crucethus
Its My Life
OTTAWA, Canada
Joined : 13th Oct 2012 - 13 years ago
Last Online : 9th Aug 2025 - 3 months ago
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on You Are Never Forgotten by crucethus
I'm surprised neither of us came up with that name for you before. Seems so obvious now.
Rustic Nutbath is also really good. Sounds like a little wash you might give your balls out in the Canadian wilderness, inbetween trapping animals and general rugged survivalism.
" the KorgMS2000 and it's lovely arpeggiator"
I think you may be the world's biggest fan of that synth. You'll probably be playing it till you die. Perhaps as you're on deathbed, knocking out a wah porn solo as you croak.
"I added no reverse cymbals or cymbal crashes directly to this piece. Not a one. It felt good."
Excellent. I like to think I have helped a little with your recovery from your reverse cymbal addiction. It's something that's ruined many people's lives.
"You have ears of steel superman, as I can barely hear that"
I certainly don't and I think those pops are really big and obvious.
Why have you got old man ears? I didn't think you were an old man. Do you have old man balls?
"restraint in the correct rhythmic places"
I couldn't agree more and I have lots to say about about getting good grooves working nicely. Quite often it's a case of adding too much stuff and then carefully sculpting and removing anything and everything that interferes with that groove. Then you realise that you can make great use of those "interfering additions" eg by using them as short, intense fills. You can screw the groove up a bit when you're adding emphasis and making things more intense.
"keep it changing (subtly)"
Yes, you just need to get a good load of elements working well together, as you've done here, and then keep varying how they're presented. So, squeezing as much as you can out of the material, which is something I try to do all the time.
"return to the beginning at the end"
I often feel like I want to do that with every track but have to resist so that albums of mine aren't too predictable. But, yes, the book-ending style of returning to where you started feels natural, like returning home. But it's also fun to add in other, crazy, unexpected twists.
Congrats again on one of your best dance and jazz tracks.
Erratic Donut.
" the KorgMS2000 and it's lovely arpeggiator"
I think you may be the world's biggest fan of that synth. You'll probably be playing it till you die. Perhaps as you're on deathbed, knocking out a wah porn solo as you croak. "
Maybe?, as I have made my will a few years ago. One of the stipulations I have is that if I go before my parents, my ashes are to be spread over my parent's living room. So my Mother could clean up after me one more time........
But the Korg MS2000 is the digital equivalent of the MS20, which is almost as important as the Minimoog. So yes, bury me with it, or burn me with it. I don't really care, when you're dead you don't actually have much a say in what happens to your cold dead torso.
"Why have you got old man ears? I didn't think you were an old man. Do you have old man balls? "
I have old man ears due to a transplant gone horribly awry trying to help poor Paul Stanleyof KISS and his microtia; , how ever I have shiny christmas like balls due to my close proximity to Santa! And my affinity of painting my balls in a shiny silver like colour every year just before St. Swithins day. ;-)
"Yes, you just need to get a good load of elements working well together, as you've done here, and then keep varying how they're presented. So, squeezing as much as you can out of the material, which is something I try to do all the time."
I was squeezing hard here mate, I was making diamonds from those squeezes.
The last few weeks I have been listening to a lot of Talk Talk which runs the gamut of awesome new wave to incredible experimental jazz and atonal. Some of the effects they used were way in your face and I realize that Mark Hollis and Tim-friese Greene were pioneering a sound unheard of at the time in popular music, but I still learn from those recordings.I mean they freaking created Post Rock. And the chord changes they made were a massive study in how to create an eighties pop tune and still hold credulity.
I still have a few tunes in the can that are over the top and use a bit of everything or have those wild solos, but my future is going to be more about creating an album of restraint and taste and to move away from the experimentation (anything goes) phase and buckle down and make something musically that will last and appeal to a wider audience and yet still keep an edge. That is my challenge, and it requires some discipline, something that has been lacking occasionally in my song structures. But I also know I needed to go way on the other side to find the right balance.
take care this evening my friend. you Spastic Cromag! ;-)
Cruesweek
on You Are Never Forgotten by crucethus
Sounds great to me. I love what you did with those pads! It seems you added some extra depth and effects too which is also excellent. Jazzy middle section has very fine progressions, somehow much more complex that I could expect from any usual house tune. Some nice synths as well around 4.40 I like it a lot. Funky section towards the end is brilliant.
