I wonder how the idea would sound if you redid the vocals without the auto tune. The parts without it that I was able to hear sounded much better in a clear state but the idea is still a catchy one. I have repeated this twice while I'm reviewing. The instrumentation of this idea sounds hectic (props) lost in the night type sound. I'm not sure what parts of this belong to who in the collaboration between those involved, Not that it's a big deal just curious. Overall, I liked how you worked with the selected theme, a universal question at that! Thanks for sharing and keep at it! Peace.
Hey, thanks for stopping by to listen and comment! I got that response a lot recently about redoing vocals without autotune, so as of like a monthe ago I've stopped using it altogether with good results. I won't be going back to change the songs with it, as it sort of represents where I was at the time. I really felt a connection with the artificial feel it gave my vocals, now I no longer feel that way. The instrumentation, as I remember was all written by Benham DeciBel, I worked with the mix/master and the vocals. I really appreciate your thorough review! Thanks!
Interesting! I never really thought of it that way, but I guess you're right. Cinematic is definitely not my usual preference for listening or writing, so I guess I really never made a song like this. Thank you very much for listening and leaving your comment!
Hi Spiv,
Interesting. You have a lot of different things going on.
Definitely you have an industrial "sound" but you have also a "dark" theme around 1:20
Liked!
Ciao, Domenico
Thanks for stopping in to listen! I wasn't really thinking industrial when making this, I guess it must be the basses and the half time beats or something. That piano riff around 1:20 turned out nice, it's my favourite part of the song for sure. I was surprised how dark C# major could be. I appreciate the review!
Thought i'd drop in and say hello.
I have no idea where your soul is i'm afraid but what i do know is i like this hammering track. I always seem to prefer the ones you've put vocals to and i think this one might just be my favourite so far.
This reminds me a little of a band called godflesh (but better)
F****ng excellent spiv!
FR
Thanks for visiting my friend! Was defintely a cathartic collab with Benham! I prefer the ones I do vocals for too, that's why I'm trying to move that direction again. Trying to train myself not to use autotune anymore. I'm glad it's a fave for you! Really appreciate the F-ing excellent and the comment!
It's pleasing to hear your response to the song, so thank you very much! Having fun trying new things while keeping to my core values. I really appreciate you listening, leaving your comment, and for faving the song!
Mate circuit bent master at work, this is very catchy, nice flow, liking the vocals, really lost for words with this one mate, so digging it but can't find the words to describe what I want...So will settle with totally love it and adding to fav's...Peace my friend...Mosaic...
Hello my friend! Thank you for your kind words! Makes me happy that some people can hear where I was coming from with this track. Thank you also for the fave! I'm on my way to your tracklist!
Patrick ,compliments away , it was like a class for me to learn about such new genres ...agressive & interesting ...as usual your innovation is remarkable my friend ..many thnx for sharing & the rest in mail .take care.___B
You're too kind my friend! You have been a great influence on me recently, your struggles your artistry all of it! I guess you could say I'm trying new things, but in a way I'm getting back to my roots...if I can manage to do both simultaneously then I will feel like I accomplished something. Thank you so much for listening and leaving your views!
Hey great simple words to describe this track! I wanted to express the state of the current "real me" and this is what happened. It's just something I thought people should hear. I'd love to have you do a remix, and have contacted you regarding this. Thanks for listening and everything, it means a lot to me!
That's very kind of you to say! It's a good feeling when lyrics just flow from you without a lot of thought, it's easy to think too much when writing songs. I appreciate you listening and commenting!
Wow Spivkurl, this is a really cool track! Very raw and unique. The different elements you used came together just right. The vocals were great too. The mix sounds good on this end. It's a Fav. Nice work.
Hey, that means a lot to me! Thanks for taking the time to listen and leave a comment! I know it's not really what you usually listen to, so having you fave it is nice! Thanks much!
Hahh...I've never heard music like this...some kinda alien made for me from the 25th century...and what's this genre?
My eyes are wide opened and my mouth too...:-)
My little girly yelled me: Papa, what's wrong with you?
