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Dark Summer - Ride The Snake EP (Dark Records) -Dark Summer - Clash of the Worlds(original) This starts with some talking about lsd and proceeds to islamic imam chanting alla wakbar. ehhehe intresting specially for me as i hear the imam of the mosque near here every day. psy squelches come in soon after and a very nice build up arround 1:45 in. more nice psy sounds come in after this buildup with also a nice vocal with some delay. at around 2:20 first melody comes in, haunting distorted sorta guitarish sound. this goes on until 3:20 where pitched psy stabs take over again. Another buildup at 4:10 again excecuted well with a goa sorta melody coming in after. The melody carries us towards the outro. Very nice track with some nice production twists and good arrange. If you like modern squelchy dark with goa influences ou will like it. Dark Summer - Divine Justifier This one starts with some haunting dark pads and rock type of drums before going into the psy kick/bass. i like the drum sounds and the bass little bit less in this one but it still works. Until 1:52 we have slight buildups with drums and sounds coming in a sorta proggy manner, and the psy fm sounds come in. another small buildup at 3:20 with another fm pitched sound coming in with a lot of other twisted psy sounds going on. This goes on for some time with what seems to be some automations of the synths and fx and this goes on until the outro. Another solid track, could be a little more intresting with some more variation. Digitalist - Clash of the Worlds (remix) starts with some sampleNhold type sounds with the kick/bass fading inwards. Very nice kick and bass in this with the drums and squelches coming in very nicely at 28 seconds. Also u can hear a sorta housy stab line that works very nice with the groove. At 1 minute sounds pull out and make way for some more sttab sounds to come in with a lot of reverb. nice variation on the bass going on. some gated vocals coming in with the stabs and then a formant vocal sorta line. all sounding very nice now at 2 minutes in! Still gaining even more power at 2:30 and letting go with some games on the kick;/bass into a ver nice bouncy melodic sound coming in at 2:45. This goes on until 3:30 where tons of squelches come in. This part i don't like so much, a bit too screechy for me. Brrak at 4 minutes again very nice execution into atmospheric sounds and some fxed drum sounds. again the track is very nice in this part. Yet another well done break just before 5 minutes and we have some pitch pulling sounds and some nice qwacky rubbery lead again. All these sounds go on until the end with everything climaxing in a furry before stopping. Very good track overal and should rock a dancefloor! Conclusions: A lot of nice material and smart work here. I liked both mixes of Clas of The worlds and it is worth getting the ep just to grab hold of these. The other track is a little bit less attractive but does work with the other two. Looking forward to hear more Dark Summer in the future!

sent info by email u got it?

http://www.postunder.net/files/minimag/sep04/kicks.html kick tutorial http://www.postunder.net/files/samples/faxiMegaKicks.zip kicks pack

thanks trevor!

i will send u an updated version of mine as well

Individual track purchases from the EP are now available too: You Know Alex: http://shop.d-a-r-k.net/live/index.php?act...od&productId=81 Find The Guy: http://shop.d-a-r-k.net/live/index.php?act...od&productId=82 Fight The Future: http://shop.d-a-r-k.net/live/index.php?act...od&productId=83 Bolt From The Blue: http://shop.d-a-r-k.net/live/index.php?act...od&productId=84

bump for new project available and some updates - Faxi Nadu - You Try This - 150bpm prog/twisted http://www.postunder.net/remix/faxi_nadu_-...ROJECT_FLAC.zip Also I have switched from using APE for these projects to using the regular FLAC frontend, available for pc and mac here: http://flac.sourceforge.net/download.html The first project, Second in Comand is also available now for the regular FLAC fronted: http://www.postunder.net/remix/faxi_nadu_-...ROJECT_FLAC.zip See also edited first post. Faxi

yap just take some tb clone vst something like tau2, put bitcrushing on it with mayybe bit depth somwehre between 8-12 and sample division somewhere between 3-12 (depending on taste). put resonance high on the tau, play with the cut. both saw and square waves are great for this, each give distinct flavor, depending again on taste.

