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The first post-human crew to return to the Solar system made some astonishing discoveries about their origins.
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Yes! Soundtrack... &mdash 04/15/06 - 01:53:48 PM
to a great Sci-Fi flick. PV, you do an excellent job layering all kinds of
futuristic yet strangely aboriginal sounds over your tight but somewhat
abstract drum/bass groove. This is creative and very well mixed. It evokes
many odd and tantalizing images.
"Oliver wants more!" [ Reply to This ]
Yes! Soundtrack... &mdash 04/15/06 - 05:17:24 PM
It's always nice to hear that one of my tunes is evocative. Cool, I'm glad
you like this, thanks!
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And, "Lo, and behold, there, were...." &mdash 04/15/06 - 02:12:27 PM
The very survivors of the age they had left, thinking that humanity could not ever survive its own self-destructive inclination. Like themselves, they had indeed made it through the time, and upon their arrival at return were able to communicate directly with them in the same root language of music they had themselves maintained by tradition. No barriers were encountered, as the music and sound contained the secret formula of the cosmos...
So later that evening, together they danced about the circle of fire and sent back the message of welcome home. [ Reply to This ]
And, "Lo, and behold, there, were...." &mdash 04/15/06 - 03:04:35 PM
Oh, and this is another excellent piece of work from you, I've listened over and over, and over.
Thanks for sharing.
. - Harold [ Reply to This ]
And, "Lo, and behold, there, were...." &mdash 04/15/06 - 05:22:16 PM
Hey right on, repeat listens! That's the spirit, I like the dancing around the
circle of fire. You're more optimistic than I, I suppose... but hey, who knows
what'll happen thousands of years out? Thanks Harold!
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Whoahahahohohohoooooooo &mdash 04/15/06 - 02:40:29 PM
Hahahaha Heeheeee - ahhh -- I wonder what I think about this..
Put yer shades on...
You already know...
My entire body is grinning - I need stretch panties - heehee - Some
smiles just aren't meant to be witnessed in public spaces...
Love the phat assed chunky bass - The drums - you've fired off some
crazy good drum works before, but this is a percussive study in and of
itself - some subtle, and obviously, some not so subtle goodness
being shared here - some WILD fun - we like it like that -- A very nice
job of mixing and a well balanced sound you ended up with. This
seems to be a habit... - I LOVE the attention to detail in this one; the
woodwinds or synth moments; the fx and all the way down and
through to the end, where we have a lesson on, 'how to shut this
motha down'... I hope no one walks in on me before it's over again...
Thank you my friend - Again, you do your part in making me love this
place... Dion
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That is one of the coolest pieces of art &mdash 04/15/06 - 02:43:46 PM
Whoahahahohohohoooooooo &mdash 04/15/06 - 08:11:04 PM
Heheh, thanks for kraken me up, Dion--now we know definitively that, yes,
it is possible to like a song too much. Haha! Just joshing you, I'm glad you
dig this and thanks for your extra kind comments. It was a blast mixing this,
and once I had the bass and drums figured out, it seemed like there were
almost too many possible avenues to explore... but I tried to keep a
uniform character throughout. And thanks again about the artwork...made
from two photos and several Photoshop filters. This was a case where I
made the art as I was mixing the song, so I think they reflect each other
well.
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Space Faring Gypsies... &mdash 04/15/06 - 03:02:57 PM
...crash land at the home of Billy Cobham's robotic clone and have one
hell of a jam. Wicked. I might have tried to bring some of the
instruments more to the front here and there, alternating with the ever
driving drums, but other than that, this really nails it. What the hell do I
know anyway, you've mixed my best stuff. Nice work. [ Reply to This ]
Space Faring Gypsies... &mdash 04/16/06 - 12:22:43 PM
I like that image. Cobham could maybe pull off this crazy drumming. I
appreciate your impression of the levels, that's something I always try to
improve on. Thanks for the kind words, Aqui. Maybe we should do
another Alloy tune sometime soon, what do you think?
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Space Faring Gypsies... &mdash 04/17/06 - 10:52:15 AM
I'd like that, very much. I stumbled across some potentially interesting riffs this
weekend that might yield some decent melodies. I'll let you know if anything
comes from them. And again, this tune was really intense and enjoyable. [ Reply to This ]
Your ability... &mdash 04/15/06 - 03:57:28 PM
...to program drums, David, blows my flippin' mind...
They can be so complicated, but they ALWAYS sound human... I really
visualize a human sitting at a kit when I hear them...
Then your bass programming takes it to the next level...
I'm reading a book about producing the Beatles today, and so the
backwards sounding loopy stuff strikes a responsive chord...
