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iridium flare (stafford)

duration: 3:26

recorded: 20131110

type: active


"iridium flare" is a piece that has a long and complex gestation, beginning with a basis of bass drum and an arpeggiated rhythm track, early versions were characterised by lots of very over the top, high speed soloing (and at some point, I might well go back and try to capture some of the exuberance of those early takes - so this may not be the last version of this song that you hear!).

over time, a certain melody started to emerge, and the solos became a bit more refined, but I still wasn't entirely happy with the structure. then one day, just to hear what it might sound like, I played it back with two complete tracks of soloing - and of course, that melody appeared in both, and I suddenly realised what the song needed: two similar, sometimes identical, melodies, hard left and hard right, which join up for the main melody and then separate again to improvise the sections in between.

I particularly like the ending, where very, very briefly, the song shifts from minor to major, but then immediately slips back to minor - and ends on the minor. The two ringing notes that end the track in a long, long natural fade, are unsupported, the bass drum and rhythm track fall out just as the whole minor / major / minor end section is happening, leaving those two incredibly pure notes ringing beautifully into the distance.

I normally work quite quickly (unless I'm working on a multi-track piece, like the guitar pieces for "gone native") but with "iridium flare", I was very patient, day after day, I would work on the two solos, until I was happy with them individually and collectively - and getting them to work together took patience, patience and more patience. I am therefore quite proud of this piece, as it is more carefully considered, and the melodies and improvised sections in between are just as I want them to be, and this "ordered" version is far and away better than the original, over the top solo versions.

stay tuned for possible out take versions - possibly.

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from music for apps: nanostudio - an eternal album, released March 17, 2013
dave stafford: nanostudio application / eden synth / TRG drum sampler.

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dave stafford Stirling, UK

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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