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Jamaica by michael2 [Email]
Genre: Psychedelic

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Comments: 7
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Plays: 60
Last Played: Nov 19, 2008 - 08:19:22 PM
Downloads: 51
Fans: 4
Uploaded: Apr 13, 2007 - 10:18:24 AM
Last Updated: Apr 13, 2007 - 10:18:24 AM
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psychedelic (73), space (131), space-rock (2), indie (122), post rock (7), blistering self indulgence (1), heavy psychedelia (1), a replacement for drugs (1), wall of sound (5)
Description:
I have a friend whose mom is a dominatrix that runs a bed and breakfast in Jamaica (tax shelter or something). the place is really more like a run down ranch.

anyways, this song is a close to 10 minute long, slow,simmering,psychedelic ode to wanting to be free in the warm waters of a place or a feeling like Jamaica. (think My Bloody Valentine and Gary Numan jamming on Kashmir). There is no guitar on this, but it's still heavy (pretty much a wall of sound).

As I said, it's 10 minutes long, but goes through a few moods and I think the length is perfect. Live, we've played this for over a half an hour. Scott is playing drums, and Io is playing fuzz bass.

Hardware:
mag G3,gretsch drums,fender jazz bass. ampeg bass combo, the guv'nor pedal (used to distort the bass), kurtzweiler MIDI piano (for the piano and organ sounds at the end of the song), roland JX3P synth (these are incredible), sm57 mics, fender twin (cranked up with the synth running through it), roland space echo

Software:
pro-tools (again, don't know the program so it's used like an 8 track. just turned it on).
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negril &mdash 04/13/07 - 12:52:06 PM
thanks for the tripp.you have some great equiptment, space echos are cool.

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thanks for listening &mdash 04/13/07 - 01:07:17 PM
so glad you liked. i thought that the length would scare most people off.

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really puts .. &mdash 04/13/07 - 10:49:24 PM
..your head in another place. when you do this live for 30 minutes what are you adding? just curious. great piece

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live we &mdash 04/14/07 - 12:36:30 AM
might break it down to drums with a ton of echo, and the synths just droning while I pick up a guitar or the theremin and make some noise. we've had a section with fake flutes. flanger sounds and slide guitar. nothing is ever planned on this one. actually though, i don't play live much anymore (i prefer to leave my stuff in the house). i'm glad you like it.

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a &mdash 04/25/07 - 01:59:12 AM
run-down S&M ranch in jamaica ? This is psychedelic before it even starts. DLed like almost everything else from you.

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Jamaica &mdash 12/13/07 - 11:16:53 PM
As soon as I heard the first bar I knew it was going to be brilliant. And I was right!

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right on &mdash 04/16/08 - 02:43:07 AM
hah. awesome. so glad you linked me this. very cool ride and yeah the perfect length. Love the piano outro.
Can and will listen to this stuff for hours. got any more?

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