Sat, 13 Jul 2024 23:03:54 +0200 60 https://hearthis.at/jaykaufman/set/original-productions/ contact@hearthis.at en-EN https://hearthis.at/jaykaufman/set/original-productions/ https://img.hearthis.at/0/8/2/_/uploads/2039/image_user/w1400_h1400_q70_ptrue_v2_----cropped_1661140177280.jpg no 1516671 Wed, 23 Aug 2017 05:24:01 +0200 2017-08-23T05:25:02+02:00 https://hearthis.at/jaykaufman/jay-kaufman-voodoo-ray/ 0 83 0ad17254245a37387afc13c3c0e6b103.wav wav https://stream82.hearthis.at/0ad17254245a37387afc13c3c0e6b103.mp3 no contact@hearthis.at https://hearthis.at/jaykaufman/jay-kaufman-voodoo-ray/ 413 1737290 Thu, 25 Jan 2018 20:14:17 +0100 2018-01-25T20:14:17+01:00
This track is very much dedicated to my son, Jakob Mackenzie John Kaufman.

Released on ICONYC Noir on January 28th, 2019 with a fantastic remix from Hungarian DJ/producer Snell.

https://www.beatport.com/release/for-you/2486624]]> https://hearthis.at/jaykaufman/jay-kaufman-for-you/ 0 28 895b21ddb67aa72ef4e108a2ec8d2446.mp3 mp3 https://stream18.hearthis.at/895b21ddb67aa72ef4e108a2ec8d2446.mp3 no contact@hearthis.at https://hearthis.at/jaykaufman/jay-kaufman-for-you/ 420 1496638 Sat, 23 Feb 2019 16:39:00 +0100 2019-02-23T16:39:00+01:00
Released through Kiwi progressive house label Emotional Content Recordings in February of 2019]]> https://hearthis.at/jaykaufman/jay-kaufman-star-69/ 0 54 da15fe1f03eeb52126baa1e2ce896746.wav wav https://stream82.hearthis.at/da15fe1f03eeb52126baa1e2ce896746.mp3 no contact@hearthis.at https://hearthis.at/jaykaufman/jay-kaufman-star-69/ 397 1557740 Sat, 23 Feb 2019 08:00:00 +0100 2019-02-23T08:00:00+01:00 https://hearthis.at/jaykaufman/jay-kaufman-the-number-pi/ 0 53 336ce2fcfae73da223d8b3b4ba0e3c48.wav wav https://stream82.hearthis.at/336ce2fcfae73da223d8b3b4ba0e3c48.mp3 no contact@hearthis.at https://hearthis.at/jaykaufman/jay-kaufman-the-number-pi/ 472 3016802 Sun, 14 Apr 2019 19:56:58 +0200 2020-03-06T22:20:02+01:00 https://hearthis.at/jaykaufman/jay-kaufman-1991/ 0 36 e6440ab3cdafd41059f647e942dd1339.wav wav https://stream35.hearthis.at/e6440ab3cdafd41059f647e942dd1339.mp3 no contact@hearthis.at https://hearthis.at/jaykaufman/jay-kaufman-1991/ 468 2493916 Mon, 05 Nov 2018 20:45:41 +0100 2018-11-05T20:45:41+01:00 https://hearthis.at/jaykaufman/jay-kaufman-menacing-xav/ 0 83 66d3c5f559b11346ddbd26d905fc440f.mp3 mp3 https://stream80.hearthis.at/66d3c5f559b11346ddbd26d905fc440f.mp3 no contact@hearthis.at https://hearthis.at/jaykaufman/jay-kaufman-menacing-xav/ 424 1256583 Mon, 20 Mar 2017 05:36:33 +0100 2017-03-20T05:36:33+01:00
Definitely a hark back to the old progressive house days of yore, but with a modern production twist with influences from the melodic techno sound coming out of Germany in 2016.]]> https://hearthis.at/jaykaufman/jay-kaufman-victoria-terrace-original-mix/ 0 37 286bd8c448ebf900a411670e8a5fdfc5.mp3 mp3 https://stream52.hearthis.at/286bd8c448ebf900a411670e8a5fdfc5.mp3 no contact@hearthis.at https://hearthis.at/jaykaufman/jay-kaufman-victoria-terrace-original-mix/ 455 826794 Tue, 12 May 2015 15:53:49 +0200 2015-05-12T15:53:49+02:00
This is totally improvised, live and was recorded as you hear it. It's entirely imperfect, but perhaps that's the beauty of it?