Thanks again for inspiring me to make some another attempt in the genre.
Alex
I did add a few effects to the pads to deepen them and make them prominent in the back of the mix. The Jazz sections are simple and add in complexity as the mix carries on, but for me this is an exercise in percussion with soft minimalism.
Im glad you enjoyed and I inspired.
cheers
Steve
on You Are Never Forgotten by crucethus
Wonderful track as usual mate.
what one can say to the master of the industry???
Well done.
Jamid
Thanks for stopping by.
Master of the industry!!!
That's like saying Kool Aid should have a vintage selection for your palate. (I'll have the red which has subtle tastes on the tongue of strawberry, cherry, black currant and failure)
but it was a nice thought..;-)
Cru
on You Are Never Forgotten by crucethus
This is some nice shit, right from the off with those extensively mentioned pads.
0:31 kick drum + shimmering, clangy, delayed parts that I really like. That's probably Promenade's loop.
0:54 nice slow pads and then some fatter bass arrives. Real warm low end and there's some bass g too. Nice to hear the sound of its strings rumbling away.
1:17 blippy, liquid, bubbly synth sound that I never use in my music. I'd like to.
1:41 killer jazzy ride drum groove. Busy snares real cool too. Nice layering of drums. Bass is also awesome.
Then some fun, slightly triumphant brass parts.
Then piano sounding a bit discordant so not quite my kind of thing but certainly very jazzy.
3:37 back to dance fatness, with a new, insistent, scrapey, snarey element banging away. Maybe like a snare drum with a slow attack effect on it played with brushes.
4:22 funky, blippy synth is good on the top end.
4:39 cool, psychedelic lead synth with lots of movement merging nicely with everything else. Bass hasn't got boring yet. I'm not sure it ever does.
6:56 onwards there is a problem with an audio pop on the slow attack bassline at the end of each measure till the end. Maybe crossfade between the samples to get rid of that?
This is actually very 'FutureSoundOfJazz'. I've heard lots of that sort of stuff and it fits nicely in and is very well produced (apart from the audio pops at the end) so could easily be on a commercial release like that. Deeply chilled and uptempo and really quite sophisticated.
Congrats.
Static JazzMad
Welcome to the deeep House.
"0:31 kick drum + shimmering, clangy, delayed parts that I really like. That's probably Promenade's loop."
Nope, his loop is a soft subtle sound that underbellies the whole track. That jangly guitar pad was a royalty
free pad from a Future Music Mag disk back in 2000.
"0:54 nice slow pads and then some fatter bass arrives. Real warm low end and there's some bass g too. Nice to hear the sound of its strings rumbling away." I love that bass detuned down to G to sound even gruffer.
"1:17 blippy, liquid, bubbly synth sound that I never use in my music. I'd like to. "
"You'll be happy to know that it was me and the KorgMS2000 and it's lovely arpeggiator.
"3:37 back to dance fatness, with a new, insistent, scrapey, snarey element banging away. Maybe like a snare drum with a slow attack effect on it played with brushes.
"
I had a tremendous amount of fun planning out the percussion for this piece. Fun Fact, I added no reverse cymbals or cymbal crashes directly to this piece. Not a one. It felt good.
"4:39 cool, psychedelic lead synth with lots of movement merging nicely with everything else. Bass hasn't got boring yet. I'm not sure it ever does."
That solo was played by myself on the Korg Microkorg with some knob twiddling as I made it. Originally made for another song ,looped and added as an afterthought as it worked.
"6:56 onwards there is a problem with an audio pop on the slow attack bassline at the end of each measure till the end. Maybe crossfade between the samples to get rid of that? "
You have ears of steel superman, as I can barely hear that (and only when you pointed it out) on my car speakers and studio speakers with my old man ears, but you are right it is ever so slightly there.
