Howdy there. I hope you're enjoying this assembly. I put quite
a lot of effort into it, actually.
Check out my homepage
at http://isis.yok.utu.fi/~skaven
email:
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skaven@remedy.fi
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This piece has
admittedly plenty of influence from a very old,
somewhat unknown
song made by Fleshbrain, called 'Timebandit'.
Unknown, I assume,
because it was not included among his songs
in the Mods Anothology
CD. His 'Timebandit' was one of the
truly creative classics; it is
very old however, born near the
very beginnings of the Amiga
tracker music genre, so the sound
and the instrumentation weren't
among the best (the very
concepts were being built around that
time); however, the
mockingly cool melody and well made, working
structure make it
a true delight. My regards to the old master.
Other influence that may show in this production are from
Purple Motion, Captain, and of course the amazing Mechanism
Eight
by the even more amazing Necros. :)
Plus, of course, you may
notice it has a rhythm structure very
similar to my earlier
releases Rama Gardens, Omniphilia
and Data Jack. It's starting to
look like a real series now,
isn't it? Eh. Either I'm still
'refining the concept', or am
just plain out of ideas. Hopefully
someday I will learn how to
give a song a real STRUCTURE.
During the making of the song, my friend came to hear it and
said
it sounds quite a bit like KMFDM's new stuff - and played
me the
CD. Bleh. I thought this kinda music was something
new. :) Later
after that, another friend of mine told me it
reminds him of Power
Rangers. Aaaaaarghh!!! NOOOO!!!
*ahem*
This is not a 'real song', as it doesn't consist of parts
of
equal length, repeated in a correct sequence, nor a 'base
theme'. Rather, it is a mere random sequence of rhythmic
components. This has always been my problem; I tend to come up
with
a shitload of loose ideas, but cannot arrange them properly.
Check
out the loose 'bonus part' for example. I simply couldn't
fit it
in!
Necros's Mechanism Eight is, in my opinion, a very fine
example
of how much one can build on a working basic theme; the
simple
three-note main theme repeats through the whole song, but
the
song doesn't suffer from this at all - vice versa. There is
enough variance and the rhythmically correct sequencing which
keep the song entertaining all the way. It is also fine example
of
great mixing skills.
Sample credits go to Purple Motion and
Edge's Korg 03R/W for
the ultracool IMissJimi guitar samples and
the PowerRock blast,
Groo for the Bass Grind and MinorArp, HeatBeat
for the hardcore-
ish Constructor techno drums, Travolta for the
organ chords,
Bruno for the PetraSnare, Necros for the
KorgTotalkit.snare,
Airwalk for the CannedSnare, and my larynx for
the screams
except for #37. :)
The rest of the samples are
sample synthetized, or from
unknown sources, thanks go to whoever
they are. Special thanks
go to Liam the Lemming for coming up with
a divine inspiration
for the name of the song. It's now been
changed TWO times. :)
Signed,
-= Skaven
05/27/1997 A.D
End of
documentation.
Really.
Hey come on, nothing to see
here.
Honestly! Go
away.
Wow, you've
found my super secret message! Giga-Ultra-
Interactive-Cyberspace-Multimedia-Internet-Connected-Surfin'
-Totally to the Max-cool! Too bad I don't have anything
clever to
say here. Go give your mum and dad a big hug. :)
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|###| Instrument Name |###| Sample Name |
+---+----------------------------+---+----------------------------+
|001| No instruments used. |001| Tough Sid.lead |
|002| I don't need no |002| BassGrind.lead |
|003| stinkin' envelopes. :) |003| Xylitol-5ths |
|004| |004| Constructor.BD1 |
|005| (well, maybe in my next |005| Constructor.BD2 |
|006| song... ) |006| Constructor.HH1 |
+---+----------------------------+007| Constructor.HH2 |
|008| KorgTotalkit.snare (2) |
|009| Tambourine.3 * |
|010| CrashCymbal |
|011| CannedSnare (1) |
|012| Jimi-5thChord |
|013| Jimi-Chug |
|014| Jimi-Chuga |
|015| Jimi-Hard2 |
|016| Jimi-NoteLo |
|017| Jimi-NoteHi1 |
|018| Jimi-NoteHi2 |
|019| Jimi-Squeal1 |
|020| Jimi-Squeal2 |
|021| FretSlide.1 |
|022| FretSlide.2 |
|023| TinMan.bass.1 <SF> |
|024| TinMan.bass.2 <SF> |
|025| TinMan.bass.3 <SF> |
|026| MinorGliss |
|027| PowerRock.blast |
|028| SynTom.tough |
|029| Arte.Organ1 |
|030| Arte.Organ2 |
|031| Arte.Organ3 |
|032| Arte.Organ4 |
|033| PetraSnr (3) |
|034| MetalHit.4 |
|035| Sear.lead <SF> |
|036| Sear.5ths <SF> |
|037| Scream.1.Waaayyyyrrg |
|038| Scream.2.Nooo |
|039| Scream.3.Yaargh |
|040| |
|041| |
|042| |
|043| Composed by: |
|044| Skaven / Future Crew(?) |
|045| May 1997 |
|046| |
|047| What a mess. |
|048| Press SHIFT-F9 for |
|049| more blah blah. |
|050| |
|051| Contact me for business |
|052| or pleasure: |
|053| skaven@isis.yok.utu.fi |
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