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kiin

kiin

is my solo music project that aims to capture the raw emotion of life and translate it into a sonic medium. The instrumental pallete for this project hinges on synthesizer-based melodies and ambient textures to fill out the canvas of sound. I explore different philosophical ideas relating to love, art, technology, modernity, and more. I promote my work through my social medias, mainly my instagram, @kiin.officiial


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Waning

is my debut EP under kiin. I focused this project on a relationship experience I had. I decided to go for a synth-pop style, while keeping the instrumental palette tight,  using my Arturia Microfreak for every sound, other than drums and vocals. The drums were gathered through sample packs, and the vocals were my own, recorded in my personal studio using a AKG C414-B. The audio synthesis (no presets were used on the Microfreak), recording, composing, writing, mixing and mastering were done by me. This was a passion project I had been tossing around in my head for a year or so, and I decided to make that idea a reality.

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Via Vicary - "The Little Things"

- Mixed
- Mastered

Brother's Bloom - "I'll Be There"

- Composed
- Recorded
- Mixed
- Mastered

Great Value Jesus - "Hide N Seek"

- Studio Drum set player

Soundcloud↗

Featured Mix // "Dark Skies"

kin · Dark Skies

Bandcamp↗

Modular Synthesis

IMMOLATION

Immolation is a modular synthesis live performance piece that I created through VCV rack. It was created as a final project for my Audio Synthesis Techniques class. In this class, we learned how to build, manipulate, and perform modular synthesis racks from scratch, as well as diving deep into the history of audio synthesis.

For the final project, we had the choice to either create a prerecorded song to play in front of the class, or perform our own racks live, and I chose to perform live. I used my AKAI MPK Mini Mk.II to control different timbre and volume sliders through MIDI mapping, and used that to create different "phases" of my piece.

There were 9 different instruments I created for this piece, including 3 synth layers, a bass, 2 drum layers, and 3 SFX layers. Each of these were controlled by a MIDI controller, so that way I could fade them in/out at will, as well as changing the timbre of these different layers.

The drums were fully controlled by MIDI, meaning I actually played the drum beat using the trigger pads on the AKAI MPK Mini.

A video of my final performance is available for watch. If you want you listen to an audio-only recording of this piece, you can do so here↗.