Displaying Music with the Tag: Sound Design
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Animal Farm
-Joel Laviolette
Glitched IDM meets guitars
Tags:DJ, Dance, Distorted, Drums, Electronic, Guitar, Happy, High Energy, Jump, Lo-Fi, Modular Synth, No Vocals, Psy Trance, Sound Design, Sweat, Synth Heavy
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Bell Click V
-Joel Laviolette
A sparse pitched bell melody with downtempo beats to help you find your groove.
Tags:Ambient, Bells, Contemplative, Modular Synth, No Vocals, Pluck, Rain, Sound Design, Wistful
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Borrowed Names
-Joel Laviolette
A generative musical piece that explores the randomness in letter to pitch transformations and finding beauty in that randomness.
Tags:Ambient, Contemplative, Downtempo, Drums, Electronic, Generative, Lo-Fi, Modular Synth, No Vocals, Sound Design, Story, Wistful
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Come What May
-Joel Laviolette
An Mbira and Reggae groove sprinkled with Garage Bass
Tags:Ambient, Contemplative, Distorted, Downtempo, Drums, Electronic, Guitar, Lo-Fi, Mbira, Modular Synth, Sound Design
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Dangurangu
-Joel Laviolette
Meditative traditional Zimbabwean mbira sounds.
Tags:African, Ambient, Contemplative, Downtempo, Mbira, Meditation, Rain, Shona, Sound Design, Wistful, Yoga
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Did You Win?
-Joel Laviolette
Old School Techno meets IDM Glitch
Tags:Aggressive, Cue, Distorted, Downtempo, Drums, Electronic, Glitch, IDM, Lo-Fi, Modular Synth, Pads, Rain, Sound Design, Synth Heavy
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Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep
-Joel Laviolette
Old School Techno meets modular synth sound explorations in this new EP
Tags:Aggressive, Distorted, Downtempo, Drums, Electronic, Glitch, Modular Synth, Psy Trance, Sound Design, Synth Heavy, Techno, Vocals
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Dudidodo
-Joel Laviolette
Old School Techno meets modular synth sound explorations in this new EP
Tags:Aggressive, Distorted, Downtempo, Drums, Electronic, Glitch, Modular Synth, Psy Trance, Sound Design, Synth Heavy, Techno, Vocals
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Eden’s Circle
-MbiraMe
An ambient modular synth sound design exploration.
Tags:Ambient, Contemplative, Electronic, Generative, Modular Synth, Sound Design, Wistful
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Entering Dande
-Joel Laviolette
Slamming Psytrance
Tags:DJ, Dance, Distorted, Drums, Electronic, Guitar, Happy, High Energy, Jump, Lo-Fi, Modular Synth, No Vocals, Psy Trance, Sound Design, Sweat, Synth Heavy
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Hollow Bells
-Joel Laviolette
The modular synth ricocheting it's FM beauty against modular percussion. Alien landscapes result
Tags:Ambient, Contemplative, Downtempo, Drums, Electronic, Generative, Lo-Fi, Modular Synth, No Vocals, Sound Design, Story, Wistful
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I Love This
-Joel Laviolette
How would it sound if angels and robots had a dance party? Maybe a bit like this...
Tags:Aggressive, Cue, Distorted, Downtempo, Drums, Electronic, Glitch, IDM, Lo-Fi, Modular Synth, Pads, Rain, Sound Design, Synth Heavy
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In The Flow
-Rattletree
Coming soon on Ecstatic Wave Records! A half-step Indie Rock song about giving ourselves a break.
Tags:African, Aggressive, Contemplative, Dance, Distorted, Drums, Dubstep, Electronic, Full Band, Guitar, Sound Design, Story, Synth Heavy
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Just Let It Go
-Joel Laviolette
Intricate synths and a bass interweave with sound design elements and percussion in this contemplative piece.
Tags:Aggressive, DJ, Dance, Distorted, Drums, Electronic, Glitch, High Energy, Jump, Modular Synth, Psy Trance, Sound Design, Synth Heavy, Trance, Uplifting, Vocals
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Kanotamba MuBani
-Joel Laviolette
Meditative traditional Zimbabwean mbira sounds.
