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Ember-assed (w/drakonis/custard) [Explicit] by apb [Email]
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Keywords:
hip-hop (58), bling (2), chicken (9), pecker (1), custard (1), drakonis (55), ember (27), fun (144), joking (1), not choking (1)
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Description:
My first take on drakonis' "Ember". To my knowledge, a hip-hop version hasn't been tried ... and certainly
not one feat. the rapping talents of Eduard's own chicken "custard".
I started going from 69 BPM to 205, added the drums (2 tracks: one effected), re-voiced the instruments, re-mixed, re-effected, adjusted some panning, added that extra synth bit, and some reversed parts for extra FX, removed previous GB mastering and used Ozone 3 for that instead... the midi really has some fantastic
detail (of course) which I did try to exploit in my instrument choices .. the bed has a blend of old and new .. then on Eduard's request it got (even) sillier... and custard was plucked out of retirement.
Original Custard recording used. .. had a job filtering out the very large
embers of the recent fires in the background, so Custard might not be totally happy with the BBQing .. er .. I mean EQing of her contribution... but what the heck- a' sa', a' said, it's a chicken folks!!! lol.
Thanks Eduard for letting me play around with this.. it was lots of fun :o)
Lyrics:
Bawk,
Squawk.
Translations courtesy of Foghorn Leghorn
Hardware:
Intel Mac Mini 1.66Ghz, 2GB RAM,
MOTU Traveler Firewire audio interface.
Software:
GB v3,
Audacity,
Ozone 3.
Linplug Alpha 3,
Boldt choir,
Drums on demand.
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Chicken groove &mdash 11/11/07 - 03:55:54 AM
Sqawkingly good &mdash 11/11/07 - 07:12:29 AM
Unsuspected &mdash 11/11/07 - 08:01:02 AM
I knew it was a new Ember going on BUT I could never believe it was you.lol
This is a fascinating mix of the old and the new. BRAVO.
But one thing my friend I think Ember is for all... Why can't I d-load it;(
it's fun to have them all ;)..heheheh
Peace, Love & Respect
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Kenta [ Reply to This ]
LMAO &mdash 11/11/07 - 08:53:48 AM
only in drakonis' household would they give the chickens an opportunity to be stars!! now i wanna see the lizards dance!!! brilliantly produced by anal ... ooops, i mean alan as always!! a great giggle - thank you men and chicken xoxoxox [ Reply to This ]
Very Clever! &mdash 11/11/07 - 08:57:25 AM
Nice one, Alan! Who knew chickens like to rap, hehe! Nice job on the mix, too. [ Reply to This ]
Custard &mdash 11/11/07 - 09:17:29 AM
OH MY!!! &mdash 11/11/07 - 10:36:21 AM
Who woulda thunk it? talk about your Chicken dance deluxe! This is just too funny. Great job guys and chicks. Chickens on Crack. What a concept. [ Reply to This ]
LOL! &mdash 11/11/07 - 10:54:41 AM
This chicken needs his own profile. I want to collab with him.
Too funny Alan. You just made my day.
Thanks bro. [ Reply to This ]
Brilliant &mdash 11/11/07 - 10:56:46 AM
Well mixed and sounded sooo good. Its such a funny track and a very witty title. Nice one apb, I love tracks that put a smile on my face, and this certainly did. Cheers for sharing. :-) [ Reply to This ]
this &mdash 11/11/07 - 12:25:57 PM
is frakkin funny as hell....I don't know what else to say....you blew my mind.....now THAT'S a funky chicken....a very fun listen and the dancing chicken graphic made it all the more fun.....good stuff.....good times....
peace....falo
www.falo6.com [ Reply to This ]
Chicken &mdash 11/11/07 - 12:34:51 PM
Glad I came back for the chicken LOL
Very different and imaginative approach.
Thanks
Bill [ Reply to This ]
Ember-assed &mdash 11/11/07 - 01:22:28 PM
Thanks Feter &mdash 11/11/07 - 01:30:12 PM
.. I cut it from a cleaned up version of the source file
(linked in the lid description for reference). Then made
my own loops/samples from that.
