James B. Pollack · 2017

Tundra Older Than the Naming

120 BPMC# major1:06Ableton Live 9.528 samplesLean Arrangement

Listen to "Tundra Older Than the Naming" by James B. Pollack. 120 BPM, C# major, Ableton Live 9.5, 28 Ableton sample references. "Tundra Older Than the Naming" 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: 120 BPM, C# major, 1:06.
  • Ableton source: project "aug9jam1_alaska", Ableton Live 9.5, 4/4 time.
  • Tempo source: Ableton project tempo.
  • Session shape: 4 audio tracks, 5 MIDI tracks, 2 return tracks, 123 MIDI notes.
  • Arrangement read: Lean Arrangement, score 34.
  • Ableton scan found 28 sample references.
  • No named vocal sample source was detected in the Ableton scan.
  • Instrument tags: Drums, Bass, Piano / Keys, Loops.
  • Arrangement tags: Lean Arrangement, Sample Heavy.
  • Plugin count: 2.
  • Listener mood tags: Intense, Hypnotic, Atmospheric, Uplifting.
Ableton Session Data
BPM
120 BPM
BPM source
ableton_project
Detected BPM
120.0
Key
C# major
Duration
1:06
Ableton project
aug9jam1_alaska
Ableton version
Ableton Live 9.5
Time signature
4/4
Sample references
28
Complexity
Lean Arrangement 34
Samples and Sources
  • Ableton scan found 28 sample references.
  • No named vocal sample source was detected in the Ableton scan.
Crowleyverse Title Connection

"Tundra Older Than the Naming" 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: Tundra Older Than the Naming, James B. Pollack, John Crowley, Crowleyverse, Little, Big, John Crowley's fiction, Intense, Hypnotic, Atmospheric, Uplifting, Drums, Bass, Piano / Keys, Loops, Lean Arrangement, Sample Heavy, Ableton Live 9.5, 120 BPM.

August 9 in history
  • 1892 Thomas Edison receives a patent for a two-way telegraph.Wikipedia: Thomas Edison
  • 1329 Quilon, the first Indian Christian Diocese, is erected by Pope John XXII; the French-born Jordanus is appointed the first Bishop.Wikipedia: Quilon

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