Higen – Emotional Blender
Finaly i manage to finish up the track.. it took about 5 month.. not because i was out of inspiration.. or need to find my own soul or.. that i needed to touch the skies.. etc... nop.. it was a lack of time... 3 kids just steals your day!
Maria is doing the vocals, i am speaking some rubbish.. else its a housy track in 110 bpm.. using emu for beats together with ultrabeats (from logic).. pads are also emu.. virus and nova its also there..
Higen-Emotional_Blender
Adding music archive feature to the blog
Well, after looking for a solution to post an archive of old tracks made by my friend Unier and me, i ended up hacking a quick plugin for wordpress. Its now up and running, and the track archive can be accessed by clicking the Music Archive link, on the top of this page. It will list all the tracks in the database.
to use the plugin just upload the tracks in the media library, then in the comment field format the text like this
LIB::< year >::< artist >::< title >::< genere >::< comment >::< rating >
the script will then pick up the track and add it to the archive.
for now its not that many, but stay tuned for update. Unier should upload around 100 tracks from the past 
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Latest track
Hello,
not been much activity here, much because of all the hard work with TG-demo and track.
but i thought i could add the track here so you could listen .
Its a trancy kind of tune with Maria as vocals.
The Emu is used for beats, and a downsampled nova to the emu is used for bass. Wsa1 for pads, virus b for blips and blops.
Higen - Amplexus Primoria
Higen – Beyond the Millenium part 2
Sorry, but this link is dead. i will try to get it up on the Music Archive
This is an old track i made back in 2000 i think. Very bad mix, but still..
EDIT: Its now up, you will find it under the link.
Download Higen - Beyond the Millenium part 2
The BBQ Song
Well, as an a tempt of bringing revolution to the gaming industry a friend of my (digitalerr0r) have created Grillsimulator 2008 for xbox (which translate to BBQ Simulator 2008). I got the glorious task of creating game music.. in under 5 hours.. (dang.. i love rush).. so i create The BBQ Song together with my wife.
http://maggie.higen.org/private/BBQSim/Higen-TheBBQSong.mp3 <<-- if you want only the track
Vandetta – Sticky Pineapple
New track out.
Not too much to say about it, the ahh'ing is done by Maria. I like the touch. But i am not that satisfied with the whole composition. but instead of starting over, i finished the track, so i can start over with blank sheets.
The drums are heavy done on the emu, the same with all the bases. Mostly nova sampled direct into the emu.
Vandetta - Sticky Pineapple
A small update
Well, stuff have happend lately. I haven't been too good on updating this blog.. but then.. who is reading this blog after all 
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the Roland MC-909 have arrived in house. And I must say its a fun tool and instrument to work with.. making beats goes very easy.. and the sampling part, which is miles away from the emu, have some very nice features. The sample chopping feature is just a dream to work with.. it chops your sample into as many part you like and map it up to the pads on the mc.. thats something i have been dreaming for on the emu for long time .
The synth engine is a full blown fantom engine, which can be programmed in all details. The filters is typical roland.. nothing special.. but sounds good. btw.. if you are a mc 909 owner.. sign this petrition: http://www.PetitionOnline.com/rolandjp/petition.html
The last weekend during this easter, i have been making two realy fast tracks.. one for a fast intro for TG 08 (www.gathering.org), and another one for combined demo for TG 08. The combined demo gained a third place, which is the best place our demo group have gotten in that categorty.
on psy-works.net (one of my old domains), have some people from emusonacid.co.uk forum started a sharing site for old sample cd's that arnt in marked anymore. We don't want to have a warez profile, so we try make sure its not available in any webshop/stores.
Check it out on psy-works.net
If you download, please leave a comment about the quality
Higen – Scapeland
Hey,
new track out.. this time its kind of chillout. I have been using the emu MUCH on this track.. so much that i have lost the overview!
i use the emu for:
Pads, leads, arps, "flute", drums and other stuff i dont know
to nail it i recorded the whole track to the emu and then exported the sample
I also used the rfx card on the emu for processing AU instrument from logic. (the piano, which is EXS24 with holy grail piano, converted from emu format)
Anyway.. enjoy!
Vandetta – Bitter Taste
As a correction.. in stead of calling it higen feat. bla bla.. we named the group Vandetta (dont ask why.. ).
we have made a page at Urørt, which is a norwegian concept for unheard bands
a newer version is up
Vandetta - Bitter Taste <--- download here
Its been some small changes to the drums. minor stuff. I consider the track as done now 
Okay.. a new track is up. its called bitter taste, the lyrics are preformed by my wife, Maria.
Bitter Taste Lyrics:
Secret are my tears, I am hiding away from your face.
Why am i crying and feeling ashamed?
Why do sit here and feeling alone?Times in the past, are lost moments.
I cant get it back, what we had before.Its time for me, to move on with my life now
you cant be in my mind anymore.
Techincal:
1. layer Bass track is made by novation nova, sampled down to emu then threated.
2. layer bass track is made with v-station prosessed through a presonus tubepre (tube preamp).
Vocals are maria, with auto-tune turned hard on, to get the characteristically sound.
Pads are absynth4 and the build in es2.
Piano are holy grail emu samples piano converted to esx24.
Drums are all and alone emu, with all the glory.
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About Higen
Higen is a hobby musician who have had a big thing for synths since his first meeting with a technics keyboard back in 1996.
Todays gear-list can you see on the music page
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