Interlude in Static - Charles Chagrin

A Dreampunk noir lounge jazz track in E Locrian, driven by up-tempo, swinging syncopation in 4/4, Features upright bass with a tipsy walking groove, detuned staccato piano, and Moog synth textures layered with eerie found sounds, Baritone vocals cut through, gritty and intoxicating

Noir lounge jazz meets art song in major key that modulates through half diminished chords and flat fifths, Trip hop undertow, Mood: pensive and haunting, Syncopated upright bass, Vibraphone haunting, Muted Rhodes piano, Brushed drums, Mellotron

Style: Cinematic noir with a trip-hop heartbeat, Tempo:74 BPM (A slow, pulsing, anxious heartbeat) Mood:Paranoid, romantic, and deeply unstable, This isn't a meet-cute; it's a dangerous exchange of information between two double agents who might be in love or might be setting each other up, Instrumentation: Upright bass (heavier, more percussive pizzicato), a tight, looped breakbeat with vinyl crackle, muted and murky Fender Rhodes, baritone sax stabs, a ghostly, infinite-reverb electric harp, Vibraphone celesta-like and eerie

Slippery noir-jazz with trip hop undertow modulating via half diminished chords and flat fifths, Tempo: 86bpm, Mood: eerie and pensive, Upright bass walking syncopated, Muted Rhodes piano, Vibraphone haunting, Mellotron, Brushed drums

Paranoid, sultry, urban, cinematic Noir Trip Hop with Acid Jazz textures, 78 BPM (steady trip-hop swing, ) Key: G♯ minor (ambiguous tonality, modal diversions, ) Vocals: Charles Chagrin's male baritone, Drums: Dirty trip-hop breakbeat with vinyl crackle, ghost snares, and light reverb tail, Upright bass, looped and low-pass filtered, with occasional slide into half-diminished or chromatic tones, Mured Fender Rhodes (s ambiguous chord voicings, ) Melody/Leads: Muted trumpet or E♭ clarinet with tape delay, Vibraphone, shimmering and haunting, Moog synthesiser, Ambient stereo samples: distant sirens, analog modem squelch, rain on metal, Shortwave radio or payphone signal tones woven between verses, Female vocal sample (looped, eerie jingle-style, e, g, “upload your sins…”) Optional vocoder phrases

A brooding noir jazz piece with trip hop undertow at 76 BPM with a loose swing feel, The harmony hovers in D minor but drifts unsettled, with verses pivoting between Dm7♭5, G7♭9, B♭m6, and Fmaj7#11, The chorus rises to A7sus4♭13 but collapses without resolution, leaving tension unresolved, Instrumentation: upright bass pizzicato (angry, percussive), a dirty trip-hop breakbeat with vinyl crackle, baritone sax stabs, muted, mutinous Fender Rhodes, and a ghostly, infinite-reverb guitar, Optionally, add electric harp for a fragile sense of time unraveling, Mood: noir, unstable, cinematic, romantic yet paranoid

Sultry and sinister noir swamp funk jazz, Vibraphone haunting and rippling like surface water, syncopated upright bass, muted fender Rhodes, Moog synthesiser, mallet drums, and sparse swamp ambience, Tempo (~90 BPM), Southern Gothic feel, Chords: Cm – Cm♭5 – Am13♭5 – Ddim – Am6♭5 – Ab6/9 – G#6/9 – G7, Bridge: F♯m – Dmaj7 – E7 – G♯m♭5, NO GUITAR, NO SAXOPHONE, Vocal is gravelly and haunted, Mood: pensive and haunted

Paranoid, cynical, soulful but cracked Noir Trip Hop / Acid Jazz hybrid with glitch gospel undertones, 82 BPM (slow, unsettled swing, ) B minor (with chromatic deviations and unstable pivot chords: C♯dim, A7♭9, Gm7, ) Chagrin's smoky baritone vocals, Dirty sampled breakbeat with ghost snares, vinyl hiss, and soft swing lag, Upright bass, walking syncopated, Detuned Fender Rhodes or Wurlitzer with tremolo, Use ambiguous voicings (9ths, 13ths, diminished tones), sparing and modal, Synths / Pads: Ambient synth pads with degraded fidelity, Layer in subtle reversed synth swells and lo-fi textures mimicking street sounds, Baritone sax or processed trumpet (tape delay, room mic feel, ) Optional gospel organ stabs (used sparingly, ) Ambient Layers: Snippets of 90s-style TV ads, radio slogans, or soft drink jingles (filtered, pitched down, distorted, ) Soup kitchen clatter, light city ambience (sirens, echoing PA, ) Distant female gospel humming or sample: “Mind takers, "

Dangerous, seductive, absurd, mythic devotional torch song noir lounge ballad with light trip hop undertow, Pulp melodrama, Surrealist swagger, 60s espionage themes, and acid jazz instrumentation, 84 BPM, swinging and cinematic, Key: G minor (modulates through E♭7, D♯dim, and brief harmonic lifts to C major for irony or grandeur, ) Vocals: Charles Chagrin's baritone croons and soars, Drums: Swinging lounge break with brushed snare, ride cymbal shimmer, soft kick, occasional timpani rolls for drama, Add subtle swing fills and low tom accents for theatrical tension, Upright bass walking sly and syncopated, Grand piano for ballad core (rich, reverberant, ) Rhodes or Wurlitzer for ghost chords during verses, Celeste for surreal shimmer in choruses, Baritone electric guitar with tremolo for spy-movie twang, Dramatic baritone sax and muted trumpet stabs in choruses, Clarinet flourishes or flugelhorn swells for mystery, Flute for mythic touch, Strings in rising swells during chorus

Paranoid, confessional, urban cold-sweat dream, noir trip-hop with 90s analog swing, 76 BPM, F♯ minor, but the harmony modulates via chromatic descent (A7♭9 – Dm6 – F♯m7♭5), Dirty, sampled breakbeat with brushed hi-hats and flammed snares, Vocal: Chagrin's half-croon; ghostly echoes, Upright bass walking syncopated, Fender Rhodes with tape wow/flutter, Baritone sax stabs, chopped and delayed Ambient textures: payphone hum, subway brakes, hiss of a surveillance mic