A LA KART vol. 2 (old thread, remembering a friend)

[Genetic_Junk]

Thanks for the explanation and the excellent music.

[drumity]

01 - Madder than you - Bose - Einstein Condensate

Sawtooth-shaped capriciousness ... desolate shout to the world from the crest ... impatient answer of an elektro-drumcorps ... dialog function ... demanding monotony sliding in a condensed cloud of sounds

==> dialoque with EINSTEIN


02 - 3am - Deft Avoidance

Manifestation of the crazy drum'n'basser ... zapping between EDrumChannel and the sports channel ... Indy-Car-Race ... wake up in your drumcap ... Damn where is my RhythmTap ? ... Tranzformation in a Subey-Dubey-Spacey-Jazzey-GamblingJoint ... won the highscore ! ... Program-Change-Pads ... Ride on the route69

==> joyous DANCE in a gambling joint


03 - zoozither - Tokio Bullet Train

Funky scatman meets filterd Bootsy ... Jazzy Lounge with brushy meal "Herbie vs. Akirasaki" ... jaunty palpableness freedom-loving joie de vivre

==> TRAINing of the art of joie de vivre


04 - Madder than you - There all along

Marimbaesque mellow tints ... search of the harmony boundaries ... All along the MelodyTower ... Oh My Sweet Love For Über-Harmonies

==> ALONG the hamony tints


05 - Jazzyspoon - Recherche

Doubled Bass Prolog ... Research of the P.G. in all of us ... readopt the fretlessy theme ... Mindful peace of me ... Congajucate the time stretching ... inner recherche of the rubatoism

==> CHERCHE la paix


06 - 22tape - So cool

Flashback in a phase betweeen dream and hypersomnie ... awakening of the rhythm-shred-ressources ... clericale immersion in unconscious sanctum of the childhood ... filtering the interpretation

==> Sanctum reSOurces


07 - zoozither - Razorpainter

Trilokoism ... tabla-frequence ... CP80 on the search of E.Tism ... conversation of a plutorianer ... dip into an elektro-smog-fog ... Gimme da beat ! ... melodic-rhythmic silence ... orange arabesque polyrhythmical agitation

==> PAINT the anxious silence


08 - 3am - Peligro de Amor

In the midst of a PS4-Action-Game ... narrow dark alleys ... oppressive suspence ... break ... look in a gambling house ... calm side street ... deliberately proceed ... change of scene ... amatory amusement of the gangster head lady and the obscure counterpart ... Cut

==> AMORable suspence


09 - Jazzyspoon - Eden

Dreamy state ... inapprehensible spokefrazzles ... awakening in the propellent groove ... coruscant cogitations ... go with the flow ... change of scene ... stimulated rhythmic-philosophic conversation ... immersion in reverie ... constant orbit of the same theme ... sliding into new dream levels

==> greetin'EDEN


10 - zoozither - Outspace

Asian serenity ... formalities full of tradition ... everyday challenge ... extramundane insertion ... harmonic fall in love... disharmonic indifference ... slipping the lethargy

==> extraSPACEy serenity


11 - 22tape - Dischordance

Scratchy loop ... intransparent sonic outta night ... slow form up of a mosaic of subliminal proceed and superficial refractoriness ... research of accord ... chordial insensibility

==> CHORD sonic


12 - 3am - Back-lit Moment

Abrupt pull out of the lethargy ... sub-dub-polymer monotonousness ... stimulation the spirit by rhythmic-tonal modulation ... find the tonic ... tranzspositional change of mood

==> tranzpositional MOdulation


13 - Jazzyspoon - 2morrow

Clerical popularity ... call out of the universe ... xylofonic answer in 5tone-melodic simplicity ... transmit the terrestrial contemporary harmonic ... disconale reply of the uranus-near musicologist ... interrogative response ... losing the space-time connection

==> ROW with universal simplicity


14 - Madder than you - Fanfare for Molodar

Dream-Promenade in old harmonic walls ... exalted shout out of reality ... trans-state between vision and eliquibrale disquietness

==> Eliquibristic harMOnic


15 - zoozither - Unstuck in time

Lost in thought journey among urban concentration and rural lostness ... flashlights of bygone blackouts ... childish naivety ... inner diremption ... to mark time ... captured in the memory bubble ... lacerate the path ... slide off the beaten tracks ... levitation

==> TIMEless memorys


Oh my ... this was hard work
But you guys did get ahead of you all with this continuation ... so I tried also
Very cool tracks and a great flow from one track to another ... the niveau of your music you can see by the inspiration you gave me for the review !
I hope the 3rd version will be in this tradition and you step further ... if it's possible
And Jazzy: "Recherche" is your best work I've heard from you and could have been the direction for "Rechèrche Folle"

THXX GUYS !

