Thanks for checking this track out! I did use one toy on this track - that was some drums sampled from a hing hon EK-900 keyboard kind of a famous circuit bending target. I like it because of it's driven analog sort of sound. Thanks for the review!
A truly gorgeous piece of work. Lovely jaco-esque harmonics and ambient backdrops remeniscent of Steve Hillage's work on "Green", a rare treat and definately one for the favorites list - well done.
Great african feel to this one. The meter and those low end frquencies do indeed convey a kind of weighty loping movement and there is definately a hippo snort in there - great stuff.
And it's the one track that's got no African drums on it! Funny how we can invoke location sonically with the right/rite frequencies and rhythmic patterns. I'm glad you can hear the hippo snort, too (which is how I came to title it), as I thought maybe I was the only one. Glad you dig it!
Nice thumping grove to this with lots of interesting prcussive elements. I like the vocal and the change in melodic direction around the 3:10 mark - cheers jfw.
Thanks jfw :) She does have a great voice, perfect for that neo-soul sound. It's a catchy hook, too! Can't get it outa your head lol. And that's all her, lyrics/melody. I did the vocal arrangement, but the singing talent is all her! Thanks again!
This is definately one for the inner-space voyager or psychonaut. I can feel the Entheogen beginning to take effect. Ayahuasca, Delysid, Psilocybin - the choice is yours...
On a SERIOUS note - this track just gets better with listening - great remix.
JFW knows the lingo! Yeah, I guess it's time to explicate the "frog" totem invoked in the "Hippo" piece. A few years ago there was an entheogenic conference up in Whistler, BC and psilocybin was brought up. One of the organizers called on the Hiada and Kwakiutl elders at the conference and asked why the native Pacific Northwesterners didn't use the mushroom as a tool. The response: "Yeah, we've always known about the mushroom. It's just that it's the domain of Frog, and everybody knows that Frog the Trickster is a pathological liar. You can't trust anything from the realm of Frog." Two personal totems are at work here - the Terror invoked by Hippo and the uncertainty emphasized by Frog. Glad you dig it! Hope my little explanation makes it even more enjoyable!
thanks I was a punk dj in the late 70's early 80's this was the punks dance music and they loved it and I still do great fun music, thanks for your time and review.
Hi Nomad,
This is a great track and an excellent arrangement. If they ever remake the Daktari tv series ( anyone here, old enough to remember that!) this would make a good new theme for it.
jfw - Ha! I hadn't considered Daktari, but Johnny Quest has come to mind twice (what 3 or 4 years earlier?). Thanks for the review and "hearing" where it should be used!
I had this ditty for three months before listening to it again and deciding against a rewrite before I uploaded it - it just kept sticking in my head.( P.S. Slayer2 by ReFx on guitar.)
on Clarity Mix 3 by Spivkurl
on Your Special Piano by codymeiser
on Requiem for a G for Nate Dogg fy Estae draft 1 by victormusic01x
on above the clouds by smallpaul
on squeaky clean by LongJohnsLiver
on Lonely is the night by FrenchKid18
on The Sea of Gladness by Planetjazzbass
on Journey to the Center of the Universe by JWilson
on When Hippos sing with Frogs by n0mad23
on Haunebu Rider by ShaubYaella
on Where Do We Go From Here Ft. Nesrin Asli by Cyryus08
Cyr
on Harlem Tango by FrenchKid18
on Northern Light by ngSBB
on Dancing in the Dreamtime by n0mad23
On a SERIOUS note - this track just gets better with listening - great remix.
on Smoke the Herb by PocketsRecording
on Special eSKApe to Madness featSlapJohnsonharmonica by BigPete
on Night Runner by Diskonnect
on Nostalgic Reverie by Scriptique
on Jungulation Victor by n0mad23
This is a great track and an excellent arrangement. If they ever remake the Daktari tv series ( anyone here, old enough to remember that!) this would make a good new theme for it.
on Coffee by Pandemonkium
on Sax Surf by ShaubYaella
on If C minor were F by Badhuman
on Megalon by Scobra
on india by dliwehtfollac
on Magic Carpet by Planetjazzbass