Ed [ Reply to This ]
Your ability... &mdash 04/16/06 - 12:44:28 PM
Heheh, ok so I was one of the people who actually spun some of the
Beatles songs backwards to hear what they used. By the way "Number
9" backwards sounds to me more like "honey on lemon" than "turn me on
dead man". I appreciate that about the drums and bass--in this case they
are all samples of live playing (from Bass on Demand and Drums on
Demand)... I like that realness too (so thank you awesome studio
musicians!), and I also can't help but vizualize a human sitting at a kit when
I assemble these songs. That's really much of the appeal to me. Perhaps,
being a drummer myself, I kind of approach these tunes as drum solos +
embellishments. Thank you, Ed!
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Very cool &mdash 04/15/06 - 04:32:43 PM
Very sizzle &mdash 04/16/06 - 12:47:56 PM
Sanks fo the sunshin', Drizzle!
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Very sizzle &mdash 04/18/06 - 09:26:03 AM
Crazy! &mdash 04/15/06 - 08:09:17 PM
That DoD work is amazing David - only a drummer could do that I
suspect. Amazing combination of sounds and ideas in this crazy track
- excellent tune for a soundtrack, but there's considerably more - the
alien "voices" I hear around 3/4 the way through are real attention
grabbers. But it's a silly concept really - I mean how on earth would
there ever be a "post-human" period? Some idiot would have to
destroy the world or something for that to ever happen!
Peace,
Neil [ Reply to This ]
Crazy! &mdash 04/15/06 - 08:28:22 PM
That DoD work is amazing David - only a drummer could do that I
suspect. Amazing combination of sounds and ideas in this crazy track
- excellent tune for a soundtrack, but there's considerably more - the
alien "voices" I hear around 3/4 the way through are real attention
grabbers. But it's a silly concept really - I mean how on earth would
there ever be a "post-human" period? Some idiot would have to
destroy the world or something for that to ever happen!
Peace,
Neil [ Reply to This ]
Crazy! &mdash 04/15/06 - 09:14:55 PM
Heheh, yes, truly I like to delve into the crazy. Alright consider the
non-crazy alternative, wherein humanity simply expands across the stars,
and a comet wipes out civilization on Earth. The spacebound people
become hopelessly modified prosthetically and biochemically, enhancing
themselves to an extreme where they no longer can really be called human.
Alternately some idiot could destroy the world... seems less crazy every
day, doesn't it? Thanks for the compliments Neil. I'm glad you like the way
I mixed up those drumming samples.
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yowza &mdash 04/15/06 - 11:27:01 PM
Incredible percussion with fine details and a very strong bass
hook sprinkled with fine electronic and exotic elements... I'm with
ya all the way!!! Definitely one of your best! [ Reply to This ]
yowza &mdash 04/15/06 - 11:29:48 PM
that was a double fine from me...! I meant to say "rich" detail, in
referring to the percussion... yeah, that's it... [ Reply to This ]
yowza &mdash 04/18/06 - 09:43:25 AM
Thanks Stun, I really appreciate that! I think this is among my best too, especially if you don't count the songs where I had guitarists to make the song good. I was very pleased to make such an outrageous rhythm section. As for repeating 'fine', well I encounter that problem myself, so I keep a checklist of adjectives here to avoid that. Not.
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SUSPENSE &mdash 04/16/06 - 08:31:58 AM
The beat is rolling and has a bit of an unexpected cut off, gives the whole
composition suspense. The break into the drum rolls are a nice addition.
This song tells a story, just needs a movie to go with it. I'm thinking the
HUNTER not the hunted. Nice concept.
John [ Reply to This ]
SUSPENSE &mdash 04/18/06 - 09:49:55 AM
Oh yeah, a movie would be great. It's not that far fetched--once my interests phase back from music to videos, I'm likely to add moving imagery to many of my songs... of course, I'll have to gather a film crew, find producers, get some lighting rigs... ah forget it, I'll have someone else make the video. Thanks for calling out the suspense; suspense and mystery is where I wanted this to go, so I'm glad it felt that way. Thanks for listening John!
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SUSPENSE &mdash 04/18/06 - 10:25:47 AM
When you start getting into movie making your going to find out that DTS will be the next step. I don't know about you but I would have to upgrade to Logic Pro. 3D sound... cool
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My last fortune cookie said: "You will be rewarded for being a good listener". Wife is ROTFLHAO. [ Reply to This ]
Beam me the F up! &mdash 04/17/06 - 07:03:47 AM
This is one of the coolest things I've heard out here in a while. I am going to download this so I can solo over it. Definately will be using the Whammy pedal to make some wacky noises to go with this. Fun!! [ Reply to This ]
Beam me the F up! &mdash 04/18/06 - 09:52:08 AM
Awesome Glenn, thanks! Glad you dig this. I'd love to hear what you come up with guitar-wise!
