Audible Amelioration is a collective of 3 producers and selective MC's. It was a test project of beat makers using contacts and links to see how far it could be taken, with features of selective MC's purely for the love of Hiphop and to create something to put back out on the net as a free download project.

The main feature was MC Coherent Motion from the U.S, which then also expanded with certain tracks to other links and features along the way. These also include, Bigg Jus (Company Flow), Farma G (Taskforce), Brad Strut (Lyrical Commission), Billy Butler Yeates & DJ Para.

All beats and instrumentals were created by OudiousDin, long time friend and beat maker Relent & Abject Theory (my own alias).

Its mostly an underground project by nature although some tracks are a little less underground in style with also some experimental ideas thrown in to keep it varied. Overall we came out with a decent enough package of tracks to distribute online through various forums & sites, with some great feedback and with many forums and Hiphop blogs featuring the E.P.

In late 2008 I was approached by The Kulucci March to help with mastering and arrangement ideas for there initial studio demos. This expanded into adding extra musical elements introduced to chorus and verse sections. These initial demos updated and mastered were places on the bands myspace page.

In early 2009 I stood in with some studio rehearsals to listen to the new works in progress and get a feel for the new material to see what could be added or changed.

Also within this time the boys setup a self promoted night "Boys On Film" with local bands featuring The Alfonz, and Jon Trowbridge Band to name but a few. I was brought into the night to engineer the gig and also help set things up to record the audio live, plus video of the night was captured in order to create video footage of the bands for online use and promotion.

The end results have been uploaded for viewing at the Kulucci March Youtube page with 2 songs from their set (credits of who were involved that night can be read in the details section - a big thanks to all). I also took some time to capture many studio shots and live stills for promotion, all can be viewed on their site and also in the web design section.

After the event the boys went back into rehearse new material ready for professional recording at Sonic One studios. Those sessions were tripped down to 3 of the strongest tracks and I was brought in a gain to help arrangement tweaks and changes. Changes were sequence arrangements, some post production with percussion additions, strings, violin, hammond organ and synth sections in certain areas.

The final tracks from the studio session were Lonely Man, Small Town Run Around & Pressure. One of which got its first radio play on BBC Introducing in July 2009 - Listen HERE.

Finally we transferred some of the arrangement additions and musical elements to be used for the band for live use on stage.

A big thanks to the people I worked with and met throughout this time and the hard work put in by the lads themselves. Good luck in the future, they certainly deserve it.

This was a remix for Radioheads competition of there track Nude from the In-Rainbows album.

I decided to take only a small amount of original material from the track, in this case the vocals and a section of Guitar from one verse.

I wrote extra piano sections throughout the verses and used this as a build for the chorus sections. Also fresh percussion was added and a new bass line. I chose some more glitch/off beat style to work with the tracks mood. In addition I wrote 2 flute parts with extra strings for the chorus parts which I wanted to make more dramatic than the original version.

I also took time out to program a more kaotic section after the first chorus twisting up the track a little to keep things interesting.

It was an enjoyable project to try something different with this and I'm happy with the end result. I wanted to keep in touch with the mood of the vocals/original version while making more of a journey through the track with builds and uplifting elements.

This Era was a track originally created by artist/beat maker and friend Relent, featuring lyrics from Cello and cutz from Para it was recorded for a future project back in 2003 and was shelved for a number of reasons.

It has an interesting theme and coupled with Cello's particular lyrical content it was something I couldn't ignore to try out some ideas.

The tracks theme is based around Anunnaki / Alien / Hybrid / Planet X / Alternate information so i tried something very ritual based using eastern sounds, heavy beats, and tribal percussion. I also used certain effects on the vocal to get a more lower & sinister sound to fit the point of the track. Coupled with ritual chanting and allot of spatial effects to capture a chamber sound it seemed to fit the content of the vocal well.

You can download the remix from this page, which includes an instrumental version plus an original clip of the unreleased track.

A large thanks to Relent giving me the nod to try something new with it, and giving the ok to put it up for free download with older clips. Also a shout to Cello for some interesting word play and good subject matter to work with.

After meeting Jools at a recent event I got to hear his Summer Days album. One particular track that grabbed my attention was Song For Bo. I immediately had ideas for the existing tracks melody and chorus, after approaching Jools with a rough idea he was fine to try things out.

The idea was to enhance the existing track, using addition rhodes to sit with the acoustic guitar. I introduced an up-right piano with strings/violin for the chorus parts. I then leveled out the mix by removing certain high levels in the recording for the acoustic guitar parts.

I also added my own harmonies on both chorus section as it felt right to try to give those areas a bigger feel and more of a lift

The end result can be downloaded from this page, which includes a clip from the original track.

I must give a big thanks for Jools in agreeing on trying things out for this and allowing the final version to be available for free download.