Alex Ayars

Live and Ephemeral

Live musical performances with psychedelic visuals. Algorithmic synthesis, guitar synth, drone, dub, psytrance, and ambient.

Episodes

animal mineral vegetable

Short Microfreak-forward set with a shuffly rhythm, built on the torn-down remains of the last set.

a pitch black horizon

Psychedelic techno with a dark and expansive sound.

slow and sinister guitar synth

In this performance, the pattern that got built up in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PM3_NcIWdCE gets expanded into a full set. The "Synthcaster" guitar synth rig joins in for a sinister jam.

psychedelic downtempo data stream

These sets generate a ton of audio and MIDI data. Let's visualize it.

ephemeral psytrance

I felt like making some oldskool stompy, so I did.

algorithmic ambient chaos - 90 mins

Ambient exploration on a rainy day.

ephemeral rhythms and ambience - 90 mins

Late night experimentation of the algorithmic kind.

synth drone jam and pretty good visuals

Un-plugged and re-plugged all the things. Again. Whew!

instrumental quasi-hyperpop to neo-industrial (?)

I'm just throwing genre names around, some day someone's going to call me on it.

ambient performance with live psychedelic visuals

Minimal ambient drone performance, using mostly just the Crum Hum and Solar 42F. Visuals created in Noisedeck.app.

generative microtonal ambient drone

i just picked up a "Crum Hum" generative (algorithmic) synth. letting it ride in this semi-unattended set. no percussion or tables in this one, just a gaggle of oscillators.

dark vibes

...for dark times.

psytrance to downtempo

Full performance starting in the realm of psytrance, gradually melting into downtempo. Gear and software used: Torso T-1, Solar 42F, Microfreaks, MPC 3, Traktor 4. Visuals powered by Noisedeck.app

ambient dub

Very low-key set with long ambient stretches, featuring the Torso T-1, Solar 42F, Microfreaks, and MPC 3. Traktor is spinning ambient backing tracks made with Stable Audio 2, an ethically sourced model. Visuals powered by Noisedeck.app.

downtempo psychedelic dub

Full downtempo psydub performance with Torso T-1, Solar 42F, MPC 3, and twin Microfreaks.

microtonal ambient noise drone with downtempo dub

Noise... the final frontier. 🖖🏽

bad vibes only. dark and dystopian drone dub

Mood.

new room and vj station! impromptu downtempo performance

Celebrating 100 subscribers with a new room and improved recording setup. 🎉

microtonal ambient noise drone

Ambient performance with the Torso T-1, Solar 42F, MPC 3 pads, twin Microfreaks, and other various synths. Not guaranteed to put you to sleep, but it might.

psychedelic dub and guitar synth

00:00 VG-800 Noodling 09:30 Microfreak mixed in 11:00 Sick Microfreak bass, more VG-800 18:00 Improv 21:30 Solar 42F 24:00 Improv

solar acid techno

Setting Microfreaks and the Solar 42F to "acid" in this short exploratory take.

slow noise jam

Slow experimental night jam with Torso T-1, Solar 42F, Traktor, MPC 3, and other co-conspirators.

jam the frequency

Short little afternoon drone jam with MPC 3, Solar 42F, Torso T-1, Traktor, and a gaggle of synths and drum machines.

(cover) goldfrapp - ocean

Covering Goldfrapp's "Ocean" (2017) with MPC 3, Solar 42F, and a pair of wayward Microfreaks. Used without permission 💖

microtonal noise drone and guitar synth

Getting lost in or near the droan zoan with Torso T-1, Solar 42F, MPC pads, and Boss GK-5 divided pickup.

dirty droning

uptempo, downtempo, all aroundtempo

a noise odyssey

midday noise drone

low-key droans and toans

you can just let it ride on open E all day, nobody will stop you

squeaky toy

It's squeaky

acid pants

Oddstep Drone

Oddly staggered beat with ominous droning.

boom boom acid drone

trancelike state

Noisy and chaotic tonight, but sometimes life is just noisy and chaotic.

slow psyhouse

Slow and easy going live performance.

new gear learning experience

Learning what I can do, and learning what I can't do.

uptempo jam

generative dronetempo

Getting to know the Torso T-1 algorithmic sequencer, slowly

i'm dropping acid

let's make techno