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polyslax · Post by **polyslax** » Wed Jun 27, 2012 1:35 am

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.

seismic1 · Post by **seismic1** » Wed Jun 27, 2012 10:16 pm

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

polyslax · Post by **polyslax** » Thu Jun 28, 2012 10:37 am

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.

macmurphy · Post by **macmurphy** » Thu Jun 28, 2012 2:12 pm

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.

polyslax · Post by **polyslax** » Thu Jun 28, 2012 6:53 pm

Thanks so much Neil, really appreciate the feedback!

Vintage73 · Post by **Vintage73** » Thu Jun 28, 2012 7:22 pm

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.

polyslax · Post by **polyslax** » Thu Jun 28, 2012 8:57 pm

Thanks a lot Kitty!

D.H. Miltz · Post by **D.H. Miltz** » Fri Jun 29, 2012 12:37 pm

I can dig it. Thanks, polyslax.

n0rd · Post by **n0rd** » Fri Jun 29, 2012 1:37 pm

It's like Eno vs Wilder. Very cool.

kryptonaut · Post by **kryptonaut** » Fri Jun 29, 2012 2:31 pm

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

polyslax · Post by **polyslax** » Fri Jun 29, 2012 10:54 pm

D.H. Miltz wrote:I can dig it. Thanks, polyslax.

Thanks DHM.

n0rd wrote:It's like Eno vs Wilder. Very cool.

Awesome, thank you.

kryptonaut wrote: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

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.

Loupus44 · Post by **Loupus44** » Sat Jun 30, 2012 3:40 pm

Very nice attempt! The whispering voices fit really well.

Compliments!

polyslax · Post by **polyslax** » Sat Jun 30, 2012 6:35 pm

Well thank you Loupus44!

justin3am · Post by **justin3am** » Sun Jul 01, 2012 5:00 am

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.

polyslax · Post by **polyslax** » Sun Jul 01, 2012 10:48 am

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.

Polyslax - Dark Host