hello Frozen. thanks for listening and your nice review! All those strange insect and as others say 'organic'
sounds are basically made using Microbrute synthesizer. There is some manual LFO manipulation and
sequencer running at a fast rate. 'Robot' is autotune effect on vocals (I used 'KeroVee' plugin).
I am glad you liked the track. Till next time, A.
hello Joe
Thank you for listening and your continous support! .
I am sorry for the late reply.
Yes, it is a kind of musical experiment and actually I am far away from the sound-image of the original. I 'autotuned' Spivkurl's vocals - all the rest (except drums and percussions) are my synths. I still need more time to use them fully and creatively - so far the possibilities to shape the sound are impressive even by playing with presets.
It is really nice you mentioned Air because I really like their 'Moon Safari' album; as for the Kraftwerk I must say I know only some single songs - 'The Model' and others but it is of course very classic band. I am happy that you pointed some connections eventhough I've tried to create everything almost entirely from scratch and didn't really chase for any particular style at least consciously haha
I am really glad you liked the song. Thanks once again for your nice words!
Best to you, Alex
Very uniue and creative I must say, but that's no wonder when two talented artist like you and Spiv join their strenghts! Big compliments to both od you!
Hmmm... it really is interesting to hear this kind of track. Very unique synths that I've heard from this track. There's a story in the track you've made, that's all I can say XD. Btw, good job :)
thank you for listening and your comment! Synths were Roland and Microbrute. It is nice that you experienced this composition of sounds being narrative.
I hear the thought you put into the composition Alex...makes for a very interesting listen...quite unusual synth sounds (something I would expect when you and Spiv get together)...I don`t like using the work cool...but it is indeed a very cool mix and a great listen...I am reminded that good ondie music isn`t on the radio...its on LM and sites that support real creativity.....great job bu you and Spiv.....Ed
Actually all the synths on the track are mine - Spiv helped me alot to record them properly.
Those unusual sounds are programmed sequences from Arturia Microbrute played at a high rate.
I think the 'Premonator' will still evolve and the other version will be posted sometime.
Regarding to the radio... basically I've tried what I can on the level of composition and arrangement but still there is so much I can do to adjust my recordings to the modern standards. They are usually much quiter. This might become important when playing tracks as a list/set or as an album. So far my focus is on the single tracks in different styles as it somehow fits Looperman nature very well so the lack of mastering is not the problem.
Our styles are indeed quite different but recently I've started experimenting with real synthesizers. Also I want to get more of them in the near future so I will definitely be continuing the 'process'.
I am glad that you enjoyed our efforts. Thanks again!
Alex
Wonderful job!
This song is "repetitive and hypnotic".
Spiv's voice becomes an instrument, with some "tribal" echoes in it.
Your work on the piano is "gentle" and yet "substantial" to the song.
How not to love it...
Thanks guys!
I want now to see a complete album from you two!
Ciao, Domenico
Hi Alex,
This is a beautiful, sad and reflective song.
I like a lot the "creative vocals" from Pat and I have to say that your more "traditional" synth sounds create a wonderful contrast. I mean, the "e-piano" sound you used really gives this song a good vibe.
Liked it ... seriously liked it!
Ciao, Domenico
Thank you so much for your kind comment, I truly appreciate your support.
I must say that I totally transformed the original 'Premonator' to something entirely new but I didn't expect it will turn into something like that as I worked with given material experimenting a lot, I mean: there is an autotune hard processing on vocals and my arrangement is very different from Spivkurl's version (it will be published at some point if the future as well!). I am still learning how to record real synthesizers (I've used Roland JunoDi and Arturia Microbrute exclusively for creating all instrumental parts of this song). I didn't actually use any of 'epiano' sounds but a combination of acoustic piano and string pad. For now I am still by presets but I think I should find more time to create my own patches soon. I will be definitely expanding my synth sound in the future.