"Deeply chilled and uptempo and really quite sophisticated. "
People don't realize how hard it can be to do a minimalist piece. And I think what I have learned about doing that is restraint in the correct rhythmic places. Complex percussion that unfolds as a natural progression and doesn't overwhelm the mix. Simple piano lines and arpeggios that hint at melody. Try not to get to far off track (as I love to do) with the essence of the song. keep it changing (subtly) but true to it's core and return to the beginning at the end.
It was a fun track to make.
PS, Cruella de vil (thats a clever one)
Well Thanks for listening and commenting Rustic Nutbath. Always a pleasure.
Crutopia
on You Are Never Forgotten by crucethus
Whenever I read something from you about, the way as thou doing music, then i see how uneducated i am.
Your answer to Greg is really totally wild. I really love that :)
Same i can say over this track - i love it.
The bass is fantastic! It sounds so good on speakers and headphone. Very nice mastering.
This track is a kind of easy listening without getting bored at all for me (and that is very rare in my case at easy listening)
What else can i say?
You done all like always :) just great.
Nice sounds, nice mixing, nice mastering, cool groove stuff with a cool dynamic and gentle little melodies.
Very enjoyable.
And the best is really that you done all with knowing what you do :)
stay tuned
joe
I'm glad you liked the track, and the detailed explanation to Greg. And sometimes I do know what I'm doing, and sometimes not so much.
uneducated..you ...no, your education is different though, and I appreciate that..and learning from you my friend.
Servus!
on You Are Never Forgotten by crucethus
A good tune to just sit down and relax to on a Friday afternoon after a hard weeks work, and of course with your favourite glass of lubrication! :)
Blessings Cru - B.
How about a "Singapore Sling" as the lubrication.
on You Are Never Forgotten by crucethus
This is a great deep house track you have here. I love the beginning with those lovely pads, then how you brought the drums and those toms in. That was definitely enjoyable. I would say this track gives off a trance/hypnotic vibe as well as a whole load of feelings. The bass, kind of gave me a circus feeling, but I loved it. The piano, gave off an emotional vibe and the drums had a dance vibe. It's always great when a track can give you so many different feelings at once.
All in all, great work. Faving this one!
Peace
Cru
on You Are Never Forgotten by crucethus
on You Are Never Forgotten by crucethus
TA
Yes I just invented Dancetella...so much better than nutella. I'm glad u enjoyed this one!
thanks for your comments
Cru
on You Are Never Forgotten by crucethus
pro-mix (as usual with your productions) and good choice of the sounds.
definitely a good candidate for one of the FutureSoundOfJazz samplers (are they still releasing them?)
Ciao, Domenico
Thanks for the props.
Ciao
Steve
on You Are Never Forgotten by crucethus
Versatility is incredible in your musical platform...in this time I participated into an electro/house/trance course just because learning stg from that world and this could be an exhibition track in every standard...magical work...
Handshake, Danke
It took me a long long time to get to the point that I could do a track like this. I would say 15 years of practice just to understand the minimalism concepts and correct balancing of sound. So I was as elated as you are in this wonderful comment after completing it. I just needed a Muse.
Steve
on You Are Never Forgotten by crucethus
on You Are Never Forgotten by crucethus
Hat's off to you and all involved______Orlando
you know I am a good cook in real life as well. Tonight A marinated Bavette with duck fat potatoes and asparagus, served with a syrah.
Here is an Ambient version of this track for comparison.
http://www.soundclick.com/player/single_player.cfm?songid=13352634&q=hi
Music has been very very good to me lately! ;-)
Ciao
Steve
on You Are Never Forgotten by crucethus
on You Are Never Forgotten by crucethus
because in some cases the artist has nothing to say.
However this was over seven minutes of pure enjoyment; very well done and it's a track I could listen often.
Thanks for posting this.
All The Best
d
I get bored easily so my songs have to have change in them to hopefully keep u interested but also to keep myself interested.
I'm glad U enjoyed it.
