ambient metal

these_go211 · #1 02-02-2007, 11:06 AM

http://homepage.mac.com/chuckelizond.../lavalamp1.mp3

listening to too much sunnO))) and boris collaboration, and thinking of the scene in alien when they landed on that desolate planet. if anyone cares, let me know your thoughts. thanks!

mikezimmerman · #2 02-02-2007, 11:13 AM

I dig it.

these_go211 · #3 02-02-2007, 11:35 AM

thanks man!

poor_gear_whore · #4 02-02-2007, 12:36 PM

I am listening to it right now and I dig it alot. Good job man.

P.S. I dont know if you can listen to too much of that album.

these_go211 · #5 02-02-2007, 02:32 PM

thanks for comments. i was just messing around with sounds in general. this is the first thing of this sort i've done. fun to experiment. but yea, a full album of this may send you over the edge. thanks again for taking the time to listen. i appreciate it.

these_go211 · #6 02-02-2007, 02:36 PM

poor_gear_whore said:
"P.S. I dont know if you can listen to too much of that album."

i think i took this comment differently than you meant. i think you were saying you can't get enough of the sunnO)))/boris compilation. i initially read your statement as you couldn't listen to a full album of songs like mine! the sunnO)))/boris thing i can't get enough of. droney but not too repetitive, spooky but cool song structures, and vocals help. very cool musical pairing.

jamfree · #7 02-02-2007, 02:37 PM

I dig it.

Matt Till · #8 02-02-2007, 02:45 PM

Sweeeeeet. I like it, what's your setup as far as samples/keys/stuff goes? It adds a lot. I like how Sunn/Boris influenced it, but it doesn't really reek of Sunn. A lot of Sunn (No, I don't take the time to write o))) ) esque jams have come out since the band got big (I guess I should say EARTH esque jams, Sunn is essentially a rip off of Earth), but this doesn't have the ultra downtuned ultra distorted thing going on, which is cool, it makes it more original.

I don't know if you've heard it, but check out the Earth album: "Hex: Or the Infernal Printing Method." It's heavy drone MINUS the distortion! It's amazing, it's the soundtrack to being trapped in a desert during the dustbowl era with no food or water marching in any direction in attempts to find civilization, but failing miserably and dying in the desert alone... it's deserty. If you like stuff like this, you'll love Hex.

these_go211 · #9 02-02-2007, 04:50 PM

thanks for all the comments and the interest! i wasn't trying in any way shape or form to compare this to sunnO))). i was just trying to let you know where some of the inspiration came from. that and the first alien movie. i realize this is not like them or what they do. if i wanted to do something like that i'd need to tell the wife to go off for a few hours while i cranked the heck out of a wall of amps and played with feedback! hilarity would ensue with the neighbors too

as far as my setup for this:
-gibson sg into guitar pod xt using 'bridge of sighs' patch
-a second out from pod was sent to the moog Murf for random weirdness
-microkorg for the ominous sounding synth notes
-fender p-bass to sabddi

after tracking i copied/doubled some of the tracks. i used tracktion's pitch-shifter for one of the guitar tracks. i think that coupled with the moog produced that of sort of faint higher pitched almost "talking" like effect that you hear every now and then. the first time i played it back it freaked me out. it sounded like aliens in the background.

matt, i'm going to bug you again to get the microkorg. i think i've felt compelled to use that on almost every song i've done recently. i still haven't used the vocoder though.

thanks again guys! and thanks for the music recommendation matt.

Matt Till · #10 02-02-2007, 06:51 PM

One of these days, I will buy a MicroKorg, but first:

An upright bass
A Sitar
A good delay pedal.
A true Mbira

Maybe not in that order.

poor_gear_whore · #11 02-02-2007, 11:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by these_go211

poor_gear_whore said:
"P.S. I dont know if you can listen to too much of that album."

i think i took this comment differently than you meant. i think you were saying you can't get enough of the sunnO)))/boris compilation. i initially read your statement as you couldn't listen to a full album of songs like mine! the sunnO)))/boris thing i can't get enough of. droney but not too repetitive, spooky but cool song structures, and vocals help. very cool musical pairing.

Right you are.

The BurgerMeister · #12 02-02-2007, 11:59 PM

sounds good! lots of wicked noizes in there....

these_go211 · #13 02-04-2007, 08:51 PM

thanks jetpackbassist!

matt, you are a serious gearslut!

Magical_Max · #14 02-05-2007, 01:56 PM

I also like this.
This would have sounded really good in a show that I worked on last week...

Good stuff.

Matt Till · #15 02-05-2007, 02:35 PM

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Originally Posted by these_go211

thanks jetpackbassist!

matt, you are a serious gearslut!

You gotta give me some props, at least it isn't my desire to own 20 basses (2 of which I would play), I want to diversify the kind of sounds I can make.

these_go211 · #16 02-06-2007, 09:01 AM

thanks max!

matt, what the heck is a mbira? have you tried the variax bass? i haven't personally but i think it does have a sitar sound. or, maybe that's the variax guitar. ? and yea, i'm giving you props. i dig your king bowman stuff too.

Matt Till · #17 02-06-2007, 12:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by these_go211

matt, what the heck is a mbira?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7QGhXEU6gk

these_go211 · #18 02-07-2007, 10:15 AM

interesting. thanks.

joroched · #19 02-08-2007, 10:09 AM

I like it, and find it inspiring. Thanks

these_go211 · #20 02-08-2007, 11:30 AM

thank you for the listen!