If you're down for a long sludgy atmospheric ambient dirge you've come to the right place. I accidentally recorded my click track, a simple drum loop, along with the piano... it was a long live take so I decided to just leave it. There's some fairly obscene distortion at the end.

Dark Host

Also available at SoundCloud:

http://soundcloud.com/polyslax/dark-host

Thanks to all who have a listen.

You could save a fortune on the likes of SD2.0. I don't know why I didn't think of using the click track

I just turned this one up loud and used it as foreground music. I loved the panned whispering one here. The whole thing was quite atmospheric and hypnotic.

Nice work, Matt

Thanks Tim - you're intrepid!

I think the reason I moved to a drum click track is that I couldn't control the volume of Live's click and found it annoyingly loud. My template includes an instance of Stylus RMX playing that basic beat. Sometimes I throw it in the final mix just cause things bounce off it so well and it can glue a rhythm track together.

aah...just what i needed after a day filling in forms..

such a soothing piece of music. i tried Tim's method and turned it right up - the louder it gets the more relaxing the effect.

the whispering is a nice touch. it gives the feeling that we are privy to something that others are oblivious to.

great work Matt.

neil.

Thanks so much Neil, really appreciate the feedback!

Yes, very laid back and relaxing.

Strange juxtaposition...I was looking at Ghost Adventures pictures while listening to some of this and they really fit.

Thanks a lot Kitty!

I can dig it. Thanks, polyslax.

It's like Eno vs Wilder. Very cool.

Very nice, a great blend of sounds going on there. Is it a dot-matrix printer I can hear in the background? Never thought of that as a musical sound, but whatever it was it works here

Thanks DHM.



Awesome, thank you.



Not a printer, but that's funny as someone else asked me that same question on another track a while ago... there must be something I like about that sound. Thanks for the feedback.

Very nice attempt! The whispering voices fit really well.

Compliments!

Well thank you Loupus44!

This piece contrasts nicely against your 'Our Weightless Past' track. Lots of unexpected sounds that still sit together perfectly, where as the other track is a bit "safe" for my taste (not a bad thing, just a matter of preference).

Excellent work, as always. Thanks friend.

Thanks a lot Justin - hoped you might find this piece, and I totally understand where you're coming from. You know me, I swing from light to dark and back again.