I went back 3 times to listen it...
Still familiarize with this number but I'm on the right way...
Thanx for this special adventure Spiv...:-)
Best, Danke
I can't express how good your comment makes me feel! Even just the fact that you've never heard music like this, that's so cool! I guess I took advantage of Shan adding the 8 bit chiptune circuit bending genre, and added my strange circuit experiments to the mix. I had several NL #5 apple fritters during the writing of this, I guess it shows. At first I was trying to head in the psy goa direction, but very quickly it changed gears and became like a digitized velvet undergroundish rock jam. Didn't mean to freak out your child...heh. It sounds like you listened enough to get to the surprise at the center. Hope you are having an awesome day, especially since you brightened mine! Thanks much!
Again your particularity and I would say your musical singularity, at hit the bull’s eye (in French this is a phrase that could be translated as "you have reached your goal") and captured the interest of the listener ....
Nothing else to write, I'm listening. d^_^b
Thank you for your kind comments! Sounds like "hit the bull's eye" translates the same on this side of the ocean. It's a nice thing to say! Been trying some new things lately, so it's good to hear some people can enjoy it! Thanks!
This definitely has quite a raw sound which i like. Not really heard much chiptune stuff before but its quite catchy. It sounds like it could be a track for a ps one game or something.
Thanks for your response to my latest work! I'm glad you enjoyed that raw sound, it kind of happened that way without thinking too much. If this reminds you of a PS one soundtrack, I suppose that means it belongs as a chiptune. It was mainly an experiment to put it under this genre, since it new, and because I used a bunch of lo fi circuit bent stuff. I wanted to see how different the listener's list and reviews would be under this genre. Interesting so far... heh. I appreciate you listening!
all i can say about this is that i honestly had a big smile on my face right to there end. I think it is a skill in itself to capture a certain feeling or emotion and this defo cought a happy vibe.
Might just play it again sam.
You seem to have a unique impression of this song, maybe I captured a happy vibe without intending it. That's cool I guess. Thank you so much for listening to this, and for keeping in touch with me lately!
This is an interesting one. It's far more aggressive and raw. I think I can say this is my favorite of yours. And I downloaded your album. (Which I've listened to on several occasions.) The intro is almost misleading. It has an almost whimsical nature until about :10 when you realize this is going to be a darker ride. I like the fact that there's no giant kicks in this. As it is, it's almost mischievous. Big kicks would have just got in the way of all the other elements working together in this.
I've never really delved into the chiptune genre. I've always thought that what I had heard was intriguing, though. I may have to look a little further into it. This one is going in my fave file for sure, man. Nice work.
Hello my friend, I value your listen and viewpoints very much! Thank you for downloading my album. The intro is not the only thing about this song that is misleading, be sure of that. It's a very unusual song for me because of the low end (kicks and bass), very incidental. Honestly putting this in the 8-bit genre was mostly an experiment, partly because it's a new genre here on the loop, and partly because of the lo fi circuit bent stuff that drives this song along. If you find any other chiptunes which are any way similar to this, please link me up, I'd be intereted to hear it. Thanks again for listening!
The darkness that we all hold within us generally carries upon it's face the most beautiful sights you can imagine. Generally, no one is willing to look past the darkness and the pain to find the beauty. That's where being an artist comes into play. Whether it's music, painting, photography, or whatever medium. We have that ability to leash that hidden beauty, no matter how locked tight, and bring it to the surface for others to enjoy. While, I'm no advocate for personal struggles, I fully admire our nature as artists to bring back a piece of heaven from out of the depths of hell. So to speak.
I love the use of Massive in this. Especially how unapologetically the "Modern Talking" patch is just thrown in your face. Not many people can pull that one off.
There is a lot of distortion in this track. That, combined with the rapid synth movement and uneasiness in your vocals that the auto-tune provides, brings out a feeling of needing to lash out from a frustrated aggression, but a total reluctance to do so. In other words...keeping it locked tight.
As always, man. Awesome work.
