James B. Pollack · 2015

Stories Nested Like Russian Dolls

116 BPMG minor2:06Ableton Live 9.0.44 samplesLean Arrangement

Listen to "Stories Nested Like Russian Dolls" by James B. Pollack. 116 BPM, G minor, Ableton Live 9.0.4, 4 Ableton sample references. "Stories Nested Like Russian Dolls" is part of James B. Pollack's Crowleyverse naming system rather than a literal one-to-one citation on this page. The connection is to the way Crowley's fiction handles world-building, layered time, memory, houses, thresholds, and hidden structure. Crowley was Pollack's writing advisor at Yale, so these titles also mark a personal artistic lineage, not only a literary reference.

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Production Notes
  • Core DJ metadata: 116 BPM, G minor, 2:06.
  • Ableton source: project "jun15jam2", Ableton Live 9.0.4, 4/4 time.
  • Tempo source: Ableton project tempo.
  • Session shape: 2 audio tracks, 3 MIDI tracks, 2 return tracks, 76 MIDI notes.
  • Arrangement read: Lean Arrangement, score 21.
  • Ableton scan found 4 sample references.
  • No named vocal sample source was detected in the Ableton scan.
  • Instrument tags: Drums, Loops.
  • Arrangement tags: Lean Arrangement.
  • Highlighted plugins: Zebra2, WOW, SausageFattener.
  • Listener mood tags: Intense, Hypnotic, Atmospheric, Melancholic.
Ableton Session Data
BPM
116 BPM
BPM source
ableton_project
Detected BPM
116.0
Key
G minor
Duration
2:06
Ableton project
jun15jam2
Ableton version
Ableton Live 9.0.4
Time signature
4/4
Sample references
4
Plugins
Zebra2, WOW, SausageFattener
Complexity
Lean Arrangement 21
Samples and Sources
  • Ableton scan found 4 sample references.
  • No named vocal sample source was detected in the Ableton scan.
Crowleyverse Title Connection

"Stories Nested Like Russian Dolls" is part of James B. Pollack's Crowleyverse naming system rather than a literal one-to-one citation on this page. The connection is to the way Crowley's fiction handles world-building, layered time, memory, houses, thresholds, and hidden structure. Crowley was Pollack's writing advisor at Yale, so these titles also mark a personal artistic lineage, not only a literary reference.

Archive-level title systemJohn Crowley's fiction
Research source: Hachette: Little, BigResearch source: Yale English: Endless Things / AegyptResearch source: John Crowley author site: Ka
Search Context

Keywords: Stories Nested Like Russian Dolls, James B. Pollack, John Crowley, Crowleyverse, Little, Big, John Crowley's fiction, Intense, Hypnotic, Atmospheric, Melancholic, Drums, Loops, Lean Arrangement, Zebra2, WOW, SausageFattener, Ableton Live 9.0.4, 116 BPM.

June 15 in history
  • 1919 John Alcock and Arthur Brown complete the first nonstop transatlantic flight when they reach Clifden, County Galway, Ireland.Wikipedia: John Alcock
  • 1988 The Ariane 4 rocket is launched on its maiden flight.Wikipedia: Ariane 4

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