thanks a bunch for this review! appreciated heeps, faxi

this album now also available in mp3 320 and 192 kbps formats through Audio Jelly online shop: http://www.audiojelly.com/more_info.cfm?id=9104

ya vocal filters and u can also simulate formants with multiple bandpass filters, and bitcrushing helps.

ya i dont get neofullon either gives me headache

Faxi Nadu - Intelligence ID: DARKEP003 Artist: Faxi Nadu Name: Intelligence Label: D-A-R-K Records Genre: Psytrance - Dark/Goa Date: November 2006 Format: FLAC (wav) Length: 29:00 Tracklist: Faxi Nadu - You Know Alex (7:04) Faxi Nadu - Find The Guy (7:27) Faxi Nadu - Fight The Future (edit) (5:32) Faxi Nadu - Bolt From The Blue (edit) (8:57) "You Forget, Picard. You destroy humanity!" - Q All tracks produced, mixed and mastered by Yaron Eshkar Booking, music and info: http://www.faxinadu.net Art by Hadar Lubaton: http://www.hadargfx.net All profits from this album will go towards financing a Faxi Nadu CD release on D-A-R-K Recs! By buying this EP you are directly supporting further collaboration between the label and the artist. Thanks to everyone involved in releasing this album and to all the stompers out there who dig this music! -------------------------------------------- Tracks: You Know Alex - Deep and driving bass in a track full of quirky little edits as well as pounding hits and stabs. Also some nice comb filter pads can be heard in the middle. Find The Guy is mysterious and vague. Lots of sounds and percussions, screams and groans and a goa-like melody. Fight The Future is a track based around pounding and gungy drums and bass, with distorted vocals all over - the psytrance version of punk . Bolt From The Blue is a fast, driving and twisted dark tune with some goa touches. --------------------------------------------- About the artist: Faxi Nadu music features hard and kicking psytrance/techno with a dark and sinister twist. Groovy horror tunes with a heavy dose of soundscapes, psychedelic effects, paranoid screams and groans - suitable for partying on the dance floor. Influenced by the b-movie culture and the horror and science fiction cultures - presenting a unique approach to dark psytrance. Groovy, pounding dark night-time trance music, as well as tracks with more than an ounce of good humor and "morning" melodica. At times mad and twisted, at times constructed and progresive, while always very psychedelic and atmospheric. Obvious Dark, Prog, Goa, Techno and Suomisaundi influences, with a distinct, personal feel - Faxi Nadu is sure to send your head bobbing, your feet moving, and put a big halloween pumpkin smile on your face. Buy it as a digital download and listen right away: http://shop.d-a-r-k.net/live/index.php?act...od&productId=80 Free mp3 track previews available at the site as well.

cool alright im sending, but just warning u, its not just lower, it has no beats at all just soundscapes from my elmooht project

hmmm so should i also submit some soundscapes for the chill part or not? is the chill part also beat music like Mike's 148bpm?

thanks!

