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Added separate 808 kick at volume 0.8, velocity 125 — four on the floor layered under the breakbeat. Breakbeat bumped to 0.6, sub bass to 0.7. Bar 33 should now feel like a wall hitting you. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Interpretations
An album of compositions written in Python using pytheory.
Each track is a .py file. Run it to hear it.
Tracks
- Raga Midnight — D Phrygian (Bhairavi), shruti just intonation, 90 BPM. Tabla, sitar, tambura, dhol. Hand-written tabla solo with tihai cadence.
- Culture Clash — D minor, 95 BPM. Didgeridoo drone, Rhodes, tabla with fills, sitar arps, NES Mario theme, Hotline Bling on steel drum, theremin solo, marching snare military finale with DCI cadence. 808 sub bass throughout.
- Chakra — Root to crown frequency activation journey. Shruti tuning at A=432 Hz. Ukulele opening, singing bowls, harmonium, tambura, sitar, theremin. Metric modulation tempo changes (60 → 90 → 108 → 135 BPM) ascending through seven chakras.
- Ghost Protocol — F minor, 128 BPM. Portishead-style dark Rhodes intro with trip-hop beat, morphing into a Strobe-inspired hypnotic build. Saw arp emerges, kick doesn't arrive until bar 49. NES square wave melody at the emotional peak.
- Acid Reign — A minor, 140 BPM. Dual 303 acid bass lines (saw + square) with resonant filter sweeps (Q up to 20). Cajon in cathedral reverb, Rhodes pad, 808 sub. Five hand-written groove patterns.
- Silk Road — D minor, 95 BPM. A caravan picking up musicians along the ancient trade route. Koto solo (China) → sitar + tabla (India) → mandolin + doumbek (Persia) → guitar + cajon (Mediterranean) → all together. Nobody leaves, everyone adds their voice.
- Deep Time — B minor, 40 BPM, just intonation. Ambient drone. Tingsha, rainstick, finger cymbals, singing bowls, didgeridoo, sine drones, harmonium, theremin, choir, cello. 7.5 minutes of deep listening.
- The Interruption — D minor, 85 BPM. A baroque harpsichord and string quartet playing beautifully. Then at bar 33, a drum & bass breakbeat slams in with sub bass and reese. The strings keep playing like nothing happened. The beat dissolves, the quartet wins.
Usage
pip install pytheory
python tracks/raga_midnight.py
License
ISC