dark &mdash 09/28/07 - 12:59:08 PM
and kind of brooding in a way. Everything is excellent. Biba Nova' piece nice!
And Steve not just your lead vocal is great but your backup vocals really shin and are mixed in quite nicely.
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Combination &mdash 09/28/07 - 01:03:52 PM
I like the combination. Your vocals match up well with the music. And the bold use of dynamics in the music sounds good to my ears.
Thanks
Bill [ Reply to This ]
Sorry about the usual Bowie comparisons... &mdash 09/28/07 - 01:37:52 PM
...but this could have been a missing track from Diamond Dogs.
Broody, moody and bad. Billy Sunday can't shut you down, Steve!
DL'd. Like a lot. Don't reply. Get your wrist sorted. Imagine what you could do if full match fit!!
ATB
Jim
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What Doesn't Kill You... &mdash 09/28/07 - 01:55:08 PM
You really can't go wrong with such a great piece of music to work with, moody, but nicely varied and evocative of enough different things that you can have lots of lyrical freedom (which you REALLY took advantage of, mister). Great music, Bryn.
Whatever Bob says about the bad swears, I love the freedom you took here and I think you tapped into something really cool with this. I love the contrast between your upper and lower registers. Actually, overall the song has lots of contrast and dynamics in the music and the vocal and that's wonderful. [ Reply to This ]
Dark &mdash 09/29/07 - 02:09:26 AM
Biba's track brought something out .... the lyrics were written fairly quickly, and theere's some quite nasty stuff in there. I surprised my self.
Still, saves on the therapy bills [ Reply to This ]
Wow Steve! &mdash 09/28/07 - 02:30:59 PM
Those vocals fit in perfectly with Biba Nova's track. I really enjoyed the lyrics, too. Outstanding job with this! [ Reply to This ]
wow &mdash 09/28/07 - 05:42:26 PM
this is excellent. your voice(s) are without a doubt always way above the bar the rest of us struggle to reach, but the melody and the lyrics and the way that you just made this song your own is inspiring (to say the least). you did a great job. [ Reply to This ]
The line.. &mdash 09/29/07 - 02:11:34 AM
..'what doesn't kill you..' was inspired by something in one of your recent tracks, I think the one wth Bud.
Cheques in the mail! [ Reply to This ]
A wee in awe here! &mdash 09/28/07 - 06:12:03 PM
First of all, great job guys! This is so dark it's light, man. I never know what to expect when I get one of those new song emails from you...you...you...you (actually, MJ's) Production is T-I-G-H-T and everything else is outta sight! Kudos fellers.
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So dark.. &mdash 09/29/07 - 02:13:13 AM
... bryn had to use a torch when he wrote this.
and i took a shower after writing the lyric! [ Reply to This ]
Super good &mdash 09/28/07 - 06:17:07 PM
Very impressive singing, seems to mesh with the music perfectly... as if the music were another aspect of your voice. [ Reply to This ]
falsetto &mdash 09/28/07 - 07:38:45 PM
Steve,
I can't say I have evr heard you explore your falsetto register so much or so well. Bida's movingly dark and acerbic musiccal bed lends itself to this dense quilt of tender lyrical pathos. I have to say I didn't want it to end. But I always appreciate being left wanting more than having to sit through 2 minutes of repeating stanzas and choruses which is sometime the case here on MJ (but not in this song happily) (and I do not exempt myself from that criticism I am sad to say). I really love this track, and I can learn from it. [ Reply to This ]
Bryns work on this.. &mdash 09/29/07 - 02:15:34 AM
.. is ace ... i wish i could write like this myself!
I think the title helps make sense of the lyric.. it was interesting writing a 'character piece'.
It's not about me, honest! [ Reply to This ]
JUST BEAUTIFUL &mdash 09/28/07 - 08:04:06 PM
I Love Dark Beauty and you my friend have hit upon it, So when are you getting signed because its a total shame if you don't! this song is fantastic Steve. slow green smoke.
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Whay A&R man.. &mdash 09/29/07 - 02:31:01 AM
.. would take a risk on a 41 yr old doom monger?
Gimme his number.
Despite the fact I think this is totally uncommercial, I cant stop singing it... it's like a virus that wont clear up.