hot indeed first track is my fav

go for it

Elmooht - Logh Vohei "Elmooht - Logh Vohei" was initially released in December 2004 as a joint Moron Labs and Postunder Records limited edition album. Moron Labs were to distribute the album in North America and Postunder was to sell it online and distribute it in Israel and Europe. Moron Labs has folded and has not sold or distributed the album. What happened to most of the Postunder Records copies is even more unfortunate. A roof in the room where the album copies were stored caved in (!!!) and most copies of this limited edition to begin with album were destroyed or damaged beyond being able to sell. A very small amount of copies has survived but all these discoureging devlopments led also Postunder Records to abandon the album. Now, finally, we give this unique and intresting release another chance at life by presenting it to you at D-A-R-K Records! "...Logh Vohei is a powerful, no-nonsense, high voltage ambient - soundscapes - experimental - noise mixture. "In your face" multi-layered sounds, usually very dark and even paranoid, lots of mysterious atmospheres and a very distinct feel and storyline. While inspired by such veteran ambient experimental noisemakers such as Vesica Piscis, Biosphere, Lustmord, SETI, Future Sound Of London, Oophoi, Brian Eno, Steve Roach, Merzbow, Throbbing Gristle, T.I.P., Tangerene Dream,and many more, Elmooht brings in a fresh, unique approach, resulting in a very personal style and sound..." Artist: Elmooht (aka Faxi Nadu) Title: Logh Vohei Label: D-A-R-K Records / Postunder Records / Moron Labs Style: Ambient/Experimental/Noise First Release Date: December 2004 Re-Release Date: November 2006 Format: JewlBox CD Total Time: 79:04 Tracklist: 01. airborn doomed (2:16) 02. begin (0:08) 03. beam focus (3:36) 04. cube (1:03) 05. distress (1:16) 06. arise (0:15) 07. assimilation (1:14) 08. boll weevil (1:02) 09. almost human (0:11) 10. derick (1:38) 11. my time (0:15) 12. break (0:09) 13. lab animals (1:06) 14. shell at nagasaki (2:10) 15. holnools (0:46) 16. emotion fights back (0:34) 17. flashback (0:45) 18. glorious free fall (1:50) 19. bunker child (0:49) 20. evermasked meitode (0:56) 21. ghost trains passing (0:50) 22. hive mind (5:20) 23. hiding (2:56) 24. nemtode (1:29) 25. poser (0:04) 26. glassbox norecknegoons elmooht mix (1:11) 27. relay (0:15) 28. passage (0:16) 29. processing (0:08) 30. monistary (1:55) 31. overload (0:31) 32. memorial (1:01) 33. oak nihlism (2:12) 34. ship shape remix (0:52) 35. fear of depth (0:19) 36. roller bees (0:56) 37. rig (2:46) 38. reminder (0:11) 39. same bomb (1:34) 40. secrets in the snow (1:21) 41. shipwreck grid 16 (2:29) 42. shutdown (1:03) 43. something wrong with container 859 (1:26) 44. sig (1:15) 45. urban c (0:02) 46. spinning jenny part b (1:56) 47. spinning jenny (0:38) 48. speakeasy (0:29) 49. the player (0:30) 50. the grid sequence (2:00) 51. tran-sys (0:17) 52. treatment plant (0:49) 53. urban b (0:15) 54. urban (0:03) 55. what about you (0:25) 56. try this (0:04) 57. style the pops (0:46) 58. the swamp (0:12) 59. blitz (2:05) 60. blue explosion (1:11) 61. flares (0:15) 62. disaster (0:20) 63. more trains (0:22) 64. the blue nile (0:12) 65. chan ge eer (0:24) 66. princessa number two (0:15) 67. the war is near (0:19) 68. just before (0:15) 69. rebirth (0:13) 70. he who seaks clairvoyance (2:28) 71. burnt sense (1:34) 72. vol eeh (0:50) 73. care for me (0:33) 74. logh (0:13) 75. ship is venting atmosphere (1:24) 76. dying jungle (3:26) Graphics by Hadar Lubaton at http://www.hadargfx.com Download a free EP out of the album here: http://shop.d-a-r-k.net/live/index.php?act...od&productId=76 Buy it on CD here: http://shop.d-a-r-k.net/live/index.php?act...od&productId=75 Buy it as Digital Download here: http://shop.d-a-r-k.net/live/index.php?act...od&productId=74 Cheers!

