James B. Pollack · 2017

Sovereign of Unending Cold

90 BPMA# minor1:06Ableton Live 9.517 samplesLean Arrangement

Listen to "Sovereign of Unending Cold" by James B. Pollack. 90 BPM, A# minor, Ableton Live 9.5, 17 Ableton sample references. "Sovereign of Unending Cold" 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: 90 BPM, A# minor, 1:06.
  • Ableton source: project "sep3jam1_nightking", Ableton Live 9.5, 4/4 time.
  • Tempo source: Ableton project tempo.
  • Session shape: 4 audio tracks, 2 MIDI tracks, 2 return tracks, 30 MIDI notes.
  • Arrangement read: Lean Arrangement, score 27.
  • Ableton scan found 17 sample references.
  • No named vocal sample source was detected in the Ableton scan.
  • Instrument tags: Drums, Piano / Keys.
  • Arrangement tags: Lean Arrangement.
  • Highlighted plugins: Effectrix.
  • Listener mood tags: Intense, Atmospheric, Melancholic.
Ableton Session Data
BPM
90 BPM
BPM source
ableton_project
Detected BPM
90.0
Key
A# minor
Duration
1:06
Ableton project
sep3jam1_nightking
Ableton version
Ableton Live 9.5
Time signature
4/4
Sample references
17
Plugins
Effectrix
Complexity
Lean Arrangement 27
Samples and Sources
  • Ableton scan found 17 sample references.
  • No named vocal sample source was detected in the Ableton scan.
Crowleyverse Title Connection

"Sovereign of Unending Cold" 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: Sovereign of Unending Cold, James B. Pollack, John Crowley, Crowleyverse, Little, Big, John Crowley's fiction, Intense, Atmospheric, Melancholic, Drums, Piano / Keys, Lean Arrangement, Effectrix, Ableton Live 9.5, 90 BPM.

September 3 in history
  • 1895 John Brallier becomes the first openly paid professional American football player, when he was paid US$10 by David Berry, to play for the Latrobe Athletic Association in a 12-0 win over the Jeanette Athletic Association.Wikipedia: John Brallier
  • 1875 The first official game of polo is played in Argentina after being introduced by British ranchers.Wikipedia: Argentina

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