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Cool drums &mdash 04/17/06 - 10:23:03 AM
It's increadably advanced this piece. The bits and pieces you've put together in place with the advanced rhythm is stunning. I'm very impressed of the quality in your musicianship. This could remind me of something Frank Zappa and the Mothers of invention could do.
I often pick up my guitar and jam along the pieces I listen to here. What is interesting is that blues-style riffs goes with most of the styles. At least in my ears they do;) So I guess even post-humans could come to that conclusion, if they can find a guitar... [ Reply to This ]
Cool drums &mdash 04/20/06 - 12:09:54 AM
Thanks thoddi, those are very encouraging words, I'm glad you dug this!
the post-humans will definitely have guitars, but they'll be 'post-guitars.'
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Awesome Drums &mdash 04/17/06 - 10:55:52 AM
Awesome Drums &mdash 04/20/06 - 12:13:13 AM
Thanks Bubowski!
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OMG! &mdash 04/17/06 - 12:28:56 PM
PV.
Hooked from Bar one!
This is truly an astounding track, those drums.. man I love it!.
that bassline running behind it all, has a wonderful low resonance I just
LOVE!.
This is is going to become one of my absolute favorites from you..
D/L
Slimmie [ Reply to This ]
OMG! &mdash 04/18/06 - 09:56:26 AM
Awesome, THANK YOU Slimmie!! I love having you in the audience :-)
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Something comes the rhythm getting on. &mdash 04/18/06 - 05:13:44 AM
The line and the drum of the base respond.
Mysterious whistle.
Mysteries of the Orient.
Specially wonderful.
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Something comes the rhythm getting on. &mdash 04/18/06 - 05:17:40 AM
The line and the drum of the base respond.
Mysterious whistle.
Mysteries of the Orient.
Specially wonderful.
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Something comes the rhythm getting on. &mdash 04/20/06 - 12:15:50 AM
Thank you Tadashi! I always like to get your impressions.
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How many drop dead hooks &mdash 04/18/06 - 05:52:32 PM
can be placed in a song? Ass kickin' goodness fully ripened.
Awesome! [ Reply to This ]
How many drop dead hooks &mdash 04/21/06 - 12:03:37 PM
Hey thanks Didge! The more hooks the better, I think :)
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Wow &mdash 04/18/06 - 09:47:35 PM
Very nice, Earthling. Awesome and crazy programming. Perhaps a
break in the fairly constant drum rolling would mix it up a bit. Great
work. [ Reply to This ]
Wow &mdash 04/21/06 - 12:07:36 PM
Thanks for the wow, Nolan. And the suggestion; I keep trying to remember to do exactly that kind of thing... take the intensity down somewhere in the tune to let it build again. I appreciate the reminder, it's going to help me remember to do that someday :) Glad you liked this!
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Oh, yummy! &mdash 04/19/06 - 11:47:08 AM
Love it.
So much drummy goodness that I can barely take it. Absolutely loved the
weird beat - just my cup of tea (not that I drink tea - it just doesn't work
otherwise :))
Thanks for this yet another addition to my PV playlist.
Very cool. [ Reply to This ]
Oh, yummy! &mdash 04/21/06 - 12:11:06 PM
Right on Einar, glad this made it onto your PV playlist.... hey, I'm happy you even HAVE a PV playlist! Cool that you like the weird beat... it's based on a syncopated triplet beat, chopped up a bit--I was very pleased with the results here. Thanks!
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This is a description of life! &mdash 04/19/06 - 02:12:20 PM
This is a description of life! &mdash 08/10/06 - 01:46:32 AM
My pleasure, DU, and thanks for downloading my song and making it live on!
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nice &mdash 08/10/06 - 01:48:29 AM
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Brandon!
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from carousels to space invaders &mdash 04/21/06 - 05:54:31 PM
wow! I'm getting whiplash from listening to some of the freakishly
fantastic tunes on macjams. Others have said it far better than I, in fact
some of the comments are almost as good as the song! Excellent
drumetrics here Mr Vortex, indeed. But this is a great Phoenix rising
from the ruins. Not the ruins itself. The earthlings are fighting back.
Can't you hear them. Or is that just me?
Soooo, could you set a vortex to a guitar/vocal after the fact? If it's sort
of to a click track? Sort of may be the operative word here.
This song has convinced me that all things are possible.
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from carousels to space invaders &mdash 08/10/06 - 01:53:26 AM
Beth, thank you for listening. It is indeed a phoenix rising from the ashes
tale, in the most archetypal way... the ruins are a mark of the ancient history
of humanity, but not necessarily a sign of violence. But maybe. I like your
last sentence there, what an inspiration! Well, it was great working with you
and I hope to hear more of your tunes on Macjams when you're done having
fun in the sun.