pm sent cosmic

Future State Of Rhythm - Fsor 001 VA http://www.archive.org/details/future_stat...hm_-_fsor001_va ID: fsor001 Artist: VA Title: Future State Of Rhythm - Fsor 001 VA Date: November 2006 Format: 256kbps mp3 Length: 77:22 Tracklist: 1. tau muon - zombie breaks (6:15) 2. faxi nadu - ship shape (4:16) 3. heskin radiophonic workshop - tallis canon v5 (4:38) 4. nuff x - shards of my heart (4:45) 5. taiga blues - john carpenter (2:35) 6. nik jade - tiger bomb (4:44) 7. dj hectic - closing in (5:28) 8. muggle fx - close calls land slides (4:30) 9. megaheadphoneboy - 68 peace (4:33) 10. the ambient society - electrospazmatic (5:40) 11. fudgedubnofunk - dark funk (3:58) 12. timothy p - viral antidote (3:13) 13. asymptote - random asymptote control (5:15) 14. signal to noise ratio - monochrome (4:23) 15. 2ndmouse - future state of rhythm (4:33) 16. sickmoth - riot (3:14) 17. psy-sci - deo (5:22) Many thanks for downloading this album. This is the very first release on the Future State of Rhythm netlabel , and so , represents a major milestone in F S O R 's short , but chequered history. We had a vision of getting the best forward-thinking electronic experimentalists we could find , and get them all to submit a track each , as a kind of showcase , and a taste of whats to come , and this is the end result. A vibrant , challenging , eccentric mixture of IDM and experimental electronica , that isn't stymied by popular opinion of what the in thing is. Every track on this album was made by musicians who are deeply passionate about what they do , and we bring you this compilation in the hope that you will connect with the same vision that we at F S O R share. Expect many releases from these artists in the near future , until then , we wish you a great future state of rhythm Cover Art By: Teoo Download the album here: http://www.archive.org/details/future_stat...hm_-_fsor001_va -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tau Moon -- Zombie Breaks Tau Moon has put together this bass-driven slab of futurefunk that you'll find difficult not to groove to. With an uncanny knack of combining some great sounds and some great melodies Tau Moon kicks off the compilation with skyscraping leads and an infectious groove that doesnt fail to impress !! Faxi Nadu -- Ship Shape Highly eccentric and unusual , Ship-Shape is brought by the highly Ubiquitous and very versatile Faxi Nadu. Filled to the brim with clever sample manipulations , and unusual musical structuring , this is one more menacing jewel on Faxi's ever growing , all encompassing musical resume !! Faxi Nadu owns Postunder Records , of which FSOR is a sublabel of. Nuff X -- Shards of my Heart The Nuffster returns with a track from his forthcoming album. Based around an accoustic guitar led melody , beats cascade all around. This is a track for a lazy sunny day. Just kick back , forget your cares and let Nuff X transport you somewhere far away. Taiga Blues -- John Carpenter Brooding and menacing to begin with , flirting with an almost ska-like vibe , but opening out into a vast panoramic vista. A short but very engaging slice of electronica with a poignant edge to it. Highly enjoyable. Nik Jade -- Tiger Bomb With Tiger Bomb , Nik shows his fantastic ability of piecing together highly infectious , frenetic beats combined With Jazz piano breaks , to create an emotive style , the like of which you will never have heard before. This is just one track from a huge collection , that shows off Niks eclectic storytelling skills. Nik is also co-founder of FSOR. DJ Hectic -- Closing In Sounding almost like an intro to a James Bond movie , this dark slice of electronica paints a picture of espionage and cloak and dagger dodgy dealings , with some great percussion , and a sinister feel. Muggle FX -- Close Calls Land Slides Beautiful track , full of a sense of awe and wonder , with some really tight complex drum programming. This is one to just let yourself drift away to with your head in the clouds MegaHeadphoneBoy -- 68 Peace 68 Peace Creates a great sense of tension with some great melodies.....so simple , but so very effective , all tied together with intricate beats , where every sound is exactly placed. A master at work. TheAmbientSociety -- Electrospazmatic Growing from strength to strength with each release , TheAmbientSociety brings together some of the lushest multi-layered soundscapes you're likely to hear .His output is staggering , and there is without doubt much more to come. FUDGEDUBNOFUNK -- DaRK FUNK Great vision , and not sounding too unlike Future Sound Of London , this track delivers in spades !! With great musical elasticity , FUDGEDUBNOFUNK truly gives us dark funk , in every sense of the word. Miss it and lose out !! Timothy P -- Viral Antidote Technically stunning with an often childlike innocence , Tims track cannot but grip you from the beginning to the very last note. With a neo-classical approach to glitch , this latest offering from TimothyP paints a very vivid picture in the mind. Assymptote -- Random Assymptote Control Crammed with paint-blistering beats and fantastic sample manipulation , Random Assymptote Control will pound you into submission. Distorted , Driven , and devastating......a highly impressive track !! Signal to Noise Ratio -- MonoChrome The Mad Scientist , Circuit-Bending Afficionado who is Signal Noise , brings us this track with tasty , crunchy lo-fi beats, Bladerunner-esque pads and vocoders akimbo. 2ndMOUSE -- Future State Of Rhythm The highly productive 2ndMOUSE gives us complex post-detroit techno/IDM with this latest offering. Futuristic , and bouncing along with a full head of steam. Relentless , beat-driven foray into poignant synth swells. Like a rabid rottweiler on a leash. 2ndMOUSE is a co-founder of FSOR SickMoth -- Riot Another stunning outing for the Moth , fusing bagpipes , electric guitar , and beats together into a heady mix unlike you're ever likely to hear again. Only Sickmoth could make this work , as on paper it sounds like an impossible task , but the moth does it with style !! Psy-Sci -- Deo Beautifully hypnotic and engaging the mind with powerful imagery , Psy-Sci delivers this melodic lil number.....effortlessly emotive....spellbinding , and the perfect ending to the compilation as the music box fades to a whisper.