Peace, Funk & Soul
Drumity

[Jazzyspoon]

wow, nice (and equally as abstract as the CD) review! Thanks for taking the time to listen and jot down your random thoughts like this. Always appreciated, my friend.
p.s. glad you liked 'Recherche', too. Thanks for the compliment.

[drumity]

Glad you like it
Having a great time sitting in a brasserie with a drink and write down the colours and thoughts crossin' my mind is just awesome !
I wish I could have more time for that kind of creativity

Drumity

[polyslax]

Big thanks drumity, core and Genetic_Junk! Your feedback is very much appreciated!

[blortblort]

yes! thanks very much for the kind words, core! ( I just realized I'd neglected to thank ya earlier )
drumity- I just have to say that I LOVE your liner notes/review/free association/stream of consciousness thang (that must be SOME kinda ZEN brasserie ya gots ) seriously- thanks.

[justin3am]

Drumity thank you so much for the review! A lot of your words are almost lyrical (in a weird way), it's really cool to think that those words were inspired by something I (we) did.

[drumity]

drumity- I just have to say that I LOVE your liner notes/review/free association/stream of consciousness thang (that must be SOME kinda ZEN brasserie ya gots ) seriously- thanks.

Thank you blortblort !
I am not sure if this brasserie is really transcendental ... perhaps the drink was
But your approach is the right one ... you have to clear your mind to start the journey ... so it's unavoidable to be in ZENic state

Drumity thank you so much for the review! A lot of your words are almost lyrical (in a weird way), it's really cool to think that those words were inspired by something I (we) did.

really that weird ?
Definitely this words aren't formed by accident !
They are spawns of the moment and afterwards it can be also tough for me to reconstruct them, so if you want they are lyrical for those who can get into the looseness of thoughts !
But I wonder if you can recover your work in my miniature storys ... this would be a very interesting question (at least for me)

Drumity

[Jazzyspoon]

Thought I would give my own thoughts on this CD from beginning to end. A sort of self review, but a little less abstract than drumity's cerebral review.

Madder than you - Bose-Einstein Condensate
That beautifully broken keyboard that lifts the emotional value of this track so successfully makes for a good hearted beginning wind-up for the CD. There is some great noises and sentimental qualities to this while maintaining an subtly underlying aggression that really launches the next track. Touching.

3am - Deft Avoidance
It's hard not to love this track. The kid in me like the sweet tasting beats side, but the parent in me knows how important that drug ladled drum munger side is to cultural development.
This may be the technical peak of the CD and probably the fastest song, too. A great example of your own flavors of amazing rolled in to one track. You lifted this CD up with this one, J.

Zoozither - Tokyo Bullet Train
I like how playful this track is. I was worried that between my musical moping and each of our individual styles that this CD would end up being too dark for all but the most seasoned goth kids. But songs like this keep some sunshine coming through the clouds.
This almost sounds born of a DJ and the musicality of it is super rich. As is par, your basslines are smoking, Poly.

Madder than you - There all along
Allen, I love the way this opens. There are some distorted notes in this that literally lift the hair on my arms in emotional chills. The reverb seems to know exactly what notes to grab and send into bliss.
Smooth playing.

Jazzyspoon - Recherche
Good choice in this spot, Justin. Seems to compliment the overall 'rollercoaster' well. Hearing it in context of the CD makes me wish it was a few BPMs faster, but it works because it's a busy and loud slower track.

22tape - So Cool
Everytime I listen to this track, I feel like it's the first time. I notice something new in this constantly. The beat just all out smacks of sweetness when it rolls in at the 1:15ish mark. I hadn't heard this one in all it's glory until this recording, so it blows me away to hear it in context of the CD. Very personal work and at the same time very artistic. A 'moment in time' quality. Your hardware is treating you well, brother.

Zoozither - Razorpainter
Poly, this one starts in a fashion that makes me wonder if the drugs are better in Canada. This tracks first half, to me, is the tie in to the previous ALK CD in that it is a familiar jaggedness and very experimental feel I personally recognize/love in your work.
But then the track takes an unexpected turn and unravels into a smooth rolling stretch like it was actually exorcising and fighting the external demons to get to the truest soul of itself. Very cathartic journey towards an Eastern heaven with badass drum work.

