Artist: RJ Valeo
Title:Sunrise
Catalog Number: trans.003
Type: Digital LP
Release Date: 08 December 2008
Duration: 60 minutes +
Purchase:

Originally released in Jan 1997 as “Transelectronic Theory - Sunrise”. Sunrise was recorded on the floor of my bedroom studio from September - November of 1996.

Looking back at this release, and listening to it again, I realized how one of the tracks was just out of place, so just like Lucas would have done, I took the opportunity to replace the track with one that was better suited from the same time period. The new track replaces the old one at the second to last place in the original track lineup. In addition I have included 1 additional track from the same time period. I would have included it initially, but I was limited to 60 minute cassettes and the songs simply didn’t fit, thus making this the definitive “Sunrise” release.

This release used hardware for all of the sounds. The partial gear list is: Korg Monopoly, Roland Juno 106, Roland S-550, Roland R-70, Roland TR 909, Korg Pandora, Oberheim Matrix 1000, Oberheim OB-1, Yamaha SY-22, Yamaha TX81Z, Alesis Midiverb and a few other pieces of gear.

All of the songs were done in the “performance to DAT” methodology, in which I would get all of my parts together and do a live performance of the song and capture it on DAT for the final version. So, in a simple sense all of these are “live takes” in the studio. The object of this release was to capture the feeling of a sunrise in sound - that magical moment when the sun shows itself for the first time in a day, and I think it managed to pull it off. I have put this release on my iPod and it seems to work well for a subway ride, or for some other activity that you can simply “be in the moment” for.

Thanks to Moodgadget I recently had a mix featured on Samurai.FM. To see where it is click on the image above and do a search for “Isomer”. It is a little hidden, and no “Transition” is on the page, but it is there. To make it easier to find, as well as portable, I have linked to it below on this page as well as posted the set list. Lots of new Isomer material in there - classics as well as unreleased tracks.

16+ tracks of isomer mixed together dj style… not a live pa, just a dj set. Can you believe it? Finally. :)

Track Title  //  Artist   //  Release Title  //  Label

Saturday Morning  //  Richard J Valeo  //  Process 82  //  Modyfier Blog
Searching for Clues  //  Isomer Transition  //  Orbits Decaying  //  Archipel (Jan ‘09)
Deep in Space  //  Isomer Transition  //  Mission to Mars  //  Moodgadget ‘07
Mastery of the Gravel (v2)  //  Isomer Transition  //  1971  //  Moodgadget ‘08
Give Me Your Hand  //  Isomer Transition  //  Orbits Decaying  //  Archipel (Jan ‘09)
South Side of the Mountain  //  Isomer Transition  //  1971  //  Moodgadget ‘08
Hot Salsa  //  Isomer Transition  //  Orbits Decaying  //  Archipel (Jan ‘09)
Landing Near the Center  //  Isomer Transition  //  Orbits Decaying  //  Archipel (Jan ‘09)
Let’s Just Eat This Again   //  Isomer Transition  //  never to be released // for personal use only
Parametric Pressure   //  Isomer Transition  //  Orbits Decaying  //  Archipel (Jan ‘09)
Welcome to Cook Street  //  Isomer Transition  //  Orbits Decaying  //  Archipel (Jan ‘09)
Moon at Noon   //  Jeremy Idol  //  Digital Single  //  Transelectronic.net ‘08
Loop Me Through to Control the Mains  //  Isomer Transition  //  Mission to Mars  //  Moodgadget ‘07
Space Madness  //  Isomer Transition  //  Mission to Mars  //  Moodgadget ‘07
Automat’s Revenge  //  Jeremy Idol  //  never to be released // for personal use only

http://www.sendspace.com/file/dbtb1c

New Isomer release on NY based Moodgadet.
Available on iTunes, Beatport, Amazon, Boomkat and all other major digital retail outlets.