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I know which one... &mdash 09/29/07 - 10:41:03 AM
Steve - this is a great collab &mdash 09/28/07 - 08:19:27 PM
You really took this and ran with it - pushing your vocals and writing to a really exciting new high. It's been great hearing all the collabs happening these days and being lucky enough to work with some truly gifted people here. You and Biba made some real magic. [ Reply to This ]
Thanks Bud &mdash 09/29/07 - 02:01:16 PM
You're recent work really has inspired me... I wouldn't have tried this if i hadmb't been so jealous! [ Reply to This ]
I agree &mdash 09/29/07 - 01:09:32 AM
with all thats been said, very nice collab and your vocals are artistically sung, inspires my juices, paints a image of Peter Murphy and Marc Almond collabing.... [ Reply to This ]
thats' &mdash 09/30/07 - 01:51:08 AM
Another level &mdash 09/29/07 - 09:32:16 AM
and I'm missing the rungs on the ladder to get anywhere near it.
Exquisite work, simply exquisite.
Cheers
Dick
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Totally untrue.. &mdash 09/29/07 - 02:08:03 PM
Fabulous &mdash 09/29/07 - 10:54:33 AM
Really doesn't sound like a song added to an existing track. It's beautifully and deeply integrated. Hits the spot perfectly with smoothness and emotional punch.
The 'What doesn't kill you' sections are superb ... that high plaintive two-part harmony is so powerful. [ Reply to This ]
Hey Rebs... &mdash 09/29/07 - 03:42:03 PM
... thank you - that's very kind, coming from someone with your vocal talents. [ Reply to This ]
Steve &mdash 09/29/07 - 12:10:21 PM
This is breathtakingly good. I love Biba Nova's moody track. The falsetto voices are very striking, moving and lift the song into a very special realm. The poetic lyrics as always also fit perfectly. This is a very important song.
Cheers
Len
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thanks Len.. &mdash 09/30/07 - 01:59:56 AM
By important &mdash 09/30/07 - 07:22:06 AM
I meant that you have taken another important step up the ladder with this song. Especially with the falsetto voices. Onward and Upward.
Cheers
Len
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Your walk in the sun... &mdash 09/29/07 - 02:04:36 PM
sublimely vocalised &mdash 09/29/07 - 02:17:22 PM
I know well enough from my collabs with atonaliS how difficult it is to vocalise 'special' tracks like this. You did a splendid job. And what's more: it has such a relax feel as if you did it without any effort. That's high class, Steve. Brilliant, that's all I can say.
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Vocalised... &mdash 09/29/07 - 03:45:31 PM
..thanks Walt - I really enjoyed working on this, as it's pretty different for me... it's nice to push yourself... it doesn't get Bowie-ish until at least the 2nd verse!
thanks for stopping by
steve [ Reply to This ]
warms &mdash 09/29/07 - 03:39:02 PM
Not much to add &mdash 09/29/07 - 04:30:06 PM
Steve you're in great voice - superb harmony vocals and really nicely mixed. Great gloomy backdrop - works a treat. Sorry to hear your wrists playing up - been having similar problems.
All the best
Peter [ Reply to This ]
very nice guys &mdash 09/30/07 - 02:03:44 AM
Love the lyrics....
the vocals hav e a bowiesque feeling to them in parts.
I LOVE that bass brynn thats wicked soo deep and SMOOOTH...
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Thanks guys &mdash 09/30/07 - 08:25:14 AM
... bryn did a great job on this rather disturbing litle piece, and it was a joy to explore the dark side of town with him ... [ Reply to This ]
As you may already know... &mdash 09/30/07 - 12:17:43 PM
...I normally prefer NOT to frequent tunes labelled EXPLICIT. It's most often just a euphemism for crap.
But I trust you Steve, so here I am...
A magnificent collab. First off...Biba's soundtrack is genius. So totally pro!
Then there's the matter of your lyrical and vocal brilliance Steve. I am awestruck! Dark but oh so REAL. Virtually revelatory!
B R A V O !
Be well! [ Reply to This ]
x rated &mdash 09/30/07 - 12:27:59 PM
I really appreciate that ike. i thought that the content may put some people off... the place i got to in my head when I did this wasn't pleasant, but that's what the song demanded. i would've totally understood if you'd wished to pass this up - so I really appreciate you listening to this.