As always, your reviews enhance my day! I'm beginning to realize that darkness and light are just extremes, and thusly are basically the same thing. Both are needed, and both inspire. I honestly don't know what instruments were used in this, as Benham did all the real musical work. I just did some mixing, vocals, and mastering. You're probably right about the modern talking, I didn't really think of it until you said something. I generally don't use that sound in my songs, but it's effective here. I'm glad you pointed out the uneasiness from the autotune, as that's one of the main reason I had been using autotune so much. I felt it enhanced the artificial sheen on my vocals. Sort of the same reason I'm no longer anti-MP3. I don't think I'll be using autotune on my vocals much anymore, as people have encouraged me not to. If they can stand my dischord, why not give it to em. Thanks so much for listening and leaving your deep thoughts! Take care!
What's happen since I haven't been here lol ,wow so different mate, but so catchy and totally loving it, excellent vocals, credit to you man, think vocals suit and work great with the main works, to me this piece has a techno, DNB feel about it, wow so looking forward to your other works over next week or two if this one is anything to go by, even though love what you do anyway, so talented and very different sound then many here, first fav on my return...hope all is well with you and yours mate...PLR mosaic...
Heh, good to hear from you friend! Thanks for giving your valuable comments! I know for me a lot has changed in the past year or so, generally for the better. A lot of the darkness of this track is imparted by way of Benham's fiery DnB rhythms and stuff, I just sort of went with it. I'm glad you're back on the Loop!
where is my soul! holy cow! wild active beat. lots of attention to detail here. a lot of work in this and sounds fantastic. real techno age chaos! i think there is room to "effect" the voice more (like you start to in the final part) - strange it out! great track! thoroughly enjoy.
Thanks my friend for giving this a listen! I won't be going back to change anything on this now, I'm very much in the moment when it comes to writing and mixing now, so once it's out there, I'm pretty much done with it. Was nice to work with Benham a little bit! Hope you are well!
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Interesting. You have a lot of different things going on.
Definitely you have an industrial "sound" but you have also a "dark" theme around 1:20
Liked!
Ciao, Domenico
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I have no idea where your soul is i'm afraid but what i do know is i like this hammering track. I always seem to prefer the ones you've put vocals to and i think this one might just be my favourite so far.
This reminds me a little of a band called godflesh (but better)
F****ng excellent spiv!
FR
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Mate circuit bent master at work, this is very catchy, nice flow, liking the vocals, really lost for words with this one mate, so digging it but can't find the words to describe what I want...So will settle with totally love it and adding to fav's...Peace my friend...Mosaic...
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My eyes are wide opened and my mouth too...:-)
My little girly yelled me: Papa, what's wrong with you?
I went back 3 times to listen it...
Still familiarize with this number but I'm on the right way...
Thanx for this special adventure Spiv...:-)
Best, Danke
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Compliments_____Orlando
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Again your particularity and I would say your musical singularity, at hit the bull’s eye (in French this is a phrase that could be translated as "you have reached your goal") and captured the interest of the listener ....
Nothing else to write, I'm listening. d^_^b
Dan
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Might just play it again sam.
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I've never really delved into the chiptune genre. I've always thought that what I had heard was intriguing, though. I may have to look a little further into it. This one is going in my fave file for sure, man. Nice work.
Take care.
Aaron.
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I love the use of Massive in this. Especially how unapologetically the "Modern Talking" patch is just thrown in your face. Not many people can pull that one off.
There is a lot of distortion in this track. That, combined with the rapid synth movement and uneasiness in your vocals that the auto-tune provides, brings out a feeling of needing to lash out from a frustrated aggression, but a total reluctance to do so. In other words...keeping it locked tight.
As always, man. Awesome work.
Take care.
Aaron.
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What's happen since I haven't been here lol ,wow so different mate, but so catchy and totally loving it, excellent vocals, credit to you man, think vocals suit and work great with the main works, to me this piece has a techno, DNB feel about it, wow so looking forward to your other works over next week or two if this one is anything to go by, even though love what you do anyway, so talented and very different sound then many here, first fav on my return...hope all is well with you and yours mate...PLR mosaic...
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