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strangely

1 week ago by @itneverhappened

strangely

itneverhappened

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Liner Notes

I listen to quite a lot of ambient and electronic music but have never really tried to make it. Or at least finish a track. This could be expanded but might work as it is. Probably sounds best on headphones!

Main elements: -An old recording I had forgot I made, from a street in Madrid. -All synth sounds created with Diva. Some run through Roar and amp sims. -2 instances of PaulXstretch loaded with two of those sounds. -A manipulated Piano from Pianoteq towards the end.

#ambient #electronic #instrumental

Comments

@freshspotlessyouth 1w

I love how the music swells, rising up from the ambient background. I was going to listen yesterday, but I didn't have headphones handy. It's worth the wait. I like the way it's panned, with all that percussion in my left ear. Somehow that makes me attend to things differently. Over already? It's over four minutes, but it felt shorter. I was totally immersed

@itneverhappened 1w

Great to hear, it's definitely a headphone track, it sort of begs to be longer but I kind of like it as it is too, could work in context with other tracks around it on an EP or so. Thanks!

@clocktoys 1w

I love field samples and the way they can instantly suggest a mood or a place. Unmistakably you, even without the guitars. This would be great as a soundtrack to some cool, hipster travelogue film. Tundra, Wildebeest, mountain villages, the Sahara - I can see it now! The build and transitions work so well and the melodies just flow perfectly. I especially like the way the low end brings drive and momentum to the latter section.

@itneverhappened 1w

I'd love for it to soundtrack something, it sort of conjured up different landscape images while I was making it. Mostly like an early dawn-feel. Thanks, happy you liked it!

@mikedebenham 1w

This is gorgeous. I tend to think of your unique guitar work when I think of your sound, but this feel very you without it. Your personality comes through whatever you're using. Great stuff.

@itneverhappened 1w

And here I thought I'd made something completely different and could start making new music in disguise! No, but that's a goood thing i guess, it's funny though, how you gravitate towards certain aestethic decisions with new tools that you don't know yourself but other people can hear.

@namjunerobot 1w

I'm not familiar with any of the things you used to make this but the end result is awesome. it made my little studio rumble and ring in the best way. You did a great job of evolving the sounds and I like where it ends up from where it started. It feels very natural to me. Great job.

@itneverhappened 1w

Ha, I like that it made your studio rumble and ring. Don't know why it feels like a I've let out a person, but in just a few hours it has apparently soundtracked travels through snowcapped mountains, been a meditation coach, imitated water between frozen walls and now apparently wreaking havoc in small studios.. I love it!

@nancycunning 1w

Well for me, this became the soundtrack of water pouring into my kitchen for a week while the outer walls all froze. The birds and shakers and synths are the quiet hope that it’ll all dry out and soring will come again. Also a quiet place (well calm maybe I mean or just safe a safe place to sit and adjust to the world without trying to jump up and fix everything. Congrats on finishing your first!

@itneverhappened 1w

Oh, that sounds terrible, Happy that my little track could land there for a few minutes and take your mind away somewhere else. Thanks!

@hjcutter 1w

I enjoyed the multiple melodies throughout the song and how they mingled together. Sounded excellent through my subwoofers.

@itneverhappened 1w

Great to hear that, there's some sidechaining going on, but it's still very bassy so was afraid it wouldn't sound good on many speakers.

@frozenlonesome 1w

Beautiful and restorative. Listening to this while looking at sun drenched snow capped mountains while in transit. Sounds amazing in my AirPods. I especially liked the double bass lines. Piano breaks through the haze of the soundscape.

@itneverhappened 1w

I like that my little song is out travelling and seeing the world. Snow capped mountains sounds like a perfect visual!