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night flight to mongolia
track: 02
recorded: 20140125
duration: 1:47
type: active
day one continued: korg gadget. my second project, started on the same day as “a third or less” but actually finished (a couple of times) later, this one I struggled with more, but in the end, I managed to capture the essence of what I was going for.
I may still have another go at another version of this (perhaps, an extended version, because if I have any criticism of this version, it’s that it’s a tiny bit too short) but we shall see. having said that, I do really like this piece, it has a strange urgency to it, that suggested a “night flight to mongolia”, and again, I used a similar technique to the way I did the first track: drum machine, bass synth, lead synths, ambient synth.
the song starts as if it’s in motion, it sounds like it’s been going on for a while – an effect that I have always like, as if it’s part of a continuum that I’ve happened upon, and we’re just hearing a short excerpt from that continuum…
I like the sort-of “pulsing” quality of the song, with various parts that pulse in different ways, but I also like the frosty, airy, chords that play in the background, along with an active drum part, a moving bass line, and various melodies – there is quite a bit of atmosphere in the background – particularly in the first part of the song.
then, quite suddenly, the ambient / atmospherics drop away, the song becomes more “bare bones” as I gradually removed elements until the song sort of intentionally reduced down, I take away more and more notes until there is literally nothing left – a new technique that I was trying, which worked reasonably well. I do wish it were a bit longer, but it’s also quite nice at this length, because it lasts long enough to intrigue, but not outstay it’s welcome.
ambient loop guitarist dave stafford performed on stage with robert fripp and the orchestra of crafty guitarists in early
2009, and again with robert fripp and the symphony of crafty guitarists in 2015, and has worked with ambient music and looping for over twenty years. stafford has a rich back catalogue of ambient and loop music, +rock, prog or acoustic crafty guitar music: www.pureambient.com...more
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