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light the fire to heal the alieN by atonalis [Email]
Genre: Downtempo

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Comments: 13
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Plays: 307
Last Played: Sep 16, 2008 - 06:54:06 PM
Downloads: 82
Fans: 7
Uploaded: Mar 01, 2006 - 03:48:14 PM
Last Updated: Mar 01, 2006 - 03:23:25 PM



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inspired by a good rainstorm.

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Stunning &mdash 03/01/06 - 04:31:53 PM
wonderful production job - I really enjoyed the restrained use of beats
and there's some cracking string lines.

KK

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Congrats on finding the space bar key! &mdash 03/01/06 - 06:41:47 PM
Once again a very fine track here. Very powerful and nicely produced.
I love what you're doing with the sustained vocals here... granulating
them... or cutting them up to extend them a bit... reminds me of the
effect they used in the Matrix for when Neo takes the red pill. Once
again you've managed to keep the entire song very interesting and
engaging, even though you're only using the one chord progression
throughout.

My only critizisms would be that it could use a little bit more in the way
of bass... the only thing I can really hear in the guttral region is the
kick drum, but the song does still work as it is. Also, much of this
song seems to be panned in the center. Only background/secondary
sounds seem to have variation in the L/R space... and since they're not
what you're paying most attention to, this mix sounds considerably
smaller/thinner than many of your other songs (Purpleliquidflower
being the widest of them all so far). I mean I can hear that its there,
the guitars are spaced... theres a fair bit of reverb/delay being used
etc... but the majority of the drums, strings and vocals are panned
dead center.

Eitherway, fantastic job again, I've actually started my Atonalis inspired
song already... but I reckon it'll be a while before it gets finished
though.

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the space bar key found me...... &mdash 03/01/06 - 06:52:21 PM
..... i was just sittin' there one day, and it said....."hello, i'm a space bar key" ..... being taken by it's usefullness and grace, i firmly struck it and said....." good to meet 'ya!" ........ i put the friggin' name in as i usually do, but MJ automatically put the spaces in...... weird. thanks for the words, they are always welcome........ well techically there is a little more than one progression...... but yeah, i didn't give enough consideration to the stereo field...... that should probably change......i've just been trying to write and arrange very quickly....... so i suppose something is gonna get neglected....... thanks again man...... and i always look forward to hearing your tracks..........

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too! Another &mdash 03/01/06 - 06:56:38 PM
Apparently with thunder and lightning too! Another good one Shawn. The vocals almost hint at the "Faust" movements... but with a Jean Michel Jarre "Zoolook" sorta treatment. Excellent!

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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - Aww Man... - !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! &mdash 03/01/06 - 09:42:54 PM
Now THAT! was good...

Thanks to you Shawn, I am one step closer to less oddly arranged...

AMAZING!!! - And, very nice to hear your wonderful singing voice.

I am purposefully keeping my words to a minimum about this so as to
not diminish what my body tells me about it...

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!Dion

P.S. I can't believe that I get to almost know you....

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WOW!!! &mdash 03/01/06 - 11:21:03 PM
This was top notch!!! Other than loving this track, I've got nothing else
to say or offer. Thanks for sharing this masterpiece! :)

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HUGE! &mdash 03/02/06 - 10:56:49 AM
Fantastic atonalis!!
10 anywhere!
Thanks
Silver

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rainstorm is good food &mdash 03/03/06 - 11:57:33 AM
damn that was great!

having a second shot noooooooow

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&mdash 03/03/06 - 12:52:43 PM
brutal. loved it. DL'd

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__--__--____---- &mdash 03/05/06 - 09:40:20 PM
Great vocals, yeah... everything else was top notch, as usual.
Someone needs to make an abstract, sci fi noir thriller based on
your tunes.... a totally atonlais inspired wash of intense imagery.

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Heavy! &mdash 03/06/06 - 05:04:41 PM
This is ultra-creative. Great job with the layering and effects. Thanks for posting...

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so good! &mdash 03/21/06 - 04:30:35 PM
you stir the juice so good. i can't believe the directions this piece tacks
on. its so cool at so many levels. really enjoy your stuff. this is the best
part of MJ. you are incredibly innovative thank you for the music

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Powerful, driving, intelligent, thought-provoking, evocative &mdash 04/11/06 - 06:23:14 AM
Wonderful expansiveness, inventiveness (especially the gargling and use
of close-far effects). The middle part (right before the space and lyrics
changes) could have used mode melodic use of the synth strings, a sort
of melodramatic film score moment (think Batman Begins), in my ears,
becuz this section was the only one that seemed a little dull and out of
balance for me. But I really dug this, could be my favorite so far.
Powerful, driving, intelligent, thought-provoking, evocative.

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