The Wringer (Seismic Downtempo Laundry)

[seismic1]

Here is a track I put together in EXT64 in November 2022, but only uploaded yesterday. It features the factory samples that came with the Mangle, and a little granular jiggery-pokery.

https://soundcloud.com/whatsisname/the-wringer

Recorded/Mixed in EXT64
Mastered in T-Racks 5

Noisemakers and Soundbreakers

The Mangle
Lounge Lizard EP-4
Chromaphone
Superior Drummer 2.3
TassMan4
B2
OldSkoolVerb
Satin
Linear Phase EQ
Opto Comp
EQP-1A
Brickwall Limiter

DR - 13

EDIT: 20230728 - I "remixed" the track yesterday, removing some of the sample repetitions, and increasing the drum volume by 1dB. The kit list remains the same as used for the original mix.
EDIT: 20240913 - I remastered this yesterday. It's a touch louder.

https://soundcloud.com/whatsisname/the- ... ks5-master

[eassae]

Love everything about this, the tempo, drums, the overall tone, the sound stage, a lot of really nice unique moments…

Great work!

[markkuja]

Great composition and arrangement. Nice soundscape.

[seismic1]

Love everything about this, the tempo, drums, the overall tone, the sound stage, a lot of really nice unique moments…

Great work!

Thanks very much for taking the time to listen and comment, eassae, and thanks for the great comments. Glad you enjoyed it

[seismic1]

Great composition and arrangement. Nice soundscape.

Thanks for taking the time to listen and comment, Markku. Glad you liked it

[Allomerus]

I always like a bit of jiggery-pokery. It's my favourite beat.
This is very cool Tim. The lead synth is awesome! What a great sound.
Like essay says every bit of this is great.
I almost expected to hear some sheep after the brief interlude. (PF)
Well done!

[tomtom1]

Really cool soundstage. Very moody. What style is this? Some sort of ambient jazz? If something like that exists..?!
Great track!

[seismic1]

I always like a bit of jiggery-pokery. It's my favourite beat.
This is very cool Tim. The lead synth is awesome! What a great sound.
Like essay says every bit of this is great.
I almost expected to hear some sheep after the brief interlude. (PF)
Well done!

I have a few more things on the way in the next few months featuring various granular processors, but I really like the processed guitar sounds on here. The lead synth is a Rhodes emulation (Lounge Lizard 4) featuring some distortion, tremolo and heavy reverb. I have just completed a track that features a sheep(ish) synth sound, although it's nothing like the Floyd

Thanks very much for listening and taking the time to comment, John. Glad you enjoyed it

[seismic1]

Really cool soundstage. Very moody. What style is this? Some sort of ambient jazz? If something like that exists..?!
Great track!

What style is this? I just labelled it as downtempo, although I suppose there are some ambient elements here, but the rhythmic components take this far away from the ambient realm. It's not jazz either, as I don't possess the chops to get away with that

Dark Jazz Ambient is definitely a thing. You should check out "Black Background V" from the album "Black Background" by Bad Angels on Bandcamp.

Thanks very much for taking the time to listen and comment, tomtom1. Glad you liked it

[Frantz]

Now that I'm back from vacation, I can offer some feedback on this.

Overall, I like this moody and immersive atmospheric downtempo track. The sounds have weight and depth. The hesitant groove adds personality avoiding the rigidity typically associated with electronic music.

This won't come as a surprise to you but unfortunately that shrill vocal-like ululation sound sets my teeth on edge after a while. I think it would work well if used 2 or 3 times in a track to signal to the listener to "wake up and pay attention to this" but IMO the frequent repetition becomes distracting without adding new information.

Ignoring the above complaint, I think this is a cool track and interesting direction for you. Good job.

[seismic1]

Now that I'm back from vacation, I can offer some feedback on this.

I hope you had a nice holiday. I'm taking mine in the winter this year, but in a very warm place.

Overall, I like this moody and immersive atmospheric downtempo track. The sounds have weight and depth. The hesitant groove adds personality avoiding the rigidity typically associated with electronic music.

I've made 6 new tracks since this one, and they all seem to be moody, featuring either granular FX or Absynth (or both), and occasionally, the use of drum samples.

This won't come as a surprise to you but unfortunately that shrill vocal-like ululation sound sets my teeth on edge after a while. I think it would work well if used 2 or 3 times in a track to signal to the listener to "wake up and pay attention to this" but IMO the frequent repetition becomes distracting without adding new information.

I'll take another look at this at the weekend, and see whether I can do anything with that sample.

Ignoring the above complaint, I think this is a cool track and interesting direction for you. Good job.

Thanks very much for listening, and for the useful comments, Frantz. Glad you liked it

[PatchAdamz]

I like this mood, dark while somehow optimistic.
The sounds and mix are great.
Really cool.....

[seismic1]

I "remixed" the track yesterday, removing some of the sample repetitions, and increasing the drum volume by 1dB. The kit list remains the same as used for the original mix.

https://soundcloud.com/whatsisname/the- ... ks5-master

[PatchAdamz]

Yea, less repetitions is better....

[jaydog4]

Very cool man! i love it!