Steve Pordon's Music

Page updated 2023.06.29

Unless otherwise indicated, all music here is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License ( ). Fuck insane copyright laws. All original music is released to the public domain 14 years after release (not including remixes). If there is no exact date, round down to the nearest month or year.

Table sort code courtesy of http://www.kryogenix.org/code/browser/sorttable/.

How to get in touch with me: Don't. Email listed in old mp3s has been disabled.

Name Date Notes

Creation Is Destruction (cc) 2019.12.07 Electronica. 100 BPM. Em.

The End of Time (cc) 2017.05.06 Electronica. 120bpm. Samples from The Time Machine (1960), Doctor Who: Unearthly Child, Point of Return, and Bronte's "Remembrance," read for Librivox by Kristin Hughes (REST IN PEACE).

Happy Birthday (cc) 2016.02.05 Acoustic. 130bpm. DMaj.

Mother's Day (cc) 2016.01.26 Acoustic. 160BPM. Am.

The Calm Before the Storm (cc) 2016.01.19 Metal. v1.1. Fixed some bad timing issues. 206 BPM. E Phrygian mode.

untitled20150811 (cc) 2015.09.05 Metal. 180 bpm. E Phrygian modulating to Em. Title refers to the date written, not recorded & mixed.

Forge (cc) 2015.08.25 Electronica. 100 BPM. Samples from Clark Ashton Smith's "The Star-Treader," read by MaryAnn Spiegel for Librivox.

Business As Usual (cc) 2015.07.10 Electronica. 170 BPM.

Pyaari 2014 (cc) 2014.07.31 Electronica. 110BPM. Cm

183 (cc) 2014.06.22 Electronica. 105 BPM. G Phrygian mode.

Sundevil (cc) 2014.04.15 Electronica. 175BPM. Eb Phyrigian mode.

Awkward Boehner album - Discontent (Poison Idea cover)
(© original artist) 2014.02.05 Metal/hardcore.

Awkward Boehner album - Atom Bomb (Turbonegro cover)
(© original artist) 2014.02.05 Rock.

Awkward Boehner album - Culte Des Mortes (Cerebral Fix cover)
(© original artist) 2014.02.05 Metal. Remastered, new bassline.

Awkward Boehner album - Hellnation (Dead Kennedys cover)
(© original artist) 2014.02.05 Punk/Hardcore.

Hope Springs Eternal 2013.10.21 Hope will be released when I'm ready to die.

Forgotten (cc) 2013.09.19 Electronica. 123 BPM. E Locrian mode.

Bootstrapped (cc) 2013.09.19 Electronica. 126.187 BPM. Bm modulating to B Phrygian mode.

QKD (cc) 2013.09.12 Electronica. 130BPM. Dm modulating to A Locrian mode.

Blind Rage (cc) 2013.09.02 Electronica. 156BPM. C Phrygian mode.

Embers to Ashes (cc) 2013.05.27 Electronica. 156 BPM. E Phrygian mode. Samples from various PD sources.

East End Girls (cc) 2013.05.20 Electronica. 112 BPM. Cm. Samples from a couple of PD movies.

Dead Voices (cc) 2013.04.29 Electronica. 128 BPM, E Phrygian mode. I know the Judica-Cordiglia recordings were hoaxes, but they're still fucking creepy.

BEM (cc) 2013.04.23 Electronica. 182BPM. D Phrygian mode. Samples from various PD movies, courtesy of Loopmasters. Late addition: I just realized I missed a referential opportunity in the ID3 by using Oppy instead of Einstein. Well, there it is. Enjoy.

Interlude: Eat a Bag of Dicks (cc) 2013.04.01 Electronica. 155 BPM. Am. Custom VST synth.

The Worship of the Whip (cc) 2013.03.25 Electronica. 150BPM. Em modulating to E Phrygian mode. Samples from A Word to the Wives, Perversion for Profit and Shake Hands with Danger (available on archive.org)

Next Phase (cc) 2013.03.19 Electronica. 100bpm. Cm. Samples taken from the public domain films Out of This World and Always Tomorrow (available on archive.org), and Dr. Ian Spielman.

Despair (cc) 2013.03.05 Electronica. 144BPM. F# Phrygian modulating to B harmonic minor. Samples include Kristin Hughes reading from "Ozymandias" by Percy Bysshe Shelley (Librivox).

