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<a href="https://karld.bandcamp.com/album/pseudorandom-a-retrospective-of-the-best-of-the-random-beats-series-2008-2010">pseudorandom: a retrospective of the best of the random beats series, 2008-2010 by Karl D</a>

The “random beats” series (the namesake of this site) was a collection of Karl D productions which were intended to be a more stripped-down standard of music production than full length albums and single releases. This series spanned 61 tracks across 5 volumes, at 2 hours, 30 minutes of music. Although the domain name preceded the series, it provided the inspiration for the nameless tracks, focusing on the music itself.

pseudorandom curates 14 standout productions from the random beats series. These tracks are now available in the highest quality ever.

This is a free download! You can click through the Bandcamp player to download the entire pseudorandom album, including the individual tracks.

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<a href="https://karld.bandcamp.com/album/existential-funk-5th-anniversary-special-edition">Existential Funk: 5th Anniversary Special Edition by Karl D</a>

Existential Funk was what came out when I stopped second-guessing myself.

2008 was a year when I couldn’t stop writing. I kept starting tracks in one genre and finishing them in another - minimal techno that wanted to be drum and bass, trip-hop that demanded breakbeat treatment, house tracks that went trance halfway through.

Most producers would call this unfocused. I called it honest.

The album title came later, but it fits perfectly. This was music about being caught between states - between genres, between moods, between who you were and who you’re becoming. The “funk” isn’t just the groove; it’s that unsettled feeling when you can’t quite pin down what you’re hearing, or feeling, or becoming.

“The disc has enough thumping bass and spacy synthesizer chords to please any trip-hop head.”

– URB.COM

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