Listen To Butterfly Opens - Titanium Handles Lock Fast Dub Song By N0mad23 At Looperman.com

this is awesome

Hey, I got that reply in the end though may well not have seen it if I hadn't got the email notification of the reply. But I never got the reply regarding playing my tracks on your Loop radio show. Send it again if you've still got it.

"I seem to be more geared to doing soundtracks than songs, I'm afraid."

Same here though I haven't tried a lot of song-making as I need vocalists - a constant problem for me. So, I just go with far out instrumental - a lot like yourself.

I'm also "musically illiterate" in terms of music theory but can groove well and feel how sound should move and the various places a track could go (ie genres it could morph into).

"I do bang and pluck on things"

I thought you played a few instruments but maybe it's only hand drums. I can't fully remember. You do a great job if you don't play any instruments. There are a few people like that on this site.

Most of my synth stuff is programmed rather than played. I do play some parts but can do a surprisingly expressive and adventurous job just with drawing in data and constantly modifying it. I have a long, pure electro chillout far out track on here called Tiny Little Pieces that is almost exclusively drawn in using the mouse.

Anyway, your track is a very hypnotic, somewhat alternative take on dub. I'm not surprised people really like it.

for sure one of the best Dub traX I've ever heared .
innovative arrangemenT & considered composition.an smart idea about usage of those background sounds which makes this unique package rememberable & I reallY enjoyed.many thnX for sharing .respects & BesT wishes.___Behnam

How could I have missed this one before...this is pure brilliance!:)

Hat's off and respect___Orlando

Wow - really like this one - it has a narrative quality. Good use of layers with subtle shifts. Good soundtrack potential. Great intro.
-clindsay

This track is wild as hell, has a rea live futuristic band feal to it, i love all the instruments and the progerssion, the wah wah guitar is amazing, everything is amazing, makes me want to ride my car and just zone out and be free. good job!

Ok I really wanted to comment, having scrolled down to the bottom of all those posts, and now will be at the top :) Sean, what is creative destruction? contradiction in terms springs to mind but I know about being joyful in a destructive act. Great piece of music however..! and will be playing it on the radio next chance i get ;)

Best

T :)

Very nice

Listening to the first few minutes of this makes me think of a book written in such a way that you can turn to any page and pick up the story. Not sure if that makes any sense but I'm trying to describe the way the track sits and sort of doesn't really move anywhere but there's still lots of stuff going on.

I love that guitar and it seems to always be playing the same thing but doing different things at the same time. This is truly hypnotic music that feels like it could just be played on a loop forever.

I prefer things to change a lot more (and perhaps change things too often in my own music) but this works in its own, special hypnotic way.

Separately, you've got lots of interesting and in-depth comments on this so I guess it's inspired people to write more than just "Hey, nice track" or similar.

OMG this is flaming awesome, I loved this track from start to finish, great work :)

Steve

Haven't see you on Looperman in ages so look forward to listening to this when I get the chance as I'm a fan of your stuff. I have very limited internet access right now and can look at the site at work but not listen!

A simply stunning piece of music that I could feel in my heart! I've listened to quite a bit of dub, reggae, ska over the years, and this one of the best pieces I've heard! I couldn't believe that this was loop based when I first heard it! Masterful arrangement and production!

I can't wait to listen to more of your work! Respect and peace my friend! Faved

mm nice, flowy and unique, mega up man

although i would probably mix it up a little bit, it gets a little monotonous but great track!

7.5/10

wow nice flowing song looove the intro with the natural sounds!

just a awesome idea!

complex but chillin tune nice combination!

no wonder that this track has so many favs!
fav!

going through your tracks, im vastly impressed by the tiniest intricacies that you include...the finite details you pay such close attention to, and the most minute levels and effects that pertain to every clip, loop, sample and moment...but i cant help feel that your tracks lack a certain driving force...they all seem to wander...and i find myself skipping through it to find some kind of hook, or drastic change to keep it interesting from start to finish...i think it serves as beautiful back ground music...which is a shame considering the vast attention to detail. i really enjoyed this track in particular tho...i closed my eyes and just kinda zoned out...great work, despite my constructive criticism.

Adventurous feel when it hear this.I I like the futurism in the sound.Great job n0mad23.God Bless

I really liked the opening to this track, there seemed to be a sort of tribal atmosphere given off, the drums were nice and original, and I like the noise that came in at 0:57, I dont know why, and did I hear Refx slayers talkbox in the song? Anyway, this is certainly a good track, and when I lay back in my white plastic garden chair of death, I instantly felt relaxed, then had a heart attack as I almost fell over, but I can see myself listening to this one.

Nice track, I have added this one to my faviroutes.

