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By neon liminal on November 17, 2024 9:18 pm

M8 industrial techno, sorta? It doesn't really know what it wants to be. The BPM is slow, the drums are pretty industrial, the instrumentation more mid-tempo techno, the whole thing is pretty filthy. It's good. But it's not very self-aware at this point.

It nonetheless premiers a few kicks and snares from my new Pulsar-23, which will hopefully make a more full appearance next week.

I feel like this wanted vocals and lyrics - but there was just no time. For now. It might be a good sketch for something more full eventually.

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Oh dude raaaaaaad. That… industrial version of the transformers transform sound… at the beginning just warms my heart.

I like the vibe. It’s like cyberpunk, angry world version of downtempo. We’re chillin, but the sprawl is still a futuristic hellscape, haha.

The line starting around 1:45 or so is _so good_. It’s got that crunchy, doom techno vibe.

so nasty but still so much clarity. consistently blown away by your musical storytelling!

Grimy, ominous, and just plain awesome. That drone running behind everything is lovely, and those drums fit perfectly!

Solid industrial vibes. I really like those thick synths. Nice "Slow" hard pushing forward vibe there.

Well played.

This is really, really good.  I wasn't expecting to be surprised as many times as I was.  As the track opened I was hearing hints of Coils remix of Closer (Precursor) and I thought I'd figured out the direction you were going...but I wasn't expecting that to change into a kind of industrial bass music, nor was I expecting that to so smoothly transition into something rather cinematic.  Nice a crunchy, very dirty sounding.  Yeah, excellent

This is a fantastic composition, both for the number of themes you manage to pack into 4:44 (seriously, any one of them could happily be an full-length track) and for how smoothly you transition between them, without ever feeling rushed or cluttered. Amazing. Dirty grinds, spacious beats, even cinematic. This is like an industrial overture at the beginning of a musical I desperately want to see. Great track.

Going through the week again and it finally hit me that this track has strong Stromkern vibes. Some of their instrumentals and b-sides have similar textures. Fantastic work!

This feels so badass, holy damn! I'm so impressed this is being made on the M8!!!! Awesome moody piece, really digging it.

This coulda/shoulda/woulda fit perfect in the Watchmen HBO mood.  Like when Sister Night gets in her car for a kick ass drive.  Oof even some of these sounds remind me of Reznor's Year Zero album.  The middle section feels like clarity has just been achieved.  Love the sound of the pulsar and especially enjoy that filtered synth line that anchors the track with it's wo-doh-wo-doh-wo-doh feels.  The return to the first riff \m/ hail yais!

THICC nasty and dark. Love it!

jbarket wrote:

Oh dude raaaaaaad. That… industrial version of the transformers transform sound… at the beginning just warms my heart.

I like the vibe. It’s like cyberpunk, angry world version of downtempo. We’re chillin, but the sprawl is still a futuristic hellscape, haha.

The line starting around 1:45 or so is _so good_. It’s got that crunchy, doom techno vibe.

Thanks! It's very much a sound design playground lol, a little too much fun.

jwh wrote:

so nasty but still so much clarity. consistently blown away by your musical storytelling!

Thank you heart heart heart right back at ya!

MRDRCAT wrote:

Grimy, ominous, and just plain awesome. That drone running behind everything is lovely, and those drums fit perfectly!

Thank you!

djippy wrote:

Solid industrial vibes. I really like those thick synths. Nice "Slow" hard pushing forward vibe there.

Well played.

Thank you!

lament.config wrote:

This is really, really good.  I wasn't expecting to be surprised as many times as I was.  As the track opened I was hearing hints of Coils remix of Closer (Precursor) and I thought I'd figured out the direction you were going...but I wasn't expecting that to change into a kind of industrial bass music, nor was I expecting that to so smoothly transition into something rather cinematic.  Nice a crunchy, very dirty sounding.  Yeah, excellent

Thank you! I really can't seem to veer away from cinematic or industrial so I guess I'd better be leaning in, lol

Paisleyfrog wrote:

This is a fantastic composition, both for the number of themes you manage to pack into 4:44 (seriously, any one of them could happily be an full-length track) and for how smoothly you transition between them, without ever feeling rushed or cluttered. Amazing. Dirty grinds, spacious beats, even cinematic. This is like an industrial overture at the beginning of a musical I desperately want to see. Great track.

I find it hard to stick to a theme! Also the genre lends itself to a lot of shifts and interruption. It's very challenging, after several weeks of exploration I'm realizing I need to spend more than a week on a song to really get the execution right, but I've learned a lot. Thank you heart

jegasus wrote:

This feels so badass, holy damn! I'm so impressed this is being made on the M8!!!! Awesome moody piece, really digging it.

Thank you! M8 is so powerful!

Tone Matrix wrote:

This coulda/shoulda/woulda fit perfect in the Watchmen HBO mood.  Like when Sister Night gets in her car for a kick ass drive.  Oof even some of these sounds remind me of Reznor's Year Zero album.  The middle section feels like clarity has just been achieved.  Love the sound of the pulsar and especially enjoy that filtered synth line that anchors the track with it's wo-doh-wo-doh-wo-doh feels.  The return to the first riff \m/ hail yais!

Oh gosh loved the music from the HBO Watchmen. Reznor and Ross are amazing lol. Thank you heart

SQF wrote:

THICC nasty and dark. Love it!

Thank you!!!

neon liminal wrote:


Paisleyfrog wrote:

This is a fantastic composition, both for the number of themes you manage to pack into 4:44 (seriously, any one of them could happily be an full-length track) and for how smoothly you transition between them, without ever feeling rushed or cluttered. Amazing. Dirty grinds, spacious beats, even cinematic. This is like an industrial overture at the beginning of a musical I desperately want to see. Great track.

after several weeks of exploration I'm realizing I need to spend more than a week on a song to really get the execution right, but I've learned a lot. Thank you heart

That’s like, the theme for the year. 😊 This years has been amazing and I’ve learned so much, but I’m looking forward to slowing down the pace a bit!

Huge! Great industrial soundscape. Agree with the comments above on where this would fit, many scenes coming to mind. Great intensity but good groove to paint the pictures.

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