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Sona Qualia

By miraclemiles on June 5, 2022 10:56 pm

I had no idea what to do this week. Tapped something on the tongue drum. Then a rhythm managed to lodge itself in the rhythm lobe of my brain. So from that was able to set down at the drums and records some beats. Then made sounds with the Model:Cycles. Added some vocal sounds from the ableton voice box pack. Then the fun part, taking all the bits of sonic qualia and trying to make a little song. At last minute trying to think of a title, looked at not where I had written "qualia". Lovely sounding word, means: "qualia are defined as individual instances of subjective, conscious experience."

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love the massive energy here, the tumbling drums are such a rush!

qualia sounds like a dangly bit. these sounds are a bit dangly too. I like the ending a lot - reminds me of something from Cristobal Tapia der Veer's Utopia soundtrack somewhat.

What a whole journey this track is. Really like hearing how it came together, as well. Will be listening to this one again later in the week. Second license on enjoy the ending a lot, too.

you are the master of phsychedelic chaos. Or is it send to us by another universe? However, it is magic.

I dig the perfectly off-kilter feel of this.  It's chaotic, but it sounds like the chaos is under complete control if that makes sense.

Super massive sounding drums and space psychedelic feels to this bumping track.

this is great!

Ah yes qualia, or the experience of what the color red feels, or what polyrhythm soundscape feels like. This is an appropriate title here. This is a crazy patchwork of sounds and textures and that works very nicely, taking us through a strange journey.

RajaTheResidentAlien wrote:

love the massive energy here, the tumbling drums are such a rush!

Thank you! I love that description "tumbling", that's the feeling I get too. Channelling the feeling of tumbling through the chaos of life.

license wrote:

qualia sounds like a dangly bit. these sounds are a bit dangly too. I like the ending a lot - reminds me of something from Cristobal Tapia der Veer's Utopia soundtrack somewhat.

Dangling bits abound! I like the sound of Dangling Qualia, an experience left unresolved. I'll have to check out Cristobol, if you mean the Utopia show, I enjoyed that, will look up, thanks for checking it.

hent03 wrote:

What a whole journey this track is. Really like hearing how it came together, as well. Will be listening to this one again later in the week. Second license on enjoy the ending a lot, too.

Hey thanks so much! Yeah a short quick journey here. You and License give me idea to take ending and play with those textures more in a mellower piece. I haven't caught up on you songs yet this year much, going to go do so now!

Q-Rosh wrote:

you are the master of phsychedelic chaos. Or is it send to us by another universe? However, it is magic.

Wow, thank you! Master of Psychedelic Chaos is a moniker I would wear proudly, so I'll take it any day. Where do this songs come from, I never know. From another universe is as good of guess as any, so yes!

CosmicCairns wrote:

I dig the perfectly off-kilter feel of this.  It's chaotic, but it sounds like the chaos is under complete control if that makes sense.

It makes sense, controlling the chaos is all I can ask and hope for in the music, and in life. Thanks for being here!

Tone Matrix wrote:

Super massive sounding drums and space psychedelic feels to this bumping track.

Thanks! Glad it felt bumping and not just mudding smile I think the psychedelic is just becoming normal now for me, what's happening?1!?1

zpeisman wrote:

this is great!

Hey thanks, I appreciate you checking it out! Just listened to some or your songs!

Kedbreak136 wrote:

Ah yes qualia, or the experience of what the color red feels, or what polyrhythm soundscape feels like. This is an appropriate title here. This is a crazy patchwork of sounds and textures and that works very nicely, taking us through a strange journey.

Ha yes! Patching it all together and hoping for the best I suppose.  Stranger Journeys abound around here, I feel like your songs all take me on the most strange of journeys, cheers!

Great to hear the live drum kit recording mixed with the electronic elements.  I like how the seemingly disjointed rhythms coalesce at points... converge and then separate. 

emily wrote:

Expands in the mind, thanks for listening!

NWSPR wrote:

Great to hear the live drum kit recording mixed with the electronic elements.  I like how the seemingly disjointed rhythms coalesce at points... converge and then separate.

Thanks for listening! I've been trying to do live and electronic drums more, enjoying that

This is an incredible song.  Burial like.  Love the wideness of the soundstage here.  Great work.

J Sangha wrote:

This is an incredible song.  Burial like.  Love the wideness of the soundstage here.  Great work.

Thank you so much, really appreciate that! Was not thinking of Burial, but I hear that, thanks for that reference. I was just thinking that I often forget to do some panning and attempt to make things wide, but glad when it happens.

Basssssss owns in this. Electro funk but subdued—I like the high frequency pads a lot. Little vacation into the obscure, jammed this twice in a row.

ilzxc wrote:

Basssssss owns in this. Electro funk but subdued—I like the high frequency pads a lot. Little vacation into the obscure, jammed this twice in a row.

Thank you! Even when subdued the funk must thrive. "Vacation into the obscure" is an amazing phrase.  Much appreciated!

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