From Their Cold, Dead Hands (cc) 2013.02.12 Electronica. 133bpm. Cm. Created with FL Studio 10 and CuBase. Samples are from LibriVox: Henry Frigon reading from "Beowulf" and Kristin Hughes reading from "Drunk" (D.H. Lawrence), "Jabberwocky" (Lewis Carroll), "The Tiger" (William Blake), and The Kraken (Alfred, Lord Tennyson).

Daft Punk - End of Line (Steve Pordon remix)
(© original artist) 2012.12.02 Electronica. A proper remix for once (sort of)...

The Art of War (cc) 2012.10.24 Electronica. 140bpm. C Phrygian mode. FL Studio Pro and Cubase. Thanks to Paul Sze and LibriVox for the PD samples; see http://archive.org/details/art_war_ps_librivox for more.

Frenetic (cc) 2012.10.18 Electronica. 160bpm. Ab minor. Created with FL Studio 10 and CuBase.

Lisa DeBenedictis - Crooked Mile (Steve Pordon remix).mp3
(© original artist) 2012.04.03 Electronica. 90 bpm. Created with FL Studio, CuBase and vocals from Lisa DeBenedictis.

Imprinted (cc) 2011.04.12 Electronica. "Imprint" remix. Cm. Created with FL Studio Pro and CuBase.

Lacrimae Draconis (Kailasicz)
(© can't use 42+-year-old movie samples legally) 2011.01.20 Electronica. 120 BPM. C Phrygian mode. This is actually a very old song that I finally got around to finishing. It needed a lot of polish and rearranging as well, but I'm happy with the end result. Samples from Excalibur.

Little Dragon - Blinking Pigs (Steve Pordon remix)
(© original artist) 2009.12.13 Electronica. My entry to the Filter magazine remix contest.

Imprint (public domain) 2009.07.19 Electronica. 136 BPM. Cm. Created with FL Studio Pro and CuBase. Samples from the following public domain films: Radiological Defense (1961), The Atom Strikes (1945), and archive.org's newsreel films from 1946.06.06 and 1947.10.20.

PreEmpt
(© can't use 33+-year-old movie samples legally) 2009.06.10 Electronica. 138 BPM. D Phrygian mode. Samples from Hunt for Red October, The Prophecy and Planet of the Apes. Made with FL Studio Pro 8.0 and CuBase SX 3.

Pulseman (Stereo Superhero mix)
(© original artist) 2007.07.10 Electronica. My take on the "Stereo Protect" music from the Genesis game Pulseman, using voice samples from the game. 150 BPM. Created with Impulse Tracker 3.12 and Cool Edit Pro.

Father's Day (public domain) 2007.06.13 Electronica. 155bpm. G Harmonic minor. Created with FL Studio 7. The sample is my son, Dustin, from when he was 2.

Assemblage 23 - Binary (Steve Pordon remix)
(© original artist) 2007.05.11 Electronica. 140bpm. Created with FL Studio 7. This is a remix of Assemblage 23's new single off of the great Meta album. Vocals are (c) A23/Tom Shear.

Assemblage 23 - Binary (Club Dalek mix)
(© original artist) 2007.05.11 Electronica. 140 BPM. Created with FL Studio and Adobe Audition. Same song as the one below, with samples (NOT cleared by BBC--please don't sue me) and overcompressed for club play.

Lisa DeBenedictis - Cuckoo (Steve Pordon remix)
(© original artist) 2007.05.01 Electronica. 156 bpm. Created with FL Studio, Adobe Audition and vocals from Lisa DeBenedictis.

Metro (Berlin cover)
(© original artist) 2007.02.04 Electronica. v1.01. 210 BPM. Made with FL Studio.

Conjure One - Face the Music (Steve Pordon remix)
(© original artist) 2006.09.28 Electronica. 140 bpm. Created with FL Studio and Audition 2.

Chrono Trigger (Long Lost Sister mix)
(© original artist) 2006.02.02 Electronica. 135 BPM. Recorded with FL Studio and Adobe Audition.

(C8)(H10)(N4)(O2) (public domain) 2006.01.07 Electronica. 140 BPM. Fm. No loops of any kind. Created with FL Studio and Adobe Audition.

