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lost you somewhere on the shores of Europa

By neon liminal on August 18, 2024 9:02 pm

Spent a little too much time messing with the Subharmonicon and my modular - inspired by RPLKTR and his stereoizing setup of his own Subharmonicon to try something similar - I had plenty of VCAs but not quite as many LPGs so I improvised and came up with something good nonetheless.

So that made for a nice bed of sound on which to layer a little ambient improvisation, and who would I be if I wasn't trying to add a little moody guitar at the absolute last minute? I wouldn't be insane and always rushed, that's who.

Lesson this week: patching the modular takes a lot of damn time.

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goodness...
had a bit of a frantic run getting everything loaded before the deadline and was a little frazzled.
put the headphones on and this instantly brought me back down to earth. had to stop washing dishes and go outside to listen and levitate.
the guitar coming in was absolutely the right move.
and that ending just carried me away
thank you

this was awesome and comforting all in one.  the guitar sounds excellent.  the chord progression is so nice. felt along the lines of ambient-epicness brian eno's "an ending".  A track perfect for catching your breath and taking a moment.  awesome work!

OH WOW!! This is an awesome peaceful track. I love it. Thank you so much. It gave me a lot of good energy.

This really helped me stop and unclench my jaw for a moment. It filled me with comfort and warmth and my lizard brain slowed down and stopped panicking. Real Sigur Ros vibes in all the best ways. The guitar is an excellent addition.
Great great stuff.

Never underestimate how much time you will loose to patching and twisting knobs on basically any modular skiff...

"Ok, lets just patch up a quick little bass sound and then I can get some stuff laid down..."
5 hours later...

This is such a lovely soundscape though, and the guitar adds a really nice element.  Great work.

The title paired with this soundscape is so evocative. The sound is peaceful, but with such longing....like a loved one so far away that they might as well be on the moons of Jupiter. And definitely, the guitar was a good choice. Yet anther track where it's like...that was over seven minutes? No. Beautiful and emotional.

Such a soothing and beautiful soundscape, well done! The guitar feels sooo cozy and fits right in.

The time involved in modular is basically what has kept me away from it, sounds brilliant, but just don't have the time and patience.  This was beautiful, listening outside while having my morning coffee out in the backyard, perfect morning music, the guitar was so worth it, glad you squeezed that in.

jwh wrote:

goodness...
had a bit of a frantic run getting everything loaded before the deadline and was a little frazzled.
put the headphones on and this instantly brought me back down to earth. had to stop washing dishes and go outside to listen and levitate.
the guitar coming in was absolutely the right move.
and that ending just carried me away
thank you

I'm so glad it gave you a moment of peace heart thank you!

Tone Matrix wrote:

this was awesome and comforting all in one.  the guitar sounds excellent.  the chord progression is so nice. felt along the lines of ambient-epicness brian eno's "an ending".  A track perfect for catching your breath and taking a moment.  awesome work!

Brian Eno is high praise, thank you! heart

Q-Rosh wrote:

OH WOW!! This is an awesome peaceful track. I love it. Thank you so much. It gave me a lot of good energy.

Thank you!

BarristerPlong wrote:

This really helped me stop and unclench my jaw for a moment. It filled me with comfort and warmth and my lizard brain slowed down and stopped panicking. Real Sigur Ros vibes in all the best ways. The guitar is an excellent addition.
Great great stuff.

Thank you heart!

Napear wrote:

Never underestimate how much time you will loose to patching and twisting knobs on basically any modular skiff...

"Ok, lets just patch up a quick little bass sound and then I can get some stuff laid down..."
5 hours later...

This is such a lovely soundscape though, and the guitar adds a really nice element.  Great work.

Yeah no matter how much intent I apply to patching it always takes longer than I expect, but, that's fine, that's sort of what modular is! And thank you! heart

Paisleyfrog wrote:

The title paired with this soundscape is so evocative. The sound is peaceful, but with such longing....like a loved one so far away that they might as well be on the moons of Jupiter. And definitely, the guitar was a good choice. Yet anther track where it's like...that was over seven minutes? No. Beautiful and emotional.

I am a fan of adding a little narrative to music in different ways, sometimes the title really does set the stage. Cut this down from 12 minutes! Lol. Thank you heart

Cursory wrote:

Such a soothing and beautiful soundscape, well done! The guitar feels sooo cozy and fits right in.

Thank you!

Jason Nijjer wrote:

The time involved in modular is basically what has kept me away from it, sounds brilliant, but just don't have the time and patience.  This was beautiful, listening outside while having my morning coffee out in the backyard, perfect morning music, the guitar was so worth it, glad you squeezed that in.

Modular is really its own thing - I would never dare suggest it's a practical way to make music. I treat mine as an evolving lifeforms that I tend and adjust at odd moments and then sometimes record when it's making a pleasing sound. There is a distinct pleasure from interacting with it though - very tactile, very visual, very auditory, lots of feedback. And I almost exclusively incorporate it with other gear, it's rare that I use modular in isolation. Glad it gave you a good morning coffee, thank you! heart

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