perilous
By emily on June 5, 2022 9:11 pm
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It's Sunday night here, and this track's vibe is currently out-Echoesing the actual Echoes program on NPR.
tis a perilous tale of a lost civilization that believed it was impervious to natural disasters, they sang, they drank, they did nothing about the impending doom! and then it happened...
i got lost in your perilous track 
I love the hand-played melodies on this. reminds me a bit of Ochre and a bit of Tangerine Dream. your voice at the end is great too when you start peeking out over the synths.
The start bells/e-piano already give me an anticipation vibe. I expected a resolution in a while but it never comes. Instead, the high stringy lead comes in, making this song more of a descriptive piece, along with some voice-like pieces in the background.
The sudden change after two minutes makes everything fall into place. This is a trip hop piece. The delicate vocal seals the deal. Very satisfying!
The music is catchy and somewhat trance inducing. The change at the 2:00 mark is really effective.
Love how this builds and changes up around 2 minutes, didn't see that synth phrase coming, yet it makes perfect sense. Really nice.
Love the intro but even more so the transition into the next beat driven section. It has a nice build effect that unfolds when the arps and beat kick in. Your vocals add that final touch filling in the stereo field so nicely. Nice work! 
ineff wrote:
It's Sunday night here, and this track's vibe is currently out-Echoesing the actual Echoes program on NPR.
i had not heard of that show - it looks really cool! thank you thank you thaaank youuuuu
RajaTheResidentAlien wrote:
tis a perilous tale of a lost civilization that believed it was impervious to natural disasters, they sang, they drank, they did nothing about the impending doom! and then it happened...
i got lost in your perilous track <3
& it happened again & again & again 
thank you
license wrote:
I love the hand-played melodies on this. reminds me a bit of Ochre and a bit of Tangerine Dream. your voice at the end is great too when you start peeking out over the synths.
love Tangerine Dream - had to look up Ochre - listening now - so lovely! thank you
rplktr wrote:
The start bells/e-piano already give me an anticipation vibe. I expected a resolution in a while but it never comes. Instead, the high stringy lead comes in, making this song more of a descriptive piece, along with some voice-like pieces in the background.
The sudden change after two minutes makes everything fall into place. This is a trip hop piece. The delicate vocal seals the deal. Very satisfying!
neat to be called trip hop - lots of unresolved perils personally & in the wider world these days but it comes in waves... thank you
hent03 wrote:
Wow. Love how you transition at the middle. Great mood.
thank you
Q-Rosh wrote:
my highlight this week. thanks.
awe that made my day - thank you
CosmicCairns wrote:
The music is catchy and somewhat trance inducing. The change at the 2:00 mark is really effective.
maybe we can put the world in a trance & make i calm down a bit eh? thank you
Autovessel wrote:
Love how this builds and changes up around 2 minutes, didn't see that synth phrase coming, yet it makes perfect sense. Really nice.
oh i'm glad that felt like it was working! thank you
Tone Matrix wrote:
Love the intro but even more so the transition into the next beat driven section. It has a nice build effect that unfolds when the arps and beat kick in. Your vocals add that final touch filling in the stereo field so nicely. Nice work!
awe thank you TM - i liked the phrase "stereo field" i want to play recess in a stereo field of reverb
Devieus wrote:
the sound of danger
- Ebrit
Bell/piano melody on top of the vinyl scratch makes for a very nice melody. Are there animals in a distant layers? I may be imagining things but that's what it sounds like around 1:42. It may be vocals or distant echoes but that sounds like distant owls in the night. I like how the dynamic of the track changes around 2:01.
Lovely melody and sounds you've chosen. Wow, this gets into a swell groove too, voice awesome as always! Sparkly bells are swell swell, nice one!
Kedbreak136 wrote:
Bell/piano melody on top of the vinyl scratch makes for a very nice melody. Are there animals in a distant layers? I may be imagining things but that's what it sounds like around 1:42. It may be vocals or distant echoes but that sounds like distant owls in the night. I like how the dynamic of the track changes around 2:01.
that's a very rare emily owl - there are 3 layers of backing vocals buried & i think what i was singing sounds like hooting
miraclemiles wrote:
Lovely melody and sounds you've chosen. Wow, this gets into a swell groove too, voice awesome as always! Sparkly bells are swell swell, nice one!
thank you
Spectacular in every way, love how every element’s introduction switches the track into a decidedly new territory: from a developed loop to the synth bass to the vocal lead and that darkly beat with an 80s beat.
(Listened to this a lot, and it gets better on subsequent listens!)
Wow, love the direction this takes at 2:33 when that club beat kick comes in. Everything jells together in a very satisfying way. Very nice production chops!
Great interplay between the layers! What a fun and ethereal beat!
ilzxc wrote:
Spectacular in every way, love how every element’s introduction switches the track into a decidedly new territory: from a developed loop to the synth bass to the vocal lead and that darkly beat with an 80s beat. <3
(Listened to this a lot, and it gets better on subsequent listens!)
awwww - thank you
NWSPR wrote:
Wow, love the direction this takes at 2:33 when that club beat kick comes in. Everything jells together in a very satisfying way. Very nice production chops!
thanks i can't take all the production credit - josh noticed something weird in the eq that i fixed - nice to have 2 sets of ears sometimes!
pineapple_dan wrote:
Great interplay between the layers! What a fun and ethereal beat!
thanks pineapple!
EMMMMMMMMM this is so tite
the second half drop is just insane. i was content to just vibe out but then that bassline comes and the big beat and then you are really killing it on these xylophoney thingies this year. I think I need josh to do a super loud distorted guitar chord right before the outro.
great textures, variety, great arrangement with the two halves, great track length. very cinematic, very emily
orangedrink wrote:
EMMMMMMMMM this is so tite
the second half drop is just insane. i was content to just vibe out but then that bassline comes and the big beat and then you are really killing it on these xylophoney thingies this year. I think I need josh to do a super loud distorted guitar chord right before the outro.
great textures, variety, great arrangement with the two halves, great track length. very cinematic, very emily
thank you! i like the josh distorted outro idea