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Feb 28 experimental analog 8-track half-reverse part2 casio
After I did the two songs with backwards drums, using my Tascam 488mkII 8-track cassette player, I had an idea that sounded very interesting (and terrifying)...
Here are the two other songs with reverse drums using the 488mkII
Antares Section 10 Outpost
https://fawm.org/songs/93482/
Dawning
https://fawm.org/songs/95637/
I wanted to record two songs by recording four tracks and then turning the tape over and recording the rest. The first song would be side A and the second song would be side B, and you would have a mix of forward and backwards in both. They would share the same chords, but in the reverse order (and obviously sounding a lot different).
So, here you go with Side B, or Part 2 - Each song was specifically mixed, separately, for that particular song.
You can hear part 1 here:
https://fawm.org/songs/99358/
Gear:
Tascam 488mkII 8-track, of course
Agile Harm 3 electric 12 string
Danelectro DC59
Fender Jazz bass
Casio CT-360 for the drums, reverse drums and blippy octave part (via Canyon delay, MXR chorus and Oceans 11 reverb)
1970's Yamaha CP-25 electric piano
1970's Roland RS-202 Strings synth
...tey enoN
@paulhenry Mar 12
wow
I'm all ill, am I?
@balancelost Mar 6
I was tempted to type this comment sdrawkcab. Thankully that didn't neppah. Kinda reminds me of the Stone Roses with their tape reversing experiments, but actually the overall effect is much closer to Cocteau Twins in my mind. It's really cool how the different layers of the arrangment reveal themselves in unexpected ways when in reverse, and that's only really possible due to the attention given to the writing and recording in forwards in the first place. So this is really excellently constructed. It's a bold move to throw your efforts into an experiment like this but it's also a lot of fun and I think the results speak for themselves. I for one enjoyed it very much.
@angelinapowersuit Mar 4
OK, I've heard no other versions of this yet but - I really like the reversed chord progression here! Very dreamy and cool. The only thing that distracts me is that flickering kind of sound up front. Now I need to hear Part 1!
@eargoggle Mar 1
Interesting how different the chords sound...love this, they're both really dreamy and floaty.
@bradbrubaker Mar 1
Just listened to both. What a dreamscape you've discovered. I could cycle through this several times, I think.
@kellylog99 Feb 28
Really nice
@metalfoot Feb 28
It does sound quite different turned around like this! Cool effect. 😀
@moonraccoon Feb 28
Yes, a very very cool experiment. I used to listen to my old recordings backwards, just to try to get a different experience out of them.
I don't mean to obligate @stephenwordsmith or anything (mostly because time is short), but he's a master at mirror lyrics. I can only imagine that words that read the same forwards and backwards would keep with the theme.