Category: HaunTiki Base

  • Progress of Carousel

    Progress of Carousel

    Snakes is near to a finished music album. I’m happy to call it an album, not a game, which is where I hoped to be by studiously avoiding making a music album. Following the rules of theme parks stopped me from obscenities like ‘sides’, ‘tracks’ and linear listening. But now I can point out moments…

  • Carousel of Progress

    Carousel of Progress

    If you’re working on something unusual, it’s unusual to get much help or feedback. So you must critique your own work. I’m a harsh critic, and being forced to sit in a hospital waiting room made me even more cranky (nothing too serious just waiting on a friend’s scans). Today I decided to kick the…

  • The sounds of the haunt

    The sounds of the haunt

    Having set out a few goals and identified early influences and previous attempts it’s time for some actual work. What is the basis of hauntiki sound? It’s easy to name check and call out influences – but that’s a inventory, not creation. Leave that for the musicologists. First look is rather vague A basic first…

  • That’s not a curio…

    That’s not a curio…

    “something (such as a decorative object) considered novel, rare, or bizarre“ Look online for ‘curio’ and you’ll be drowned in ditsy little wooden cabinets with a smattering of cut glass flutes and white porcelain gravy boats. Are you fucking kidding me? The only interesting thing about this is the sound it would make if thrown…