/me np 3x!13 - fat chants

cool look for pm with track soon

http://www.archive.org/details/3x13_-_a_summer_spent_inside CD1 Tracklist: 1. 3x!13 - on the last episode of sxb... (0:46) 2. 3x!13 - today i go for the gusto (3:56) 3. 3x!13 - warning sign (3:17) 4. 3x!13 - extra card (3:07) 5. 3x!13 - car chase (5:19) 6. 3x!13 - because single word titles say so much more than lyrics (6:24) 7. 3x!13 - one day, they come back to town (3:04) 8. 3x!13 - monster (3:04) 9. 3x!13 - 03 (3:50) 10. 3x!13 - looking at points beyond the focus (6:51) 11. 3x!13 - first place (4:12) 12. 3x!13 - imaginary units; point (4:15) 13. 3x!13 - burning (3:30) 14. 3x!13 - bandages (1:3 15. 3x!13 - dots in a sandstorm (3:33) 16. 3x!13 - there's only one way to float in water without an airplane seat (4:00) 17. 3x!13 - tearing me apart (3:26) 18. 3x!13 - upon entering the final city (feat sigma wave) (4:27) 19. 3x!13 - it's time to close the curtain (farewell) (5:35) CD2 Tracklist: 1. 3x!13 - 01 (4:16) 2. 3x!13 - sky turns into landscape (2:19) 3. 3x!13 - escape (0:2 4. 3x!13 - the final hit single (6:0 5. 3x!13 - i wonder if it remembers me (sleepless dreams part 2) (3:17) 6. 3x!13 - she's gaining on us (5:16) 7. 3x!13 - slowly; inside (3:36) 8. 3x!13 - let me see the real you (4:24) 9. 3x!13 - echo sutures (4:30) 10. 3x!13 - stonehenge sunrise (3:16) 11. 3x!13 - dreams of fights you never got into (4:50) 12. 3x!13 - make it go away (4:22) 13. 3x!13 - go out dancing (5:1 14. 3x!13 - doubleyou (versiontwo) (5:14) 15. 3x!13 - somewhere in a city at night (beautiful in headphones) (6:5 16. 3x!13 - fat chants (3:16) 17. 3x!13 - perfection is you falling (ft. hanna) (4:50) Electro? Post Rock? Alternative House? LoFi? Grunge? Game music? 80s? Progressive? How in the world do you clasify 3x!13?! What's for sure is that this best of album contains a healthy dose of character and a whole lot of chutspa. This is the real deal, underground music like it should be. 3x!13 reaches down into each and every one of us. These tunes contain some of the sweetest melodies since Zelda came out and changed the course of humanity, as well as vague, catchy, and particularly smart lyrics. rain. exploded shards. treeline outline greay. music by numbers in mud by feet, feel out the sound by sight. popping inwards while working out wounds in the 2-D monophonic boombox atmosphere. halloween at the 3 year mark, the journey never feeling an end; beginning with every other chord. dry heaves and synthetic textures overlaying the cartoon zombie insides, letting the good turn to bad as it makes way for sleep. as an unnatural fog gathers in the higher corners, the low thumping and bassline takes over the baseboards. Cover Art By: 3x!13 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --on the last episode of sxb...-- last discussion, we learned that we don't have the time to second guess ourselves, or second guess your motives. "well, there you have it: 3x!13 makes a shortass almost-punk pop song." --today i go for the gusto-- it's never hard to fool you, dear. a face so pretty, but nothing behind. so i'm going to see a movie. "early early attempt at rock+electronic...good fun to record it was" --warning sign-- let's hide away until the sun brakes. leave the forest just for a change. and i will be there to lift you up. don't hurt your hands when the lights go out. so your 'someday' is here now, you're leaving now. on a blanket across the sea...i'll see you next winter. when the time comes, i'll fill my sails and hope the tide is on my side. please to keep your hands and feet inside at all times. "doubtlessly my favorite set of lyrics ever...would that i could write like that always" --extra card-- "just fun with a string machine and beatboxes" --car chase-- "first time i'd tried recording my new electric guitar...came out so nice and thick/twangy, decided to expand on the idea for 5 minutes. bass also came out