Archive for April, 2007
"Labyrinth Remixed"
"Labyrinth Remixed" [2.8 MB .mp3]
Shorter, digitally rearranged version of ex-Happy the Man keyboardist Kit Watkins' instrumental prog anthem "Labyrinth" (1981).
Took what I consider the "essential riff" (four variations of the same tune, plus a bridge) and jettisoned all the classical dynamics, theatrics, artificial buildups, and throat clearing as well as expressive soloing. Reordering the riffs and overlaying them to make new counterpoint turned a progressive rock song into a techno-prog song--kind of sped-up Philip Glass, what I always wanted to hear when I played this song.
Some excellent "real time" keyboard and drumming being massaged here--but I am interested in the song's "money shot"--structures of the sublime in their most compact form.
"Art for All"
"Art for All" [5.6 MB Quicktime .mov]
"Art for Others"
"Art for Others" [2.9 MB .mp3]
"Duo for Drum Machine and Softsynth"
"Duo for Drum Machine and Softsynth" [3.9 MB .mp3]
"You Have No Choice (Speedy)"
"You Have No Choice (Speedy)" [4.7 MB .mp3]
"Placeholder"
"Placeholder" [2.5 MB .mp3]
"Helipad"
"Helipad" [2.2 MB .mp3]
Loud, fast rudimentary techno stomper.