The Alchemist - playing time 03:44
Author's homepage: http://isis.yok.utu.fi/~skaven
This song was my Music Contest 5 entry. However, it didn't
make it to the top 20, so I'm releasing it now as it is - with
the sample texts included, of course. :)
This song was inspired by the stories of H.P. Lovecraft
(hence the name). It is an addition to the series of
attributed fantasy I seem to be doing from time to time.
Vision-wise, you can imagine a diligent alchemist in
a dark cavern, working his way closer and closer to the
forbidden truths, until he invokes ancient evil beyond
his control... Tho if you imagine something else when
listening to this one, I'm not stopping you. :)
About the samples
The AlienAhh sounds mighty bizarre, doesn't it? Well,
its history is even more such. I downloaded an "Ahhhhhh!"
(said by a big hairy lummox digitized from Ren&Stimpy) off
the Usenet and flanged it beyond recognition. Like the
results? :)
I've sampled most of the percussions myself off metal tape,
this may explain the poor-ish quality - all I had to sample
with was a Sound Blaster Pro. For the rest of the samples, most
of the credit goes to NHP, Bruno and a couple of others who
I'm not sure about whether they've ripped the samples
themselves or not.
About the patterns
The climax-like chord transfer on patterns 23..24 is a rip-
off. It was originally featuring in a totally bizarre organ
song composed by a person who suffered from chronic schitzo-
phrenia (contributing to his creativeness, I take it). I
thought it was so cool I decided to put it in use myself -
copying is sometimes a part of the learning process. My
regards to him, whoever he was.
You may also recognize the chord progression in patterns
49-50, as it was used by Chris Franke in several parts of
the Babylon 5 soundtrack; before that it was used in
Tangerine Dream's 'Miracle Mile' soundtrack - however, Chris
Franke - a former Tangerine Dream member himself - was not
involved in the Miracle Mile project. Makes me wonder, did
HE rip it too? :)
What else, now....
Well I hope you enjoy this little production. I'm signing
off now.
-= Skaven,
August 5th, 1997