Thanks man
steve [ Reply to This ]
Hmmnnn.... &mdash 09/30/07 - 12:44:08 PM
We seem to share the same basic philosophy of writing and composing:
"...do whatever the song requires."
We are merely humble servants of the Muses!
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"...genius persuasive in speech decieves us; blind is the heart in the multitude of men." (THE ODES OF PINDAR, from Nemea 7) [ Reply to This ]
My dark alter ego... &mdash 09/30/07 - 12:59:52 PM
... is called Lenny Vegas, so i think pf this as one of his songs.
And he's not a nice guy! [ Reply to This ]
Not a nice guy? &mdash 09/30/07 - 01:54:15 PM
You may be right Steve, only Lenny would've dared to call me "Ike"...Ha ha...
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"...genius persuasive in speech decieves us; blind is the heart in the multitude of men." (THE ODES OF PINDAR, from Nemea 7) [ Reply to This ]
lenny vegas &mdash 09/30/07 - 07:38:42 PM
is he anything like Tony Clifton!!!
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We have much to learn that we already know! [ Reply to This ]
No.... &mdash 09/30/07 - 11:10:29 PM
Heiswhoheis....
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"...genius persuasive in speech decieves us; blind is the heart in the multitude of men." (THE ODES OF PINDAR, from Nemea 7) [ Reply to This ]
Whos'.. &mdash 10/01/07 - 12:44:53 AM
Awesome take &mdash 09/30/07 - 04:11:11 PM
I put some lyrics to the song as well and sent them to biba to let him have his way with my words. I'm already impressed with the track itself and your lyrics go well with it. Very strong and emotinal with a poetic attribute to it. Well done. [ Reply to This ]
Hey man... &mdash 10/01/07 - 12:46:21 AM
..lemme know when you post the song... would love to hear your version! [ Reply to This ]
12 &mdash 09/30/07 - 08:22:02 PM
on style points alone. So rich in texture and uniquely standing on its ambient roots. You guys should do an album (or two :-) Exceptional [ Reply to This ]
Hey cool! &mdash 10/01/07 - 01:51:58 PM
A toon with style - I'll take that as a great compliment - ahnks KTB!
steve [ Reply to This ]
Rock n roll Lifestyle Destroys Peaceful Community &mdash 10/01/07 - 10:05:34 AM
It didn't take long for you to reclaim your old habits. Drinking, smoking, cursing like a sailor.... Next you'll start wearing a safety pin in your nose. What has this world come to when the nicest guy ever goes to the Dark Side?
Funny. Everyone seems to like the Bad Steve, especially young girls "forced" to wear sailor suits and tap dance.
This is a real dark and moody song. Nice work biba! I love what you did here.
And Steve, you did some pretty amazing stuff with this song. It's refreshing to see you reach out and try something completely alien and outside of your comfort zone. Somehow, in your falsetto, it's almost sweet, like when your 4 year drops the "F bomb" in front of your family. I can't wait to hear you swearing in our first collab one day!
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smetmes.. &mdash 10/01/07 - 01:54:32 PM
... it's liberating to let the devi out of the bottle... it's just getting him abck in again that's the problem.
I intend to get the word 'arse' into our collab.
In fact, that's the title.
Nice guy... man, wait 'til we meet... are you in for a surprise!
steve/lenny [ Reply to This ]
Chills on my spine... &mdash 10/01/07 - 12:20:31 PM
...Steve, your vocals have never sounded this good - and you've never sounded anything less than amazing. Were you inspired by Biba's music? Did something catch fire? There's a darkness that feels like needles moving in the wind here. Being able to sing well is one thing, but being able to sing with an emotional razor that cuts just beneath the complecancy of listening is another thing entirely.
This is better than anything 'real' radio has offered me in far too many years. [ Reply to This ]
Gulp! &mdash 10/01/07 - 02:00:40 PM
I'm blushing - thansk Rik. The lyrical direction was inspired by Biba's track, and the title... made me think of organised crime, and then it turned into a revenge song.
Funny how lyrics come.. the 'choir of whores' was inspired by a line in the Batman graphic novel 'Arkham Asylum', about ' choirs of mutilated children' - a horrible image that really stuck in my head... years after, these things pop out of your subconcious and land on the page.
steve [ Reply to This ]
can I fave twice? &mdash 10/01/07 - 06:38:09 PM
Wow. the harmonies of voices, the whole thing is like the soundtracks to those movies that change your life. I wish I could make music like that.