One of the good things about sites like LM is you can find music that is totally different from the main stream commercial junk our radios try to fee us...and this one certainly is different...has a little Spanish vibe to the rhythm..that one prominent sound is not one I have heard before...not sure about it...but you have some very cool backing going on...great job guys....keep doing it your way...Ed
Thank you for listening and nice comment! You're definitely right about the commercial radio junk format haha. I am still trying to create everything almost entirely from scratch which may give some quite original musical results sometimes. Thanks for pointing this!
I forgot to post a proper link to the Vocal Song Remix Contest http://www.looperman.com/forum/thread/183949/vocal-song-remix-contest This track is only a short sketch so far and I want to extend it very soon into at least 8min mix. I have some concepts and many sounds ready to go but very limited time for the actual production.
The original acapella is in Eb Major http://www.looperman.com/tracks/detail/168179 but I somehow managed to connect it with bassline in E adding lot of distracting sounds ('aquarium' sounds are Roland patches). I sliced the vox and played it ramndomly using a sampler. Clavinet bassline and Electric Piano are from Roland as well - the harmony is Emaj - EbMaj progression.
I am not sure which particular rhythm pattern you mean as spanish - I added Groove Filter which is delay-type plugin to epiano layer, it might produce quite funky patterns...
I am happy that you find this one interesting and many thanks for good words and your continous support! I will try to make major updates quickly and post longer version before the end of the competition.
Loving this jazzy interpretation very much! The organ and piano make an excellent "duet," if that term works. Very please calm but complex sound scape. Funky, but chilled out. It's always fun to hear how you turn the work of others into something completely new and original, with your own signature, but retaining the artistry of your colleagues. Very pleasing to the ears!
The organ is directly from Purple Squares which I used to build the whole arrangement around. Funky bassline and the piano were plugins which I played from midi keyboard. Unfortunately I couldnt find more fitting areas from the acapella so the composition feels a bit empty at least to me.
Definitely I will try to record some funk keyboard stuff sometime. Serious grooving takes a hard manual rhythm practise and I am sadly unable to do it at the moment.
Thank you once again! I will try to listen and explore your other works on looperman as soon as I can. I know you have many fine tracks here! Alex
Had to leave another comment, and to hear this again. I noticed today that Tumbleweed left a comment relating this to Talking Heads, and that made me so happy! I actually had just spent a little while listening to some random tracks from their albums, then to read that was pleasing. Their earlier work is definitely a huge influence on me, and I have some extremely well played records of theirs in the rack. I can understand the comparison as well, since our varying musical preferences, and the physical distance between us, adds to having a very worldly sound to the product. We've both shown each other new music for listening pleasure, and I think that is often a big part of intuitive collaboration. I know the next song is taking me a lot of time, but I hope to write you with a version this weekend. I think I have the guitar work in place, and I've got secure focus for the vocal part now. Thank you for working with me, and for your patience!
hello again! Firstly I am sorry for not responding to your comment earlier. To be honest writing comments became quite difficult to me last times and somehow it takes me much longer to construct anything consistent too. Also I promise to return to our private correspondence - at the moment all work commitments are simply too demanding and energy-consuming so I am glad I was able to make some new piece of music last days at least. I have some ambitious plans for this Summer regarding performing a series of organ concerts. That last one was a great success and I am really inspired now. Maybe I'll be recording music using organ and synthesizers in the space of church as well. This is all for the future summer months.
At the moment there is a project we need to finish before Eastern - hope I will be more in the condition of practising music when we finish this one. Hard winter here but there is a heating in the workshop so that's ok for making such kind of specific restoration work even.
Also would be great to make or at least try some another collaboration, if you're interested in making music with me at some point in the future.
Thank you for all your support and listening to my music!