3am - Peligro de Amor
Thank god for drugs and drums. Dark, abrasive, and skilled manipulations of sounds and textures. This track takes us to the moodiest realms of the CD, but only at times. At other times, there is a suspended enchantment like listening to a great speaker wondering what they will say next to tickle your intelligence or inspire you to think wider. I hang on your notes, drums, and creative twists with a disbelief that they can be done... at all, by anyone. Great work.

Jazzyspoon - Eden
What a pain this must have been to master. But I am not disappointed with this contribution, it certainly grants me my namesake.

Zoozither - Outspace
The calm in the storm. The eye of the Typhoon. There is such a moment of absolute peace when this track comes in. But in a head bobbingly calm fashion. A tricked-out Subaru with 2-18 inch subs in the backseat calm fashion. A contemplative drive in the neon city with the windows up and the A/C on. I really like the bass in this, too.

22tape - Dischordance
This track does things to my ears I can't really describe well. Not painful or unpleasant, but like the audio equivalent to those 3-D paintings you have to cross your eyes and stare funny to see correctly. Some amazing things are happening in this that I will be picking your brain on later to tell me how you did it. Very professional vibe to this track. Sets the next track up well, too.

3am - Back-lit Moment
Justin, this track reminds me that you are in my birthplace, South Cali. There is a beach bumpin friendliness to this rhythm that rolls along without losing hold of your exotic progressions and otherworldly drum munging. My girlfriend even digs this track and she is not the electronic music fanatic. That tells me that you have the right balance of art and appeal in this track. Great keyboards, too.

Jazzyspoon - 2morrow
This track feels better towards the end of the CD as it has elements that make it stick out like a sore thumb. Full vocals, particularly. But I'm still proud of this track and glad it's a part of this collective. the emotional element and mood is moreso in swing towards the end of this CD. Anyone who makes it this far in ought to be surprised at where ALK2 has landed at this point.

Madder than you - Fanfare for Molodar
True madness in this track. There is something so "one flew over the cookoo's nest" to this. Like giant clowns ice skating hip hop style while eating raw meat. A truly needed element for the CD, but definitely a slip off into the bizarre absolute. Skilled.

Zoozither - Unstuck in Time
The 'stuck in my Adam's apple' track for the CD. So reflective, so artistic, and so endearingly charming. Nice dreamy choice to end the CD with because it makes you want to go back and relive the whole CD again. Y Good work. Thanks for the contemplation.

Hope this inspires a few more people to listen...

[justin3am]

really that weird ?
Definitely this words aren't formed by accident !
They are spawns of the moment and afterwards it can be also tough for me to reconstruct them, so if you want they are lyrical for those who can get into the looseness of thoughts !
But I wonder if you can recover your work in my miniature storys ... this would be a very interesting question (at least for me)

Drumity

No, just weird enough

Your words are lke the topographical map of a land that was shaped by me (and by me I do mean we).

[drumity]

Your words are lke the topographical map of a land that was shaped by me (and by me I do mean we).

I think this respond to my question, at least in your case

@Jazzy:
You pictured the "Music-Magazine-Version", contrary to my "I wonder if this powder is sugar or ... ?" -Version

Drumity

[22tape]

it is such a pleasure working with you guys. i suppose its made easier because you're all fantastic musicians...who keep me motivated to stay on top of my game! for that, i am forever grateful....

justin, thanks again brother for anchoring the effort on this one! we shall all pass a fatty one day!

drumity, again, thanks for the thoughtful reveiew....its words like yours that keep us motivated to push forward.

genetic junk, thank you for taking the time to listen and comment. greatly appreciated!

here are some short video's that i made for the demo tracks for the compilation:

http://uk.youtube.com/user/alakart2

enjoy!

[earlyempire]

Im downloading now....

It was a pleasure doing the art for you guys, and Im glad you like it.

I will comment more once I hear the jams. And Im sure I will not be disappointed.

-Meth

[bailees7irish]

f**king brilliant! this is some amazing music. i dig the sounds coming from everyone in this comp.

man, i wish i had known about this! i would have loved to have contributed some tunes!


well, i'm a bit broke at the moment as i just purchased "Effectrix" + "Firebird" the other night.. but i will keep this linked and send some cash your way as soon as i can


~Bren

[Jazzyspoon]

Thanks, Bren. Your 2 new machines better treat you right, that was a pretty penny purchase! If you get the chance to buy it, awesome. If not, thanks 10x for at least listening to the demos and giving your feedback.