Boomkat says…

“Isomer Transition might be better known in certain quarters as RJ Valeo, the discerning IDM producer of Type Records and Hobby Industries derivation, but he’s been turning out quality dancefloor manoeuvres as Isomer Transition since his debut on Future Days back in 2006.

The 1971 EP is loaded with the sort of skilful production we’ve come to expect from Valeo’s work, and much of the material has a feel reminiscent of Minus’ recent output, although sadly that does include a smattering of the drearily obligatory detuned, tuneless, mumbling vocals. Still, you can forgive Valeo that sort of indiscretion given the quality of construction on show during ‘Mastery Of The Gravel’ and ‘Complex Undertow’.”

I am proud to announce that one of my compositions from the “Days EP” for the Modyfier blog was selected for inclusion in the October edition of the UK’s venerable “The Wire” magazine. It is currently available at Other Music, Kim’s Video, and other places imported music magazines are sold. It is the one with Richie Hawtin on the cover.

Here is the little blurb they posted about me and my track.

07 Richard J Valeo Monday Night
From Days (IO)
Since 2001, Brooklyn’s Richard J Valeo has worked up his rhythmic fragmentary Techno under a variety of aliases including Transelectronic Theory, Isomer Transition and plain old RJ Valeo. Following his recent September album on Type Records, Days appears on his own imprint IO.

Artist:Transelectronic Theory
Title: History and Paths, Volume 1
Catalog Number: trans.011
Type: Digital LP
Release Date: 26.09.2008
Format: 320 CBR MP3
Duration: 66 minutes
Size: 157 meg
Download Here:

And so begins the “History and Paths” series of releases on transelectronic.net. This series of releases culls unreleased tracks from what I am calling the “transelectronic archives”, which is the collection of unreleased material that I have produced, dating back to 1991. Most of this has never been released to the public, and that which has been released was done so in handmade limited edition tape, and later on, cd releases. Each volume will be free to download for the first month (or so) they are on the site, and following that they will cost $8.

This first collection of songs dates from between 1993 and 1996 and covers a wide variety of styles, from idm, trip hop and breakbeat to more dance oriented 4/4 techno fare. These tracks were influenced by Meat Beat Manifesto, Skinny Puppy, The Orb, Orbital, Sun Electric, Brian Eno, and all of the 80’s New Wave stuff that I used to listen to.

When listening to the tracks keep in mind that they are between 12 and 15 years old and were done with all hardware. I am not even pretending that they were done recently. And believe it or not, I am really happy with the sound of them — warm, analog, noisy, full of the kind of character that you can only get from hardware. Awesome. Some may say that that is a bad thing, and that they sound old, but so does a classic Rolling Stones album recorded in the 50’s, and so does a Billie Holiday album recorded in the 30’s or 40’s. They are what they are, and they were done when they were done with what they were done with.

Some of the gear that was used on the recordings was Roland TR 909, Korg Monopoly, Roland Space Echo, Oberheim Matrix 1000, Tr 505, and lots of outboard effects and pedals. I used MIDI exclusively for arrangement and my sampler was a trusty 12bit Roland s550 with, get this, 30 seconds of sample memory in total. And I was happy with all of that. My sequencers were the Alesis MMT8, Opcode’s Vision, and later Studio Vision.

OK - that is a little bit of the back story, and here is volume 1, free to download until the end of October. At that point it becomes a premium download and will cost $8. :D

Artist:Richard J Valeo
Title: Hardware Sessions, Session 1 & 2
Catalog Number: trans.010
Type: Digital EP
Release Date: 26.07.2008
Format: 320 CBR MP3
Duration: 19 minutes
Size: 30 meg
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As of lately I have had a real fascination with hardware and making it sound as raw it can sound.

I really love the texture and grit of equipment, especially when something isn’t working right. My ears prick up when I can hear the values step on tunings due to dirty pots and knobs. My favorite is when oscillators sound like eggs being cooked in corn oil, all spittery and sputtery.