From such inventive duet of artists I would expect something unique and original and that's exactly what I got in this incredible track. It starts in kinda reggae fashion and develops into something which reminds me quite alot on Yello, yet kinda slower tempo version of them! I always appreciate the kind of work which avoids conventionality and offers something unique and unpredictable instead....Faved!
it is quite a strange piece of music but I actually really like the low vocals. Good FX on them that make them do a lot more (often the idea of FX). They're kind of the highlight of the track and also quite trippy and hypnotic.
Piano is a very nice touch as it's not an obvious sound in this type of music so it works well as a contrast. Gives the whole thing some extra class.
1:06 bassline is simple and cool. It's not a dance track but that's definitely a dance bassline.
This is much more enjoyable than I was expecting.
Congratulations to both of you on an unusual, creative piece of chillout, trippy strangeness.
I apologize for a slow reaction - I am struggling currently with responding in time because of intense uploading rate and other things
that reffer to the real life (in opposite to my 'virtual' activity as being looperman composer promenade2239).
I am happy that you liked some experiments in here. Indeed vocal is a real lead of this track. Those few words were already processed but I added more depth playing it in reverse and at different speed which at the end gave a touch of something similar to throat chanting or maybe an aboriginal didgeridoo music. Not exactly of course but definitely there is something exotic about it. The literal message of the song is actually quite ridiculous but I had only those two sentences to develop the entire composition from. The same with drums. The idea was to play them applying different reverbs - only one of those drums is dry effects also the hihats are played double speed. There are many manipuations I've made here and it would be quite complicated to describe them. Basically I decided to place different 'sound events' in the imaginary 'space' using a reverb effect of a different amount as a tool.
There is another song that we are still somehow working on by exchanging ideas and audio files via email. It will be probably quite similar to this one but it is still hard to say to what it will turn in the end. We had a long correspondence last time and there was a lot to think for me about music and sound in general. It was interesting experience and opportunity to face many new ideas.
You're right about dance qualities of that bassline. Definitely Spivkurl's sound is strongly dance/electronic rooted which really inspired me to gravitate to electronic explorations those few last weeks. There was also a synth lead on the original project but I didn't use it. Instead I added my piano. It is a simple vst plugin 'Prova' played from simple midi keyboard. Very similar to the other little piano plugin that I really Iike called 'Jazz Baby'. Somehow I find them more useful than all those bombastic Kontakt sample based Grand Pianos because they are processor friendly and behave much more stable in a virtual environment therefore they are much more realistic under the fingers. Of course it all depends how they are actually played but here it's just a very simple thing - few chords setting the track in a concrete tonality.
Thank you for listening to my music. I truly appreciate that.
A.
Interesting track. You were definitely right when you put weird in the genre Vocals are very cool. Sounds like something you would hear in a cinema! Great job fellas!
thank you! To me the vocal is much more ethnic than simply weird - I played it much slower at parts. The track has some dub sound qualities as well, I think. We plan to make 2 other songs together in the near future. Thanks again for listening to this one and nice comment. It is appreciated.
I find it a treat to hit the play button when 2 talented and yet different artists put their musical ideas together in a collab...and especially 2 as creative as you 2..It is indeed different (I would have guessed that part before I hit play)..Hope you don`t mind the comparison (of reaction...not the music)..but it puts me in mind of the first time I listened to David Byrne & The Talking Heads...It was totally different..completely off to the side from what was mainstream at the time..Yet It just made a big splash in my mind as fantastically wild, fun,spontaneous, addictingly good music...So obviously I enjoyed this one..unique combination of the vocals & instrumentation...great job Alex & Spiv....Ed
Thank you Ed! I truly appreciate your nice comments. I just have listened to David Byrne&Talking Heads' 'Once in a Lifetime' and 'Girlfriend is Better' (that one with big suit). Interesting. I tried to get the idea of the band's general artistic message so I watched some of interviews with David Byrne as well and now I understand the comparision. Thanks for pointing this! I must say I wasn't going intentionally any specific direction like that though and there wasn't actually any 'scenario' of how music should sound at the fist place - I simply wrote this track directly on daw juggling Spivkurls vocals, drums and bassline. There are 2 other songs we are still working on, maybe I will post one soon.