Custard was 'singing' some pretty groovy patterns to start
with - so all credit where it is due. :o) [ Reply to This ]
Hey, great singing chicken! &mdash 11/11/07 - 02:36:36 PM
At first, i thought this was funny, but then i started groovin' right along. Way cool, Alan! :-) [ Reply to This ]
Thanks Roxanne .. &mdash 11/11/07 - 03:43:48 PM
I'm glad you picked up on that borderline quality ..the edge of insanity ...and sheer stupidity .. funny, silly: sure - but not that bad really... considering it's Custard's first collab..go easy on her..lol.
The question is perhaps:
Is it possible to make it sound like a chicken is rapping? [ Reply to This ]
lol &mdash 11/11/07 - 04:02:23 PM
:o) &mdash 11/12/07 - 07:03:58 AM
We be Bagawkin'! &mdash 11/11/07 - 06:33:48 PM
Who says Chickens don't got rhythm?
Alan, you really outdid yourself here... absolutely impeckable sense of comedic timing, this wings you a feather in your cap, you were able to pullet off brilliantly. My wife (owner of the now-rock-star chicken "Custard") thinks it is exquisitely funny, and now has it on her iPod and has played it from time to time all weekend while we were on vacation.
I think you did a super job of choosing a humorously fast tempo, hip-hoppish instrumentation, I love the loud musical interjection in the middle with the chicken-disturbance, and your choice of "chicken nuggets", looped and inserted here and there makes this a giggly joy to listen to... puts a smirk on my face EVERY time I listen to it (now coming up on about 50 listens over 2 days now :-) Thank you for such a funny treat, you've made a whole house-full of chicks (and a rooster/dragon) really happy!
And although the animated chicken artwork is silly, I actually liked your own artwork creation better.
ttfn,
Drakonis [ Reply to This ]
Thanks all for the comments! &mdash 11/12/07 - 02:55:39 PM
rschletty & Dick - thanks, glad you savoured it.
Skean - full of surprises, download enabled, sorry, mistake.
Caroline - xoxoxoxxo
mikey d - but what came first? The egg or the chicken??
steck - lol, it's gallus gallus ;o)
gail60 - .. I knew I had forgotten something ..lol.
Pickquick - need to speak to the hen honcho 'bout that ..
Diviner - it's good to spread some humour from time 2 time.. without making an omelette.
falo - thanks for stopping in and letting me mess with your head.
peacepiano - glad you did too.
drakonis - thanks to you all! It was eggcellent you gave me free range with this one .. and I didn't cockerel it up. Artwork back to the original on
your request, less scary for the alektorphobics...
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Just when you think you've heard it all &mdash 11/12/07 - 06:27:36 PM
along comes APB and a rapping chicken - care of Dakonis's ubiquitous Ember Rekindled. Well I'll be skewered and 'cued - this is a tasty little treat. [ Reply to This ]
awesome &mdash 11/13/07 - 07:23:03 AM
hey alan, this is so cool! i love the drums and that squawking is hilarious but it really works. this is a really fun way to be experimental. hats off to you, you've done something really serious without taking it too seriously. loved it!!! [ Reply to This ]
i never &mdash 11/13/07 - 03:22:26 PM
would have seen this direction. makes my version feel so traditional. love this. [ Reply to This ]
filthy &mdash 11/13/07 - 04:09:29 PM
Alan,
If you knew what filthy meant in American terms, you would be happy.
Its what the kids say when they really like something. I didnt know if I should laugh or listen and laugh or just listen and then laugh.
But still it had a touch of class?? [ Reply to This ]
Lots of depth, here... &mdash 11/13/07 - 06:41:46 PM
...love the way you weave the music around the rhythm of the clucks...or is that vice versa?
;)
...great interpretation, apb...I'm hungry, now... [ Reply to This ]
eggcelent! &mdash 11/14/07 - 09:31:04 AM
this is gas man! instant download, played it thrice and i'm still a'chuklin' [ Reply to This ]
Clucking hell &mdash 11/14/07 - 05:32:23 PM
It's like &mdash 11/14/07 - 06:19:49 PM
Allright! &mdash 11/14/07 - 09:01:40 PM
Yuck and Cluck &mdash 11/15/07 - 02:17:49 PM
Got my Chicken feet out for this one. Scratchin and a struttin to the great beats you got going here.