It's a song I'd need to listen to in the dark.
The first verse and the refrain are the heart of this song to me.
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Yes... &mdash 10/02/07 - 12:17:29 AM
... fav it 5 times. Surprised you didn't mention T. Yorke, it has that kinda vibe.
I wrote it in the dark, so best to listen with the lights off (it's less dangerous!).
Thanks 'ella!
steve [ Reply to This ]
Jesus &mdash 10/01/07 - 09:55:33 PM
Really good.
The harmonies at "it's all too late for me...." are jaw-dropping: rich, hair-raising, transcendent, and what I like most about music.
Thank you.
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Arkham &mdash 10/01/07 - 10:00:03 PM
I just saw your response about that being a "Batman" thing.
I'd just assumed it was H P Lovecraft........... [ Reply to This ]
Dark Knight &mdash 10/02/07 - 12:23:26 AM
Naw, I'm a bit of a comics geek, but Grant Morrisons 'AA" is one of the most disturbing things I've read in the medium.
Thanks SJ
piggy piggy
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thinking of blade runner &mdash 10/01/07 - 10:32:38 PM
can't help thinking of blade runner visuals as i listen to this.
i have been a silent admirer of bibanova's sound, which strikes me as always deep and brooding, crisp and ominous.
Steve's lyrics and voice just added another layer of mysticism to his music. loved the harmonies, too!
this is awesome guys!
not coming here as often as i used to but great songs like this make it worth the precious time spent on here.
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Hey Leonardo! &mdash 10/02/07 - 12:29:53 AM
Great to have you back!
Yeah, good call - this is definately urban, dark, rainy - Blade Runner meets the city in Se7en, Scary neon, endless rain.
Hope all is well with you - still doin' those exams???
steve [ Reply to This ]
Wow &mdash 10/02/07 - 06:29:50 AM
Thank you all for the comments on this song. You all may or may not be aware that (for me) this is part of a fascination with a particular chord sequence and melody which first came to life just over a year ago as SISCOM GURU. In the intervening months I have enlisted the contributions of many people and the song seems to regenerate itself and mutate into a new form every few months.
Steve's vocals and lyrical content took it into a new realm which was unexpected for me but entirely appropriate for the modern baroque/gothic feel that the music conveys.
Disturbing, experimental yet unable to stop singing it...who could ask for a better accolade?
Steve - great vocals on this Totally complimentary AND enhancing to the music. I would love to work with you on more stuff in the future and get you sucked in even deeper into 'the process' - thus far you have only experienced the tip of the iceberg and although even this may have been a bit out of your comfort zone, I am so glad you went with your gut feeling and came up with this great contribution.
You are now officially a part of continuing SISCOM saga - welcome!
If anyone is interested, please let me ask you to stop by and listen to the earlier versions which can be found here
SISCOM GURU
EVP Series #2
Time Slowed and Gradually Came to a Stop
Like Worshipped Chicago Dogs
The Ugly Dog Prophecies
In addition, I have 2 further versions in the pipeline which will be showing in the near future, one from Spitlogic the other from Choirbox.
Also, if anyone else wants to add any extra elements into this vibrant mix, please contact me
bryn
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Actually &mdash 10/02/07 - 06:34:27 AM
The Ugly Dog Prophecies isn't an earlier version at all. It is the latest version that Mystified contributed to and was also based on 'Like Chicago Dogs'.
I should have mentioned in the earlier blurb that Mystified has to all intents and purposes become a co-writer to the musical side of this since the EVP#2 version...and her contributions have been magnificaent to say the least. [ Reply to This ]
Thanks Bryn &mdash 10/02/07 - 10:27:53 AM
This has been a great experiment and experience for me, and I'm looking forward to more dark dealings in future.
steve [ Reply to This ]
A &mdash 10/02/07 - 08:58:40 PM
that... &mdash 10/02/07 - 09:58:30 PM
whoa.... &mdash 10/02/07 - 10:18:27 PM
what a great tune. great flow and mood. The vocals move nicely. Great production. Hats off! [ Reply to This ]
Hey dave! &mdash 10/03/07 - 07:21:25 AM
Thanks guys - I think everyone has been really impressed with you guys here, so I appreciate you dropping on on this.
ta
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Hey Macca &mdash 10/03/07 - 07:17:56 AM
wow - top of the class ... wait 'til I tell may wife - i got a gold Macjams star!!!
