Kiana Li

VISION Radio Extended Interview (with Dave Jenkins)

Recorded after VISION Radio S4E08. Listen to my selections here:
visionrecordings.nl/radio

...Where we discussed fu...

gyrofield BBC Radio 1 Drum and Bass Mix

Aired on the evening of 10th February 2024. A look into industrial yet humanistic productions in drum and bass, mostly my own. Up for streaming for two months on the BBC Website.

2024-02-13 16:23:16 +0000 UTC View Post

gyrofield Patreon Hangout #14

update: postponed the session today the 15th as i am unwell. apologize for the late notice.

Hey all! I hope you're well and good. I'll be taking a bit of time out of a busy month t...

gyrofield Patreon Feb '24 Samples

Hi all, just sending you the next installment of samples before a very busy month of gigs!

This installment sources ideas close to my current interests and creative output which have been mor...

Timid Rhythm (A Faint Glow of Bravery Demo)

As discussed in my 2-hour overview of 'A Faint Glow of Bravery'. 

This is a track highly influenced by the deconstructed forms of James Blake, Airhead, Ploy, Mount Kimbie, and many such ...

Folklore (A Faint Glow of Bravery Demo)

Hi, with this month's exclusive tracks I wanted to show an alternate vision of my latest record, 'A Faint Glow of Bravery'. This track was an instrumental that was meant to go under a vocal, with a...

A Faint Glow of Bravery (Abridged overview)

"... a rekindling of passion - of what remained after drum and bass."

I've decided to put up for public viewing 45-or-so minutes of a 130-minute epic detailing but only scratching the surface...

'A Faint Glow of Bravery' - an overview (pt. 2)

"... a rekindling of passion - of what remained after drum and bass..."

For the second half of this two-hour-epic hosted on my discord server, I delve into the remaining tracks of the record ...

'A Faint Glow of Bravery' - an overview (pt. 1)

"... this EP was a long journey for me to find something less "describable" and less conventional in terms of emotional meaning. Drum and bass is a genre with so much intensity and energy but it's ...

'A Faint Glow of Bravery' - Release Hangout!

Very pleased to set into the world my next milestone record. The "Faint Glow of Bravery" to me is the ability to challenge my emotional capacity, to guide myself through troubling and uncertain sta...

gyrofield Patreon January '24 Samples

With a few days' delay here they are, happy new year!

I had some time to think about the samples I've done over the past 18 months, particularly the breaks as they are to me most usable and m...

Sinew (Patreon Exclusive)

Another rare cut straight from my DAW with this piece surrounded in bass weight and techno-mystical animism. 'Sinew' feels like a great compliment to brutal winter nights and hazy states of mind sp...

Notice for Producer+ Tier supporters

Hi, tomorrow we'll launch into the 3rd operating year of this Patreon, which is a big milestone for someone who's been delivering monthly exclusives for the entire time. 

I've unfortunat...

gyrofield @ On The Record (Full 90 min mix)

Hey all! I'm now picking up from where I left off at the start of the month after my visit to Hong Kong - many many thanks to all my friends, peers and family whom I spent time with!

Let's fi...

Disclosure - Boss (gyrofield's Space Electro Mix)

Something sweet and musical for the end of the year! 

I've given the Chicago-House-tinged original by Disclosure a classic sci-fi inspired rework, taking only the chords and vocal hook f...

gyrofield Patreon Dec '23 Samples

This installment of samples includes Patches & Example synthlines from my last Patreon tutorial session...

Most of these samples were created with singular serum patches! Various colors a...

Two gyrofield tracks landing on Bandcamp this Friday!

It's been a long while since I've released music officially, and this was grounds for a lot of re-evaluating, a lot of planning, but in the end all work I'm deciding to do for myself.

I wante...

(ARCHIVED) Synthworks - recorded Nov 2023.

Following hot off the heels of the previous "masterclass" on drums, this time we look to individual synth patches: monophonic vs polyphonic expression, synthesis, articulation, onboard and post-pro...

gyrofield Patreon Tutorial #12 - Synthworks

Streamed live & recorded 17th Nov, 9pm GMT. 4pm ET. 8am AEDT.
Join via my Patreon discord here.
2023-11-09 16:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post

gyrofield - Never Before After (Track Drop)

Hi all. This month I'm offering a track I've been meaning to share with you all for a long time.

'Never Before After' revolves around synthwork diving in and out of reverb, noise and interfer...

gyrofield Patreon November '23 Samples

Hi all! Couple things to note here with these new samples. I'm currently compiling a best-of pack of samples from June 2022 onwards, ready to be released at the end of the year. It's currently look...

Drumworks - A Deep Dive Into Drum Programming (pt. 2-3)

music taken from CamelPhat 'Cola (ft. Elderbrook) (gyrofield's Distant Relationships Mix),
and gyrofield 'Antiprojection' (Unreleased).  
Tutorial session recorded 27th Oct 2023.

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Drumworks - A Deep Dive Into Drum Programming (pt. 1)

music taken from gyrofield 'Bohr' (Unreleased) . Tutorial session recorded 27th Oct 2023.

- Processing Breaks from processed samples
- Crafting Breaks from scratch
- Breakbeat samples...

gyrofield Patreon Tutorial Session #11 - Drumworks

Save the date. 27th October, 10pm CET, 4pm ET, 7am AEDT.

Join via the Patreon discord here: (also a public server) 2023-10-23 14:38:24 +0000 UTC View Post

Harvard Referencing (An Influences Playlist)

Some music for you all this week. I spent a summer diving deep into hip hop, electro, house and techno and it has pushed me to explore different dynamics in my usual stomping grounds of Jungle and ...

A Statement (and what this means for you)

Trigger warning: sexual assault

It pains me to have to deliver this message to you, having heard it enough from fellow non-men in the scene. I also hope not to be preaching to the choir.

gyrofield Patreon Oct '23 Samples

In this month of samples created from August to September I honed in on noise and amplifying the noisy character of sounds... I focused on intentional and simple use of compressors, comb filters, l...

Cola (Distant Relationships Mix) (Track Drop)

See how she looks for trouble...
See how she dances and,
She sips a Coca-Cola,
She can't tell the difference yet.

This tune was one of the first big club tunes I re...

Housekeeping post...

Video content collection - now visible to all tiers.
https://www.patreon.com/collection/98674

Archived con...

Oligarch - Track Breakdown (Stream Recording)

The devil is in the details... 57-minute session detailing the composite process of building up the main ideas, writing the keyboard parts with intent and restraint, bass design and mixing, transie...