The pads and bell sounds are all provided by my Roland JX-8P. The bass sounds are my Korg MS-20 Mini. The oscillating synth sound is the Arturia MiniBrute and finally, the whine sound is my Oberheim SEM-Pro. They're all going through a Spirit FX-16 mixing desk that has an amazing built-in Lexicon reverb on it. Sadly, my MS-20 kept cutting out, so you get to hear that too!]]> https://hearthis.at/jaykaufman/jay-kaufman-imperfect-ambient-noodling-jam-the-stuck-midi-note-effect/ 0 46 14f8cd02d0fc7b2d5b2cf2e88f6da49c.mp3 mp3 https://stream80.hearthis.at/14f8cd02d0fc7b2d5b2cf2e88f6da49c.mp3 no contact@hearthis.at https://hearthis.at/jaykaufman/jay-kaufman-imperfect-ambient-noodling-jam-the-stuck-midi-note-effect/ 675 826795 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 15:16:08 +0200 2015-04-23T15:16:08+02:00
I believe the film is available on Netflix in some parts of the world.

Anyway, the film never received a wide release and pretty much went straight to DVD. In an effort to beef up the script, content and so forth, the soundtrack was recut and my friend Kevin Bazell (AKA Kazell) happened to be the music supervisor of the film. He also starred in it too. ARP is from the scene in which he stars. That can be viewed here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFxfbIeYP0I When I saw this for the first time I literally lost my mind as it's pretty much the pivotal moment in the movie. Totally an ego moment!

I also licensed another track to the movie called 'New Flava' that is forthcoming on Soundcloud.]]> https://hearthis.at/jaykaufman/jay-kaufman-arp-tortoise-shell-recordings/ 0 42 462537f81a54a0472bba099db8d22053.mp3 mp3 https://stream46.hearthis.at/462537f81a54a0472bba099db8d22053.mp3 no contact@hearthis.at https://hearthis.at/jaykaufman/jay-kaufman-arp-tortoise-shell-recordings/ 479 196780 Sun, 12 Apr 2015 11:28:49 +0200 2015-04-12T11:28:49+02:00
I'd actually forgotten I completed this track. This track focuses largely around an oscillating bassline from the rather dashing Anode Meeblip synth from Canada. Coming in a rather convincing $170 CAD, this synth - while monophonic - carries a whallop and unique sound like no other synth I have in my reasonably vast collection. When I got it in the post, I was inspired to write this.]]> https://hearthis.at/jaykaufman/jay-kaufman-boom-bap/ 0 22 f8ebb186cce7e5bdcc2a06216ed6890b.mp3 mp3 https://stream21.hearthis.at/f8ebb186cce7e5bdcc2a06216ed6890b.mp3 no contact@hearthis.at https://hearthis.at/jaykaufman/jay-kaufman-boom-bap/ 354 196781 Mon, 30 Mar 2015 06:04:38 +0200 2015-03-30T06:04:38+02:00
I'm new to the Mac world, so I wanted to see how well something would turn out in a program I had really no experience using.

This is unsigned. It's a new direction for me. It's also the first track of many that I have been working on after several years away from production.]]> https://hearthis.at/jaykaufman/jay-kaufman-garage-city/ 0 21 81ce5d73cd80a711b5f410175f77e8e3.mp3 mp3 https://stream20.hearthis.at/81ce5d73cd80a711b5f410175f77e8e3.mp3 no contact@hearthis.at https://hearthis.at/jaykaufman/jay-kaufman-garage-city/ 338 826823 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 23:07:45 +0200 2009-07-06T23:07:45+02:00 https://hearthis.at/jaykaufman/jay-kaufman-the-eel/ 0 83 fa2351c25073cafe460007754876915d.mp3 mp3 https://stream45.hearthis.at/fa2351c25073cafe460007754876915d.mp3 no contact@hearthis.at https://hearthis.at/jaykaufman/jay-kaufman-the-eel/ 416 826827 Fri, 13 Mar 2009 08:39:48 +0100 2009-03-13T08:39:48+01:00 https://hearthis.at/jaykaufman/jay-kaufman-blitz-jay-kaufmans-four-for-the-floor-chainsided-remix/ 0 81 d57111eccf39162c59f499795161bdec.mp3 mp3 https://stream37.hearthis.at/d57111eccf39162c59f499795161bdec.mp3 no contact@hearthis.at https://hearthis.at/jaykaufman/jay-kaufman-blitz-jay-kaufmans-four-for-the-floor-chainsided-remix/ 600 826825 Fri, 13 Mar 2009 08:39:48 +0100 2009-03-13T08:39:48+01:00 https://hearthis.at/jaykaufman/jay-kaufman-foreshadows/ 0 48 a5fad8e58c099fc26503d82c8ff2a659.mp3 mp3 https://stream46.hearthis.at/a5fad8e58c099fc26503d82c8ff2a659.mp3 no contact@hearthis.at https://hearthis.at/jaykaufman/jay-kaufman-foreshadows/ 398 826817 Sat, 17 Apr 2010 23:29:03 +0200 2010-04-17T23:29:03+02:00 https://hearthis.at/jaykaufman/jay-kaufman-foreshadows-remaster-remix/ 0 28 57f95c3de659745282b06d09ad9244a0.mp3 mp3 https://stream47.hearthis.at/57f95c3de659745282b06d09ad9244a0.mp3 no contact@hearthis.at https://hearthis.at/jaykaufman/jay-kaufman-foreshadows-remaster-remix/ 428 826816 Sun, 06 Jun 2010 06:53:04 +0200 2010-06-06T06:53:04+02:00 https://hearthis.at/jaykaufman/the-dirty-danglers-growler/ 0 38 1473c71b4d4dfcb39727bf34bc3ffd46.mp3 mp3 https://stream43.hearthis.at/1473c71b4d4dfcb39727bf34bc3ffd46.mp3 no contact@hearthis.at https://hearthis.at/jaykaufman/the-dirty-danglers-growler/ 457 826815 Fri, 24 Sep 2010 05:06:06 +0200 2010-09-24T05:06:06+02:00
This is quite housey for me. I started humming this arpeggio in my head, so I immediately captured it to my Blackberry and then played that back into Cubase. I then had Cubase transcribe the audio into MIDI data and ended up with this. This is the first time I've put something together so quickly in probably 8 years or so. Total production in terms of hours was probably around 25 - which is considerably shy of the normal 40+ hours I put into tracks. It just fell together.

