Started mixing Kore

Started mixing the new evil creation by Coenurus, entitled “Kore“, for which I also recorded drums in 2014. The final production of this intricate full-length psychadelic progressive-rock album, featuring 16 new tracks, will probably be finished in about two months or so.

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Aperçus by Ray Kosmick released

Aperçus, a full-length instrumental soundtrack album by Borut Praper, a.k.a. Ray Kosmick, has just been released. Most of the tracks on this album were written for the Survarium Music Contest, opened by Vostok Games, which called on the game community to produce music for the massive multiplayer shooter Survarium. The…

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New Ray Kosmick track

Here’s a new Ray Kosmick track, entitled Backyard Barry se requiere receta para comprar viagra. I’ve decided to record a couple more and release them, together with all of my original contributions for the Survarium Music Contest, on a digital album entitled Aperçus (just stumbled upon the fancy French-origin word…

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Headphones!

The Sennheiser headphones I had won for the winning track at the Survarium Music Contest arrived from Ukraine a few days ago: Very nice and in the nick of time, too, as the ones I’ve been using at home are totally wrecked.

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Caveman released!

Yesterday “Caveman” released a self-titled extended EP, making it available as a free download on Bandcamp, Jamendo, and SoundCloud. “Caveman”, based in Berlin, is a collaboration between the German singer-songwriter Carlos Kolmer, Slovenian producer and multi-instrumentalist Borut Praper, and Slovenian singer Monika Fritz. The project began soon after Monika and…

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Mastered 6 “Caveman” tracks

Just mastered six tracks for the project Caveman, a collaboration between the German singer-songwriter Carlos Kolmer and myself. Credits: – Carlos Kolmer: music, lyrics, arrangement, acoustic and electric guitar, keyboards, lead vocals, co-production – Monika Fritz: backing vocals – Borut Praper: co-arrangement, drums, percussion, bass, keyboards, additional electric guitar, EBow…

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Won the Survarium Music Contest

Great news – at least for me, ha! By some miracle I actually won the Survarium Music Contest, which I’ve entered recently by submitting several tracks under my “Ray Kosmick” moniker. The Survarium Music Contest was opened by Vostok Games, calling on the game community to produce music for the…

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Coenurus – drum sessions done

Phew, finally finished recording & editing drums for the upcoming Coenurus album – about a dozen tracks, many of them very intricate and more than a little “peculiar” 🙂 Well, just in time for 2015, too! Now Rich – who’s actually “Coenurus“, I’m just contributing the drums – will take…

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Survarium – final track

The following track is my final contribution to the Survarium Music Contest. It is the result of an interesting collaboration with a Slovak composer and producer Alyctro. TRACK CREDITS: Alex Turčáni (Alyctro): original idea, music, production, graphics; guitar, bass Borut Praper (Ray Kosmick): arrangement, production, mix, mastering; drums, keyboards, additional…

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