Beastie Boys - Car Thief (Steve Pordon's Cheeba City remix)
(© original artist) 2005.12.03 Electronica. 115 BPM. Created with FL Studio and Adobe Audition.

Disconnect (Voice of an Angel mix) (public domain) 2004.07.20 Electronica. 100 BPM. CMaj. Created with FL Studio and Adobe Audition.

Crash (public domain) 2004 Electronica. 140 BPM. C Phrygian mode. Created with FL Studio and Cool Edit Pro. I spent a lot more time than usual in mastering this song, and I hope it shows. The title is a metaphor with more than one meaning, as explained through the movie samples. For the record, I think UFO conspiracy theorists are kooks, but you can't beat that sample.

FF6--Mystic Forest (Back to the Roots mix)
(© original artist) 2003.10.28 Acoustic. "Back to the Roots" because all my songs used to be in this format: 2 acoustic guitars with a distorted lead, no drums, no bass.

AE-35 (public domain) 2003.09.07 Electronica. 125 BPM. Gb Lydian mode. Created with FL Studio, Absynth, RCG Audio Pentagon, and Cool Edit Pro. Samples from various movies including 2001, Strange Days, The Shining, and The Prophecy (?). Personal rating: 10/10. Everything in this song sounds exactly like I wanted it to.

Neural Net (public domain) 2003.08.09 Electronica. 10^10 nodes. 135 BPM. C Locrian mode. Personal rating: 10/10. I'm especially proud of the drum programming here.

Main Sequence (public domain) 2003 Electronica. Created with FL Studio and Cool Edit Pro. 120 BPM. C Mixolydian mode. Personal rating: 10/10. No complaints.

Silent Hill 2 - True (It's Gone Now mix)
(© original artist) 2002 Rock. The title is a response to the Wingless' excellent "There Was a Hole Here" remix. 155 BPM. v1.01 (remastered). Created with Fruityloops and Cool Edit Pro.

Long Pig (public domain) 2002 Electronica. Soylent Green. It's what's for dinner. 140 BPM. Personal rating: 7.5/10. I had fun with the samples and drum programming, but this is too repetitive.

Silent Hill - Static Aversion (Children of the
Monkey Machine and Steve Pordon)
(© original artist) 2001 Ambient/metal. OCRemix Release version. 126kbit VBR. http://silenthillbbs.dyndns.org/cotmm/ and http://ocremix.org

