KVR Audio

rachmiel · Post by **rachmiel** » Wed May 19, 2010 4:43 am

an extreme cover of ken nordine's famed "word jazz" piece Down the Drain:

drainne

slow, soft, long, trippy ... you have to be in the mood to appreciate. (and it really helps to know the original recording.)

enjoy. :-)

funky lime · Post by **funky lime** » Wed May 19, 2010 5:14 am

i don't know the original at all.

that said, i'd say yours is pretty original. i feel like i'm being hypnotized (as i often do when i hear your tracks)

fun granular stuff... i don't know how you do it... i like it a lot. this is actually quite inspiring to listen to. thanks for this!

rachmiel · Post by **rachmiel** » Wed May 19, 2010 11:29 am

thanks funky lime. :-) yes, i'm pretty happy with the results. it might not be obvious, but i worked a LONG time on this one. timing all the various layers so that they flowed in and out of (quasi)synchronization was very tough. and i know what you mean about hypnotic; i fell asleep listening to this (with headphones) several times. i think i'm in my musical opium den stage with pieces like this and moon river (posted about a week ago) and my slow granular skewed grooves. i need a plush divan (fainting couch?) in my workroom ...

annode · Post by **annode** » Wed May 19, 2010 11:39 am

I do have his original LPs. As I listen, the processing hasn't let me identify it yet. hehe
Been a long time since I listened to any of them.
I remember one where he takes a bath with a rubber duck..I think. :& )

Sounds real cool though..I like it.
I think I have the same "super stretch" app your using...forget what it's called...ah it's over. :* (

rachmiel · Post by **rachmiel** » Wed May 19, 2010 11:50 am

annode wrote:I do have his original LPs. As I listen, the processing hasn't let me identify it yet. hehe
Been a long time since I listened to any of them.
I remember one where he takes a bath with a rubber duck..I think. :& )

Sounds real cool though..I like it.
I think I have the same "super stretch" app your using...forget what it's called...ah it's over. :* (

thanks for listening/commenting, annode. :-) i don't know the rubber duck piece ... but it sure sounds like nordine. ;-)

annode · Post by **annode** » Wed May 19, 2010 12:01 pm

if you haven't heard Joe Frank, and you like Ken Nordine, it's a must!
http://www.joefrank.com/
He has some free shows posted there.
If you really like him ask me and I can send you some of the better shows.

annode · Post by **annode** » Wed May 19, 2010 12:10 pm

Sorry, as I look now, his site doesn't seem to have free media..I thought it did once.
IM me if you want.

softegg · Post by **softegg** » Wed May 19, 2010 6:02 pm

Quite scary. What are all the FX you use? specifically the saturation on the voice?

wavephonic · Post by **wavephonic** » Wed May 19, 2010 9:42 pm

I don't know the original either, I will try to check it.
woah, this really gets under the skin and crawls around. I've downloaded it to it proper justice at the right time. dig the way some layers fade away and others appear.
coolness

rachmiel · Post by **rachmiel** » Thu May 20, 2010 12:25 am

softegg wrote:Quite scary. What are all the FX you use? specifically the saturation on the voice?

it's all reaktor, like pretty much everything electronic i do. specifically, it's a granular re-synthesis ensemble i created a few years ago that i tweaked for this piece. the audio is granularized, pitch-shifted (very slightly), delayed (with feedback), eq'd, reverbed (slightly, ever changingly), and sent through a final master expander/limiter. i used no saturation modules. what you hear probably comes from the way the granular re-synthesis module processes audio.

drainne - ken nordine cover