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mellotronaut · Post by **mellotronaut** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 3:39 pm

Next lullybabies:

Max el Mezclador: One of your better mixes, but I'm missing a bit of a concept here. Anyway, it's groovy and movie.

Streifentier: Beautiful chinese folksong melancholia: very well done! And very good lyrics, btw. Reminds me of another song (70's), but I can't remember, which.... .

Thommek: Great marines' song for hard lesbians, who have to be in foreign territories. Again super guitar-work. I love your weirdness and your humor!

Funky Lime: More and more weird people here......Woopy....this song is what Robert Fripp would do now, if he was younger.......but he's a bit written out. Superspecialundercoverweirdoofolkgem: Congrats!

Dunks: The dub-killer! Next weird guy of the month. The slice-butcher. Pretty good (idea and result)

Mellolisten

mellotronaut · Post by **mellotronaut** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 3:45 pm

Hovmod wrote:
mellotronaut wrote:
Download failed
Huh? Works fine here.
Anyone else?

Tried again.....get no connection with the server, sorry!
I'll wait 'till it is st/dreaming on Markleford-Radio: I'm quite curious

.

Melloservernotfound

Hovmod · Post by **Hovmod** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 4:41 pm

mellotronaut wrote:
Hovmod wrote:
mellotronaut wrote:
Download failed
Huh? Works fine here.
Anyone else?
Tried again.....get no connection with the server, sorry!
I'll wait 'till it is st/dreaming on Markleford-Radio: I'm quite curious .

Melloservernotfound

Alternative download, then: Here

Max el Belga · Post by **Max el Belga** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 6:32 pm

MelloYello, could it be that your new pc is too futuristic for today's internet ?

If you want I could bring the songs to you on a cd, the old fashioned way...

Of course you're missing a concept in my song; there was no more room for it !

It also surprises me you didn't appreciate my effort of running and burping at the same time, perfectly in the bpm of the song ! (I had to run in circles, because of the micrphone cable length) Next time we meet I'll check your talent in that branche !

I suppose you're feeling very strong this month, 'cose your mix of genres will be difficult to beat !!! On top of that having a wife willing to sing too...

Give ya a ring in a moment.

Max... .. .

mellotronaut · Post by **mellotronaut** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 6:33 pm

Hi Hovmod,
now it works:

Hovmod: Mixes sadness with sadness, deep sadness......most contemplative track in this contest and I can't imagine a more contemplative one(only Knockman could do it with his incredible voice, maybe). This is complete dissolution. Summertime without friends, without hope. Most intensive song here: A great one, but dangerous! Hovmod, you're one of these flexible guys here: Every month something completely different.

Mellolistener

mellotronaut · Post by **mellotronaut** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 6:36 pm

Max el Belga wrote:MelloYello, could it be that your new pc is too futuristic for today's internet ?

If you want I could bring the songs to you on a cd, the old fashioned way...

Of course you're missing a concept in my song; there was no more room for it !

It also surprises me you didn't appreciate my effort of running and burping at the same time, perfectly in the bpm of the song ! (I had to run in circles, because of the micrphone cable length) Next time we meet I'll check your talent in that branche !

I suppose you're feeling very strong this month, 'cose your mix of genres will be difficult to beat !!! On top of that having a wife willing to sing too...

Give ya a ring in a moment.

Max... .. .

Have no idea of what you're talking about, mate.

Ah, it's puzzle meats puzzle!

funky lime · Post by **funky lime** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 7:12 pm

mellotronaut wrote: Funky Lime: More and more weird people here......Woopy....this song is what Robert Fripp would do now, if he was younger.......but he's a bit written out. Superspecialundercoverweirdoofolkgem: Congrats!

that's one of the nicest things anyone has said about me in years.

I've never heard any of his solo/side projects, but as far as Crimson, Fripp was my hero until he turned into a robot circa 'ConstruKCtion'

funny you should say 'folk'... i was very close to doing this one acoustic (but keeping the glitches).

anyway, thanks for your words.

mellotronaut · Post by **mellotronaut** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 7:49 pm

funky lime wrote:
mellotronaut wrote: Funky Lime: More and more weird people here......Woopy....this song is what Robert Fripp would do now, if he was younger.......but he's a bit written out. Superspecialundercoverweirdoofolkgem: Congrats!
that's one of the nicest things anyone has said about me in years.

