Originally completed in 2007, Gunning for Jimmsy from the Wormfood album was at the time about as close to rock as I could get. I was always entranced by the Guitar solo in The Ramones "I wanna be Sedated" and wanted to take a shot at something like that. I played with panning the sound around to give it a little oomph beyond the repeated one note because try as I might it was hard to be satisfied with the results. That's what I get for trying to do something specifically as opposed to letting it happen organically. Between the simple baseline, one note guitar solo and the presence of absolutely no chords whatsoever in this song, despite my efforts to hide the raging minimalist inside it still manages to sneak out from time to time.
I don't like how the soundclick player looks so if you really need to hear this song you're going to have to do it here or click on the song title above.
Showing posts with label 2007. Show all posts
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Friday, June 8, 2012
Sunday, April 10, 2011
From The Vault vol.1
Death Before Ack!
2007 WormFood Collection
DBA! is a track I wrote as the first part of "The Dark Triptych" back in the mid-aughts in the days when I didn't know how much I didn't know about electronic music.
Despite the inevitability of death, the moment it actually comes is generally a complete surprise. This song is supposed to embody the cruelty of that moment, how few are even granted those cinematic last words. Most of us probably won't even manage an "Ack!" so to speak. This song is full of unspoken dreams and barely formed whispers, ideas fading before they get a chance to stretch their legs... all haunted by the ghost of melody that goes mostly unrealized... Hey, I'm not saying I executed it all that well only that those were the thoughts in my head as I worked it all out with a heavy electronic bass and thumping kick.
Even as I write this, I consider that if I made a track today about all those things it would bare no resemblance to what you hear in this classic track from the RM-T vault. But that goes without saying.
-J
Death before Ack! by Remedial M-Theory
2007 WormFood Collection
DBA! is a track I wrote as the first part of "The Dark Triptych" back in the mid-aughts in the days when I didn't know how much I didn't know about electronic music.
Despite the inevitability of death, the moment it actually comes is generally a complete surprise. This song is supposed to embody the cruelty of that moment, how few are even granted those cinematic last words. Most of us probably won't even manage an "Ack!" so to speak. This song is full of unspoken dreams and barely formed whispers, ideas fading before they get a chance to stretch their legs... all haunted by the ghost of melody that goes mostly unrealized... Hey, I'm not saying I executed it all that well only that those were the thoughts in my head as I worked it all out with a heavy electronic bass and thumping kick.
Even as I write this, I consider that if I made a track today about all those things it would bare no resemblance to what you hear in this classic track from the RM-T vault. But that goes without saying.
-J
Death before Ack! by Remedial M-Theory
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