ryan rapsys :: composer, producer, musician, filmmaker

Antiquichrome || Ryan Rapsys
Deep explorations into microsound electronic ambience.

I have some mp3 files to share of my music.

You may want to right click and save target as or such similar action in order to download the track to you massive music library eating up your harddrive space like ants on the rim of a soda can so that you can set all your music to change tracks randomly so these tracks play once every three to four days or more.

These may be freely distributed as long as they are properly credited and there is no charge for them. Note that these tracks are copyrighted! Any illegal use of these materials will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Enjoy!

2008: 53 Sonic Sculptures, an experimental electronic composition by Ryan Rapsys – A fresh composition molded out of vast wastes of recorded material, improvised or composed, created and molded using every avant-garde, experimental and eccentric technique possible…one new sound sculpture composed every week for the entire year, changing with the seasons and my whims and experiences. Each accompanied with a somewhat thorough or vague explanation about the creation composition. Listen now! 

The-Novus-Arcadia CD, a feature length compact disc by Ryan Rapsys – “Overall, [The-Novus-Arcadia's] an immensely enjoyable experience, and it could well become a piece of electronic art that may be a required listen in the near future.” – Muse’s Muse, 7/31/2007

Electronica

Free videos and music from my newest release: The-Novus-Arcadia

Please visit my label’s site to hear my most recent electronica tracks and learn about my releases: www.erratikproductions.com

If you are a myspacer, go here for some tunes also: www.myspace.com/rapsys

Chao-eight [4.4mb mp3 file] :: written some time ago and featured on the independent release Skerzi (2004)

Tetra-steps [1.9mb mp3 file] :: some dance techno, complete with thick synth textures and trance-styled snare-rush build-ups

Ode to Whiskey (remix) [4.0mb mp3 file] :: this is a fun dance remix of Turlough O’Carolan’s (1670-1738) song “Ode to Whiskey” released to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day

Huff & Rapsys

Please visit our label’s site to hear the most recent huff & rapsys tracks and learn about our releases: www.erratikproductions.com

More music available at our myspace page as well: www.myspace.com/huffandrapsys

Daylight Savings [2.7mb mp3 file] :: smooth sine tone bass synth and effected guitar played together in a sort of free improvisation in order to suspend a quiet, late-hour mood – Jesse Huff, guitar; Ryan Rapsys, synth

Acoustic & Electroacoustic Music

Dialogue and Thoughts Heard Simultaneously for Trombone and Electronic Sounds [6.2 mb mp3 file] :: Jesse Huff, trombone :: Video of performance on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxogKpwd0nM

Supplication for Ten Percussionists and Electronic Sounds [8.0mb mp3 file] :: University of Minnesota Duluth Percussion Ensemble; David Schmalenberger, director

Pasacaglia for Solo Percussionist [4.0mb mp3 file] :: Andrew Bartelson, percussion

Experimental Electronic Music

Snow Falling on a Circuit Board [5.7mb mp3 file] :: ambient, free-time electronic track featured on the independent release Antiquichrome (2004)

Agoraphobia [4.1mb mp3 file] :: extremely chaotic, noisy music intended to capture the intensity and mood of the fear of public, crowded areas

Cadence :: a series of short works stretching out simple cadential progressions in certain keys

• A Minor [1.2mb mp3 file]
• D Major [1.5mb mp3 file]
• C Major [1.1mb mp3 file]
• F Major [1.3mb mp3 file]

Concrète Music for Nosferatu [1.1mb mp3 file] :: a short bit of music originally intended to capture the mood of the 1922 film by F. W. Murnau

Noise [6.5mb mp3 file] :: uses various forms of static noise as the source material of the composition

Scissors [2.5mb mp3 file] :: uses only the single snip of a pair of scissors as the source sound for the entire composition

Please leave me some comments if you want. Let me know what ones you love and hate. and definately let me know if you think any of them are mediocre. Thanks!