I've never heard any of his solo/side projects, but as far as Crimson, Fripp was my hero until he turned into a robot circa 'ConstruKCtion'

funny you should say 'folk'... i was very close to doing this one acoustic (but keeping the glitches).

anyway, thanks for your words.

You welcome!

I'm a big Fripp-afficionado too, but as you said above, he has become more and more a pure techniCK-freak instead of writing good melodies and interesting textures like before. Your song has everything, today's fripperies lack: atmosphere, very good playing, a melody that changes scales surprisingly, voices used like instruments, airy textural movement and balance. I think, the other crimson-freaks will appreciate it too. Congrats again!

Mello

p.s. One of my favourite fripperies is 'I advance masked' with Andy Summers.

thomekk · Post by **thomekk** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 1:43 am

mellotronaut wrote: Great marines' song for hard lesbians, who have to be in foreign territories.

Had a good laugh bout your description, Mello!
Thanks for this!!
Glad you liked the guitars.

thomekkus eclectus

thomekk · Post by **thomekk** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 1:56 am

funkychickendance wrote:Chinese Rastas of Canterbury/Thomekk: "ChineseReggaeMetalAncientHipHop." This fella's a producer. Opens well...wacko chant vocals...here's the metal, mixed in with singing bowls, lots of neat offbeat guitar...Syd Barrett. Yeah, pretty amusing. Only 1:09?

Chicken,
thanks for that!

You have a witty way of reviewing, enjoyed all of your reviews a lot!!

Hmm, again the name of a Syd was mentioned, I only own "Dark side of the moon" and "wish Syd was here" not knowing his work good.

I think it's possibly to short, too!

but better short than boooring

@Markle: Is it allowed to me to work on that tune a little bit and then reposting it with the same name (still in the 2 min raster)?
If not, ok.

1-2-Many · Post by **1-2-Many** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 6:38 am

Mine's almost ready...

Don't anyone pee their pants in all the excitement

1-2-Many · Post by **1-2-Many** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 6:57 am

Time for a TEASER:

(Imagine something like the recent reFX Nexus tease)

One Man.... (pow)

One Machine... (zap)

The hybrid breeding of disparate musical genres to form a sonic mutt. (devilish screams)

They said it couldn't be done

They said it shouldn't be done!

He proved them wrong! (reverberating thud)

(Coming soon to a thread near you)

pHz · Post by **pHz** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 7:49 am

moved from the RULES & SUBMISSIONS thread ...

funkychickendance wrote:First Impressions, Take 3:

choral trance/Patrick9: Starts out as a sampled chorale, over some pad, then becomes the long-forgotten Swingle Singers, or perhaps the dongle singers ...then into some dubby trance dance thing with a female distress call...well, it's different. Quite competent, but I guess I wasn't getting the essential point here...

fulgerul apare/Dumi (even7): "postapocalyptic balkanic jazz-hop: very minimalistic"...simple d&b kind of thing with some buzzes and ultrasound echoes from synths...followed by a tour guide talking, or whatever, and that's it. Yep, very minimalistic.

genre jello salad/gag3: "Jewish Arabic, Country, Rock, Orchestral, New Music." Oh yeah, this is pretty good, like a scrapbook pastiche of chunks of each type. Pretty good sensayuma here. I'm not sure it'd stand a lot of relistening, but it's pretty good, and full of nutty ideas.

Who knows what I was thinkin'/Vurt: "ambientglitchbeatboxinahumanstylee". Yep, as strange as promised, and true to description. As someone who only rarely likes glitch and thinks human beatbox is a kind of joke, this wasn't likely to be conceptually a big winner with me. But it's not bad at all; though it feels like it lasts about three times the length of Desolation Row...

Technazz/Beardedone: Good intro, sliding into racing drums...marimbaish keys. Movie music...halfway, we get the moving pads thing, then the beat and theme restablished. Door chimes versus bongo drums, trading fours, pretty competent stuff this...now we be jammin round 1:40...Yeah, good track, very musicianly.

Lullaby for a Corpse/Haghi: "Deathwaltzcore." It is in 3/4, and the vocals are, uh, horrificly nutsoid. Is that a kinda C&W toon lurking underneath? Yep, one minute was the right length...

