The next offering in our revisit/completion to the OK Computer challenge; is it troubling to anyone else that I find this version incredibly relaxing
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posted by askmeaboutLOOM
on May 8, 2013 -
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It's been a while, and I figured I should come back with something wholly new (albeit about 4 months old). I've been holding out on posting this because, frankly, it's the most personal thing I've ever produced.
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posted by askmeaboutLOOM
on Feb 26, 2013 -
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Carbon 7 again, from last June. This one sounds more like an actual song than about anything we've done, so far. 16 minutes of spontaneous creation.
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posted by Devils Rancher
on Nov 24, 2012 -
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Time for a short break from the creepy. Turns out, all that needed changing was one word, and this was actually a bit of Mississippi Delta Blues in disguise--mostly because nobody in Mississippi has ever heard of the word "drivel." Sit back on your front porch with a cool glass of lemonade for this one.
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posted by askmeaboutLOOM
on Jul 17, 2012 -
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From sort of creepy to really creepy. From cover/arrangement/orchestration to abstraction. This is not your Major's
Lucky.
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posted by askmeaboutLOOM
on Jul 16, 2012 -
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Astral Funk from my improv trio, Carbon 7. This is what happens when you let the drummer set the theme of the jam.
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posted by Devils Rancher
on May 26, 2012 -
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After writing/arranging, recording, and mixing the first five sections of
The Wasteland, I found myself a bit spent, and struggling with the final movement, so I took a few days off to back away from it. I finally returned to it tonight, and, renewed, even managed to squeeze an extra track from it. Thus concludes the tour. Enjoy!
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posted by askmeaboutLOOM
on May 13, 2012 -
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For Section III (Track 4) of
The Wasteland, I finally take to the microphone for narration, with my own spin. This movement is entirely a capella, and with two small exceptions, all effects were manipulated by me in realtime.
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posted by askmeaboutLOOM
on May 3, 2012 -
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Next on order from
The Wasteland comes something completely different--no effects, no text, no processing, apart from a tiny bit of compression, and track normalisation. It's one instrument, center channel. Nothing but one man, one mic, and a room. That in mind, headphones
could not be more highly recommended.
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posted by askmeaboutLOOM
on May 2, 2012 -
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The sophomore track/movement in my concept album/piece, built around
The Wasteland. Finalizing the mix took a bit longer than expected, so I didn't get it in before the deadline for the challenge. Boo. Nevertheless, Expect some surprises.
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posted by askmeaboutLOOM
on May 1, 2012 -
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Turns out, a wall of text you can hardly pronounce and don't understand is easier to read in a single take when you sing it.
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posted by askmeaboutLOOM
on Mar 4, 2012 -
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Mvt. II of
Searching for Dual-Projecting Interneurons That May Contribute to Spinal Turtle Behavior. As with the first movement, this is a studio version/dry run we made before a live performance thereof this past Saturday. Once again, the vocals are from Virginia, via Google Voice.
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posted by askmeaboutLOOM
on Feb 9, 2012 -
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In a truly avant-garde move, the last real gyrophoniation on
Anthemic is an Anthem which isn't yet officially the anthem for the Crown Dependency it's supposed to represent. Also, does anyone know how such a beautiful island come to be the namesake of the
Garbage State?
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posted by askmeaboutLOOM
on Dec 18, 2011 -
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Skipping the next track on
the album, as it was the
first to be posted here, we move to the nonsense version of the Fijian national anthem--the one in English. Mr. Prescott must have thought Fiji to be a much bigger, stronger, less who-gives-a-shit-worthy nation than it really is.
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posted by askmeaboutLOOM
on Dec 17, 2011 -
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I thought I'd share this with the mefi music makers and listeners. It's a sparkly-ish, delay-ish, electronic-piano-ish, one-take-ish, THC-ish improv/rhapsody.
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posted by Moistener
on Dec 12, 2011 -
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Changing gears a bit, we go to one of the more fascinating anthems to grace the
album.
Kassaman's lyrics were written by Algerian poet Mufdi Zakariah while imprisoned by French colonial forces. He wrote the verses on his cell walls using his own blood. They are, by nature, extremely violent, and (far as I know) may comprise the only national anthem which mentions machine guns directly.
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posted by askmeaboutLOOM
on Dec 7, 2011 -
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Next
in line comes Georgia (the country, not the awful state). Oh, Georgia...your
flag is classy as hell, your language looks like squiggly doom. You're pretty awesome. I'm so sorry.
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posted by askmeaboutLOOM
on Dec 6, 2011 -
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Next from
Anthemic comes a much more abstract interpretation of a much more obscure anthem, from a country many more people are prone to forget exists. It's also, probably, my personal favourite track of the whole album. I'd like to think it very deftly stomps through the full spectrum of brilliance and stupidity, at any and all times.
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posted by askmeaboutLOOM
on Dec 3, 2011 -
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Presenting
Anthemic: a collection of abstract interpretations of various obscure, entertaining, odd, or otherwise intriguing national anthems. We start with a fairly harmless country, and a fairly harmless interpretation of a fairly harmless anthem.
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posted by askmeaboutLOOM
on Dec 1, 2011 -
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So closes another chapter of the Gyrophonic discography. We end
Step Outside with two tracks, which elide into each other. The second track begins around the 4'20" mark.
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posted by askmeaboutLOOM
on Nov 27, 2011 -
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Hooved animals and plants high in starch or methyl cellulose may want to avert their attention now. Kindergarteners, or any other fans of library paste, do we have a track for you!
from
Step Outside, released 20 November 2011
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posted by askmeaboutLOOM
on Nov 25, 2011 -
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Moissanite, or silicon carbide, is often used to make
synthetic diamonds. Listening to this track, for me, conjures imagery of a manmade crystal cavern, with an ethereal glow, and the not-quite-drip of not-quite-water.
The
prelude ends and the track proper begins around 3:16.
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posted by askmeaboutLOOM
on Nov 23, 2011 -
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In the real world, nobody voluntarily plays contrabassoon. Those who are forced to do so only play one note, and it's in long tones. This, however, is abstract, effected, avant-garde contrabassoon. This track comes from our newly released album,
Everything You See Here. Don't ask about the alpaca.
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posted by askmeaboutLOOM
on Nov 5, 2011 -
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Topical? Certainly! Tasteless? Probably! Pantsless? Unfortunately not. Well fought, revolutionaries. I hope these days are the turning points you so need.
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posted by askmeaboutLOOM
on Oct 22, 2011 -
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