Tags:African, Ambient, Contemplative, Downtempo, Mbira, Meditation, Rain, Shona, Sound Design, Wistful, Yoga
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Life Dreaming (small talk)
-Joel Laviolette
A meditative journey-intended to be played in the background while going inward.
Tags:Ambient, Contemplative, Downtempo, Electronic, Lo-Fi, Meditation, Modular Synth, No Vocals, Odd Time Signature, Sound Design, Wistful
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Makena Surf (dj mix)
-Joel Laviolette
A fun loving "Surf Trance" tune!
Tags:DJ, Dance, Distorted, Drums, Electronic, Guitar, Happy, High Energy, Jump, Lo-Fi, Makena Surf EP, Modular Synth, No Vocals, Psy Trance, Sound Design, Sweat, Synth Heavy, Trance, Uplifting
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Makena Surf (extended mix)
-Joel Laviolette
A fun loving "Surf Trance" tune!
Tags:DJ, Dance, Distorted, Drums, Electronic, Guitar, Happy, High Energy, Jump, Lo-Fi, Makena Surf EP, Modular Synth, No Vocals, Psy Trance, Sound Design, Sweat, Synth Heavy, Trance, Uplifting
![ndiro300x300](https://joellaviolette.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/ndiro300x300.png)
Mapiye Mana
-Joel Laviolette
Meditative traditional Zimbabwean mbira sounds.
Tags:African, Ambient, Contemplative, Downtempo, Mbira, Meditation, Rain, Shona, Sound Design, Wistful, Yoga
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Max Eliminates the Phrases and We Were Never the Same
-Mbirame
The first mbira music generator created fully with Max 7. Read the details for a deeper explanation.
Tags:Ambient, Contemplative, Downtempo, Drums, Electronic, Generative, Lo-Fi, Modular Synth, No Vocals, Sound Design, Story, Wistful
![ndiro300x300](https://joellaviolette.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/ndiro300x300.png)
Mbavarira
-Joel Laviolette
Meditative traditional Zimbabwean mbira sounds.
Tags:African, Ambient, Contemplative, Downtempo, Mbira, Meditation, Rain, Shona, Sound Design, Wistful, Yoga
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Me and BT and Our Mbira Dreams
-MbiraMe
Modular synth explorations of mbira harmony. Ambient soundscapes.
Tags:Ambient, Electronic, Generative, Mbira, Modular Synth, Sound Design, Synth Heavy, Wistful
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Mellow Morning
-Siena Laviolette & Joel Laviolette
Debut track by the D&D Duo (Daddy and daughter)!
Tags:Aesthetic, Ambient, Chillout, Contemplative, Downtempo, Guitar, Meditation, Pads, Rain, Sound Design, Wistful, Yoga
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Muchenjedza Mutonga
-Joel Laviolette
Meditative traditional Zimbabwean mbira sounds.
Tags:African, Ambient, Contemplative, Downtempo, Mbira, Meditation, Rain, Shona, Sound Design, Wistful, Yoga
![ndiro300x300](https://joellaviolette.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/ndiro300x300.png)
Mwana We Shumba
-Joel Laviolette
A song for my brother. Meditative traditional Zimbabwean mbira sounds.
Tags:African, Ambient, Contemplative, Downtempo, Mbira, Meditation, Rain, Shona, Sound Design, Wistful, Yoga
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My Time and My Mind
-Joel Laviolette
Does our belief create our reality or vise versa?
Tags:Ambient, Contemplative, Distorted, Downtempo, Drums, Electronic, Guitar, Lo-Fi, Mbira, Modular Synth, Sound Design
![MbiraMe300x300](https://joellaviolette.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/MbiraMe300x300.png)
Nostalgia
-Joel Laviolette
Beautiful piano and light strings set the mood for this forest scene.
Tags:Ambient, Contemplative, Cue, Downtempo, Drums, Electronic, Hans Zimmer, Lo-Fi, No Vocals, Orchestral, Sound Design, Strings, Timpani
![ndiro300x300](https://joellaviolette.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/ndiro300x300.png)
Nyuchi
-Joel Laviolette
Meditative traditional Zimbabwean mbira sounds.
