crucethus

There Cru was just a-walking down the street, singing Cru-Ah-Diddy-Diddy-Crum-Diddy-Doo (over the latest hit song by Mr S. Nomad).

The opening synths do indeed have purpose and it's a simple but effective bassline. No cello until 0:28 and it's certainly not vocoded so perhaps you're mistaking synths for cello before then.

"beat at :46 has a groove with the strings sounds like Amish disco"

I like the idea of Amish disco. Probably no synths in Amishland. I presume they also have no computers so probably don't have fat beats like these. But acoustic cello would be allowed. Do they drink cider? Possibly.

"keeps building in intensity."

Yes - often a key feature of my music. 1:54 it gets somewhat Eastern and heavily psychedelic. And sort of trancey.

"Less psychedelics and more sub bass as we break it down with that groovy beat."

Yes, at 2:54 there's a move away from the intense, heavy psychedelic stuff to something more chilled and spacious, with the groovy bass coming to fore. Got to provide some variety and give the listener a break from intense stuff.

Lots of layered high string stabs as that section progresses. Might even be 7 or 8 cello parts as things get more intense around 3:56.

"percussion style on this song has a few layers"

Yes - loads of drum loop layering that's related to what you do though. Not sure if you've influenced me (a bit?) as I layered drum loops long before I'd heard of Cru.

"second half is like a cranky creepy cousin just waking up from a 2 day nyquil"

Good to have a breakdown and get rid of the drums and then build everything up in a different and intense way again. 2nd half is very different from first but uses many of the previous sounds and instruments so there is hopefully good continuity.

"7:15 on with those string phrases reminds me of Morocco"

Didn't think of that at all when making it but I think I can now see a link. No idea why as I'm not playing anything Moroccan. Just very simple bowed cello notes. And then a cool funky high cello lead arrives at 7:38 and gets seriously embellished, with more and more layers being added.

"thought the build up was going to lead in a wicked guitar solo"

That would totally have fit but I'm playing very little guitar these days and seriously focusing on celling it up and using it as much as possible so never considered adding guitar.

"it went into synth farts instead"

Good synth farts, I hope.

Last couple of minutes is probably too long and needs to be edited down but I thought it might be your favourite cos it's banging dance music, with fun squelchy synths. Aburpt ending should be better but I tried lots of things and could do no better.

Yes, it's a dangerous, mystical journey but where is the venereal disease? Did you pick up some genital warts when you travelled through Morocco?

Static Squelchmad.

thank you, I thought so too. didnt realize till after I did it. I'm going to see if I can expand on it.

Yaas!! I can see it already. A drama about alienation set in Nova Scotia in the fall starring a lonely Goth guy. lol. Thanks for listening crucethus!

thanks for your feedback

Hehe thank you. I am much more calm now after two years thank goodness. :-)

wow thanks I'm glad u like it :)

Thanks for passing by! I've already made some changes and mixing edits and will continue doing so and also add some stuff here and there. I wouldn't name it directly more complex, as it is and will stay minimal techno flavored with a scoop of Halloween. But I do want the tracks itself to have a bit more halloweenisch in them and a pinch more depth.
- Wobbin

Thinks where just different in a beautiful way in the old days.

Well, I'm a late bloomer, maybe the most promising 43 yo in my genre ;)

Korg has some tremendous sounds that can be used as effects in almost all genres. It took me about 43 years to get that.

Thanks for listening.

/Anders

Thanks man, I love percussion and want to do a lot more with just that.

I'm happy you noticed the mixing side of things, I'm trying to hone my mixing skills, it's difficult with the kind of music I make as you can probably imagine, so I started with the basic stuff.

I appreciate you stopping by, good luck with the Halloween competition :)

Thanks!
I really like your comparison to a martini.

Thanks!!

Thanks! Glad you like it man!!

Jeez Steve talk about six degrees of separation, just before I made this track I was listening to some Dixieland (probably the only form of jazz that I'm not particularly endeared to but their my father's old records so I make a habit of listening to them) and I got the feel of a New Orleans funeral procession, must have been the tempo or all the bodies piling up in Narcos! lol... music certainly moves in mysterious ways brother...I'll be over to check out that Halloween track mate..cheers Dave