Heliotrope - Xstokes

15th Jun 2023 09:58 - 3 years ago
Description : break on thru

Comments (6)

If you have time take a listen and give xstokes some feedback.

pseudoble
pseudoble 30th Jun 2023 20:43 - 3 years ago
Hey Mike - just back from travels ... this one has some pointers to the animal collective to these old ears but lots of gorgeous jazz square wheel ambiance - a beautiful sonic trip.
Free sound sure is an endless draw of interesting things but I havent mastered how to craft with it yet - spent ages listening the sounds made on the Prague metro (I lived there once). Hope you are doing well
Ian
xstokes
xstokes replied 19th Jul 2023 - 3 years ago
cheers Ian! i am mainly plundering freesound from the o-2 second range, but yeah i dig the long environment recordings too. on relisten i found this too torturous to bear. it’s been a bete noir but i have kinda sorted it out in the current version.
thanks for the words and ears, mate. i’m off to find what you’ve been up to!
Zootman
Zootman 18th Jun 2023 11:04 - 3 years ago
Hi Mr Stokes. I've used Freesound too, tho generally for sound fx. I'll have to delve deeper I can see. This is like a twisted version of something Helios might have done. And man I love a double bass.
xstokes
xstokes replied 19th Jul 2023 - 3 years ago
i can get with helios! freesound is like another planet i get to explore. i love searching on abstract keywords and sorting results from shortest to longest. lots of the things i plunder are in the under 2 seconds range. mixing these with longer loops is kinda my modus operandi at this time. got a hopefully much better pc i neeed to get running that i hope opens some new doors.
hope all’s well, Chris.
theHumps
theHumps 16th Jun 2023 07:18 - 3 years ago
Waiting for the sun, great Doors album. But I think they are all pretty awesome.

As I listen it has a nice, positive feel to it. Cool changes and nice instrumentation. Some serious low end happening!!

I'm gonna take my Spanish Caravan down to Love Street now, running late, it's Five to One. he!

Take care, keep having musical fun!

Wayne
xstokes
xstokes replied 19th Jul 2023 - 3 years ago
hey Wayne, this was tangled up just like yr references, i tried smoothing it out a bit. thanks for the listen, man!
CINCOCENT
CINCOCENT 15th Jun 2023 19:36 - 3 years ago
What's up X dope track it has a cinematic feel to it I really like the part after the 3 minute mark when you switched it to trip hop that was pretty dope and cool creative man
xstokes
xstokes replied 19th Jul 2023 - 3 years ago
hey CC thanks for the listen bro
dimestop
dimestop 15th Jun 2023 16:27 - 3 years ago
this is class work bro, it has sombre chillout feel, things are happening, slowly building, i thought the sun was going to shine through, it didn't, it wasn't supposed to, that bass kept the vibe low, one word in the description, waiting explains perfectly, seeing the transitions you expect it to shine at some stage, there is a couple of little glimmers of penetrating light, you're not selling the sun, this is the calm before the full show is cast with your psychedelic charm added, you captured it Mike, another great production mate
xstokes
xstokes replied 19th Jul 2023 - 3 years ago
haha man i was a little sick from the forest fire smoke coming down from quebec, it’s been harsh on some of us. damn i feel for them living right near the fires.
i tried tweaking this tune to get a little more blue sky in it as conditions have improved. hope all’s well, my man!
RitajustRita
RitajustRita 15th Jun 2023 10:39 - 3 years ago
yo Michael!! thats a long time ago.
So you are waiting for the sun?
Come to visit me...enough sun here this period.
This is a real xstokes psychedelic work.
You put every sound his place .
I love that part from 3:20
xstokes
xstokes replied 19th Jul 2023 - 3 years ago
hi rita, feels like i’ve been underground for a while! i’m lucky tho, i do not have the unbearable heatwave in other parts of the country.
hope you are well and having a good summer!

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