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I have a new track up on my zebox-site, called "schaap". please have a listen and give your feedback :) thanks. --><-- |
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qrter-----page not displayed :-( |
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The page cannot be displayed, indeed! |
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yes.. :P I kind of put an extra "w" in "www".. HA HA! sorry 'bout that.. anyway, try this one: --><-- |
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Oh man, I thought for a second ZeBOX went under again. I'm getting the tune now. |
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im also gettin the tune qrter |
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if only those two cyclists could get those helmets off they could finally kiss eachother!! they look like they're really trying. man oh man...if only they could figure it out! HEY YOU TWO...IF YOU TAKE OFF YOUR HELMETS YOU COULD KISS!! :S oh man i hope they know what to do... |
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lol, is the track called "schaap" or "schaar"? It's quite a difference ;-) I'm listening to it know. Reminds me a little of fennesz, but i'm only in the first seconds... tell you more when it's finished. |
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okay i liked it. The track made me rather nervous though ;-) If that's what you set out to do, you managed it... It sounds like the beauty is coming from very far away, and you can just hear it inbetween all the noise... i like that. Had to listen to it a few times before i could make out the melody, but now i'm getting it... yeah... nice song. It still reminds me of fennesz. You probably already know him, but if you don't you should check that out :-) I can almost guarantee you'll love it! |
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its called "schaar". don't read too much in the title.. anyway, thanks for listening! the danger of this track is that the "noise" obliterates all - I do like to play around with that.. I've heard of fennesz, never actually heard anything by him. I'll give it a listen. :) |
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oh petty :-p I thought Schaap was a really cool title for a song ;-) Yeah, i've always liked songs where the melody is not right upfront and the first thing you notice... it's often better (i think) if you only notice it after a while because it's obscured by other elements. A subtle melody instead of a grotesque one. I think it's quite impressive for you to be able to write this song without having heard fennesz :-p I only have his album 'endless summer'... which sounds softer and more "dreamy" than your Schaar, but still the way he handles his melodies and his noises is similar to you, i thought. |
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goin to get it now. |
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That's funny, isn't it? That a half-heard or obscured melody can be so much more emotionally affecting than a blatant one, hmmmm? To me the veiled melodies in a lot of really good electronic music aren't necessarily better as melodies than anything in pop music; it's the way you're forced to approach them that makes you appreciate them more deeply. They come as a relief from a thicket of noise, or like a revelation that made you rewire your brain to understand it. |
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Mark Linkous (of sparklehorse... i guess many people here won't know who the hell that is... hehe) once said in an interview that the most beautiful songs he has ever heard are the ones coming through the open kitchen-window from his neighbours' house, slightly obscured by the wind and mutilated by all the background noises. :-) (just listen to his song Chaos Of The Galaxy/Happy Man to hear what he means). They come as a relief from a thicket of noise, or like a revelation that made you rewire your brain to understand it. yes! Or maybe it is because you cannot hear 100% of the melody, and you have to use your own imagination to fill in the missing parts. I know i always do that when listening to fennesz... in my mind i hear alot more in that music than what's actually on the cd! I haven't really been listening to alot of autechre yet, but the songs on Gantz Graf (their only release that i have) seem to have that same effect on me... really nice :-) |
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What sparklehorse do you recommend to a newbie ? I heard them live as a supporting act to Dave Gilmour in London but their sound rig was fucked and the excess bass killed the tunes. :( |
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Good track qrtr. I like the beginning. However as the song continued it started to lose my attention. But I give it a thumbs up as anything is better than whats on the radio nowadays. |
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the one i mentioned above is particularly great... Chaos of the Galaxy/Happy Man it seems to sum up alot of things i love about sparklehorse Also: spirit ditch (so beautiful...) heart of darkness maria's little elbows painbirds and his louder side: tears on fresh fruit ghost of his smile sick of goodbyes The quiet songs are more special to me, i'd recommend those first. But sometimes you just wanna rock :-D Sparklehorse can help you with that too! |
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thanks weatheredstoner. I can see how that (losing attention) can happen, I guess. |
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jesus! I just now saw that I had written "schaap" as a title in my initial message.. how dumb is that?! |
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by the way... their sound rig was fucked and the excess bass killed the tunes. :( that sucks :-( The best sparklehorse-gigs are when the audience is completely quiet, and the sound is crystal-clear... :-) |
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hehe, yes indeed! The r and the p are miles apart on your keyboard ;-) how'd you manage to get those confused? :-p Maybe it's your unconscious telling you you should name the song Schaap... I also listened to your other track a bit, but i had to turn the volume down really low (people are trying to sleep here ;-)), so i couldn't really hear well... it sounded nice though, i'll try again tomorrow :-) |
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it was kind of nice. but ia must say i liked "me dit" more (migth just be that my ears are pretty fucked n cant take any noise). and my direct tougths is: fuck the irritating repetativ sound in the backgroud, both of the track would be much better without them, but thats just my opinion. |
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sorry... met dit |
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yeah I really don't know! I guess I've been tired like hell for the last MONTH and I have so much to do for school and then I couldn't upload to Zebox because of my firewall which took me ages to figure out etc. etc. |
