october 22, 1997
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i suppose i wrote this tune as sort of a birthday present to myself, not
to mention for inclusion to the WMR musicdisk. i believe that it really
is my best work so far, and certainly the first decent tune to come from
the depths of my brain since mc5. yes, mc5 was not that long ago, but
writing 'twilight groove' left me quite exhausted and even wondering if i
could ever bring myself to track anything else again. nevertheless, i
struggled through, wrote 'the song i couldnt name', which was, now that
i look back on it, something of a dress rehearsal for this track here.
yes, before you ask, i am aware of how this tune 'rambles' on and on,
going from one idea to the next in relatively short times. was this
intentional, you ask? well, yes and no. i think that i was intending
to write something of a collage of styles, but i also think that i
wanted to develop each idea further, since i think that many different
parts in this track could be developed into entire songs themselves.
however, i'm glad i kept it the way it is, since i feel that the ideas
stay fresh, and dont become watered down by repetition.
many of the samples i used are original. the d50 samples were made by
myself and god (who operated the sampler while i played the keyboard),
and are from, of course, a roland d50. the samples from the ensoniq
vfx were made by rimbo and me, rimbo doing most of the sampling, and both
of us banging on the keys. the rest are from ozone (the piano), and
pulse (everything else).
big thanks go out to boris, who spends more time organizing the WMR
site and handling reviews than any human should be allowed to. it really
is an awesome service, and is the only place where people can have pages
and pages written up about their modules. so go visit the site already!
http://www.cyberverse.com/~boris/WMR/wmr-index.html
quick greets fly out to god, rimbo, trinel, behemoth, beek, normal, and
of course parity error.
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.andy.
