Text

ElectroJazz
EP Recording featuring a mix of musical and production elements
from Jazz and Electronic music traditions

Introd

uction

What?
How?
Why?

Portraits
100% by myself
reflection/innovation

1. Electrane
(for John Coltrane)

W

s
i
t
a
h

?
z
z
a
J

o
r
t
c
e
l
E

Electronic

Jazz

Beat oriented

W

s
i
t
a
h

?
z
z
a
J

o
r
t
c
e
l
E

Electronic

Jazz

Musicality

Musicality

Production

Production

s
i
t
a
h

W

?
z
z
a
J

o
r
t
c
e
l
E

Electronic
ElectroJazz

+

Jazz
Musicality

Production

W

s
i
t
a
h

?
z
z
a
J

o
r
t
c
e
l
E

Elements

Processes

Music

Composition
Creation
Recording

Production

Performance

Music

al Ele

ment

1 Rhythm
metronomic rhythmic grids

Electronic

groove pools
drum machines
repetitive drums patterns

s

Music

al Ele

1 Rhythm

ment

s

binary and ternary subdivisions
great range of tempos
freer approach to rhythm in solos

Jazz

high degree of syncopation
hemiolas / polyrhythms
Odd meters

Music

al Ele

ment

2 Harmony
efficiency

Electronic

short chord progressions
repetition / hypnotic mood

s

Music

al Ele

ment

s

2 Harmony
complex voicings with tensions

Jazz

jazz chord scales
modulation to different keys

Music

al Ele

ment

3 Melody
short and rhythmic motives

Electronic

repetition / hypnotic mood
lack of melody sometimes

s

Music

al Ele

ment

3 Melody
rhythmically and harmonically
complex melodies

Jazz

heads + improvisation
melodic development
chromaticism

s

n
o
i
t
c
du

o
r
P

s
t
n
e
m
e
l
E
1 Form and Length

compact form
!

exposition, development,
recapitulation
!

improvisation over head form
!

variable length

n
o
i
t
c
du

o
r
P

s
t
n
e
m
e
l
E
2 Instrumentation

electronic and acoustic
instruments
!

orquestration concepts
!

sound designing

synthesisers
samplers
audio and MIDI effects

n
o
i
t
c
du

o
r
P

s
t
n
e
m
e
l
E
3 Recording

Mixing
Mastering

separate processes
!

vs
!

a single process

g
n
si

o
C
+

o
p
m

music CREATION

2. 2084
(for George Orwell)

Composing and Recording ElectroJazz…

music CREATION
Mastering

Traditional approach

Mixing
Recording
Arranging
Writing

consecutive processes
separate outcomes
one way interaction

Composing and Recording ElectroJazz…

music CREATION
Mastering

New approach

Recording
interlaced processes
interlaced outcomes
every way interaction

Writing

Arranging
Mixing

Sound Designing

Performing ElectroJazz
Music
Sections

+

Choreography

Set up

Main ideas

Movements

Con

clus

ElectroJazz

New approach
to performance

ion

Musicality
Production

New approach
to composition

3. Days of the Dragon
(for Brad Mehldau)

u
o
y
nk

a
Th

ElectroJazz
by Ricardo Curto
www.ricardocurto.com

for Berklee College of Music
Valencia Campus