adventures. Deep Scratch is my take on the impact of technology on the artform. Many new projects are flying off and out from this Deep Scratch Universe. This album (Folkin’ Around Elections) is a new direction, as you will hear, it does not resemble all my previous DS releases here.
All words and lyrics are mine, my approach was to formulate the music that for me, best fits the words, the job of any song writer. Westmonster Brexsh*t, was crafted in 2017 and published as a book “Passport To Brexit” that same year. “What Is Tactical” and “Buy Tory”, the lyrics, were crafted 2 hours ago here in Amsterdam. These songs are sweet and sour, bittersweet, some parody. Mock and roll? Is this even music anymore. These digital data dust formations in the sonic realms, reflect audio memories, reflections and dreams from the Black Country area of the West Midlands. Now spat out through the ear world of a generative a.i. somewhat under my control, or am I under the control of it?
There’s echoes and laments on rivers, brexit, austerity, division, culture wars, and some jolly stuff too, distilled into songs, with melody to stimulate thinking, both on the context and lyrical content.
I hope you find something you like in this alternative upside-down-folk album.
I’m delighted to announce that Deep Scratch will be officially up and running as intended within the week. Now the tools are available to fully realize the vision of getting beyond language, into music, and back, and forwards.
The tales are laid out (see this site) now it’s the music that will accompany the text and images, co-created using the great a.i. beast. Here, turntablists, poets, performers, philosophers and scientists throw down…alongside the generative a.i. engines, once imagined in Deep Scratch (2009-2019) now freely available.
Stay tuned, drop a comment and I’ll get back to you. Peas.