Somebodies been smoking a block then rewriting 'Goldfinger" (well a hint of the intro anyway! lol)..Jeez where do I start..I must say this is in the 'slot' rhythmically with that smoker friendly 'riddim' Jah is always on about...it's got too much Detroit chrome in it (as in steel electric) to be solid reggae-tronic...which is fine with me,I like crossover music to be self sustaining and not plagiaristic..I must take issue with you in using rooks crowing..I just did that! lol and I'm sure our lawyers will be fighting over it for years...I like the way your music is going Sean..it's like a woman who has a voluptuous figure but wears a one piece bathing suit..sophisticated and infinitely more sexy than a blatant display ala Bikini....Brilliant track!..cheers Dave :)..as an anecdote...hashish was always my preferred smoke..especially Chitrally Gold

killer bro. im really feelin this one. so much goin on its crazy. i love your effects and the way you use em to perfection. you have dub down to a science. we should change the name of that genre to nomad. hahahaha. keep it up bro. gotta another song for ya to check out if you get the time. its called hey shorty. check it out and let me know what you think. oh yea i know i told you once on the forum but i'll say it again, congrats on goin green. keep bangin bro.

really relaxing track n0m, listened to it and was sank into it more. it does have the dub feel to it and not too much of it. i great use of them natural sound elements.
loved it.

DextDee

Elaine was tellin' me that there was a disparity between the original demo, and then your uptodate take.

Of course personally, I think you have made gold from grace with this...
I don't know why but the crows make me want to cry...
I remember about 2 years ago.. I was talking about how all of looperman was a murder of crows...
I should send you that track...
But
lets see.... Delay is the thing.. I mean...
I am not saying this as a Negative comment.. but I just wanted to muse on it...

"What would you do without delay?!"

Personally, I think I would do my damndest to emulate it with picking and instrumentation.. but I would love to hear a dry mix sometime for my own sick twisted pleasure...

Hey Sean, can you feel the change,...?
I need to come up and see you very soon.

This is one of the most immersible pieces of music I have ever enjoyed.
My only complaint is that I couldn't have been there.

EDIT for everyone confused reading this next part lol

Agreed! I remember you musing on that a bit!
I know for me personally, and you could most definitely agree, that there's a certain substance known to man that somehow initiates that dub/reggae/jam feel?

I know what you know what I am talking about!

I remember, ... I know this is kinda bleh, but listening to stuff like Black Flag, and the Bad Brains... Punk rock jam bands.. and I started to get the idea of it...

And actually funny enough Bob Marley came very late to me in my life... The whole Kingston thing.. I mean... It's just...
what do you do with someone that is putting smoke in the air?

You give them art!

I feel nothing for the cats that watch tv, eat, and sleep.

But the dub/reggae/feeling... It's TOTALLY about what you mentioned in our dialogue... the fact that the mixer board INITIALLY emulated that delay feel because it was recording the monitor sounds....
that split second delay.
became delay... crazy it wasn't feedback lol

I do want to add this song is perfect by the way.. the cow freaked me out and the knife thing...
The things we do for art ehh?

Delay?
Is it just a production technique?
or does it mirror something bigger within the art? (besides making segues sound badaaaasssss lol)

We could probably jive on this for hours.

You should be very proud. This is a piece of work I would show my kids kids (etc,etc)

How long did it take you to create?
or was it just pouring out of you?

hey man i like this track but im really reviewing to say congrats on the mod promotion LOL

Top notch N!!! I think the other posters pretty mych covered it.

fantastic buddy

i am by no means an expert in dub...but i like this alot ;]
great use of different sounds.

crow?...very cool
s7

wow. massive. big. dark. powerful dub. as a long time fan of dub music i can say with confidence that this is deffinatly one of my favorite pieces. well arranged and the sounds you used convey the storyline perfectly. i admire the work you did with the guitar loops. not a bad word form me brother. outstanding!

it's great to see what happens when a creative and highly talented musician takes audio material and translates it into his own musical language ...
this is what you do!!
using loops can happen in different ways:
you can put them together without changing them and create good tracks ...
you can send them through filters and add a lot of effects to create something completely new far away from the original ...
that's all good ...
but you do something different in between:
you listen closely, you feel them, and you find out what is the strength of each loop you use ... this way you transform simple parts into a piece of art, somehow like a mosaic which is by far more than a nice arrangement of colorful little stones ... know what I mean???
tracks like this one tell me that it is right to give away some of my work for free, that means much more to me than earning a few bucks ... thank you!!

peace, rei

81 plays 24 reviews and 19 favs including mine say it all can not wait to hear it tonight in my studio.
Regards
Krook

What can I say that hasn't already been said, this is just great my friend, put together perfectly. Everything is just so right about this on all levels. I think your best work I've heard so far, very impressed with this!!

On "ted.com" there is a great talk about how a researcher, who studied crows, found out how smart crows are and how there social structure is so complex. Very smart birds them crows!! I read your reply to Anomelie's comments on crows and had to add my 2 cents!

Wayne

Did I tell you I was obsessed with crows for years, particularly this past year? I'm now exiting my crow phase, but _love_ hearing them in this. It's really difficult to work with bird calls and you do it brilliantly here.

I don't think this track could be better. So complex it can withstand infinite listens, and enough flow that I don't get stuck on any one sound. The sounds melt into each other and move the scene along. Truly gorgeous. Thank you for doing what you do!

