Burn Me All Away (Feat. Sleepy Pete)

With all the Sleepy Pete/Melissa May nostalgia going around, I thought it was probably time to post this little tune Sleepy Pete and I collaborated on long ago.

I made this during a little phase of trying to make the next "Soft Bulletin" album by the Flaming Lips, and copying the way they used synthesizers. I emailed it to Sleepy Pete and Melissa May to see what they thought, since I knew they used a lot of computer generated sounds. One way or another (I think I just flat out asked), Sleepy Pete ended up doing some pretty sweet percussion. This must have been around the beginning of this year.

So anyway, here it is. I don't actually remember how to play this song, so it's probably at it's end. Some levels are probably funny, and all that stuff. The percussion gets going just a wee bit in the middle, and then freaks out at the end.

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posted by Corduroy (4 comments total)

Love the breakdown at 2:40. Your harmonies have really improved over the past two years, as has your voice, it's sounding good! This is a great collab.
posted by IngeChiles at 10:31 PM on August 3

Beautiful, just beautiful.
posted by Foci for Analysis at 12:55 PM on August 4

Corduroy, I'm really glad you're still around posting music. You're always great to listen to. I didn't think I was going to enjoy a percussion freak out on this, but it worked for me by adding another pretty strong emotional element. Very cool stuff!
posted by snsranch at 4:18 PM on August 4

Nice. I like its texture and sense of space.

The mellotron (or mellotron-like) synth patches that you're working with on this song are great.
posted by umbú at 7:44 PM on August 9