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'A Faint Glow of Bravery' - an overview (pt. 2)
🕑 Added 2024-01-19 16:00:19 +0000 UTC"... a rekindling of passion - of what remained after drum and bass..."
For the second half of this two-hour-epic hosted on my discord server, I delve into the remaining tracks of the record and discuss further the stylistic points and ideology that upholds the music and the presentation of the record on all fronts.
Timestamps:
0:10 - Scanned notes with the visual artist. Recapping our discussions on a new spirituality based on the process of creation, a "spirit" within dance music, braving the winter with The Faint Glow of Bravery.
5:40 - Visual drafts and ideas from @queenparamount. Icons and ordinary places as conduits of spirit and energy, objects of superstition, all influences for the visual art for the record.
10:00 - On sampling.
10:45 - Diving into the project file of 'Gossamer'
12:50 - Layering processed samples, processing and processing again.
15:45 - Bass design.
19:55 - Delays as a way to add articulation.
20:50 - An extra break sample, isolating tone and definition from a noisy sample.
24:30 - Reversed keys.
25:40 - A look into another scrapped track from the record, 'Timid Rhythm'.
31:00 - Extreme compression with Devil-Loc.
33:20 - Moving swiftly onto 'Canvas', the first version of 'Harsh Sun' with both interesting points and points of critique on the form, arrangement, structure.
35:20 - Looking into the elements in the track.
41:00 - Moving onto the project file of 'Harsh Sun'.
44:00 - Break sample breakdown - note the light articulation and fast snare rolls in the break, turning into something quite metallic but mellowed using pitch-tracked filtering.
49:35 - Thickening with parallel distortion.
50:15 - Layers of reverb on individual sounds as an organic form of imperfection.
52:00 - Bass design and mixing.
54:30 - Filter morphing stabs design.
57:18 - A touch of subtlety with the keys + bass swells, now reintroduced as an intro element.
1:00:30 - Closing statements. The true meaning of 'A Faint Glow of Bravery'. Finding familiarity in a piece of work that is daring.
1:01:31 - 'Oligarch' stems.
1:05:20 - Looking into each stem of the track.
1:08:00 - 'Oligarch' vocal sample breakdown.