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Kinda reminds &mdash 04/23/06 - 08:27:58 PM
me of Brain Salad Surgery. Excellent use of effects, drums, bass etc. I
agree with others here that this would make a great soundtrack. Job well
done vortex. [ Reply to This ]
Kinda reminds &mdash 08/10/06 - 01:56:11 AM
That's a great album! Thanks stratcat, I'm glad you enjoyed this listen.
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space trip &mdash 04/25/06 - 01:53:27 PM
You'd better check those astronauts for diseases - it sounds like they might have encountered some weird extraterrestrial viruses on that journey. lol.
It's ironic - but the last piece I posted ("Pliny's Natural History") has a scholar arguing it's madness to try and go beyond this physical planet to try to determine what's out there. Of course, not only was he proven wrong by the telescope, but less than 2,000 years later interplantery travel has become a reality (or it could've been a reality if our deficit spending hadn't gotten so wildly out of control!).
I find this highly imaginative piece equal to whatever astonishments are waiting to be discovered out there. With each repeated listening there seems to be more to find - more details to be noticed. Yet it firmly remains grounded by the percussion - obviously your specialty and your point of departure into the netherworld. What a great trip it takes you on! [ Reply to This ]
space trip &mdash 08/10/06 - 02:03:20 AM
Thank you for the thoughtful comment, Warren. I appreciate the fact that you
find the more-details-noticed-with-repeated-listening thing going on, as I
almost always try to do exactly that in my mixes: reveal more as you grow
more familiar with it. Or alternately, I want them to work whether one is just
barely listening, or carefully focusing. Actually, I demand too much from my
mixes... must remember to give them a vacation soon...
I greatly enjoyed your Pliny's Natural History, and the wackadoo old fashioned
ideas and interesting perspectives of the time.
Thaks for listening, I'm glad you enjoyed this, Warren!
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Monster percussion &mdash 05/03/06 - 06:34:25 PM
Hands like hammers. A bit relentless, but that's kinda the point. I also
dig the noodly, off key flute. Nice juxtaposition. [ Reply to This ]
Monster percussion &mdash 07/17/06 - 01:02:48 PM
Thanks for listening, Troy, I'm glad you like those juxtapositions; this was pure fun putting it together.
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tribal and acestral &mdash 07/15/06 - 03:28:56 PM
PV, the drums and percussion on this are pretty freakin amazing. Love
the accents and fills. The overall feel (which I love) is hallucinatory and
feels like a kaleidoscopic space ride. The solos excellent. DoD?
incredible mix, many deep bows. [ Reply to This ]
tribal and acestral &mdash 07/15/06 - 03:35:17 PM
PV, the drums and percussion on this are pretty freakin amazing. Love
the accents and fills. The overall feel (which I love) is hallucinatory and
feels like a kaleidoscopic space ride. The solos excellent. DoD?
incredible mix, many deep bows. [ Reply to This ]
tribal and acestral &mdash 07/17/06 - 01:00:47 PM
Thank you, Karma, I really appreciate that. Yup, the drums are all DoD! A very versatile collection of loops there, I think they're fantastic. Thanks for listening!
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loved it &mdash 10/04/06 - 05:01:12 PM
mabey one day a robot of mine could fight a space traveler of yours. I loved loved loved the arrangemet of the drums.Dj shadow comes to mind but he dosnt have the pizzaz of this great song. Now I'll have to listen to everything you have. [ Reply to This ]
egoband &mdash 10/04/06 - 05:42:39 PM
Hey man thanks for listening, I appreciate it. Glad you dug those wacked drum beats!
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<a href="http://www.macjams.com/song/24516">In The Garden (PV Mix)</a> [ Reply to This ]
filmic &mdash 10/18/06 - 09:59:18 PM
have you tried to pitch your stuff to film. please pardon me if you have
posted something here about this... i have yet to look through your whole
profile... right now just listening to the tunes and seeing what you do. this
stuff is very well suited to film soundtrack and scoring. do you have
experience in sound design? --s [ Reply to This ]
Scoring &mdash 10/19/06 - 11:45:45 AM
You know, I have limited experience with soundtracks (only exceedingly boring stuff), and almost none with scoring, but I would love to do more. It's encouraging that you find this well suited for a soundtrack; I was certainly in a cinematic frame of mind when I made this song. Thanks for listening and commenting, paxeden, I appreciate it!
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Excelllent &mdash 10/24/06 - 05:16:02 PM
Especially the drumming - outstanding.
I liked the overall composition, the mood it set.
The production has excellent stereo separation and balance of the
instruments, very interesting sonic elements by way of Asia and some
industrial laboratory. Fascinating.
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futuristic yet strangely aboriginal sounds over your tight but somewhat
abstract drum/bass groove. This is creative and very well mixed. It evokes
many odd and tantalizing images.
"Oliver wants more!"
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