Thank you again for listening!
Best to you, Alex
Hey there Alex! Finally had a moment to leave a comment here, after listening a few times. I am really impressed by how you developed this idea from the simple clips which I sent! The processing/editing which you achieved with the vocals sound absolutely excellent, and it captures the feelings when recording them. They started out as just a pre-dawn quiet freestyle, then I developed the two loops with MED soundstudio tracker (which I've barely used for many years). I liked the glitchy randomness this imparted to the vocal loops, and you took that to the next level. The whole piece does have a spiritual feeling for me, and I couldn't have done that without you. Your piano and keyboard work is always awesome, and it shines in this track for sure. I thank you for working with me on some things, and I will contact you soon, when my head is in the right place. Amazing work!
hey Pat! Thank you for the nice words! I am really happy you liked what I did with this song!
Probably my favourite thing about the original idea was the vocal section. It sounds simply great! I was a bit hesitant to go with that processing even further when writing the piece but it came out naturally as something quite eclectic and strange at the same time. My choice of sounds was selective of course: the piano is only slightly outlining presence of E Mixolydian mode over the E note sort of pedal point (sampled from synth bassline) and at this point I decided to keep everything minimal as possible within that single mode, reverbs on percussions are different for every single layer, it is a sort of spiritual space when combined with hypnotic vocals.
I truly appreciate the artistical openness and your willingness to share some great sounds allowing this unusual piece to appear. Thanks a lot for inspiring me!
Best greetings to you, Alex
What a cool beat drives this song ......
This a lever higher then the most tracks around here
Very, very good work you both.
Realy love this kind off mix between world music and time gliding ..... This sounds like a homage on so much different things that happend in the world of music. GREAT really great. Every singel note, great and vocal work exelent. I love this spiritual sounding tibet mantra style sound. I had to listen more then once and to download it!
It is great to see you again on the site! Thanks a lot for the nice words, I truly appreciate that.
Yes, I was also thinking that some of reverbs on drums remind of reggae music. I didn't actually use any dub delays here (which are very typical to the genre) but thanks for pointing this. There is an interesting series of free 'Classic' effects http://www.freemusiciansresource.com/VST-detail/kjaerhus-audio-classic-series-fx-vst-bundle/ and I like in particular the one called Classic Reverb http://www.vst4free.com/free_vst.php?id=1872 There's is a preset in there called '80's snare' - I used it extensively on drums here modyfiying slightly some parameters. I think it is very useful plugin, especially when going for a specific old-styled sound.
I am glad that you enjoyed our experimental collaboration. Thank you again.
I am looking forward to work with you on some music as well!
Best to you, Alex
This is very different, kind of expected though. You both have an interesting approach to music and combined you have created a piece of musical art. Spiv's vocals are great, some cool textural sounds, a neat percussion track(s) and I like the electric piano that does it's job and adds a cool simple rational track among the array of sounds and vocals.
I am glad you liked this. It is a bit unusual indeed - it was meant to be a strictly electronic track actually at first but it came out quite experimental at the end, as expected haha. Spivkurl's drums and synths are very powerful and I really liked vocal part a lot. I am not sure about the stylistical qualities of the track, maybe 'ethnic' label will fit in here too. I have some difficulties with writing evolving pieces using daw functions only (I am mainly repeating same elements along the composition when building pieces).
I will be recording using old upright piano soon and will upload more live played music on Looperman. The piano requires some amount of technical preparation so this may take some time though - I whish I had more space for the music only at the moment.
Thank you again for listening and your nice comments.
I appreciate that.
Alex
Very Minimal and haunting but I could also feel at times this song could build into something chill-jazz. I like the processing on Pat's vocals and overall this is a cool tune Nice work Alex.
Cru
Hello Steve
Thank you so much for listening to my music and reviewing. I much appreciate the nice words!