quite nice, and the whole thing just snowballed from there. i think it was supposed to be kinda hardcore at first, but then it turned into just evil evil triphop. just a nice addition to my 'machine bass' era, lightning bolt really fueled that for me." --because single word titles so so much more than lyrics-- now i blame myself for everything that went wrong, it's in my head. have to blame myself for every time that it rains and i'm not there. "fun with guitar resampling and irony, hehe. and also fighting myself to make sure crashes and hi-hats would cut off long before they naturally would; that's a weird thing i have going on. also one of the few songs where the fretless guitar didn't come out sounding dead as all hell. the airy synth at the end still grabs my fancy" --one day, they come back to town-- "was just showing a friend what i could do with a heavy mod-delay and an acoustic. songs come at you from outta nowhere sometimes. still no clue why i never hooked up the electric for this, it's far easier to record than the acoustic. the overall vibe though, i LOVE; the massive droney shit is my favorite to make." --monster-- somewhere along the line i felt it break. there's almost nothing left of what it used to be and my sinuses leak a little more. hiphop heyday lost words lost breath lost sense of time lost myself between lines: college-ruled existance. can you explain where we went wrong? can you guess why i'm writing this song? it's not exactly what you think, there's only one reason for blue ink. permanent like a dental record, don't let your grades slip. there's nothing like the way you fall, and i'm watching you the whole way. it seems a shame to win this way, but i'll take what i can get. "more evil triphop, i love this shit! i guess it'd be odd to say that the lyrics don't actually have any meaning, so i won't say it. anyway, i like putting the focus OFF the intelligible vocals from time to time." --03-- so you've put your pretty on. you're going out tonight? i see a car pulling up to your house. ring the doorbell, talk to your dad. someone is waiting up tonight; i see the light in the living room. walk in with excuses, walk upstairs and talk to teddy bears. walk in with a virus, walk upstairs and tell your diary. just like nothing ever happened. walk on just like nothing ever happened. "just got my good mic, recorded all the vocals crammed in the bathroom in one shot. pretty little song about...a stalker? rape? prom? teenage pregnancy? an absolutely normal date?" --looking at points beyond the focus-- "well, this one even took ME for a loop...starts off nicely nintendo-y, then suddenly goes bass, then acoustic, then metal. what the hell happened here? to be honest, i don't know. i'm glad it happened though. i remember x-files being on in the background the whole time, the episode with the giant alligator." --first place-- it's all i want: to see your face one last time before i'm out, soak it in and swallow it down, remember what i liked about you in the first place. (we should be awkward now) like a lumpy pillow propped against a rock, like a pringles can that's only full of ant bites, like a pair of underwear that's put on backwards, like a rest stop bathroom. like a 3am tv sans cable service, like a first date accompanied by your parents, i got to second base before they realized where my hand was. do you remember what i liked about you in the first place? (we should be awkward now) like a beer run with a fist full of change, like a long walk with someone you used to crush on, like the day you figure out what's in your pants pocket, like the day you tell them all he got you pregnant. like divorce rates making news with bigger pie charts, they never take the hint and try to work it all out. do you remember what i liked about you in the first place? "tempo changes and vocal layers like mad, it must be 3x!13!! actually, most of this song