I thought about it for a while and decided that I wanted to find a hardware delay that sounded kinda nasty. I wanted to hear the low bit rate of an old digital delay, so I sought one out. I knew that I would be tweaking it out so I wasn’t worried when I first took a listen to it.

At first the DM1000 sounded rather nice. No real grit to speak of, no real bit rate degradation.

I opened it up (with the encouragement of Matt Scopp) and found some nice little pots that said, of all things, clock. Nice.

Actual 4 bit sound playback sounds totally different than 4 bit crushed audio, played back and output as 24 bit from a computer. The real 4 bit output has real crunch, density and presence

In order to make some nice sounds I hooked up a few more pieces of gear. My trusty Oberheim OB-1 that has just been resurrected from the grave, and, i dug up the ‘wrekah’ — a bent ibanez distortion pedal that does one thing, wreck sound

I hooked the wrekah up to the Elektron Machinedrum. You can hear it come in at 4:32 in session 2.

All of that and some midiverb 4, and away we go.

There are 2 different pieces in this series. The first piece is entitled ‘oberheim’, and it was the third take during the first session. That session took place during Matt Scopp’s visit. The second piece is entitled ‘hardware’ and was recorded earlier today. I mastered both of these tracks today, July 26 2008.

Theses pieces are about playing with tension and release, challenging the listener’s focus, and the suspension of disbelief. These are themes that I enjoy exploring again and again. I feel there is a lot of work that can be done in this realm.

I found it interesting to look at both of these waveforms side by side so I decided to share the screen grabs. It appears that both performances have a similar overarching structure, as well as, interestingly enough, timing. It could almost be said that they are different performances based on the same score.

Session 1 Overview

Listen to a clip of session 1: oberheim

oberheim session clip

Session 2 Overview

Listen to a clip of session 2: hardware

hardware session clip

Zip of both sessions.

Follow the link below to download both sessions mp3s in their entirety.

Download zip of MP3s here - [30 meg / 2 files]

Artist: Richard J Valeo
Title: Programmatic Responses
Catalog Number: trans.009
Type: Digital EP
Release Date: 14.05.2008
Format: 320 CBR MP3
Duration: 28.3 minutes
Size: 61.5 meg
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Programmatic Responses, the first release by artist RJ Valeo under his ‘Richard J Valeo’ moniker, explores some of the darker and more complex ideas first presented on his 2003 Type Records release “September”.

Through the use of constantly evolving rhythmic and melodic structures, “Programmatic Responses” draws us into a hypnotic world of rhythmic evolution. Created from overlapping pattern fragments repeated at un-synchronized lenghs, and overlapping melodic elements that are built from Reich-like “phasing” time signatures, the compositions on “Programmatic Responses” are based firmly in the digital-futurist world.

Created using a custom developed live composition and mixing environment (comprised of Numerology and Bidule) the compositions were performed and captured live in one pass with no post production. With “Programmatic Responses”, Valeo — a student of the groove, creates the perfect soundtrack in response to and for the constantly shifting inhabitants of modern cities everywhere.

Now available on Amazon.com for purchase.

Artist: Jeremy Idol
Title: Moonbase Apha
Catalog Number: TRANS.008
Type: Digital Single
Format: 320 kbps MP3
Duration: 4:23 minutes
Size: 10.2 meg
Link:

So, I don’t usually post music on my site from other producers, but this is one of those exceptions, I mean, Moonbase Alpha? How could I refuse!?. A friend of mine that I have worked with in the past hit me up with this track and asked if I was interested in releasing it on IO-Records when it re-launches this fall. While I really do love the track, I can’t release it (and get him paid) due to the fact that it has some samples in it that are going to be cost-prohibitive to license.

It’s an electro-ish techno track that has influences from old school industrial, glitch and a little bit of “the edit” throw in. I hope that you enjoy “Moonbase Alpha”. If you are a sci-fi head as I am I am sure you can tell where he sourced the sample from, if the cover art didn’t give it away already. Enjoy.

Listen Here:
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