This is one from 3 songs in total with Spivkurl over last few weeks. The basic idea contained almost everything: drums, bassline, vocals, synth solo even. I transformed it adding piano layer ('Prova' vst plugin) and entirely re-arranged it. You're right, it is sort of minimal music, not evolvoing that much melodically or harmonically - I am mostly only looping and repeating elements here.
I managed to upload other version for this song on sc for you to see my first take or original Spivkurl's project stems https://soundcloud.com/promenade2239/whatsgoing1-with-spivkurl-first-version - I removed delayed piano and the main focus is on percussions and lead vocal on the last version. There are different reverbs applied - I tried to create as much space as possible.
Thank you again. I am happy you liked the song.
Best greetings, Alex
You dont even know what this mean to me:D One is sure you should 100% fureture mastering this with effcets. And I bet it blow all away, evey sound is like meant for each other :)
Very good arrangement here Alex.
You have a good ear for what works together well.
Yeah good old Shamoozey is quite prolific in his acapella, so many to choose from!
I enjoyed the guitar touch you incorporated in the very end.
Sorry for late reply! I truly appreciate your time and nice words. This track is a result of some exploration of mine when seeking for the inspiration and useful materials. At some point I noticed that those elements might fit somehow - inside the DAW it looked almost like a puzzle on my mind screen ha!
This is quite an unusual track, but I really like it. Almost a bit of acid jazz in some parts. The vocals remind me of the old beatnik coffee shop poetry readings. This is really good stuff, Alex...Bravo!
I much appreciate your interest in my music and nice words. You're entirely right with 'acid jazz' and 'old beatnik' points. That's very nice way to describe this track which is obviously a combination of very different elements.
Thank you for nice words and your continous interest in my looperman music. I truly appreciate that.
Glass of Żubrówka would be very nice. However, at the moment I am avoiding strong drinks as possible. I use mostly beer (a lot) and vine (sometimes). I am curious which Żubrówka - that one with grass maybe? That's cool. I must have tried it once or twice over 10 ears ago, unfortunately I am not very familiar with the newest Żubrówka products especially those exported abroad. Anyway I must say lately I had a unique chance to enjoy some very exceptional and powerful drinks based on traditional destilled alcohol made by my friend and that was very fine too.
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sounds are basically made using Microbrute synthesizer. There is some manual LFO manipulation and
sequencer running at a fast rate. 'Robot' is autotune effect on vocals (I used 'KeroVee' plugin).
I am glad you liked the track. Till next time, A.
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Sounds abit like a combination of Air and Kraftwerk
Two bands i realy like.
All sounds very easy and dreamy and at the same time very electronic and mercyless clear.
Good work Alex.
Excelent colab
stay tuned
joe
Thank you for listening and your continous support! .
I am sorry for the late reply.
Yes, it is a kind of musical experiment and actually I am far away from the sound-image of the original. I 'autotuned' Spivkurl's vocals - all the rest (except drums and percussions) are my synths. I still need more time to use them fully and creatively - so far the possibilities to shape the sound are impressive even by playing with presets.
It is really nice you mentioned Air because I really like their 'Moon Safari' album; as for the Kraftwerk I must say I know only some single songs - 'The Model' and others but it is of course very classic band. I am happy that you pointed some connections eventhough I've tried to create everything almost entirely from scratch and didn't really chase for any particular style at least consciously haha
I am really glad you liked the song. Thanks once again for your nice words!
Best to you, Alex
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Steve
There were many versions - now I want to make an retrograde update and post one of those less organic. No problem with remixing at all.
I will post more electronic tracks for sure somwhere in the near future.
Thank you for good words! I am really happy you liked what I did.
Alex
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With admiration and respect_____Orlando
thank you for all kind words and adding this one to your favourites. It is much appreciated!
Alex
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-ReonN
thank you for listening and your comment! Synths were Roland and Microbrute. It is nice that you experienced this composition of sounds being narrative.
