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atlantis rising (stafford)
duration: 6:48
type: active
this was my very, very first piece made with nanostudio; started in the traditional way, with a drum track, but a drum track that I spent a lot of time customising, and running through effects – (there is nothing nicer than a flanged drum kit, come on!) – so once the drum part was finally finished, I began overdubbing – first it would be solos, placed in various spots, later edited down...
then it would be bass parts, washes of chords using beautiful eden synth pads, all in support of those wild, incredible solos – all of which were played on the screen, I might add – this was done long before I had the luxury of using a full sized keyboard with my apps. when I hear the speed of the solos, and I realised I actually had to play them on the relatively tiny ipad screen - it's difficult to believe.
I think this piece is characterised by those very fast, very warped-sounding eden synth solos, which float over that dreamy, flanged drum kit – what a wonderful sound, the eden synth is the hidden gem of the ipad – it’s not out front like many synths, but right out of the box, it just sounds great – all of the sounds in this piece are stock sounds, unaltered by me – I chose a voice, and started playing…and the result is what you hear.
for my very, very first song done in the app, having no idea how anything worked, I think this piece holds together very well, I use two different, distinctive solo voices well, and the flanged drum kit, in stereo, sounds wonderful – oh, and I also love the “strings” sound – I am so glad I did that overdub, because that beautiful synth “wash” just glues the piece together so, so beautifully – ties everything together in a wonderful way – what a great instrument the eden synth is, I love it!
a quick and lovely fade ends “atlantis rising” perfectly – I couldn't ask for a better ending...
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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