Name	Date	Notes
Creation Is Destruction (cc)	2019.12.07	Electronica. 100 BPM. Em.
The End of Time (cc)	2017.05.06	Electronica. 120bpm. Samples from The Time Machine (1960), Doctor Who: Unearthly Child, Point of Return, and Bronte's "Remembrance," read for Librivox by Kristin Hughes (REST IN PEACE).
Happy Birthday (cc)	2016.02.05	Acoustic. 130bpm. DMaj.
Mother's Day (cc)	2016.01.26	Acoustic. 160BPM. Am.
The Calm Before the Storm (cc)	2016.01.19	Metal. v1.1. Fixed some bad timing issues. 206 BPM. E Phrygian mode.
untitled20150811 (cc)	2015.09.05	Metal. 180 bpm. E Phrygian modulating to Em. Title refers to the date written, not recorded & mixed.
Forge (cc)	2015.08.25	Electronica. 100 BPM. Samples from Clark Ashton Smith's "The Star-Treader," read by MaryAnn Spiegel for Librivox.
Business As Usual (cc)	2015.07.10	Electronica. 170 BPM.
Pyaari 2014 (cc)	2014.07.31	Electronica. 110BPM. Cm
183 (cc)	2014.06.22	Electronica. 105 BPM. G Phrygian mode.
Sundevil (cc)	2014.04.15	Electronica. 175BPM. Eb Phyrigian mode.
Awkward Boehner album - Discontent (Poison Idea cover) (© original artist)	2014.02.05	Metal/hardcore.
Awkward Boehner album - Atom Bomb (Turbonegro cover) (© original artist)	2014.02.05	Rock.
Awkward Boehner album - Culte Des Mortes (Cerebral Fix cover) (© original artist)	2014.02.05	Metal. Remastered, new bassline.
Awkward Boehner album - Hellnation (Dead Kennedys cover) (© original artist)	2014.02.05	Punk/Hardcore.
Hope Springs Eternal	2013.10.21	Hope will be released when I'm ready to die.
Forgotten (cc)	2013.09.19	Electronica. 123 BPM. E Locrian mode.
Bootstrapped (cc)	2013.09.19	Electronica. 126.187 BPM. Bm modulating to B Phrygian mode.
QKD (cc)	2013.09.12	Electronica. 130BPM. Dm modulating to A Locrian mode.
Blind Rage (cc)	2013.09.02	Electronica. 156BPM. C Phrygian mode.
Embers to Ashes (cc)	2013.05.27	Electronica. 156 BPM. E Phrygian mode. Samples from various PD sources.
East End Girls (cc)	2013.05.20	Electronica. 112 BPM. Cm. Samples from a couple of PD movies.
Dead Voices (cc)	2013.04.29	Electronica. 128 BPM, E Phrygian mode. I know the Judica-Cordiglia recordings were hoaxes, but they're still fucking creepy.
BEM (cc)	2013.04.23	Electronica. 182BPM. D Phrygian mode. Samples from various PD movies, courtesy of Loopmasters. Late addition: I just realized I missed a referential opportunity in the ID3 by using Oppy instead of Einstein. Well, there it is. Enjoy.
Interlude: Eat a Bag of Dicks (cc)	2013.04.01	Electronica. 155 BPM. Am. Custom VST synth.
The Worship of the Whip (cc)	2013.03.25	Electronica. 150BPM. Em modulating to E Phrygian mode. Samples from A Word to the Wives, Perversion for Profit and Shake Hands with Danger (available on archive.org)
Next Phase (cc)	2013.03.19	Electronica. 100bpm. Cm. Samples taken from the public domain films Out of This World and Always Tomorrow (available on archive.org), and Dr. Ian Spielman.
Despair (cc)	2013.03.05	Electronica. 144BPM. F# Phrygian modulating to B harmonic minor. Samples include Kristin Hughes reading from "Ozymandias" by Percy Bysshe Shelley (Librivox).
From Their Cold, Dead Hands (cc)	2013.02.12	Electronica. 133bpm. Cm. Created with FL Studio 10 and CuBase. Samples are from LibriVox: Henry Frigon reading from "Beowulf" and Kristin Hughes reading from "Drunk" (D.H. Lawrence), "Jabberwocky" (Lewis Carroll), "The Tiger" (William Blake), and The Kraken (Alfred, Lord Tennyson).
Daft Punk - End of Line (Steve Pordon remix) (© original artist)	2012.12.02	Electronica. A proper remix for once (sort of)...
The Art of War (cc)	2012.10.24	Electronica. 140bpm. C Phrygian mode. FL Studio Pro and Cubase. Thanks to Paul Sze and LibriVox for the PD samples; see http://archive.org/details/art_war_ps_librivox for more.
Frenetic (cc)	2012.10.18	Electronica. 160bpm. Ab minor. Created with FL Studio 10 and CuBase.
Lisa DeBenedictis - Crooked Mile (Steve Pordon remix).mp3 (© original artist)	2012.04.03	Electronica. 90 bpm. Created with FL Studio, CuBase and vocals from Lisa DeBenedictis.
Imprinted (cc)	2011.04.12	Electronica. "Imprint" remix. Cm. Created with FL Studio Pro and CuBase.
Lacrimae Draconis (Kailasicz) (© can't use 42+-year-old movie samples legally)	2011.01.20	Electronica. 120 BPM. C Phrygian mode. This is actually a very old song that I finally got around to finishing. It needed a lot of polish and rearranging as well, but I'm happy with the end result. Samples from Excalibur.