Thanks again!
Alex
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Thank you for listening and kind comment!
Actually all the synths on the track are mine - Spiv helped me alot to record them properly.
Those unusual sounds are programmed sequences from Arturia Microbrute played at a high rate.
I think the 'Premonator' will still evolve and the other version will be posted sometime.
Regarding to the radio... basically I've tried what I can on the level of composition and arrangement but still there is so much I can do to adjust my recordings to the modern standards. They are usually much quiter. This might become important when playing tracks as a list/set or as an album. So far my focus is on the single tracks in different styles as it somehow fits Looperman nature very well so the lack of mastering is not the problem.
Our styles are indeed quite different but recently I've started experimenting with real synthesizers. Also I want to get more of them in the near future so I will definitely be continuing the 'process'.
I am glad that you enjoyed our efforts. Thanks again!
Alex
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This song is "repetitive and hypnotic".
Spiv's voice becomes an instrument, with some "tribal" echoes in it.
Your work on the piano is "gentle" and yet "substantial" to the song.
How not to love it...
Thanks guys!
I want now to see a complete album from you two!
Ciao, Domenico
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This is a beautiful, sad and reflective song.
I like a lot the "creative vocals" from Pat and I have to say that your more "traditional" synth sounds create a wonderful contrast. I mean, the "e-piano" sound you used really gives this song a good vibe.
Liked it ... seriously liked it!
Ciao, Domenico
Good to see you again.
Thank you so much for your kind comment, I truly appreciate your support.
I must say that I totally transformed the original 'Premonator' to something entirely new but I didn't expect it will turn into something like that as I worked with given material experimenting a lot, I mean: there is an autotune hard processing on vocals and my arrangement is very different from Spivkurl's version (it will be published at some point if the future as well!). I am still learning how to record real synthesizers (I've used Roland JunoDi and Arturia Microbrute exclusively for creating all instrumental parts of this song). I didn't actually use any of 'epiano' sounds but a combination of acoustic piano and string pad. For now I am still by presets but I think I should find more time to create my own patches soon. I will be definitely expanding my synth sound in the future.
I am happy you liked the song. Thank you again.
Best, Alex
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Thank you for listening and nice comment! You're definitely right about the commercial radio junk format haha. I am still trying to create everything almost entirely from scratch which may give some quite original musical results sometimes. Thanks for pointing this!
I forgot to post a proper link to the Vocal Song Remix Contest http://www.looperman.com/forum/thread/183949/vocal-song-remix-contest This track is only a short sketch so far and I want to extend it very soon into at least 8min mix. I have some concepts and many sounds ready to go but very limited time for the actual production.
The original acapella is in Eb Major http://www.looperman.com/tracks/detail/168179 but I somehow managed to connect it with bassline in E adding lot of distracting sounds ('aquarium' sounds are Roland patches). I sliced the vox and played it ramndomly using a sampler. Clavinet bassline and Electric Piano are from Roland as well - the harmony is Emaj - EbMaj progression.
I am not sure which particular rhythm pattern you mean as spanish - I added Groove Filter which is delay-type plugin to epiano layer, it might produce quite funky patterns...
I am happy that you find this one interesting and many thanks for good words and your continous support! I will try to make major updates quickly and post longer version before the end of the competition.
All the best to you, Alex
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The organ is directly from Purple Squares which I used to build the whole arrangement around. Funky bassline and the piano were plugins which I played from midi keyboard. Unfortunately I couldnt find more fitting areas from the acapella so the composition feels a bit empty at least to me.
Definitely I will try to record some funk keyboard stuff sometime. Serious grooving takes a hard manual rhythm practise and I am sadly unable to do it at the moment.
Thank you once again! I will try to listen and explore your other works on looperman as soon as I can. I know you have many fine tracks here! Alex
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At the moment there is a project we need to finish before Eastern - hope I will be more in the condition of practising music when we finish this one. Hard winter here but there is a heating in the workshop so that's ok for making such kind of specific restoration work even.
