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

Soundtrack/Synth demo: “Last Call for Paris”

Another Zebra OldSkool soundset demo – more like an 80s film soundtrack this time.

Last Call for Paris

Hip hop instrumental: “Gritzophunk”

A short snippet – hip hop beat with a lead sound that’s a bit trancey I guess.

Gritzophunk

Electro/Synth Demmo: “Zebra OldSkool”"

Just a fun little demo I made some months ago for Michael Kastrup’s OldSkool soundset for U-he’s Zebra VSTi. Hardly any mix processing was allowed so it’s a bit raw but there you are.

Zebra Old Skool