pisses me off except the last minute or so." --imaginary units; point-- "my new electric coming to save the day again...DAMN that thing's got nice tones sometimes. partial samples are some of my best friends too. i believe 'gangs of new york' was on in the background when this was bein recorded; i hate that movie. one of the earliest times i used the MicroKorg through a guitar amp too, that's a sound i won't soon stop using" --burning-- seconds last hours. gone for good and i never guessed. follows smears across time. you were gone when it collapsed. fell without help. as i sat outside classified cigarette burning. inside i was whole. you were lost, map was wrong. light shines through. touches wall. melt it down. flowing. previous excitement wore thin, it's the self destruction. glasses that have hidden. now i need a warmer jacket. "earliest instance i can think of where anybody actually liked 3x!13, definitely also set the stage for things to come. just wish i'd had my guitar back then, that could've helped out a bit i think." --bandages-- "i like to do guitar ditties from time to time. heavy delay, a lot of reverb...i'd like to think it's a welcome distraction from the louder electronic sounds." --dots in a sandstorm-- "more synths+samples+guitars, these are fun to try to get mixed right sometimes. the bitcrushed drone/melody was what told me i should finish up, it just kinda sneaks in and out of hearing." --there's only one way to float in water without an airplane seat-- "i like the changes in this one. they weren't planned at all, just a product of what i heard as being accented in the beat and guitars. another example of just what can happen when you push to not link the drums 'right'. i like the ride falling off so bluntly; and then the off-kilter hits in the middle." --tearing me apart-- "a rollercoaster pilot reject, but for the better; i needed those few+rare stress relievers in the middle of recording RCP between december and march. more korg-through-guitar-amp sounds, i love how grungy that thing can get. original working title: somebody's theme song. also had a FAR worse ending at first." --upon entering the final city-- i see a city in the sky, birthplace of laughter and light. upon the garden by your house, sit back watch the world go by. couches of fluffy pillow down. relaxing chase away your cares. within a starry moonlit night. kiss you, turn into a smile. "i love those chimes, so 'fantasy movie' sounding. can't really say much else, i think the mood of this one speaks for itself. just imagine rockin this while the Crystal Palace suddenly pops into view from behind the other meteors...even though i was watching Willow when the idea struck." --it's time to close the curtain (farewell)-- "started off as just another guitar ditty, complete with the weird digitech pitch shifter. something drove me to 'complete' it though, and once i got the korg on it, it was too late to turn back. the title was really only a gesture towards the guitar-driven 3x!13 (not 3x!13 entirely), as the bulk of those ideas are now being put towards RCP." --01-- when was the last time the sky pastel you fell into flowers and laughed until you thought you'd choke on leaves that rained from the sky and the moon craters. when was the last time they formed a face that cheered you up and brought dreams of being there laying on your back and looking back at the big blue orb. when was the last time you thought you could fly; you wanted to fly. i try to hard to have it all and start to fall into the walls that surround me. into my own designs, fluctuating empty space. "conceptualized at the NYE party i went to for 2006, just kind of the shit i think up in cars. ending bassriff and gutiar sample was just a kind of random thing i came up with. think of watching a sunset sky through the sunroof of a car." --sky turns into landscape-- "was really just fuckin around with some