Also would be great to make or at least try some another collaboration, if you're interested in making music with me at some point in the future.
Thank you for all your support and listening to my music!
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Compliments to both fellas_______Orlando
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it is quite a strange piece of music but I actually really like the low vocals. Good FX on them that make them do a lot more (often the idea of FX). They're kind of the highlight of the track and also quite trippy and hypnotic.
Piano is a very nice touch as it's not an obvious sound in this type of music so it works well as a contrast. Gives the whole thing some extra class.
1:06 bassline is simple and cool. It's not a dance track but that's definitely a dance bassline.
This is much more enjoyable than I was expecting.
Congratulations to both of you on an unusual, creative piece of chillout, trippy strangeness.
I apologize for a slow reaction - I am struggling currently with responding in time because of intense uploading rate and other things
that reffer to the real life (in opposite to my 'virtual' activity as being looperman composer promenade2239).
I am happy that you liked some experiments in here. Indeed vocal is a real lead of this track. Those few words were already processed but I added more depth playing it in reverse and at different speed which at the end gave a touch of something similar to throat chanting or maybe an aboriginal didgeridoo music. Not exactly of course but definitely there is something exotic about it. The literal message of the song is actually quite ridiculous but I had only those two sentences to develop the entire composition from. The same with drums. The idea was to play them applying different reverbs - only one of those drums is dry effects also the hihats are played double speed. There are many manipuations I've made here and it would be quite complicated to describe them. Basically I decided to place different 'sound events' in the imaginary 'space' using a reverb effect of a different amount as a tool.
There is another song that we are still somehow working on by exchanging ideas and audio files via email. It will be probably quite similar to this one but it is still hard to say to what it will turn in the end. We had a long correspondence last time and there was a lot to think for me about music and sound in general. It was interesting experience and opportunity to face many new ideas.
You're right about dance qualities of that bassline. Definitely Spivkurl's sound is strongly dance/electronic rooted which really inspired me to gravitate to electronic explorations those few last weeks. There was also a synth lead on the original project but I didn't use it. Instead I added my piano. It is a simple vst plugin 'Prova' played from simple midi keyboard. Very similar to the other little piano plugin that I really Iike called 'Jazz Baby'. Somehow I find them more useful than all those bombastic Kontakt sample based Grand Pianos because they are processor friendly and behave much more stable in a virtual environment therefore they are much more realistic under the fingers. Of course it all depends how they are actually played but here it's just a very simple thing - few chords setting the track in a concrete tonality.
Thank you for listening to my music. I truly appreciate that.
A.
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Thank you again for listening!
Best to you, Alex
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Probably my favourite thing about the original idea was the vocal section. It sounds simply great! I was a bit hesitant to go with that processing even further when writing the piece but it came out naturally as something quite eclectic and strange at the same time. My choice of sounds was selective of course: the piano is only slightly outlining presence of E Mixolydian mode over the E note sort of pedal point (sampled from synth bassline) and at this point I decided to keep everything minimal as possible within that single mode, reverbs on percussions are different for every single layer, it is a sort of spiritual space when combined with hypnotic vocals.
I truly appreciate the artistical openness and your willingness to share some great sounds allowing this unusual piece to appear. Thanks a lot for inspiring me!
Best greetings to you, Alex
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What a cool beat drives this song ......
This a lever higher then the most tracks around here
Very, very good work you both.
Realy love this kind off mix between world music and time gliding ..... This sounds like a homage on so much different things that happend in the world of music. GREAT really great. Every singel note, great and vocal work exelent. I love this spiritual sounding tibet mantra style sound. I had to listen more then once and to download it!
This is a fav for sure!
This one made my day. Thankyou for the music!
stay tuned
joe
It is great to see you again on the site! Thanks a lot for the nice words, I truly appreciate that.
