Goon has also been an active part of our valued community for many years. It's hard to associate him with one style, he's too versatile for that. But three attributes always apply to him: coolness, funk and danceability. Especially in the areas of House, New School breaks and Garage, no one can touch him. A special shout-out goes to his brother for the very special and creative artwork on his covers

About Giles aka Goon :

I've been hanging out on Audiotool for about 9 years, and am currently based in the middle of a field in the south of England. I'm happiest when I'm DJing or jamming. My life is consumed by the endless struggle of organising the disparate things in my music collection.

Which artist has had the most influence on you (on and/or outside Audiotool)?

When I started my account, I was only interested in making excessively loud bass music, but after discovering Opaqity, I realised that I could have way more fun emphasising rhythm and harmony. Outside of AT it's hard to pinpoint the artists that really shaped my taste in electronic music, but Floating Points and Laurence Guy are right up there.

Who would you like to work /collaborate with on and outside Audiotool, and why?

I'd love to collaborate with Nico at some stage, I'm sure there'd be some fun ideas floating around. I tend to be more creatively ambitious with collaborations, and I can see that continuing to be the case if we were to work together! Outside of AT, I'd be happy enough being in the same room and just observing Squid as they write music. I think they're brilliant.

Which film/game would you like to produce the score for or contribute a song to?

The soundtracks for Amanita Design games are impeccable! I don't imagine I could top something by Tomáš Dvořák or Hidden Orchestra, but should the opportunity to write a soundtrack for them arise, I'd be hugely excited to see what ideas their beautiful visuals would give me.

Have you ever had a writer's block? If so, how did you deal with it and what do you recommend to your colleagues?

If I'm stuck with a project, I reduce the number of notes, tracks, and automations until I'm left with a simple core idea, then I tweak that until it takes off in another direction. If I don't have a project on the go and I don't know where to start, I trawl through the back catalogues of record labels I like, Bandcamp genres, and SoundCloud/Spotify track stations until I find inspiration in newly discovered music.

What has helped you the most on Audiotool to improve and widen your musical horizon?

I've found that by sneaking a look at the activities of others on AT with vastly different musical backgrounds, it's been easy to find cool unfamiliar sounds. The chart party afterparty in the community run AT Discord, where anyone can play anything, is great for that too.

What do you like most about Audiotool? Is there anything you would like to suggest?

The best thing about AT for me, is that users are not only given the tools to create music, but also an online space to share it with like-minded people who can learn from and inspire each other. As far as suggestions go, I'm likely not the first to propose this, but if it's possible to bring in additional methods of synthesis, such as implementing a granular or wavetable synthesiser, that'd be stellar.

Your message to the community:

Keep creating whatever makes you happy, and thank you all so much for supporting my music this whole time! I'm very grateful to be sharing a platform with some incredibly talented individuals. Big up yourselves!

Social/Musical Links:

Audiotool page: Goon

Dusty house mix: https://soundcloud.com/gilesincharge/mix-for-the-folks-at-home

Music outside of AT that's hugely influential for me: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6ifcfVN37oibmhseizqw0J?si=dfc0d94b8a04439d

Insta: https://www.instagram.com/g.i.les/'''

ALBUM

We asked Goon like the other featured artists to compile their five most influential Audiotool tracks and their own signature track for the Edition Audiotool album. You can enjoy the individual tracks or listen to the whole album below.

Track #1:

I love the organic percs and the melodic interplay, the synths complement each other fantastically. Opaqity is a huge inspiration, his harmonic vocabulary is out of this world, and it's partly thanks to my time fiddling with this track that I fell in love with shuffly rhythms and the sounds of the Pulverisateur. [[EMBED:https://www.audiotool.com/track/paper_plane/]]

Track #2:

This tune is beautiful in its simplicity and has a great bounce. One of those cases where less is definitely more, hvd is a grand master of understated house grooves and hazy distortion. [[EMBED:https://www.audiotool.com/track/30_bdhus/ ]]

Track #3:

The track builds perfectly, the syncopated bass never fails to get my head bobbing, and the chords are flawless. Ante's tunes would be just as at home on a busy dance floor as they would be in your living room, all thanks to their energy and intricacy. [[EMBED:https://www.audiotool.com/track/purgatory-w4p95quze/ ]]

Track #4:

This has to be one of my favourite synth basslines of all time, 2:03 really hits the spot, the groove is infectious. I really admire his ability to make music at all kinds of tempos, maintaining a strong sense of rhythm and atmosphere. [[EMBED:https://www.audiotool.com/track/circular_logic-1NcYM/]]

Track #5:

I'd never actively listened to this style of music before hearing this tune. It opened my ears to the wonderfully dreamy world of swirling pads and breakbeats, for which I'm eternally grateful. VLTRA is another artist with a superb ear for exquisitely crafted, lusciously distorted lo-fi music. [[EMBED:https://www.audiotool.com/track/edit-7tyhub/]]

Track #6:

If one song represents my entire output best, it's this. It feels like a culmination of everything that came before, and it's one of my most popular tracks. I've since published more polished pieces, but Golf 2 is still one of the tracks I'm most proud of. It's exactly the vibe and groove I'd set out to achieve, which doesn't happen too often! [[EMBED:https://www.audiotool.com/track/xi2fba8u4/]]

Listen to the full album here

Edition Audiotool: Goon

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1		paper plane opaqity	opaqity	4533
2		30.BDHUS hvd	hvd	1011
3		Purgatory Ante lucy inugami	Ante lucy inugami	922
4		Circular Logic floydpjasper	floydpjasper	535
5		edit VLTRA	VLTRA	821
6		Golf 2 Goon	Goon	8140