I think this is perhaps the best production I've ever made.I kind of think it sounds like a Jimpster track (of whom I love) with a more progressive edge. Full of summery flair!]]> https://hearthis.at/jaykaufman/jay-kaufman-stealth-bomber-swimming-in-a-digital-sea-2-stripped-digital-lp009/ 0 44 86a41ed8100cdfce85431d7d1c146fb3.mp3 mp3 https://stream37.hearthis.at/86a41ed8100cdfce85431d7d1c146fb3.mp3 no contact@hearthis.at https://hearthis.at/jaykaufman/jay-kaufman-stealth-bomber-swimming-in-a-digital-sea-2-stripped-digital-lp009/ 476 826814 Sun, 24 Oct 2010 03:44:41 +0200 2010-10-24T03:44:41+02:00
It's our time
It's our way
Acid House every day

It's our place
It's our craze
Acid House will amaze

It's our sound
It's our way
Acid House
The Essay

It's our time
Don't delay
We've got more funk
In the dossier

Acid house
Every day!]]> https://hearthis.at/jaykaufman/jay-kaufman-caustic-unrivaled-music-036/ 0 46 70d7e6c010dda7a5019acf4a3b913b40.mp3 mp3 https://stream48.hearthis.at/70d7e6c010dda7a5019acf4a3b913b40.mp3 no contact@hearthis.at https://hearthis.at/jaykaufman/jay-kaufman-caustic-unrivaled-music-036/ 579 826799 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 12:59:52 +0200 2013-06-11T12:59:52+02:00
http://www.discogs.com/label/Sonambulist+Recordings

There's a bit of a back story behind the writing of this record. Around the time this was produced Toronto, Canada (and arguably a lot of the Western underground electronic music world) was going through a massive progressive house wave. Sasha & Digweed, as well as other influential progressive house DJs held down a residency at now-legendary New York City-based club 'Twilo'. The sound was dark, druggy, tribal and euphoric.

There were a few key cities in the world pushing this sound and Toronto was one of them. Buenos Aires, London, Liverpool, Manchester, New York and a few other cities were really pushing this sound. With that, there were also several really well known club nights. Renaissance (still around today) were one of those nights that defined the sound, along with Cream in Liverpool, Twilo in New York and a roughly 800 capacity basement club I frequented every Friday night called Breathe at System Soundbar.

Breathe was the spiritual home for progressive house in Toronto. It's promoters Mike Greco and Jose Gonzalez were astute devotees to the genre and saw to it that even some of the more obscure artists from the genre got to play at Breathe - so much so that they often made their Canadian and sometimes even North American debuts.

Anyway, this record was written largely after a rather 'awe-inspiring' (ahem) night spent at Breathe. Somehow, I managed to come home after spending 8 hours in a nightclub and write the majority of this. I only remember this because the chord breakdown was something I'd sort of ripped off from another record I heard the night before, but with my own twist. I recall being unable to wait to get back to the studio in excitement, as I wrote this track in my head on the hour-long journey back to my studio in Waterloo from Toronto.

