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macmurphy · Post by **macmurphy** » Wed Mar 23, 2011 6:46 pm

it's long and kind of (a bit) droney.. i hope it doesn't bore anyone.

Striated (8:34/320kbps/19.6MB)

or

soundcloud

thank you,

neil.

polyslax · Post by **polyslax** » Wed Mar 23, 2011 9:37 pm

Awesome work Neil! Rich and abstract, with that organic vibe you're so good at. The ethnic textures are a really nice touch in here too. Cheers!

macmurphy · Post by **macmurphy** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 8:36 am

thanks Matt

i started with atmospheres and textures this time instead of my usual route of beats first. i'm glad it paid off.

D.H. Miltz · Post by **D.H. Miltz** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 9:58 am

If Boards of Canada got bitten by a radioactive John Carpenter...

Er, that is to say, I liked it. Still like it, in fact. Thanks, macmurphy.

macmurphy · Post by **macmurphy** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 3:18 pm

thanks D, that's one hell of a compliment!

macmurphy · Post by **macmurphy** » Fri Mar 25, 2011 8:29 pm

polyslax · Post by **polyslax** » Sat Mar 26, 2011 10:14 am

Meant to ask what you're using in this track Neil, if you don't mind?

macmurphy · Post by **macmurphy** » Sat Mar 26, 2011 4:40 pm

i layered up some brass in kontakt for the droney sound, with extra tuba for bass and put it through guitar rig. bounced that to audio and did some transposing to force some kind of progression out of it. this got sent to some heavy pitch shifting and delay that you can hear in the background.

kontakt got a lot of use in this in fact. i used single hits from Deviant States for the breath like percussion and the clattering ethnic sounds, Sonic Couture's Abstrakt Bass and Novachord, Hollow Sun's Oscillosine for the melody in the middle, Abbey Road 60's drums and kontakt's vintage keyboards.

there's a little bit of Absynth at the end for the piano like melody and
a Mopho doing the sequence near the beginning.

i hope that made sense

abstractcats · Post by **abstractcats** » Sat Mar 26, 2011 6:17 pm

Yup, just faved' it! Nice!

oddson · Post by **oddson** » Sat Mar 26, 2011 6:54 pm

macmurphy wrote:...i started with atmospheres and textures this time instead of my usual route of beats first. i'm glad it paid off.

Nice work... that approach can be troublesome if the underlying material resists having a beat added later but it really worked here.

justin3am · Post by **justin3am** » Sat Mar 26, 2011 7:04 pm

oddson wrote:
macmurphy wrote:...i started with atmospheres and textures this time instead of my usual route of beats first. i'm glad it paid off.
Nice work... that approach can be troublesome if the underlying material resists having a beat added later but it really worked here.

Yeah, indeed. It really does work here though. Very much digging the groovy bits.

macmurphy · Post by **macmurphy** » Sat Mar 26, 2011 7:19 pm

thanks for listening folks, i appreciate it

Deccan Traps - Striated