Cru
on You Are Never Forgotten by crucethus
Best Wishes, YST
I have a Drums and Bass only version of this song for comparison.
http://www.soundclick.com/player/single_player.cfm?songid=13352637&q=hi
Thanks
Cru
on You Are Never Forgotten by crucethus
Cru
on You Are Never Forgotten by crucethus
Am curious, how do you work around your percussion? Do you just throw stuff in there and see what it sounds like?
Let me educate yah on my methodology of percussion.
First you need an anchor kick that you can build everything else up from in the center track. Using Mathematics, tone disbursement and spatial panning and mixing from a 3d perspective is the first steps I choose. Then I start bringing in the high hats the snares the congas the rims, the effects, the toms.
In the case of this track and the last track which I remixed alex (promenade2299), I could hear the sounds I wanted in my head before I did the remix (and I actually stated that to alex before) and then went through my loop collection to get them organized for the mix while incorporating his very ecelectic perc loops he gave me for the mix. Some drum loops have a cool percussion vibe but I don't need the kick, so I high pass filter it out. Some loops I add reverb for the spatial effect of hearing it more in the background. Making music for as long as I have allows me to also make instant judgements on what perc loop will work and what doesn't and again it all comes down to simple math sometimes. The Best house artists have this ability to drive a minimalist song forward with fantastic percussion changes throughout the track. I love when Danny Tenaglia does his deep house mixes for small crowds because you hear this element profoundly throughout his set.
I like the jazzy part as well.
I hope this answers your question.
Cru
on You Are Never Forgotten by crucethus
would love to hear this beast in nightclubs!!
great stuff.
Thanks
Cru
on You Are Never Forgotten by crucethus
on Catatonia by crucethus
that whole section with the pad and the plucks was awesome!, like someone said below you could almost do a whole track like that.
The loop seemed alittle distorted though, dunno if that was intentional but if you want, i could remake the loop at a the right bpm for you so it fits in the track better. Jst a thought :)
Awesome work man keep at it
Thanks for commenting.
I like the pluck with it's slowed down intentional distortion because it conveys just that feeling that I'm trying to describe when someones in a catatonic state. Though I did remix and remaster this and I added a slight delay on the pluck and fixed a few spots that were annoying me over the last month. I appreciate the offer though to remake the loop, that's awfully generous of you.
cheers
Steve
on Catatonia by crucethus
on Dancing To The War Drums by crucethus
on Catatonia by crucethus
Yes this one is a very personal and cathartic song that I made. The structure of What I wanted to do was in my head way before I even started to produce it. Mental illness is a serious, strange reality for so many people in this world. I wanted to express how the different states affect the people who love and care for people with brain injuries and issues. I want to spread awareness that mental illness is an illness of an organ called the brain, no different that someone having a lung issue (asthma) or Kidney (dialysis). The only difference is that the normal cognitive experience will change for a bit and that person needs your love, support, guidance, strength, trust, whilst the storm rages in there mind, and to know there is hope and help as the brain heals after these episodes. I saw a dear loved one deteriorate before my eyes. Luckily I had educated myself on the warning signs and was able to convince this person to get help voluntarily before it would become messy and difficult. During that first week this person experienced Catatonia for a few days and massive memory loss of that week. It was a combination of the Bi-Polar episode and the massive drugs that were given. For me my relief of stress and worry is in writing music. So you see that I have produced a lot of tracks very quickly just indicates I am reliving the stress of the situation. I am lucky that I have a great support team behind me and I reached out for professional advice early on and it has helped beyond belief. Also I am Highly educated on what can and will happen so we can survive this storm together, and I am happy to say patient is recovering very well now. I am aware many people here suffer from various mental illness and from time to time may or may not be in the most lucid state, but I just wanted to reach out part selfish cathartic release, but also part "you're all not alone" and there are some of us who understand what you are going through even if we don't feel the pain, or euphoria, or the depression, or the voices, we see the fallout. And people like myself are the safety net so someone doesn't cause too much damage to themselves and can get rest and help to allow the stormed brain to re-load. So musically this song has a shit-load of emotional baggage and yet an almost wondrous approach to what the subject might be experiencing. I thank you for listening and fav and downloading this was a very personal song for me.
Steve
on Catatonia by crucethus
Take care Rhodesy
Cru