Oh yeah. [ Reply to This ]
groovy chicken &mdash 11/15/07 - 05:10:33 PM
Interesting Ember .... &mdash 11/15/07 - 08:07:25 PM
Hahaha &mdash 11/16/07 - 01:21:39 PM
Thanks ever so much .. &mdash 11/16/07 - 02:52:49 PM
Bud - thanks, with so many excellent versions .. it was about time for a bad one ... no wait ... summat wrong *doh*
Secamode - cheers, glad you picked up that quality in the mix.
Michael2 - oo almost got me .. I'm trying now not to listen to too many other versions before I do another (just in case). Will listen after though, nothing wrong with traditional- I didn't have this version really in
mind when I started .. it just happened.
musichead - :o) neither is never unacceptable. Class??
guitapick - ty- what came first the bed or the chicken? Well, the bed in this case: custard was steered a little around the bed.
benchod abu - thanks! welcome to MJs!!
Lizard*Whistle - :o) thanks for stopping in
Scott Carmichael - lol darn you! Wish I'd remembered that one ;o) "Chicken Tikka you and I know.."
egobandit - :o) no chickens were choked during the production of this song.
damiengh - thanks, I'm off to cry in me guinness now ..
thoddi - I agree, custard was a pleasure to work with and works for chicken feed too.
Alannah - isn't that snakes?
perceptualvortex - :o) it may be a world first! .. and quite probably last!! lol. I may just have ensured Custard's life.. 'Quiche' better shape up on the talent front ..I'm just sayin' ..
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:) &mdash 11/16/07 - 11:12:50 PM
Is that Jacque Custard? &mdash 11/18/07 - 11:06:31 AM
as always &mdash 12/10/07 - 05:43:47 PM
your music cannot be placed onto a shelf of this genre or that. you are always bending the boundaries, and rubbing out the hard edges, to go your own way. brilliant.
allen [ Reply to This ]
Squawk Harmonies &mdash 12/11/07 - 04:41:25 PM
LOL!!!!!! &mdash 12/12/07 - 01:48:46 PM
Every time that chicken starts rapping, ooh.
I have no idea where "Ember" or "Custard" came from, but oh I'm so glad, so glad. I will have to look this stuff up.
The title is brilliant. You are so good at that. [ Reply to This ]
Excellent &mdash 12/20/07 - 10:44:13 PM
Great sound and a very interesting vocal! Unique, for sure. Nice one. Peace. [ Reply to This ]
A chicken? &mdash 12/24/07 - 01:22:55 PM
I love &mdash 12/27/07 - 08:20:34 AM
Cluck cluck. &mdash 03/09/08 - 05:49:57 PM
Hi
What a great callab well done- bringing happiness and laughter to the Macjammers too. Hillarious!
Heeee heee so funny and brilliantly mixed- all I have to say is cluck cluck
and rock on
Now we need the ducks, I think they are really Quackers lol
Seriousely had no end of fun listening to this. Ha ha
thanks.
Peace
Dee
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Ha ha... &mdash 03/24/08 - 01:54:09 PM
This sounds pretty cool I must say. 'Can you guess: Whats that sound?' [ Reply to This ]
hehe &mdash 04/04/08 - 01:14:48 PM
hahaha drak sent this to me. this is the best rap i've heard and it's worth listening to! you guys need to take this chicken and head out onto the road! seriously though this is cool. perhaps experiment with different animals or sounds and make them rap and prove that not all rap is crap. [ Reply to This ]
Ember-Assed &mdash 04/04/08 - 01:14:57 PM
this is amazing! As I was just telling Drak, who linked me to this wonder, I'm downloading it to add to the ipod motorcycle trip playlist (a big honor!) Thanks [ Reply to This ]
"Night Bird" &mdash 06/05/08 - 05:22:47 PM
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