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Sausage Factory History And Evolution

By horatiuromantic on April 28, 2024 11:14 pm

A two part story composition inspired by a jam with the avantgarde power quartet "People's Choice" on two melodicas, piano, bass and drums:
Sophus - melodica
Luca - drums
Jasmin - bass
me - melodica, piano, vocals

The composition is based on a series of triad chords in various voicings so that the bassline connects as an ascending scale of sorts. It has an implicit melody born out of the voicings of the chords, but it's still a basic version since I only spent about an hour on it.

Cranked up the vintage vibe with the new UAD Verve Analog Machines plugin, which can add various types of grit and noise a la old tape and tube machines.

Also feat PJ Fossum as the announcer.

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Excellent.

Had me hooked with the melancholy first half. The descent into chaos kept me locked in. I dig the narrative vocal style too, great track.

KEEP GOING!

Love the transition between the story and the recorded live session! I could Hera it was a fun one Eheheh nice. At some point sound like a bunch of melodica trucks are dangerously approaching.. cool!

Very creative use of the live recording definitely wouldn’t have thought to use it like that. I had to go back a few times to listen for the piano transition, very seamless transitions, also when you cut to the last part. Are you just using crossfades or is there some kind of sorcery going on? Very funny narrative reminded me a bit of interdimensional cable from rick and morty… and such a good grasp on the harmony. Incredible what you can do with an hour!

Beefpounder wrote:

Excellent.

Had me hooked with the melancholy first half. The descent into chaos kept me locked in. I dig the narrative vocal style too, great track.


Thanks! narrative trick partly learned from Karl Pilkington the funny radio guy. he talked about songs with a story that just grip you and you have to finish. this one features a purposeful cliffhanger type moment at the end of the piano section. seems to be working hehe


jwh wrote:

KEEP GOING!


THAT'S IT ANGELO, KEEP GOING heart


Pescadito wrote:

Love the transition between the story and the recorded live session! I could Hera it was a fun one Eheheh nice. At some point sound like a bunch of melodica trucks are dangerously approaching.. cool!


thanks! big_smile it was a fun jam, glad I went cause I was close to having nothing this week.


Suhpos wrote:

Very creative use of the live recording definitely wouldn’t have thought to use it like that. I had to go back a few times to listen for the piano transition, very seamless transitions, also when you cut to the last part. Are you just using crossfades or is there some kind of sorcery going on? Very funny narrative reminded me a bit of interdimensional cable from rick and morty… and such a good grasp on the harmony. Incredible what you can do with an hour!


Thanks! For me that piano harmonic section was inspiring and I wanted to develop it more. Even live, somehow I felt we didn't stick to it tho, so I gave up and went in a different direction (also I was mindful of our 10min time). I added some effects to the piano to make it similarly crunchy, and then just crossfading. surprisingly it fits pretty well! I thought it might end up a bit cheezy to mix a live rec with the studio piano but I think it flies. Well the main sorcery is that I'm using similar chords.

Narrative totally wack impro on the spot big_smile  slightly inspired by the story of the Baron von der Recke from my game, Baron's Screaming Paint Job made in Latvia in 2023. The baron also enslaved a bunch of men (swedish) and made them build stuff. The only difference is he burned them alive at the end...

Triffic! I feel the melodica is experiencing a resurgence.....

excited for this documentary song

KEEP GOING at 5:14 was so hype

This would be great overlaid with some wild stock footage of the sausage factory

and then everyone cheers as all of that actually culminated with only ONE sausage produced smile

Fantastic funny and also serious moments in here. The wild second free jazzy part is awesome and really sounds vintage.

That was wiiiiiiild haha. I love how this changes and gets into chaos territory. Nice one!

Man just the "sausage factory" like made me laugh. The track lyrics are both slightly absurd and beautiful, maybe something out of a Neil Gaiman or Terry Pratchett book. I like how original your tracks and stories are. Experimental sounds entering around 2:30, twisting further the landscape into impossible angles and strange visual illusions. Thank you for being yourself and delighting us with your own unique dreamy and fantastic soundscape.

Pescadito wrote:

Love the transition between the story and the recorded live session! I could Hera it was a fun one Eheheh nice. At some point sound like a bunch of melodica trucks are dangerously approaching.. cool!

Lmao soon enough we will be able to click a button and get an AI music video of the ominous melodica trucks 🤣

For better or for worse… but in this case I want to see it

I love me a good avantgarde power quartet! I want to walk into a hidden basement bar and see you all playing this story. I would be mesmerized. I would cheer greatly as the raucous grows. KEEP GOING indeed! What a story we have here.

The piano + storytelling gives a wonderful introduction, and then all hell breaks lose!! I guess he left the factory? Or blew it up!? Sounds like you had fun recording it big_smile

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