Soul/funk: “Of Wars and Winds”

This track I coproduced with Zeoy won a funk-themed  contest on KVR Audio back in April 08. I like it a lot, although it perhaps more soul than funk.

Of Wars and Winds

Hip-hop instrumental: “License to Beat”

Here’s a hip hop instrumental I did a while ago. Here to test a new mp3 plugin on this site.

License to Beat (I know…)

License to Beat

SynthFunkatero EP – Previews

… on my Myspage page.
http://myspace.com/vimcortez

The previews are a bit short, will upload longer ones in the next few days.

Hope you enjoy. Still hesitating whether to release this independently or look for a label.

World/soundtrack: “Spontaneous Generation”

Over at KVR some friends unearthed a thread I started about a year ago about a tune of mine I called Spontaneous Generation. I kind of like it even if I never really finished it. Hope you enjoy it.

Spontaneous Generation

Video game soundtrack: “Attack on Base 9″

A short retro vgame theme I composed to show what I can do for video games soundtracks. It is licenseable and expandable.

Attack on Base 9

Image by Don Solo

Vietnamese New Year show

The Vietnamese New Year show (Tet 09, in short) for which I scored the music was performed again in Bourg la Reine, a town South of Paris, and there’s a bunch of great photos here.

Here’s one for instance:

Kim, a juggler among dancers

Here are photos of rehearsals for the Vietnamese New Year show I wrote music for:

Kim is a talented juggler. I wrote a track for his juggling sequence.

The stage of the UNESCO auditorium

Onstage.

The whole troop.

More to come soon.

My music played at UNESCO headquarters

Last Saturday the Vietnamese community in Paris celebrated the New Year (Buffalo this year) with music, dance and general revelry, at the UNESCO headquarters here in Paris.

Like last year I was lucky enough to make music for a part of the program, a dance show that told the story of a Vietnamese village confronted with flooding. This part of the show lasted 14 minutes and I composed and recorded four tracks. I’ll soon post some extracts as well as photos and/or videos when they surface.

It is actually still a work in progress and the final version will last 30 minutes and be presented in 2010 at the Huê summer arts festival.  Last summer already the dancers went to Huê and presented a show for which I had written music in collaboration with my friend Nodey.

Stay tuned for extracts and pictures!

Electro/ experimental: “Kish”

I did this track with the extremely talented producer Jazzyspoon.Kish – Jazzyspoon feat. Vim Cortez I’m looking forward to the right opportunity to do more music like this with Jazzyspoon.

I made a “video clip” of sorts with a Winamp vizualization only so I could post it on youtube. This song deserves a real video though!
Kish- Jazzyspoon feat. Vim Cortez

Hip hop: “That’s Cool – Delario remix”

I came second in a remix contest with this track. Guess the bass and drums could sound fatter. Might give it another go someday soon.

Delario – That's Cool Vim Cortez remix