Peak Cut, by Yaxu

Peak Cut

by Yaxu

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For those who miss out on the limited edition USB credit card, the
digital EP comes with a link to download the bootable ISO image, ready to either run in a virtual machine, or be installed and booted from a USB drive > 4GB. Check the bonus pdf included in the digital download for instructions.

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Limited Edition USB Drive
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The USB card works as a memory stick, for accessing the audio and bonus material. The USB card is also bootable, into a Computer Club themed Linux operating system with Tidal ready installed. Only 100 copies worldwide.

Watch a live demonstration of TIDAL running on the Computer Club OS: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tM3OF4aE-Mg

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1.	Public Life 04:55	buy track
2.	Icfdbtt 03:52	buy track
3.	Lucky Chop 05:20	buy track
4.	Cyclic 03:40	buy track
5.	Animals 04:06	buy track
6.	Drums 02:13	buy track

about

Yaxu presents his first EP “Peak Cut”, as the second release of the Computer Club label. Yaxu is the solo project of Alex McLean, algorave pioneer and one third of the seminal live coding band Slub, who have had people dancing to their algorithms since 2001. Peak Cut comes on a limited edition USB credit card containing the six track EP, bonus video and custom operating system, along with an exclusive library of over 100 algorithmic Tidal patterns to explore, adapt and remix.

Peak Cut is abstract and challenging, with beats and melodies spliced into chaotic reworkings of techno. However, detail and precision rewards closer listening, following the South Yorkshire tradition of pushing electronic music into alien territory, which somehow makes sense on (open-minded) dancefloors. All the music is created with code, using a pattern-based approach to generative music, developed by Alex over 15 years and now turned over to you, in the form of the Tidal software.

The USB card works as a memory stick, for accessing the audio and bonus material. The USB card is also bootable, into a Computer Club themed Linux operating system with Tidal ready installed. Tidal is a text-based mini-language accessible to non-programmers; documentation for how to get started is included, along with an exclusive library of algorithmic Tidal patterns to explore, including all the code for the EP tracks.

The operating system is Linux Mint, using the Computer Club theme. Tidal can be started from a shortcut on the desktop, with links to code examples and tutorials from Alex and the rest of the Tidal community.

credits

released March 30, 2015

All tracks written and produced by Alex McLean.
© 2015 Computer Club
Mastered at Computer Club Sheffield.
Design by Human.

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Computer Club Sheffield, UK

discography

Turbatrix

Apr 2018
Thoughts In Vias

Oct 2017
Sagittarius

Apr 2017
Obfuscation

Dec 2016
ALG 118B

Jul 2016
1630

Dec 2015
Peak Cut

Mar 2015
Computer Love

Dec 2014

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