Little Dragon - Blinking Pigs (Steve Pordon remix) (© original artist)	2009.12.13	Electronica. My entry to the Filter magazine remix contest.
Imprint (public domain)	2009.07.19	Electronica. 136 BPM. Cm. Created with FL Studio Pro and CuBase. Samples from the following public domain films: Radiological Defense (1961), The Atom Strikes (1945), and archive.org's newsreel films from 1946.06.06 and 1947.10.20.
PreEmpt (© can't use 33+-year-old movie samples legally)	2009.06.10	Electronica. 138 BPM. D Phrygian mode. Samples from Hunt for Red October, The Prophecy and Planet of the Apes. Made with FL Studio Pro 8.0 and CuBase SX 3.
Pulseman (Stereo Superhero mix) (© original artist)	2007.07.10	Electronica. My take on the "Stereo Protect" music from the Genesis game Pulseman, using voice samples from the game. 150 BPM. Created with Impulse Tracker 3.12 and Cool Edit Pro.
Father's Day (public domain)	2007.06.13	Electronica. 155bpm. G Harmonic minor. Created with FL Studio 7. The sample is my son, Dustin, from when he was 2.
Assemblage 23 - Binary (Steve Pordon remix) (© original artist)	2007.05.11	Electronica. 140bpm. Created with FL Studio 7. This is a remix of Assemblage 23's new single off of the great Meta album. Vocals are (c) A23/Tom Shear.
Assemblage 23 - Binary (Club Dalek mix) (© original artist)	2007.05.11	Electronica. 140 BPM. Created with FL Studio and Adobe Audition. Same song as the one below, with samples (NOT cleared by BBC--please don't sue me) and overcompressed for club play.
Lisa DeBenedictis - Cuckoo (Steve Pordon remix) (© original artist)	2007.05.01	Electronica. 156 bpm. Created with FL Studio, Adobe Audition and vocals from Lisa DeBenedictis.
Metro (Berlin cover) (© original artist)	2007.02.04	Electronica. v1.01. 210 BPM. Made with FL Studio.
Conjure One - Face the Music (Steve Pordon remix) (© original artist)	2006.09.28	Electronica. 140 bpm. Created with FL Studio and Audition 2.
Chrono Trigger (Long Lost Sister mix) (© original artist)	2006.02.02	Electronica. 135 BPM. Recorded with FL Studio and Adobe Audition.
(C8)(H10)(N4)(O2) (public domain)	2006.01.07	Electronica. 140 BPM. Fm. No loops of any kind. Created with FL Studio and Adobe Audition.
Beastie Boys - Car Thief (Steve Pordon's Cheeba City remix) (© original artist)	2005.12.03	Electronica. 115 BPM. Created with FL Studio and Adobe Audition.
Disconnect (Voice of an Angel mix) (public domain)	2004.07.20	Electronica. 100 BPM. CMaj. Created with FL Studio and Adobe Audition.
Crash (public domain)	2004	Electronica. 140 BPM. C Phrygian mode. Created with FL Studio and Cool Edit Pro. I spent a lot more time than usual in mastering this song, and I hope it shows. The title is a metaphor with more than one meaning, as explained through the movie samples. For the record, I think UFO conspiracy theorists are kooks, but you can't beat that sample.
FF6--Mystic Forest (Back to the Roots mix) (© original artist)	2003.10.28	Acoustic. "Back to the Roots" because all my songs used to be in this format: 2 acoustic guitars with a distorted lead, no drums, no bass.
AE-35 (public domain)	2003.09.07	Electronica. 125 BPM. Gb Lydian mode. Created with FL Studio, Absynth, RCG Audio Pentagon, and Cool Edit Pro. Samples from various movies including 2001, Strange Days, The Shining, and The Prophecy (?). Personal rating: 10/10. Everything in this song sounds exactly like I wanted it to.
Neural Net (public domain)	2003.08.09	Electronica. 10^10 nodes. 135 BPM. C Locrian mode. Personal rating: 10/10. I'm especially proud of the drum programming here.
Main Sequence (public domain)	2003	Electronica. Created with FL Studio and Cool Edit Pro. 120 BPM. C Mixolydian mode. Personal rating: 10/10. No complaints.
Silent Hill 2 - True (It's Gone Now mix) (© original artist)	2002	Rock. The title is a response to the Wingless' excellent "There Was a Hole Here" remix. 155 BPM. v1.01 (remastered). Created with Fruityloops and Cool Edit Pro.
Long Pig (public domain)	2002	Electronica. Soylent Green. It's what's for dinner. 140 BPM. Personal rating: 7.5/10. I had fun with the samples and drum programming, but this is too repetitive.
Silent Hill - Static Aversion (Children of the Monkey Machine and Steve Pordon) (© original artist)	2001	Ambient/metal. OCRemix Release version. 126kbit VBR. http://silenthillbbs.dyndns.org/cotmm/ and http://ocremix.org