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The Longest Track on Weekly Beats

By rplktr on Yesterday 5:01 pm

I welcome all critical feedback.

The 16MB upload limit is a nice forcing function that effectively sets the maximum duration of entries on Weekly Beats. Throughout the year, I toyed with the idea to upload something that stretches this expected possible running time. This is the end result.

This was weeks of work. I wanted something big enough to sum up the year and the successful completion of all weeks this year. I didn't want to upload a 4-bar loop that goes on for 37 minutes. I didn't want an unedited live jam. So instead, it's a 4-movement structure with a coda. Not a symphony per se but there's a lot going on.

You might have seen me testing an audio codec in previous weeks to ensure people can hear the song once it's uploaded. Previous experiments were successful. I hope it doesn't fail me now! It should sound okay and be stereo.

Each movement uses different instrumentation but there's two constants. The Opsix FM jazz bass and the Analog Rytm fully analog microtonic drum kit.

If you read all this and listened to the entire track, thank you very much for indulging me. I super appreciate it!

Movement 1: Ceterum Censeo
Smooth nujazz.
9:51 4/4 E-minor 120bpm; Waldorf Iridium, Yamaha Revstar guitar

Movement 2: Bad Bitch Disaster Boots
Glitchy krautrock.
8:40 4/4 F-major 128bpm; Moog Subharmonicon, Iridium synths, vocals

Movement 3: Ubi Sunt
Acid waltz.
5:02 6/8 C-minor 56bpm; Roland T-8 acid line, Iridium hard sync solo, Ableton MPE choir

Movement 4: Ceterum Censeo Reprise
Smooth nujazz.
11:02 4/4 E-minor 112bpm; Waldorf Iridium, Pianoteq grand, Yamaha Revstar guitar

Coda
Solo piano.
2:47 4/4 A-minor 112bpm; Yamaha CP300 chorus e-piano, Pianoteq grand

This is close enough to a symphony that you definitely deserve a feeling of accomplishment. I'm about halfway through, and it manages to balance abrasive sounds with generous filters and reverb in a way that gives it a consistent and pleasing feel. And the bass sound is great, makes sense you kept it throughout.

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