Meet Used Soyuz

I have finally realised that the only thing standing between me and the acclaim that is my due as a musician is my name. So I have decided to become a band, My Thing 3 helped me choose a name; so let me introduce ...

Analoguish

The Siren synth circuit from the techwillsaveus.com breadboard kit, with knob twiddling edited and pushed through Audacity effects, jumbled up with some poor quality auotoharp strumming. Not a DAW in sight, hence: Analogue-ish. I created this a few months ago, but hadn't got round to posting it here until now.

Wet Walk - music by Used Soyuz

Usually I make the music first, and the videos are an afterthought. This time I cut together some films of local walks, and then tried to make some music to match, using LMMS on a PC. This is my first recording as Used Soyuz - thanks Thing 3 for helping me to choose the name.

My first homemade synth

Here is my first bit of knob twiddling with the wonderful Synth Kit from techwillsaveus.com - the box said 13+ but I managed it anyway. The kit comes with components to build three different synth circuits, including the legendary Atari Punk, and I hope to add a headphone socket next. This is a popular move with my family - obviously they are as eager as I am to start sampling with it for my compositions.

I am on Bandcamp!

I have just collected some of my least worst recordings so far, and put them on Bandcamp, so that now I can be ignored on a whole new platform. Unless that is I get followers at arealpatrickmartin.bandcamp.com, and plays...

Rails - That Tricky Third EP

Hey there, imaginary fans - what's better than a bit of shoddy homemade music? Why, nine bits of shoddy homemade music, that's what. Here are the least worst pieces I've done recently. Knock yourself out.

A Real Patrick Martin - Old Enough To Know Better · [pm] Rails EP

Punky Reggae Party mixtapes

I put these two mixtapes up on Mixcloud in May, but forgot to post links here. That'll be why no-one's listened to them yet then. Haha.

Part One

0:00 Bob Marley and the Wailers - Punky Reggae Party
03:08 The Damned - New Rose
05:35 Junior Murvin - Roots Train
09:19 X-Ray Spex - Oh Bondage! Up Yours!
11:57 Burning Spear - Marcus Garvey
15:20 Grace Jones - She's Lost Control (Dub version)
23:01 Max Romeo & The Upsetters - War Ina Babylon
27:40 Mod-Dettes - White Mice
31:10 Prince Far I - No More War
35:25 The Pop Group - She Is Beyond Good And Evil
38:48 Linton Kwezi Johnson - Want Fi Goh Rave
42:44 Steel Pulse - Ku Klux Klan
46:40 Public Image Ltd - Swan Lake
49:58 The Clash - Armagideon Time
53:35 Misty In Roots - Judas Iscariot

Part Two

0:00 The Clash - White Man In Hammersmith Palais
3:56 Symarip - Skinhead Moonstomp
6:42 Gregory Isaacs - Mr Cop
10:28 The Ruts - Jah War
17:18 Toots & The Maytals - Time Tough
21:22 The Specials - Ghost Town (Brand Blank Dubstep Mix)
25:49 Culture - Two Sevens Clash
29:05 Sex Pistols - Holidays In The Sun
32:23 Dillinger - Answer Mi Question
35:33 Jah Wobble - Betrayal
40:20 Delroy Wilson - I'm In A Dancing Mood
42:29 The Beat - Whine & Grine / Stand Down Margaret
46:05 Leroy Smart - Channel One Feel It
48:52 The Slits - Man Next Door
51:59 Massive Attack - Man Next Door
57:30 Tabby Cat Kelly - Don't Call Us Immigrants
61:16 Jimmy Cliff - Guns Of Brixton