dance notes
Produced by: Madmusik
46 Devonshire Road
Bath, BA2 6UD. +44 (0)1225 313082
4:18; free; oppressive, other-wordly, soundscape; synths
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What happens when you apply some over-the-top effect patches to some equally over-the-top synth
presets? Well, this is what happened to me: I started writing a fairly normal-sounding piece based around a
conventional rhythm and chord progression, then realised it really wasn’t at all appropriate. So I threw out
the rhythm section, forgot the structure and just enjoyed playing with the sounds.
Holding down the sustain pedal, I added more and more tones, starting with a distinct pedal tone but then
adding dissonant tones and reinforcing some of these to shift the ‘root’. Then I added some clusters and
little motifs but generally keeping everything sustained and slowly-evolving.