KickRaTT
is a name that I gave to my music equipment & synthesizer
rig and a name that I have performed & released music under since
1989. From 1999 to 2002, I also used the name for a mobile digital
recording service for DJs, House Partys & Clubs, this service also
went under the title of DATMAN. Mike Kelley is a progressive jazz
& rock composer. A guitarist who grew up in a house of classical
piano players. A musician very well versed on both the guitar &
keyboard. Influenced by all styles of music. From garage bands to
mainstream acts, symphonic orchestras to computer compositions. I am
always listening to a new rhythm, a new chord, a new hook to write
material that has it's own approach. I have worked and played on both
the East & West coast, as a solo act musician, band member and
worked briefly as a sound designer. Miami, Tampa, Orlando, San
Francisco, Seattle, Gainsville, Jacksonville & St.Augustine, have
all been very supportive of my work. Music is the best! & has
always been a creative pursuit in my life.
"When creativity
comes at you, you usually don't see it coming and all of a sudden you
are totally into something. Reaching for something new, a new sound for
a new song. I like to tear everything down and look at the pieces
scattered about & it is usually in this mess that I find what I
have been looking for."
I am always redefining my studio.
Stocking it with drum machines, synthesizers both new & old, guitar
equipment, pre-amps and effects, making small investments in my own
creative future. To enjoy the music's presentation on the Internet and
the comments from you, the listener.
On this page you will find
links into views of my home studio as well as links to my other music
project synthIT. The soundclick player contains a number of original
recordings that I have done over the years. Most of this page will give
you a brief description of each of the songs played here on the
soundclick player. Sort of a compositional timeline of solo and project
recordings that I have made with my studio at various stages and
levels. You can also find at the top of each page links to the KickRaTT
& synthIT myspace music pages. Connect as a friend and comment, I
like to share ideas.
email me : mikelley2010@gmail.com
sounclick player tracks
I
am currently going through a remastering process of this matterial. The
remastered tracks are also available if you wish to purchase at .99 cents each,
through the soundclick store using a paypal account. You will find the store button at the top of the soundclick player. Your support is appreciated.
Dust - which
for the longest time was titled Forever Falling is a Composition for
Guitar Improv that I wrote & recorded back in 1991. I also use on
the recording the eMu proteus drum module & a Roland 1080 bass
Guitar sound. For the longest time I have been wanting to remaster this
piece. This is the first track of my music that I will remaster and is
available for purchase.
This set
of tracks represent a direct approach to
electronic composition, the XL7 drum machine controls the synth gear.
An excellent form of tempo electronica. The emu XL7 is a great
compositional tool & a lot of fun to work with. Of these tracks;
Contact is a
very large wavestation performance. Moods has me playing a Fender Bass.
Traveller - XL7, WladorfQ & Novation SuperNova
Nda Wink of an I - XL7, Novation SuperNova
Contact - XL7, Korg Wavestation, WaldorfQ, Novation SuperNova
Victoria - XL7, WaldorfQ
Sand Drawing - XL7 & Korg Wavestation
moods - XL7, Fender Bass guitar, WaldorfQ
Bug Spray - XL7, & WaldorfQ
This next track is the first recording using the XL7
rats - XL7 & Novation SuperNova
This
next group of songs on the soundclick player are from the larger set of
recordings that I made with a friend of mine, Chance, 1991. Samples of
various vintage synths and other sound sources were collected and
modified using an Akai sampler, and then put together into larger
soundscapes on Reel-Reel & cassette tape recorders. I hope you
enjoy these rather unique recordings of sonic textures from my music's
past.
"...a memory from Gainesville"
* Soundscape Symphony 1989-1991
The Rising Sun - A Wavestation Performance
String Theory – sampler composition
Travel by Jet – sampler comosition
Time – sampler composition
Play that Drum Machine - unknown
In the mist – sampler composition
Planetscape - a rather fantastic sampled collage
The Bug – sampler composition
The sphere – sampler composition
The Setting Sun - A Wavestation Performance
During the 90's I
lived in Seattle. I was in an electronic act called PinGoN. The
band was made up of three members. A keyboardist, a singer and myself.
The next two songs on the player are two recordings by this act.
Red Water - Master Trax sequencing
Davi's Dream - w/ live vocals and playing
KickRaTT
"Live in Seattle" 1997 - This was my first real attempt at a solo performance.
This is almost 10 minutes from a 45 minute recording of me running my
music rig Live at the Seattle Space Needle New Year's Eve 1997. This
also marks my first live performance under the name KickRaTT. This recording
is of a huge sequence with me triggering samplers and playing both
keyboard and guitar live.
This
rest of the recordings on the soundclick player are various recordings
from my past. Most were recorded using 4track casette recorders or 8
track reel to reel.
These Digital Kidz -Guitar Synth triggerng a Wavestation & UltraProteus.Hexaphonic
Shore
Sounds Strange – I used an 8 track reel to reel to compose. Actual real
nature samples were strung and editted together. This one is dedicated
to the work of Louis & BeBe Barron. All tape no chips!
Numerology & Randomosity Compositions
Swamp Gas - computer generated composition in BASIC.
Duck's Pond - computer generated composition in BASIC.
The Elephant's Back - computer generated composition in BASIC.
Swamp
Gas, Duck's Pond, Elephants Back are tunes that were written allowing a
computer to generate the score. All of the notes, chords and rhythms
were chosen by a program I wrote in BASIC using an old Apple IIe. An
Apple IIe with 8K of RAM and a printer which plotted out the score. The
versions that are available on the soundclick browser are two times
longer than the original. The first half score took the old Apple IIe
two days to print. The second half of the score was a cut and paste job
by me using at the time, Master Trax on a Macintosh SE30. The midi
output directed a Roland Sound Canvas, e-Mu Proteus Procussion Module
& an old Yamaha Dx7. The original compositions were printed and
plotted into Master Trax in 1994 and weren't recorded until 1999. These
are the recordings I made of the computer generated scores.
Riverside Room - A Composition for Guitar Improv, Roland & eMu Drum kits, Korg Roland & eMu synth modules.
Changing
Channels is a tape loop composition, primarily using a single TASCAM
8trk Reel to Reel, with recordings of a Roland TR-707 drum machine, a
clean rythm guitar and a distorted guitar. Some of the tracks were so
reversed and recorded down to alternative mixer channels that the
original is long lost. I have a take of this recording with some spoken
word poetry by a friend of mine that is very interesting.
Western
AM Radio is one of the first multi-track recordings I ever made. At the
time I used an old CASIO keyboard, a KORG POLY 61, a BOSS guitar delay
pedal and a Roland drum machine. Fostex 4 trk cassette recorder.
Crazy Screaming - Old mixtape guitar improv WAH WAH recording w/ Roland drum machine.
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Welcome to the Studio
KickRaTT's Keyboard Synthesizers
synthIT Synthesizer Music
manufacturers of my sound
Back in the 80s
Photography by Mark Hilpert
"it's been awhile my friend"
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