new samples and vsts. once again; a song that came out of the blue for no apparent reason except to be made. i like when those hit me, i get more beat ideas than when i already know the path of the song." --escape-- "another guitar ditty, this one wasn't even supposed to have drums, wasn't recorded at any real tempo." --the final hit single-- "a song written around the beat. typical 'wintery' music for me; i feel laid back when the weather's cold, and i can focus more on the atmosphere of the song instead of forcing in some random shitty hook. this one's got a hook, yeh, but it's there cause it was comfortable." --i wonder if it remembers me-- "another song made while x-files was on the tv. that doesn't really affect the type of music i make; it just keeps me from putting hours and hours straight into it; keeps me from frustrating over stupid little things. just wanted to make a darker instrumental hiphop song, hadn't made one in a while." --slowly; inside-- "i made the intro for this SO very very long ago. i think it dicked around on my hard drive for about 3 years before it finally got used in summer 2004 for this song. now i wonder if i should've taken a different approach to the song in relation to the intro. oh, the fun of second-guessing your own intentions wouldn't have happened if the guitars+synth had been crappy though, i love the progression and texture they pick up. parts still sound to me like it's barely hanging on to being sane." --let me see the real you-- "one word: damn! i'd been chasing this kind of sound+groove for years, then finally got it. another one of the first songs to use the korg+amp extensively (well, as extensively as the minimalness would let me). i still never feel like this song lets up on it's aural assault somehow; even when it calms down, seems there's still something lurking around in the back that maybe you should run away from." --echo sutures-- "another precursor to Rex Around Town; it would be a RAT reject if i made it today (it's right, but not minimal enough). makes me miss having the Science Channel, i caught a nice marathon of specials on comets+asteroids when i was writing this." --stonehenge sunrise-- "more vst foolery, and watching science channel. i particularly liked the rhythm the rides made when i was chopping the drum loop into pieces." --make it go away-- "listened to a bit too much pj harvey (heard 'the wind'?) then wrote this, with the mass-glitch ending in mind the whole while. was definitely the first time i hand-glitched one of my own tracks; i've done it on a million remixes before though. was frustratingly time-consuming; kept finding problems with the music itself that would have to be fixed, then start all over again with the glitching." --go out dancing-- "the very first official rex around town reject; was just too damn happy. then the guitars at the end were very anti-club. but very much opened my eyes as far as making electro that wasn't decidedly loud..." --somewhere in a city at night (beautiful in headphones)-- "first track where i started off knowing it'd be brutally electro. was the most fun i've ever had making music that i only programmed instead of playing parts. that whole album is in the middle of an 'almost live' remaking if i find the time to do it " --fat chants-- "this one just starts off so gay!! i have no clue how i managed to work on it long enough to iron all that out." --perfection is you falling-- "i love hanna's vocals, on 3x!13 and rcp stuff the same. i can't remember the lyrics anymore, write 'em out for yourself if you're really that concerned about it." http://www.archive.org/details/3x13_-_a_summer_spent_inside

Friday, November 3, 2006 22:00GMT Faxi Nadu act playing more proggy/morning/melodic type of tracks. Own productions spiced up by some gems from friends. This show is the first live broadcasting to the studio ever on bassline.gr! http://www.bassline.gr