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mm.. which noise do you mean exactly..? (implying that there a lot of potential irritating repeating noises in the background to have fukked.. :) |
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yeah i understand... i've been there before... staying up 'till 4 am working on some report due the next day... then almost falling asleep with your head on the keyboard, hehe ;-) One time when i read back the next day what i had written that night, it ended with a part about little pink elephants... :-s (and i can garantue my project was not about little pink elephants!)... it was so weird... like i had already started dreaming but was still typing... i remember it was a confusing night... trying to fight my sleep, but i do not remember typing that strange part... So yeah... turning a schaar into a schaap doesn't seem so bad :-p |
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in both the tracks u have a clicking sound repeating, trough all the the track. somthing like a beat. |
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oh okay.. yeah, I like those... so I guess I'll keep those ;) |
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I have to hand in the first 3 pages of a short story tomorrow morning.. and I can't really concentrate.. still, its going quite alright.. I shall get back on it now.. I'm a good little soldier.. |
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quit hanging around on this messageboard then :-p I can guarantee this won't help you concentrate! But good luck with your story man :-) At least that sounds like a fun assignment. |
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it isn't when you've had 2 weeks, have done nothing, are dying of sleep (the month thing was NO exaggeration) and have class at 10 am.. anyway, you are right, I'll go.. but I'll BE BACK!! |
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*doesn't reply anymore to encourage qrter to get some work done* |
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The repeating pattern part sounded like it could be built up ala tri repetae into something really neat. The noise part was interesting but I think these two parts could work better seperately as individual tracks rather than having them try to complement eachother. All the sounds sound like the color grey sort of. |
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*rather than trying to have them complement...* .... since THEY aren't really even capable of trying... |
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Great track man. I really liked it. |
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thanks Apt_Zet.. w M w: "All the sounds sound like the color grey sort of." that probably hits the nail on the head. the sounds, although maybe not complementing eachother, are a bit 'sameish'. I'll have to work on that/at that. "*rather than trying to have them complement...* .... since THEY aren't really even capable of trying... maybe not (I don't think I agree with you), but I don't think they DO have to complement eachother in the way that you imply. I think the contrast can be interesting enough on itself. and somehow I did think you would like the noisy part.. :) I'm going back to writing now, surrounded, although I'm almost done, its going really well :) |
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It was too subtle and unimportant to notice but the purpose of my second post was to change this sentence: "...rather than having them try to complement eachother." into "rather than trying to have them complement eachother." (moved the word "trying" since the unconscious PARTS aren't capable of trying.) eh heh heh Don't worry you'll be back in a few minutes rather than doing your assignment. |
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shit. you are right. |
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bump dis shit.. :) |
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so did you finnish your assignment already or what? :-p (i hope you were also able to get some sleep) I'm listening to "met dit" right now (thru headphones :-)) and i like it alot, better than "schaar" imo. I must say i actually enjoy the constant ticking/clicking throughout the song (funnily enough it reminds me of the sound of scissors ;-)). |
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yeah I did. only thing was, I went to sleep about 5 o'clock and then I woke up at 17:30... I had to phone the telephone-clock-woman to check I was seeing that right.. my sleeping is all over the place the last month or so.. so I guess I had some catching up to do.. : s and thanks.. I think "met dit" is one of my own favourites, thats also why I left in on my zebox.. |
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Oh my god :-p I said some sleep, not lots of sleep, hehe. So is your hearing and taste of smell better now? (because seriously, this reminds me of the nap Jack Nicholson had in that movie wolf) I think my record stands at... uh... 16:00 hours... i've never slept until 17:30... i can imagine your shock! But wasn't the school closed by then? I seem to remember you had to turn in that story today... |
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alittle too much distortion/noise for my taste, but i did like what you were doing beneth the noise. nice. |
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yeah well, it doesn't have to be finished yet.. I'm going to phone one of my classmates later on.. I slept about 12 hours I guess. it feels like I missed a day.. : / I'm listening to that Sparklehorse track you mentioned now.. very nice.. the beginning of the track sounds familiar - has it been used in a film or something? |
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thanks Zeus. I still don't know if I myself don't think there's too much noise there.. |
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its kind of cool, in that you really have to pay attention to hear the details that are behind the noise, but on the other hand, its not the easiest of listens. Not something to relax to :) |
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you probably won't be able to fall asleep tonight i guess... :-s It sucks when your dayrhytm is messed up like that. cool that you like the sparklehorse-track :-) I've never heard it in any film... but who knows? It's possible i suppose. I was listening to that album earlier tonight... it is really great... The moment in that song (galaxy chaos/happy man) when the noise clears up and the song becomes clearer always leaves me feeling a little bittersweet... On the one hand i wished he would have kept it noisy and obscured for the entire track. But on the other hand it is a really powerful moment! It always puts a big grin on my face... it's like suddenly you stepped into the room where sparklehorse is playing, and before you were hearing the music from another room... i love it! The entire song! |
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its not the easiest of listens. now that is true! (for both tracks), they are very nice, but you really have to make an effort to appreciate them. i kinda like specifically that aspect though... |
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