Funk/broken beat/African/zen groove

[MixBass]

This song should challenge any grid sensibilities and may offend those with perfect pitch!
That was part of the intent.
It's a dark tale of one who is slipping beyond the parameters of acceptable social behavior.

 

[Michedelic]

Hmmm, I’d give it an A for effort, but I’m not sure how funky, African, or broken beat it is. Sounds like straight 4 to me, and as someone who has consumed a lot of Residents, Snakefinger, Fred Frith, King Sunny Ade, Fela, Pere Ubu and other art-damaged new wave circa ‘77-‘83, it just sounds kinda familiar, or fallen short of that description. Just my 2 cents.

 

[MixBass]

Hmmm, I’d give it an A for effort, but I’m not sure how funky, African, or broken beat it is. Sounds like straight 4 to me, and as someone who has consumed a lot of Residents, Snakefinger, Fred Frith, King Sunny Ade, Fela, Pere Ubu and other art-damaged new wave circa ‘77-‘83, it just sounds kinda familiar, or fallen short of that description. Just my 2 cents.

Thanks for listening for starters. Def not as challenging in the pitch dept as Residents or Sun Ra lol, slipping 30-40cents here and there though. More mbalax than afrobeat or juju if you’re familiar with that, which can be thought of as 4 although I find 12/8 preferable for transcription in most cases. In any event the bass and Gtr won’t fit on the same grid.

 

[bass12]

Yeah, I would think of that as being in 12/8. Pretty typical West African feel in terms of the 6 (or 12) and 4 coinciding and that's a feel I love. Cool stuff - thanks for posting