The pads are from a Roland JX-8P using the 'Soundtrack' patch that I tweaked a bit with the PG-800 controller. The kick drum is something I sampled from somewhere and put through my Yamaha A3000 MKII sampler that I spent $2200 on not too long before 2001 and is worth $100 now. The leads were re-sampled from the JX-8P, Roland Alpha Juno-1 and a few other sources I don't quite remember. One of the leads is from the sadly extinct TC Electronic Mercury-1 plugin that I used a lot back then. The drums outside of the kick are all samples I grabbed off of the Internet and from a friend who gave me a CD of classic drum machine samples. Finally the whispered sample of the man saying 'the fear' is from the classic sci-fi movie 'Dune', but I didn't say that.

I don't recall how I hooked up with Sonambulist. Even for the Internet being in it's infancy compared to now, I still managed to be heavily connected to people all over the world through my knack (and often annoying) of gab/schmoozing/blagging.

Somehow I managed to develop a relationship with Dale MacKenzie, who was part of Little Fluffy Records in Northern Ireland. He co-ran Sonambulist with Julian 'Jools' Foddey - a resident at Derby, UK-based night 'Progress'. At some point Dale became less and less involved with the label and dropped off the face of the earth, but not before I managed to help sign a few artists I found on then fledgling www.mp3.com website. I was originally looking to sign artists for my label that has never quite come to existence. Mp3.com was about 15 years ahead of it's time with it's business model - long before MySpace, Facebook, Bandcamp and all of the streaming websites out there. Sadly, it wasn't profitable and shut down.

Julian and I are still somewhat in contact, although like many others from that time he is no longer involved with music. Instead, he went back to university to become a special effects guru for a London-based design house that works on all sorts of Hollywood movie blockbusters. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2575104/ I dare say he's probably doing much better at that.

In the end, this record charted heavily on the then influential 'Balance Record Pool' charts, as well as the UK-based Buzz Chart and had Kiss FM radio plays from Graham Gold and a few others. Apparently it got some rather decent play on a Swiss station based upon the royalty statement from SOCAN that surprisingly showed up at my door several years later - $875 of it! It just goes to show you why it's essential you register with your local performing rights society! It was also short-listed for a Dave Seaman Global Underground mix CD, but I don't remember which one. Years later I found out the Cartouche remix of the track had made a compilation CD with the likes of Tiesto, Dave Clarke, etc.

My 'career' in music never quite took off, but this is the record that kick-started it all and sold roughly 1150 copies give or take a few. I've never quite been able to surpass this release. In today's digital age that would probably make it a number one on Beatport's entire site - which is really sad!]]> https://hearthis.at/jaykaufman/jay-kaufman-the-fear-progression-mix-sonambulist-recordings-003/ 0 28 df839b7147f82b9d6e577eb6065897e6.mp3 mp3 https://stream47.hearthis.at/df839b7147f82b9d6e577eb6065897e6.mp3 no contact@hearthis.at https://hearthis.at/jaykaufman/jay-kaufman-the-fear-progression-mix-sonambulist-recordings-003/ 693 826798 Sun, 25 May 2014 01:30:22 +0200 2014-05-25T01:30:22+02:00 https://hearthis.at/jaykaufman/jay-kaufman-bump-work-in-progress/ 0 49 7e85dc6074af95bcfdbeb90a932f8a27.mp3 mp3 https://stream47.hearthis.at/7e85dc6074af95bcfdbeb90a932f8a27.mp3 no contact@hearthis.at https://hearthis.at/jaykaufman/jay-kaufman-bump-work-in-progress/ 218 826797 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 04:24:51 +0100 2014-10-27T04:24:51+01:00
As a result of that, I've always wondered if I could produce this genre. A few years ago I tried and this is the end result. I must say I don't think it turned out too badly either!]]> https://hearthis.at/jaykaufman/jay-kaufman-skeleton-angel/ 0 47 2ba3911755e2d6275f282344354d709d.mp3 mp3 https://stream82.hearthis.at/2ba3911755e2d6275f282344354d709d.mp3 no contact@hearthis.at https://hearthis.at/jaykaufman/jay-kaufman-skeleton-angel/ 401 826821 Sun, 12 Jul 2009 20:06:04 +0200 2009-07-12T20:06:04+02:00 https://hearthis.at/jaykaufman/jay-kaufman-momentum-original-mix-park-limited-muzik-013/ 0 83 ea86a677cd10fbff3c95d1de5ac022c1.mp3 mp3 https://stream46.hearthis.at/ea86a677cd10fbff3c95d1de5ac022c1.mp3 no contact@hearthis.at https://hearthis.at/jaykaufman/jay-kaufman-momentum-original-mix-park-limited-muzik-013/ 498