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Purple Pill

By dreikelvin on January 19, 2014 2:16 am

I've been asked by an animator woman from amsterdam to create a tune for her upcoming animation showcase that embeds certain stylistic elements of music artists "mouse on mars" and "neon indian". The track is basically finished. But I am still tweaking bits and pieces to make it fit to her video later. There was a vocal part planned, but it didn't arrive in time for the weekly beats challenge. I am either going to embed it later and make a special vocal edit on or just leave it - either way is fine, I think. I guess that's one of the challenges as a producer, having to improvise with the material you have if you can't expect someone to deliver something really on time. In the end of the track, I created a choir out of multiple layered synthesizer instances (massive, fm8, absynth) that are supposed to sound like little creatures. I think it loosens up the ending a little bit.

p.s.: left some additional beeps for you at the end so you can sample them with your DAT recorders and make your own music with it wink

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great track. very fun. Im drunk and it sounds good, so thats a sign. sorry Im like this.


i'll take the purple pill please. big_smile

Nice track!

This reminds me of... something really cool.

awesome track man, love the tape effect at the start, quite like a video game

excuse me, but this question i should have asked you: Where the fuck are you getting this load of ideas every week!!? smile Unbelievable as every week.

I like all the noises! Some Daft punk melodies on there too.  Really like this. Downloading.

Great stuff, can't wait to hear the vocals!

Nice chip influences, cool stuff!

Nice Melodies!

I keep coming back to this song, I think it may be my favorite weekly beat thus far. Did you ever add the vocals? If not, would you be offended if I took a crack at it?

Laohu wrote:

I keep coming back to this song, I think it may be my favorite weekly beat thus far. Did you ever add the vocals? If not, would you be offended if I took a crack at it?

haha, I feel honored, but in my mind, the track is now finished. thanks for the offer though! maybe in a future project.

really cool track, has a BoC/Plaid feel to it but that first plucky sorta synth made me think of the Star Wars cantina band (or one of those tracks).  Just part of the line (if that makes any sense) .  But that kick into the guitar is suhweet. 

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