James B. Pollack · 2014

He Tried to Remember the Shape of It

123 BPMF# minor2:45Ableton Live 9.1284 samplesBuilt-Out Arrangement

Listen to "He Tried to Remember the Shape of It" by James B. Pollack. 123 BPM, F# minor, Ableton Live 9.1, 284 Ableton sample references. "He Tried to Remember the Shape of It" sits inside James B. Pollack's Crowleyverse naming system and connects most clearly to Little, Big, Aegypt sequence, and Ka. It points toward memory, layered time, and stories moving across generations. The source connection is literary and thematic rather than an official adaptation: John Crowley was Pollack's writing advisor at Yale, and the title system treats the catalog as a set of linked rooms inside that influence.

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Production Notes
  • Core DJ metadata: 123 BPM, F# minor, 2:45.
  • Ableton source: project "apr19jam2", Ableton Live 9.1, 4/4 time.
  • Tempo source: Ableton project tempo.
  • Session shape: 6 audio tracks, 17 MIDI tracks, 2 return tracks, 383 MIDI notes.
  • Arrangement read: Built-Out Arrangement, score 52.
  • Ableton scan found 284 sample references.
  • No named vocal sample source was detected in the Ableton scan.
  • Instrument tags: Drums, Bass, FX.
  • Arrangement tags: Built-Out Arrangement, Sample Heavy.
  • Highlighted plugins: FabFilter Twin 2, SausageFattener.
  • Listener mood tags: Intense, Hypnotic, Atmospheric, Melancholic.
Ableton Session Data
BPM
123 BPM
BPM source
ableton_project
Detected BPM
123.0
Key
F# minor
Duration
2:45
Ableton project
apr19jam2
Ableton version
Ableton Live 9.1
Time signature
4/4
Sample references
284
Plugins
FabFilter Twin 2, SausageFattener
Complexity
Built-Out Arrangement 52
Samples and Sources
  • Ableton scan found 284 sample references.
  • No named vocal sample source was detected in the Ableton scan.
Crowleyverse Title Connection

"He Tried to Remember the Shape of It" sits inside James B. Pollack's Crowleyverse naming system and connects most clearly to Little, Big, Aegypt sequence, and Ka. It points toward memory, layered time, and stories moving across generations. The source connection is literary and thematic rather than an official adaptation: John Crowley was Pollack's writing advisor at Yale, and the title system treats the catalog as a set of linked rooms inside that influence.

Motif signalLittle, BigAegypt sequenceKa
Research source: Hachette: Little, BigResearch source: Yale English: Endless Things / AegyptResearch source: John Crowley author site: Ka
Search Context

Keywords: He Tried to Remember the Shape of It, James B. Pollack, John Crowley, Crowleyverse, Little, Big, Aegypt sequence, Ka, Intense, Hypnotic, Atmospheric, Melancholic, Drums, Bass, FX, Built-Out Arrangement, Sample Heavy, FabFilter Twin 2, SausageFattener.

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