Techno Collaboration
A few years ago I met a fellow named Stashuk (Stan Shatkin) by answering his ad in Craigslist for a singer to sing on some of his techno tracks. Well if you know my music at all you might have noticed that I create some eclectic tunes and so working on an electronic project was perfect.
So I met with Stan and his partner Travis Lemmons in New York City at a rehearsal room one night. They are real cool guys that are serious about music. They have a Website essentialwave.com where you can see that they team up with a bunch of other djs to create tunes and jam out parties.
Creation of the Song “Silk”
After a time Stan and Travis gave me a CD of a song they called “Digital Illusion” and asked if I would make up some lyrics and sing over them, as well as play some guitar. Well, my daughter had just written her first poem about the ocean and I loved it so I added and adjusted it a bit and used it as lyrics.
Then we did a recording session and what came out of it was a track called “Silk”! If you have not already you can download the song at my home page. Stan also released the instrumental version, still called Digital Illusion, on his CD you can check out at CD Baby here.
Techno MP3 Music Download
Well the whole point here is to uncover a new free MP3 track that you can download. So I got in touch with Stan to see what he was up to and if he had any good techno tunes to offer. After going through a bunch I really liked he gave me permission to post “Sunset in Paradise”. This track has a punchy driving beat, swirling melodic theme and moody breakdowns. I love the combination of the ethereal synth with the full pulsing beat.
Download: SunsetinParadise.MP3 (Not licensed under creative commons, for personal downloading, contact artist for more information)
Artist: Stashuk
Website: www.myspace.com/digitalsouls
Buy CD: http://cdbaby.com/cd/stashuk
You can contact Stashuk through myspace or stashuk [at] yahoo.com if you want to put his song in a podcast, video, or any kind of commercial project. I hope you enjoy it.
Peace, Dan
