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The music produced either by me or my friends can be heard in the music flash-player in the Interests column to the left.

I am providing you interesting content-bites which I find worthy for your review.

You will learn more about me further down below.

Content Bites Of Interest...

Flashback Project (New update: Oct.11.2008)

From mid 70’s to today, for the FIRST TIME the TRUE story of the UK black music revolution from the music leaders who were there doing it. Narrated by Leee John (Imagination) and following the path of his life, an unusual destiny involving major artists from the last 40 years, there are more discoveries of UNTOLD Stories from the black reggae, soul and pop era of the 70’s and 80’s.

The Flashback documentary will compile recent interviews from Leee John, artists and relevant people (fashion/DJs/producers etc) from that era, intercut with Hits from the 1975-85 glorious decade.

Street Sounds HipHop Electro-9

Electro-9 is part of Street Sounds' huge electro-hiphop compilation series from 1982-1989. Electro back then was electric funk and hiphop music, mainly for break-dancing, bee-bopping, and body-popping. The word 'Electro' today has been hijacked in the form of 4/4 dance music and not anywhere near its true roots. I have recorded Electro-9 directly from the 1985 record, digitally restored as much as I can, and widened the stereo field, among other things.

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Street Sounds HipHop Electro-7

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Street Sounds HipHop Electro-6

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Street Sounds HipHop Electro-2

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MultiTouch Screen

Let's have a look at the real-deal multitouch, pressure sensitive, screen of the very near future. If you might think that you've seen it all --trust me-- you really haven't. The way we'll work and interact with software and computers is going to change in a big way. Ladies and gentlemen, please throw away your keyboards and mice!

NOW CLICK HERE, WATCH THIS VIDEO,
& GET BLOWN AWAY!

Guernica - Short Animation

...was showcased at an animation festival in Italy.
Read it all about it my blog for full details.

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The Kitsilano Fires

I did the sound-design for the latest documentary about the Kitsilano fires which happened on August 4, 2005. It was shown on CTV and Bravo.

Here's the link to the 5-minute trailer .... you'll need QuickTime-6 or higher:

Click here to view trailer

I hope you've got beefy speakers with good stereo-separation.

You can also access the trailer from my homepage...
www.CaveCyberNation.com

I was given 2 days to complete 30 minutes of sound-design this last weekend ... oh the pressure!

With the exception of dialogue, all sound-fx (explosions, winds, fires, trucks, sirens, footsteps, birds, crackling, debris, walla, etc) are fake and NOT part of the original footage ..... in order to enhance the excitement. All SFX and music editing, post mixing, heavy drinking, and mastering for television and DVD are done by me.

Music composed by Phil Western (former member of Skinny Puppy, Download, Off-&-Gone).

I AM AN IRAQI ELECTRONIC MUSICIAN & PRODUCER...

Lived in Baghdad, Iraq, until 7 years of age. Then lived in England and Canada for many years, and also lived in Scottsdale, Arizona, from 1989-2001. Now I'm living back in Canada ... in West Vancouver, British Columbia, working as a sound-designer for the film and video-game industries ... at the same time having general fun and leisure.

I produce and master music for various imaginary clients -- but most importantly for myself.

I used to mix music from records, however I got so bored of it, because the quality of vinyl degraded after a few plays, and the audio sounds seriously shitty after the fact. Of course, if the records are blaring ear-pounding loud to a live audience, then of course no one gives a damn about filthy sonics. Since I like to record my own mix-sets, I need crystal-clear, crisp sound in addition to the warmth present in vinyl, but never degrade in spectral quality over time. So I moved to the digital domain!

Now I like to mix from cd's, hard-drives, and software (yes, this future is in the now). There's nothing better than recording my own mix-sets which I program well and manipulate every track in ways that other DJ's couldn't possibly conceive nor achieve live.

...Generic Producers Bore Me!

They lack extensive knowledge which dedicated producers and engineers have spent years sharpening their life-supporting skills in sound physics, design, production, mixing, and mastering. Of course, it is impressive of some generic-producers to write compose a lot of tracks or have that incredible ability to perform live and casting magical spells upon the dancing crowds ....... but this has been overdone ...... and nothing substantial has been done to elevate music art to the next undiscovered dimension, given Western music's limitation with the 7-note octave/scale. Thus I don't really care much about a lot of generic music produced today.

Practically, most generic-producers today have not evolved:

.... they're hanging on to an overdone and overplayed art & technique that has become stagnant in creativity while nothing is being done about it ... they seem to be content with the "me too" approach in production & composing techniques, without challenging themselves to stand out from the rest;

.... they justify themselves with statements like, "we're all about making hits and what's popular" (Oh! And I suppose that justifies the dumbing-down of music-listening population!?! Then whatever happened to thinking outside of the box?);

.... and they fail to realize that they're practically dispensable. In no time they're going to be replaced by the next generation of wizard producers who are young, fresh, highly skilled, and outlandishly technical and magically/uniquely creative in every aspect of sound & music.

However, I thrive to be a great scientist of acoustics, professional engineer, and producer who forever continues to learn and understand the endless supply of knowledge in science-&-physics-of-sound and theories of music, continuously trying to break new grounds by experimenting, using every kind of technology possible, coming up with clever tricks, programming, and sound-designing the world's most advanced musical tracks with timeless life-spans -- for the deepest joy and pleasure of pure listening purposes.

If there's one thing I like to share, then it's my electrifying buzz which I radiate the groove onto you when listening to my tracks with your undivided attention and concentration ... vibrating and oscillating you with electro-magnetic currents from the sound frequencies which you hear.

So... I really do love pajamas, shorts, t-shirts, sandals, and healthy life surrounded by music and good looking natural girls!
Good people all around.

I Love Cats...

Say hallo to my liiidle pussies:
Malik (PooPoo) & Mika (PeePee).

I'm an Iraqi-Canadian .... meaning that I'm a hyphenated identity who's seriously stuck in the twilight zone, right in the middle of it.

I want to be the world's first Iraqi electronic producer. I've been raised as a realistic modern Westerner, with the feeling of being a Caucasian trapped in a middle-eastern body. North American culture is my world which definitely has made me to be a very unique, different, and highly intelligent person you'll ever meet.

I question everything in any given culture and refuse to conform to anything that has been conditioned to us all by means of tradition. I am suspicious of authorities' scheme of problem-reaction-solution. I am not a sheep in this sheeple world. I am not blind. I am logical, realistic, and extremely philosophical person who does not believe in God at all the ways mankind setup religions by means of divide-conquer-rule.

Some Qualities Which I Look For...

Really it doesn't matter ... just hang out with me and we'll figure each other out at the end of the day. Bottom line, we can still be very good friends.

Love to meet the following people & shoot the breeze...

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