KVR Audio

Zombie Queen · Post by **Zombie Queen** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 12:26 am

The Balding Hippies
"Traveling in a Fast Car"

keywords: bombastic wave, slow trip, arp on a harp, high-pitch farts
time: 5:34
size: 7,4MB
download: here

Again I'm exploring (less or more) popular music with a bit of experimentation. This time I was struggling with the mix and I hope it's at least listenable. Thank you and good luck.

For those who like to read technical stuff: Drum track is Battery drum'n'bass kit put through PSP Nitro and convolved into "shoe closet" IR I found here. FX sound appearing here and there, is mouth born fartlike thing (sort of what a trumpet player would sound without a trumpet) put through Dover vst Danger Flanger. Bass pad is a melange of different Prophet5 and Rhodes samples. And finally harp is Cameleon 5000 Harp FM, through unnatural space glass coffee pot IR I found somewhere on KVR (love this pack).

Zombie Queen · Post by **Zombie Queen** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 11:14 pm

...must be either that good, or that bad...

thomekk · Post by **thomekk** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 11:57 pm

Cannot listen at the puter right now,
but listened once and it sounded good, remembered me of the Legendary Pink Dots
(which was for a certain time - when they were six and had Patrick Pagananini - my favorite band at the end of the eighties or so)!

bobsled · Post by **bobsled** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 1:16 am

"bombastic wave", that's hilarious. I'm very much enjoying the drama, irony and sense of humor in this track. Well done. Thought the mix was more than listenable, thanks for the music.

justin3am · Post by **justin3am** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 1:26 am

ZQ, you are a weirdo... I mean that as a compliment as sincerely as I know how. Great sound design.

3am

Zombie Queen · Post by **Zombie Queen** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 2:06 am

Thanks a lot for the feedback guys. It's depressing time of year multiplying with depressing time of month and you managed to cheer me up.

ckatrun411 · Post by **ckatrun411** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 2:43 am

I didn't see this track earlier... Truthfully it reminds me of a cross between they might be giants, and white zombie...

i love it for it's unique style, and instant cult appeal. You could be a religious figure with a track like this.

Zombie Queen · Post by **Zombie Queen** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 12:16 pm

ckatrun411 wrote:You could be a religious figure

Now I'm starting to be afraid of myself...

mellotronaut · Post by **mellotronaut** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 12:30 pm

Masterpiece!

You nailed it 100%!

I love your hippy-stuff. gimme gimme gimme !

mellisse

mellotronaut · Post by **mellotronaut** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 5:03 pm

on cd now with Radiohead, Oddbod, sHush, Bright Eyes et.al. bump

Zombie Queen · Post by **Zombie Queen** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 5:06 pm

mellotronaut · Post by **mellotronaut** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 6:42 pm

Zombie Queen wrote:

Laguna Rising · Post by **Laguna Rising** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 8:11 pm

Cool track ZQ, and I mean it
There are interesting and original solutions here, arrangements and sounds.
Sometimes vocals reminds me of Les Claypool
Great solo from 3.03 to 3.30
Truly innovative stuff

Cheers

Zombie Queen · Post by **Zombie Queen** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 11:15 pm

Thank you Laguna, I'm not sure if vocal-wise comparison to Claypool, is actually a compliment,

but it's nice being mentioned next to him in any context.
The solo is not really a solo, it's 'arp on a harp', I copied midi clip used previously in the track and slapped cakewalk arpeggiator on it.

mellotronaut · Post by **mellotronaut** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 11:53 pm

i can hear some Knockman and mello in there too, but they were not on the cd

bombastic wave, a song [oh no, more hippies]