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Grinning Ape // I came up with a really good name for this yesterday in the car. But I didn't write it down and so I forgot. But it was good, if pithy. However, this new title, "An open letter to...· is interactive, so important these days, in that you can choose your own recipient of the "open letter to...". Here are some of my choices; Donna Summer Ambient Techno The Funkmaster Sesame's Treat The One World Government J.R.Hartley The Cast & Crew of "Poseidon" (2006) Time itself The Pink Panther Bill Drummond Trust House Forte Ed "Stewpot" Stewart |
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I just get the quicktime logo, with an "?" on top. Seriously. |
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i dont really like the rhythm that lead melody is on also what have you done to that poor kick drum? id say spend more time on the drum patterns nice track |
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i think you should take that distortion off of that kick drum |
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Great track. |
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Oh for fuck's sake , not that it's WorthItProbably, but there you go, that's the risk you take. |
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Cool yo |
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very cute |
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Take.. the distortion.. OFF?!?!?! AHAHAHA...*cough splutter* ..ahahah.AHAHAHAHAHA OFF!!!... he said, take the distortion *hack cough hack* OFF!!!! NEVER! |
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Pretty good. I know how much you love SAW 1, and it shines through in the good way. The hi that comes in at 1:32 is pretty unbearable. I can feel what you want to do with it, but it kind of needs a filter to remove some of that ear damaging high frequencies (at least it sounds fucked up on my headphones). I can imagine this as backround music to a documentary about street kids. Like, the music fades down and a voice goes "Jimmy has been doing crack for 4 years now, and sells his body to older men for money" while theres a montage of street lights and cars going by behind this sad looking lad in rags. Good variation in it as well. Doesn't become boring. 4/6 if you change the hi i'd say. Good work. |
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can i ruin this track? |
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it reminds me of space, and the future. retro 80s style future. |
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Dirty_P: I know what you mean, I like the filthy snare / Hi hat (I don't even know what it is in the mix) but it's a thin line between "hardcore" and "fucking annoying". Cygnus: Of course, dear Gwely: Under slightly different circumstances I'd marry you. |
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very nice and lovely i also really like the fps things on your page |
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kthnkx, and it's |
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I'm so lonely. |
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I was trying to think of what this music reminded me of and then I realized it was essentially Johannes' image of the drugged out teens. I'm picturing a kid with the common 80's John Connor haircut and distressed stonewashed jeans shooting up in a back alley.. only all in dramatic slo mo. Very dramatic, but not in a stupid way.. evocative. Good work, as usual! P.s. the hihat is definitely your dirtiest yet :) |
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It's quite good. Needs more melody. |
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it's been a while since an apeout, being laser beamed to the harddrive stat. |
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i usually dislike your music, and i'm saying this more and more frequently, but i liked this one. back to nick drake. |
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Bloody Nick Drake, still, from beyond the grave, he insists on quietly upstaging me. |
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I'm listening on low volumes here because people are sleeping, but it sounds like most of the other sound goes missing when the hihats get too intense. Maybe bring them back just a little bit? Other than that it's a nice track, but I'd prefer it with a bit more of a change somewhere. Agree on the documentary on drugs theme. |
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You are listening too quietly, Volume really is a KEY FACTOR here, and I make no apologies for that, none whatsoever, and I'm sorry if that upsets anyone. But I appreciate you listening to the (top half) of my music track that should conjur images of a dystopian future, ideally, or even Derrick May's sock drawer, not so much anything to with Drugssss. |
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Easily the best thing you have ever done. And I claim 33% of credit for it. |
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I thought this track was excellent, apart from that annoying hi-hat (which wasn't that bad; it just ruined my enjoyment of all the other lovely sounds and intricate gurgles a bit.) I especially enjoyed the opening section and would have loved it to go on a while longer. Thank you for the tune, sir Grinning Ape. |
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i sorry dog belch at some point it sounds like you wanna be chris clark |
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but at the end it actually sounds nice. mixed feelings on this one |
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mixdown abit on the loud side, but god do i love this track man. I feel you should go for "Sesame's Treat". Don't know exactly why, but it makes both the least and the most sense to me |
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After all these tracks and mixed feedback.. I think if he wanted the distortion.. the abrasive, cringe-inspiring bursts we all know.. removed- that is, if they were unintentional- he would have found a way to remove them by now. Perhaps their continued presence should spark more exploration of his motives. Or, maybe he just can't be arsed to clean the damn things up |
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yeah, to be honest, i'm surprised at those comments.. i thought this was the stuff we had come to expect from Grinning Ape, ie "not a nice ride"? The stuff I've heard by grinning ape is, for the most part, very rough and jarring. i thought that was the point? |
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tis good, rolls nicely alone. Where's the distorted hi-hat from? |
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There is a Beastie Boys tune called "an open letter to NYC" |
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i like your track |
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red velvet. nice |
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"Jimmy has been doing crack for 4 years now, and sells his body to older men for money" - Brilliant Good - The start of the track after the beat comes in, nice, solid, listenable. Bad - Distracting snare at 1.5 mins. Opening few seconds. Ugly - Monoid |
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a note to YOUR MUM |
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I take all your points very seriously, and to that end, I have reworked it, rethinking my approach to JUVENILE HARSHNESS, and instead expressing my sense of of personal failure in other ways. I think it sounds a lot better now and that everyone was right and I was wrong. Though I may get complaints from the RSPB that some of the higher frequencies are putting migratory birds off of their course. To the poor souls bereft of anything better to do I present And for those of you apparently living under regiemes where access to the Grinning Ape website is judiciously barred, why there's , or rather, I did. |
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Owww! - my ears! *turns it up!* even better now. |
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What, you wrote a song for me? Ummm... All joking aside, I'm actually listening to this song now, and it doesn't really do anything for me. It's decent, but the quality just isn't there in my opinion. I'm sure you'll take that as me taking any opportunity to insult you, but it's actually honest criticism, so take it as you want. |
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Seeing as Canada is the new home of IDM, with over one million producers par pouce carré, I am just grateful you had time to check out my so-so homage to Ambient Techno. |
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i did see that. but think i should have recognised his style immidiatly |
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it's like music from the late (on xlt) promo |
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pfs |
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damn, your production and style is really evolving. this is fucking superb, like a more refined but still soulful and evocative grinning ape. wiser, more controlled. like a good pot of coffee and some dark chocolate. fucking lovely, especially those high pitched blips and the "dropouts". that new mix will be absorbed soon. |
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Big, can you do all your future posts spread out over 3 or even 4 individual postings, and then it looks like my spam is more popular than it actually is? And I even get to do "bonus posts" like this one. For those that don't "speak Big", pfs is Paul F Savage, who sometimes records under the name and his music is very good and he asked me to put some on my site and that's what I did. I hoped it was clear that the "pfs music" wasn't actually by me as the last thing I'd want is to be e-chastened by the Council of IDM for false representation, something I think Timbaland is currently embroiled in. |
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didn't really notice much of a different with this new mix, to be honest. |
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Oh Staz, don't beat your bandwidth, I swopped the "original" link with the new version as well, so it's only an unlucky few with the rush-released early version, currently residing in Recycle Bins, waiting for a reboot to finally clear off, on desktops ALL OVER THE GLOBE. Thanks for your words which mean so much and, sadly for every one, only serve to encourage me. |
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differeEEENCE |
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