Yes, I was also thinking that some of reverbs on drums remind of reggae music. I didn't actually use any dub delays here (which are very typical to the genre) but thanks for pointing this. There is an interesting series of free 'Classic' effects http://www.freemusiciansresource.com/VST-detail/kjaerhus-audio-classic-series-fx-vst-bundle/ and I like in particular the one called Classic Reverb http://www.vst4free.com/free_vst.php?id=1872 There's is a preset in there called '80's snare' - I used it extensively on drums here modyfiying slightly some parameters. I think it is very useful plugin, especially when going for a specific old-styled sound.
I am glad that you enjoyed our experimental collaboration. Thank you again.
I am looking forward to work with you on some music as well!
Best to you, Alex
on whatsGoing by Spivkurl and promenade by promenade2239
Nice collab guys!
Wayne
I am glad you liked this. It is a bit unusual indeed - it was meant to be a strictly electronic track actually at first but it came out quite experimental at the end, as expected haha. Spivkurl's drums and synths are very powerful and I really liked vocal part a lot. I am not sure about the stylistical qualities of the track, maybe 'ethnic' label will fit in here too. I have some difficulties with writing evolving pieces using daw functions only (I am mainly repeating same elements along the composition when building pieces).
I will be recording using old upright piano soon and will upload more live played music on Looperman. The piano requires some amount of technical preparation so this may take some time though - I whish I had more space for the music only at the moment.
Thank you again for listening and your nice comments.
I appreciate that.
Alex
on whatsGoing by Spivkurl and promenade by promenade2239
Cru
Thank you so much for listening to my music and reviewing. I much appreciate the nice words!
This is one from 3 songs in total with Spivkurl over last few weeks. The basic idea contained almost everything: drums, bassline, vocals, synth solo even. I transformed it adding piano layer ('Prova' vst plugin) and entirely re-arranged it. You're right, it is sort of minimal music, not evolvoing that much melodically or harmonically - I am mostly only looping and repeating elements here.
I managed to upload other version for this song on sc for you to see my first take or original Spivkurl's project stems https://soundcloud.com/promenade2239/whatsgoing1-with-spivkurl-first-version - I removed delayed piano and the main focus is on percussions and lead vocal on the last version. There are different reverbs applied - I tried to create as much space as possible.
Thank you again. I am happy you liked the song.
Best greetings, Alex
on Im a stone ft MrFunktastic with Shamoozey by promenade2239
on Im a stone ft MrFunktastic with Shamoozey by promenade2239
You have a good ear for what works together well.
Yeah good old Shamoozey is quite prolific in his acapella, so many to choose from!
I enjoyed the guitar touch you incorporated in the very end.
Blessings - B.
Sorry for late reply! I truly appreciate your time and nice words. This track is a result of some exploration of mine when seeking for the inspiration and useful materials. At some point I noticed that those elements might fit somehow - inside the DAW it looked almost like a puzzle on my mind screen ha!
Thank you once more for your interest and review!
All the best,
Alex
on Im a stone ft MrFunktastic with Shamoozey by promenade2239
Cheers,
Scott
I much appreciate your interest in my music and nice words. You're entirely right with 'acid jazz' and 'old beatnik' points. That's very nice way to describe this track which is obviously a combination of very different elements.
Thank you again.
Alex
on Im a stone ft MrFunktastic with Shamoozey by promenade2239
Cheers
Steve
Thank you for nice words and your continous interest in my looperman music. I truly appreciate that.
Glass of Żubrówka would be very nice. However, at the moment I am avoiding strong drinks as possible. I use mostly beer (a lot) and vine (sometimes). I am curious which Żubrówka - that one with grass maybe? That's cool. I must have tried it once or twice over 10 ears ago, unfortunately I am not very familiar with the newest Żubrówka products especially those exported abroad. Anyway I must say lately I had a unique chance to enjoy some very exceptional and powerful drinks based on traditional destilled alcohol made by my friend and that was very fine too.
Thank you again,
Alex