High Afternoon/Fritz Fiedler: "Ramblin' Electronic Roots Revival." Good piano intro, with fiddle, overdub African-type (or Missipssippi blues) vocals, synths. Yeah, this is very well thought out. Lot going on as it develops. Definitely good for several listens. This guy's stuff is always imaginative, musically.

Turkish Delight/Armadillo: "Middle eastern vs. electronica." Ambient opener, then heavily processed percussion, swirly orchestral, mid-east instruments, hiphop drums, lot of clever production ideas. Plays out well...one of the better straight-faced ones so far.

160 Degrees/Moekii: "dnb/tiny bit o' classical/middle eastern." I'd have said ambient over d&b, early on. Yeah, here comes some mideast...this is pretty thoughtful, and the kind of thing I'm inclined to like, even buy every now and then. Good dramatic orking...needs Robert Plant overdubbed. Another one to watch.

Darling In The Sky/Steifentier: Chinese & DnB, huh? Whoo I can hear 'Kites' here...somewhat monotone or Morrissey vcls, but appropriate...the basic track has charm, in spades...

Out of Sight/Dunks: "Funk, HipHop(Turntablism)and Jungle." Oh yeah, good opening. 00:18, nice stopmotion brass and scratching. This is great! But will it develop...? Apparently not, ends short, but pretty nice. Is that James Brown sayin "Outasight?"

Chinese Rastas of Canterbury/Thomekk: "ChineseReggaeMetalAncientHipHop." This fella's a producer. Opens well...wacko chant vocals...here's the metal, mixed in with singing bowls, lots of neat offbeat guitar...Syd Barrett. Yeah, pretty amusing. Only 1:09?

all the good things return/funky lime: "introspective glitchjazz spacerock ballad." And why not? Good arped intro, guitars of various sorts. Then it's the sung-spoken dead person vcl style...lots of good stuff going on here, fo sure. Clever glitches, builds to a neat bridge section...almost a winning formula.

MixMax/Max El Belga: A bit of everything, and more. Sure, it's not in the least coherent, but it's a lot of fun, and largely musical. Way less 'jammed' than we are supposed to think...good belches at the end.

Dronegang/Hovmod: Nice melancholy piano...and here comes the drone...horror movie music, up to 00:50, then a 747 flies in (maybe it's a subway car?). No, more megadrones...yeah, this has the roots of something...1:40, distant choirs and drones...I am feeling sleepy...good work

/funxi

slainte

rob

Hovmod · Post by **Hovmod** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 8:32 am

mellotronaut wrote:Hi Hovmod,
now it works:

Hovmod: Mixes sadness with sadness, deep sadness......most contemplative track in this contest and I can't imagine a more contemplative one(only Knockman could do it with his incredible voice, maybe). This is complete dissolution. Summertime without friends, without hope. Most intensive song here: A great one, but dangerous! Hovmod, you're one of these flexible guys here: Every month something completely different.

Mellolistener

Well, Mello, I hope you found back to your cheerful self after this exercise in depression...
Thanks for the review, and I suppose the word 'flexible' isn't as bad as some others one might choose to describe my condition.

And thanks to funkychicken as well, now I'll hear that subway car every time...

funkychickendance · Post by **funkychickendance** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 11:41 am

thomekk wrote:
funkychickendance wrote:Chinese Rastas of Canterbury/Thomekk: "ChineseReggaeMetalAncientHipHop." This fella's a producer. Opens well...wacko chant vocals...here's the metal, mixed in with singing bowls, lots of neat offbeat guitar...Syd Barrett. Yeah, pretty amusing. Only 1:09?
Chicken,
thanks for that!

You have a witty way of reviewing, enjoyed all of your reviews a lot!!

Hmm, again the name of a Syd was mentioned, I only own "Dark side of the moon" and "wish Syd was here" not knowing his work good.

To be honest, el Syd is/was an acquired taste, even at the time. The epitome of what Brits (other than the Beatles) thought psychedelia should be...sort of bizarre and twee at the same time.

His See Emily Play and Arnold Layne with the Floyd are absolute classics by any criteria (IMHO). I think your song captured a facet of his style nicely, even if unintentionally, and the guitar playing is very impressive. Last month George Harrison, this month Syd? Very talented!

/funxi

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