Silver Shores - chillout a la mikusan

[ThoughtExperiment]

My latest thang - mostly chillout, but the extended synth solo takes in a prog direction (or it would if I had better keyboard chops )

Link here:
http://k004.kiwi6.com/hotlink/buo0zk5gd ... Shores.mp3

and on t'cloud:
http://soundcloud.com/mikusan/silvershores#play

Hope y'all like it

As ever, any and all comments very welcome...

[folderol]

Very nice work. Thanks.
More comments on the cloud.

[ThoughtExperiment]

Very nice work. Thanks.
More comments on the cloud.

Thanks for listening and cheers for the cloud comments too - much appreciated

Speaking of the cloud, very much liked your 'Clockworks' piece btw.

[polyslax]

Indeed Mike really lovely chill piece. Started with almost a soul vibe I thought but mutated into something sort of jazzy. The groove came a little unhinged once or twice but it wasn't too unsettling... almost gave it a spacey feel. Sweet!

[seismic1]

Indeed Mike really lovely chill piece. Started with almost a soul vibe I thought but mutated into something sort of jazzy.

For the first 50 seconds or so, I was thinking "Where's Barry White?" He should be here, voicing over this about how some lady is going to feel good or whatnot. From there it drifts into an extended synth solo that recalled lots of '70s rock and jazz-rock albums.

This turned out to be a real treat of a trip down memory lane.

Nice work, Mike. (Godfather of Soul and caped crusader of the month):D

[macmurphy]

well, this made me feel like i was hanging out in a bar at the other end of the galaxy sipping a heady hyper-galactic fartblaster
incredibly smooth, i too could imagine Barry White floating past laying down some of his pre-coital jibber-jabber!

lush stuff

neil.

[ThoughtExperiment]

Indeed Mike really lovely chill piece. Started with almost a soul vibe I thought but mutated into something sort of jazzy. The groove came a little unhinged once or twice but it wasn't too unsettling... almost gave it a spacey feel. Sweet!

Thanks Matt - the soul feel was totally subconscious (I am a big fan of Lonnie Liston Smith), but it seems to be the way the best stuff comes out so I'm happy with that

-and thanks for the cloud comments too

[ThoughtExperiment]

From there it drifts into an extended synth solo that recalled lots of '70s rock and jazz-rock albums.

This turned out to be a real treat of a trip down memory lane.

Nice work, Mike. (Godfather of Soul and caped crusader of the month):D

wah-hey!!I gots da cape I gots da cape

...and to think I almost chickened out and edited that solo down to 16 bars

and funnily enough I've been listening to Soft Machine recently...

Cheers Tim, for the cloud comments too - I appreciate your support

[ThoughtExperiment]

... pre-coital jibber-jabber...

Thanks Neil you sure do have a cute turn of phrase

...and excellent taste in cocktails - make mine a large one (snarf!)

[Programentalist]

Ooh, this track just oozes "cool" in an old school way.

I think perhaps syncing the delays (and predelays if those are used too) to different divisions of the tempo would be beneficial for a more smooth picture, but it's never bad enough to be annoying or anything.

Small gripes aside, very cool track!

[ThoughtExperiment]

Ooh, this track just oozes "cool" in an old school way.

I think perhaps syncing the delays (and predelays if those are used too) to different divisions of the tempo would be beneficial for a more smooth picture, but it's never bad enough to be annoying or anything.

Small gripes aside, very cool track!

thanks for listening Prog I only used one bus delay (some of the instruments had their own delay which sounded nice/subtle enough to leave in place)on this track - unusual for me, but maybe another delay would have added a bit more flavour...

[fateamenabletochange]

lovely relaxed feel. Beautiful sounding bass kind of lead, almost brass sounding when higher, wonderful lead tension slides and effects on it. Uber cool.

[ThoughtExperiment]

lovely relaxed feel. Beautiful sounding bass kind of lead, almost brass sounding when higher, wonderful lead tension slides and effects on it. Uber cool.

thanks for listening and commenting fa, the lead instrument is good ol' Albino3

[fateamenabletochange]

Albino 3 .... sounds very analog. Quite a variation of sound through a few octaves.

there sure are a ton of good sounding synths out there that I'm not familiar with.

[ThoughtExperiment]

It's a very versatile synth, there's usually at least one instance of it in every track I make. There are shedloads of presets for it too, an advantage of it's 'maturity' (the disadvantage is the growing chorus of 'where's Albino4?' - personally I don't care whether there will ever be an update, it's stable, it sounds great and it continues to be useful )