LOL
steve [ Reply to This ]
Excellent stuff Steve & Bryn &mdash 10/03/07 - 02:27:57 AM
Sorry I'm late, but I've been away for a while.
This is a really classy tune - amazing vocals Steve. I haven't reached the end as I write, and I'm hoping for a take off into screaming guitars - oh well, didn't happen :(
To me there's room for a full verse of a crescendo of whirlpool guitars at the end, pushing further and further into the weirdness, but maybe not :)
Excellent post!
Neil [ Reply to This ]
Neil.. &mdash 10/03/07 - 07:24:43 AM
... that piccie is just wonderful - much easier on the legs than a walkabout. Good to have you back here!
I must admit, I did on an earlier version start going up and octave and getting loud and emotional, but that's what I always do, so I guess that's why this ended with a whimper rather than a bang. Maybe the next collab with Bryn I'll get Philip in to crank up the geetars to 11!
steve [ Reply to This ]
Thats cool with me &mdash 10/03/07 - 12:31:45 PM
as long as I have the opportunity to make the guitars sound like kazzoos or tin whistles or a cello or a drill or at the very least slow/pitch them down by 75% or ...something... (if I think it will take the track into another dimension)
I might also want to turn them back down to 9 or 8.5
;-)
b [ Reply to This ]
Kazoos .... &mdash 10/04/07 - 07:13:46 PM
Depeche Mood &mdash 10/03/07 - 02:45:39 AM
the dark electronic music reminds me- as a genre more than in sound- of Dave Gahan's lowlife confessions, but the lyrics are way better.
No comment on that wrist strain... [ Reply to This ]
Bad wristes... &mdash 10/03/07 - 07:26:45 AM
... yeah, better not think about that too much.
You mean the lyrics are darker than an ex-heroin addicts??
Is that good???? [ Reply to This ]
depeche doom &mdash 10/04/07 - 06:30:18 AM
Of course, it's better. You have two things Dave Gahan doesn't have: you write your lyrics yourself and you have a chin.
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No redeeming qualities [ Reply to This ]
CHIN!!! &mdash 10/05/07 - 01:52:43 PM
Fantastic vocals .. &mdash 10/05/07 - 06:59:48 AM
..hats off .. overall with the downbeat, darkness ..
and the lower register singing style, I hear a
'moorlandt' influence myself .. or I could hear
Walter doing the lower parts leaving you free to do
the higher bits.
Always late to the party .. need to sort my email
notification on your uploads Steve *doh*
Who cares what age you are .. you do great music,
that's what counts. [ Reply to This ]
oldie.. &mdash 10/05/07 - 01:07:19 PM
.. but goodie ... that's why i dont post a real picture! Thanks Alan ... must let Walter know he's inspiring me!
steve [ Reply to This ]
stunning &mdash 10/05/07 - 01:25:52 PM
knock out work here (why am I not the least bit surprised). Steve, man oh man, you really shine here bud. Not only was I impressed by your lead vocal but your backing vocals were stunning. You really had a great tune to work with from Biba Nova. Amazing work! off to the ipod (like all of your songs) it goes [ Reply to This ]
Impressive proof &mdash 10/08/07 - 03:42:26 AM
of your big range and "compatibility" with electronical music. Btw.: I'm still busy with the motorcycle girl (she won't be the same, when I'm done with her). [ Reply to This ]
;-) &mdash 10/09/07 - 07:42:08 AM
MERAVIGLIOSO, MERAVIGLIOSO, MERAVIGLIOSO, MERAVIGLIOSO x 1000
Steve, Now you are ready for the BIG PUBBLIC!
SI!
Im not musician
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Hey Schello &mdash 10/16/07 - 08:55:33 AM
seven seas &mdash 10/12/07 - 10:42:30 PM
tremendous vocals! wow!
dark nightmarish imagery
i'm thinking Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams for some reason
the bitcrush effect at the beginning and ending works great
thanks [ Reply to This ]
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And Steve not just your lead vocal is great but your backup vocals really shin and are mixed in quite nicely.
spare the wrists
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