Love the skip beat, wish it changed up a little bit in subtle ways like adjust the hi hat hits to break them up a bit, little things. Other than that i dig the idea. The guitars are very cool, sound great in the mix. The heavily fx part at the end was fantastic! Great producing, well done!
If you are interested in learning about NEUs! (the name is written with the exclamation mark) I recommend you listen to their first self-titled album from 1972, easily available on Youtube. This group is particularly representative of the German Krautrock, a little known musical current but fundamental in creating today's musical sensitivity in the electronic field. Best wishes
The minimalist and vaguely threatening arrangement of this song is very beautiful. The melody lurks under the rhythm to emerge at times like a predator under the surface of the water. At certain points your work reminds me of some of the most interesting songs by Neu (Krautrock 70 years). Best wishes
Appreciate it! I always found the melody to be vaguely ominous as well. Like an intrusive thought during a stream of consciousness. I've never listened to Neu. Do you recommend anything in particular or anything this songs you reminds you of by them?
Awesome chill track. The more I listened to it the more I liked it. Love the panning, especially in the beginning. The sample at the break was indeed unexpected, and that's why it's good! :) I read your backstory on what you were thinking while making this which is always interesting to hear. Great job though. Maybe your feeling of lacking in the production department is actually a benefit! ;)
Hi there, GrotiRoti,
I am a guitar/bass player too and I just love your song. To me it's pure, relaxed beauty. 5/4 is cool and used very rarely here on LM. The only thing I don't really get, is that it all sounds as if it's going on behind a curtain, but maybe that was your intention.
Have a nice day,
Michael
Thank you! The overall muddled sound is a bit intentional but also just representative of my lack of production abilities. Everything was recorded directly into an interface with no pre amps or anything. I only have audacity to mix with, so to keep everything from sounding too dry I rolled the treble off my guitars and drenched most of the tracks in reverb.
I think it complements the overall vibe well but I feel some stuff could shine and shimmer a little more if I knew what I was doing.
Wow what chill hop this is! Has movie feeling like romantic love story. I certainly vibe to this. Vox is cool wasn't expecting that at break lol. Awesome work!!
Thank you so much! It actually does have a bit of a narrative to it, or at least a character scope I latched on to as I was arranging it. The instrumentation is very chill but the time signature and pulse feels kind of anxiety inducing to me. So I wanted to capture the feeling of being busy but sort of lost in your own head and detached for better or for worse.
In short, it's about a person going through the grind of catching a late night flight (a red eye), mindlessly going through the motions of boarding said flight, nearly missing it (perhaps intentionally), and finally taking off (or landing) and snapping back to reality to do it all again. That's the ambiguous story the vocal samples tell, anyway.
The guitar at the very beginning and end to me symbolized an alarm clock going off. Representing the repetitive, daily grind. The noodling guitar lines feel like the mind wandering elsewhere and the bass is desperately trying to pull it back to the present.
But you can interpret however you want! That was just what I used myself to make it feel a little more cohesive.
This song strikes a very personal chord with me. I've never been so moved to create or collaborate with anyone before, so if its ok with you, ill send you whatever I can contribute to an already amazing piece!
I really appreciate it! Feel free to download it and mess around. I always thought some light synths could sound good or sparse vocals here and there. Maybe some spoken word over the "Last call, please proceed urgently" section. I'm open to try whatever.
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I am a guitar/bass player too and I just love your song. To me it's pure, relaxed beauty. 5/4 is cool and used very rarely here on LM. The only thing I don't really get, is that it all sounds as if it's going on behind a curtain, but maybe that was your intention.
Have a nice day,
Michael
I think it complements the overall vibe well but I feel some stuff could shine and shimmer a little more if I knew what I was doing.
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In short, it's about a person going through the grind of catching a late night flight (a red eye), mindlessly going through the motions of boarding said flight, nearly missing it (perhaps intentionally), and finally taking off (or landing) and snapping back to reality to do it all again. That's the ambiguous story the vocal samples tell, anyway.
The guitar at the very beginning and end to me symbolized an alarm clock going off. Representing the repetitive, daily grind. The noodling guitar lines feel like the mind wandering elsewhere and the bass is desperately trying to pull it back to the present.
But you can interpret however you want! That was just what I used myself to make it feel a little more cohesive.
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