Dat DEE-JAY button.
DEE-DEE-DE-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-DEE-J-D-D-D-D-D-D-DEE-JA-D-D-D-DEE-DEE-DEE-DEE-JAY!
I don't get it *music related*
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Dat DEE-JAY button.
DEE-DEE-DE-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-DEE-J-D-D-D-D-D-D-DEE-JA-D-D-D-DEE-DEE-DEE-DEE-JAY!
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That's not music. That appears to be random sounds played over the top of each other with someone repeating the same word over and over again.
Yep reminds me of when I gave my kids a keyboard when they were about 18 months old. This is the music equivalent to modern art that 'experts' don't seem to be able to differentiate from kids paintings ... when it turns out it was kid's painting it and they've just talked a load of rubbish about how the artist captured the wonder of innocence.
Wasn't that a klaxons song?
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In case you didn't catch it, that word was 'Ghost'.
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I like it. It's pretty loose, but more structure than some music (looking at you Merzbow!). As Robosapien says it's kind of hypnotic in its sloppiness. Keeps you searching and latching on to fragments of regular timing.
Also, being so "minimal" the samples themselves are really the star of the show. The "g g g g ghost" samples especially are pretty moreish after a while. Maybe try enjoying the qualities of the sounds themselves rather than the complete fabric of the song.
Also, being so "minimal" the samples themselves are really the star of the show. The "g g g g ghost" samples especially are pretty moreish after a while. Maybe try enjoying the qualities of the sounds themselves rather than the complete fabric of the song.
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Exactly what I was going to say, but saying that I rather like Modest Mouse but I can't listen to their early stuff at all. I think it sounds terrible.
Reminds me of a less structured version of this:
The hypnotic qualities of both songs come across better when you can actually hear (and feel) the bass. It's more about rhythm than melody. One thing I like about the song in OP is that there are little patterns/structures you can pick up, but you can't latch onto them properly as a sample kicks in, or a snare feels out of time and throws you off.
The hypnotic qualities of both songs come across better when you can actually hear (and feel) the bass. It's more about rhythm than melody. One thing I like about the song in OP is that there are little patterns/structures you can pick up, but you can't latch onto them properly as a sample kicks in, or a snare feels out of time and throws you off.
It's called syncopation. It's been used throughout music for a long time. Thousand of years. Possibly tens of thousands. Or however long we as a species have been around and first banged two sticks together in time.
Watch the whole video below or skip to around 4:40 for the section on syncopation.
Unfortunately it only starts to get relevant to this conversation in the last 10 seconds, with "irregular" syncopation. The track in the OP is anything but regular.
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lol, footloose more like. What a bunch of ballet dancers!