Hobgoblin - Novoid (Prog-Rock from the Seismic archive)

[seismic1]

I just put the quad-comp version up on SoundCloud in place of the original track. I think it's a slight improvement.

[seismic1]

seismic, that was a joy to listen.
Sound/mix: for the Age of the tape you have optimized that very well, it sounded good for my ears. only the vocals are much too prominent...but I guess it's futile to discuss that Point .
style: timeless! sounded not old fashioned to me.
composition: excellent.

what Instrument(s) did you Play?

Hi wolf, glad you enjoyed it and thanks for listening/commenting

This came from a TDK C-60 cassette. Had it been a C-90 or C-120 I fear there may have been significantly more sound degradation. I feared that people might think all of the instruments were too prominent on here

I played bass and one note on the DS-2

[D.H. Miltz]

I hope you liked the film

Despite the bad writing and acting, I did. I'll have to try some more Argento.

[seismic1]

... when Chicken and Mushroom Pot Noodle was essential rehearsal studio nourishment.

Good choice, it's the best!

I think they also made a beef and tomato variant which was nice once in a while.

The track sounds great, must have been really challenging to record, and to salvage years later. I love listening to old non-sequenced stuff like this, it has such a different feel to it.

It was my first experience of a recording studio. I recall that it was quite an intense couple of days. Cleaning up the audio was not too difficult, as the sound hadn't degraded too much given the time that had passed since the original recording.

What's the synth? Its ever-so-slightly-off-tune charm reminds me of the PE Minisonic I built around that time, although that used to drift terribly and could only really be used for noodling and sound effects.

It's a Korg Micro-preset M500. It was quite basic, but I think we could have got better sounds out it with a bit more effort.

Fun times! Thanks for sharing this!

Thanks very much for listening, kryptonaut. Glad you enjoyed it

[seismic1]

I can see from the other comments that this genre has its own devoted
audience and I think it has to do with the musicianship it takes
to pull something like this of.
Even though the mix could be a little more balanced (especially the vocals) it was
10 minutes good spent.
Thanks for giving us an insight to your past and reminding me of how important
it is to PLAY and be musical before we even think about mixing and producing.

Cheers

Thanks very much for the great comments, and for listening, sbj. Glad you were able to stick with this to the end

I think Prog-rock has always been a bit of a niche genre. It was quite popular with the 15-25 crowd in the late '70s but seemed to fade away after that, so that by the '90s many people were afraid/ashamed to be associated with it. Thankfully those days seem to be behind us now, and Prog seems to have had a revival over the last 15 years.

It doesn't really take any special level of musicianship to perform this type of music, compared to other contemporary styles, and was actually a lot of fun. I can certainly recommend joining a band as an educational and inspirational apprenticeship for anybody considering a career/future in music, or even as a hobby. I still get a kick out of picking up the bass for a couple of hours every now and then.

The mix could have been better, but we were young, and it was our first visit to a studio. We were also in a hurry

[seismic1]

Lots of classic sounds in this track. It kind of reminds me of pink floyd in a way.

Thanks very much for taking the time to listen and comment, V0RT3X. I hope you enjoyed it

I'm glad you picked up on the the Prog vibes here