I started early in the week with some üntz-üntz percussion.  I decided to play with guitar through the new (free) Eventide Harmonizer plugin (get it if you haven't yet) then when tracking guitar, my Robert Quine influence took over with this aggressive, dissonant chord. I slowed the tempo down to 80, and it started sounding like a lost outtake from the Quine/Maher Basic LP.  I added bass that had a bit of a Laswell influence, and then added more guitar, to complement the Quine guitar.  The dialectic here seemed interesting: really dissonant chord from the Quine side against open-position major chords with added seconds and fourths.  Kinda fun, and suggesting positivity against adversity, if you want to get "deep."

Quine-like guitar: Kalamazoo KG-2, into Live's "Blues Driven" guitar effects rack, with a heavy smattering of Harmonizer plugin with O-Pressor, stereo delay, and micro-pitch shift.  Other guitar: Kalamazoo KG-2 through the Amp plugin on tweaked Boost.  Bass: 80s Epiphone P/J (on P) through Live's Crystal Bass effects rack plugin.  Drums are the usual suspects: K3M, 606, DP-50, and claps. A bit of "Siney" preset Operator organ in there, too, with Simple delay and Large Factory reverb.

Tags: basic, dissonance, distortion, harmonizer, kalamazoo, live, quine, week 24 2014, View by:onezero