I get this subliminal message that this track is telling me to feed rice to seagules. lol na, really this is not something I would normaly just listen to but randomly enjoy. The overall sound is superb. Puts me into a Hypnotic trance of paraylization.

and then the music stops.. and im like whoa...back to the normal world.

awesome track really enjoyed this.

-projectjehobith

great plesure to listen with good headphones...nice bassline...and the guitar sounds great...and all the natural effects...nice one :)

hey man i really like your songs, you have a very unique style that needs to be noticed. like the reverb on the drum track and the sounds in the beginning were entertaing. nice groove that comes in early in the song. it sounds like a bunch of people jamming out in the city street and then turns into a reggae bonanza of awesomeness.!!! like the guitar a lotttt!!!. can you help me out bro i need some input on this new song i uploaded called i can rap refined and it would be much appreciated. nice track ill review another one of yours!!

yah mon!....wow indeed, a common reaction obviously. this is the most ambient dub I think I've ever heard, the intro was so 3 dimensional that I thought I was in a documentary( and not about heavy ganja smokers either lol!)....faved sir and let me know if I can remix this in the future, it would be a blast!...
a salvo in a most excellent direction I might add too

victormusic01x...where's the chalice now....

Wow, what amazing dubbery!! (heh I made up a word) I love all the atmospheres that you use in your tracks, it really places the song in a setting which people can relate with. You're really good at using loops, I must say, because this doesn't sound like loop based music, it sounds fresh and original! This piece really sets my mind to trippin, or at least to travelling within the confines of my head. I have got to listen to that again... This is too cool! I love that organ sound, it's nice and bouncy! Well what else can I say that someone hasn't said already... Very good work my friend! Faved for sure!

not much left to say.......i could listen all day....its like...oh thats why!, well done !

ITS NICE WHEN THAT HAPPENS, I SPEND DAYS TRYNA SORT SOMETHING OUT THEN BOOM, THERE SHE WAS,....SONG DONE!GREAT SATISFACTION IN THAT FEELING

A nice groover to go with my morning coffee and an enjoyable listen. Dub is fast becoming quite popular on Looperman and the good thing is that each of the current exponents of it appear to accentuate different aspects of the form - Itegrator & JonesVZ highlight the Reggae element. Spivkurl fuses it with electronica while yours offers up oppidan insurrection! - Nice work.

Excellent. A very balanced track despite the many elements gives an overall sound-scape that is captivating and demands the imagination take flight. Wicked bass line!

[NOTE: This and all reviews below respond to Drafty draft #1]

Hey n0mad

mate this is stunning, darn the other reviewers have said everything I could even think about say about this stunning piece, again very high up to your normally production mate, so crisp and clear, ya really know what you are doing when it comes to arrangment and mastering, always first class, Fav'd this one my friend...Peace and happy easter to you and your family...Estefano...

Yes!! as a fan and listener of n0mad23 this really is an exciting piece of work, i admire how you approach your music with a mind set of knowing beforehand that this is how it is going to be.
This for me is Ninja scroll meets dub, menacing with dark elements, its technicolor, music for graphic animation.
Listening to this really does put images into the mind, a wandering swordsman stumbles into a plague hit village, he's suspicious, the deaths seem mysterious, was it murder? it really gives a sense that something dangerous is afoot, this is cemented when swords are drawn and a showdown commences.
Great piece of dub music Sean, really does do something special for the listener, brilliant. thanks

Hey once again you delivered a track enriched with lots of atmosphere painting a mental image inside our mind!
Nice work man! Very interesting and special! Would fit perfectly in a soundtrack for a movie! Gives me the idea of walking through a long forest full of dark trees with the sunlight shining through them while crows and other animals hide in the shadows of this mysterious place! Keep up the good work!
Added to faves ;)

By the way, if you ever want to use your masterful production on my work, please let me know.

:-)
John

Awesome track, I absolutely love everything about it. Your use os special effects is masterful. If we caqn find another 10 or 12 "crow tracks" we'll have a kick ass cd.

Love your work, def a fav
John

wow,you made that sunbass sound like a thunderstorm!i realy like the track as a whole,verry creative use of effects and sounds,storm steal and fire!when ever you need more bassloops i can create them for you.
cheers from the dubbase

Hey Sean,
You know i never know how to finish my tracks and you seem to have found a radical way,lol.
One of my favourite tracks from you(do I say that everytime?lol.The guitar sound is really the kind I love and the arrangements are amazing as usual.Again,I get this feel of musical paintings when I listen to this one.
I was wondering if there's any mean I can buy your music.Just let me know
Cheers
StÃÂphane

Holy cow man! Blow my mind would you?! This was totally unexpected and I love it love it! You've captured something in this mix that is absolutely crucial. An underbelly riddim that just pulses with heartbeat. Very well spaced reverbs, delays, phasing etc. You've just impressed Jah MAJORLY with this dub.

If you get a chance rip a 320 mp3 for me and send it priority Jah Know reggae Dj. ;)

blessing...

Yeah man, this is really chillin' my brains out! Great start and building up, the ending is also very good, i really like the beat and the organ-loop. Keep it up man!