Tags:African, Ambient, Contemplative, Downtempo, Mbira, Meditation, Rain, Shona, Sound Design, Wistful, Yoga
![MbiraMe300x300](https://joellaviolette.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/MbiraMe300x300.png)
Ogi No Mato (MbiraMe Remix)
-MbiraMe
A heavily glitched out remix of a traditional Japanese song
Tags:Ambient, Downtempo, Electronic, Foreign Language, Glitch, Lo-Fi, Remix, Sound Design, Trance Gate
![MbiraMe300x300](https://joellaviolette.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/MbiraMe300x300.png)
Om Shanti
-Joel Laviolette
An ambient soundscape that takes the listener on a downtempo journey.Audio sample taken from Guruji Patabi Jois doing the opening chant of Ashtanga Yoga.
Tags:Ambient, Contemplative, Downtempo, Field Recording, Foreign Language, Sound Design, Vocals, World Music, Yoga
![MbiraMe300x300](https://joellaviolette.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/MbiraMe300x300.png)
Pärt Inspired
-Joel Laviolette
A Modular Synth piece inspired by Arvo Pärt's minimalist tintinnabuli technique.
Tags:Ambient, Contemplative, Cue, Downtempo, Electronic, Hans Zimmer, Lo-Fi, Modular Synth, Sound Design
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Sample Packs: Electro Hip-Hop Loop
-MbiraMe
32 bar Electro Hip-hop groove
Tags:Dubstep, Groove, Hip-Hop, Sample Pack, Sound Design
![Sample Pack-Impacts](https://joellaviolette.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Sample-Pack-Impacts.png)
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Sample Packs: High 8 Bar Riser
-MbiraMe
High 138BPM 8 bar riser with drop on last half of last bar.
Tags:Risers, Sample Pack, Sound Design
![Sample-Pack-Risers](https://joellaviolette.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Sample-Pack-Risers.png)
Sample Packs: Low 8 Bar Riser
-MbiraMe
Low 138BPM 8 bar riser with drop on last half of last bar.
Tags:Risers, Sample Pack, Sound Design
![Sample Pack-Impacts](https://joellaviolette.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Sample-Pack-Impacts.png)
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Space Sunset
-Joel Laviolette
An orchestral riser cue
Tags:Ambient, Contemplative, Cue, Downtempo, Drums, Electronic, Hans Zimmer, Lo-Fi, No Vocals, Orchestral, Sound Design, Strings, Timpani
![Starfire](https://joellaviolette.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Starfire-150x150.jpg)
Starfire
-Joel Laviolette
A tribe is chanting somewhere in the forest. You can't tell from the sound if they are miles away or only over the next hill. In any case, the music will guide you safely to them.
Tags:African, Ambient, Contemplative, Cue, DJ, Downtempo, Drums, Electronic, Glitch, IDM, Lo-Fi, Mbira, Modular Synth, Pads, Rain, Sound Design
![Tripped Again](https://joellaviolette.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Tripped-Again-150x150.jpg)
Tripped Again
-Joel Laviolette
Glitched out Modular Synth IDM/Braindance
Tags:12/8, Braindance, DJ, Dance, Distorted, Drums, Electronic, Guitar, Happy, High Energy, IDM, Jump, Lo-Fi, Modular Synth, No Vocals, Psy Trance, Sound Design, Sweat, Synth Heavy
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Video Game Music: Character Theme
-Joel Laviolette
A Character Theme for a video game. Meet Peashooter!
Tags:African, Ambient, Contemplative, Downtempo, Drums, No Vocals, Odd Time Signature, Sound Design, Story, Video Game, Wistful
![Joel_Laviolette_Town_Theme](https://joellaviolette.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Joel_Laviolette_Town_Theme-150x150.jpg)
Video Game Music: Town Theme
-Joel Laviolette
A short theme for a Town Theme in a video game
Tags:Ambient, Contemplative, Downtempo, No Vocals, Sound Design, Story, Video Game, Wistful
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When The Levee Breaks
-Joel Laviolette
The old blues classic set to hypnotic matepe and distant-and somewhat scary-vocals
Tags:African, Cover Song, Distorted, Lo-Fi, Mbira, Odd Time Signature, Sound Design, Trance, Vocals, World Music