06 - I think there's only one pianist here and no automation is involved, it's just that the writing is very dense. Any concert pianist worth her salt could pull this off though. Many years ago, when I was at uni, our composition tutor once asked us to write the most complicated and difficult (to play) piano piece we could imagine, and most of us could only come up with things that were in fact piss easy to perform.
07 - Totally take mark's point about the so-whatness of the lyric, but I've always been a sucker for robotic voices spouting repetitive sci-fi phrases.
01 - This sounds really strange to my ears. Can't pin it down at all. This, along with 06, is the track I'm most interested in the reveal for.
Can't summon up a lot of enthusiasm for the remainder, none will make my "best of" comps. But:
10 - This ticks the "any good at all" box easily, while still making me want to fast forward it whilst it's playing. I wondered if it might be Indian, but obviously not from the part of India that produced Indian "classical" music: raga form, Ravi Shankar, etc. Mark's guesses on its origin may be better guesses, though.
03 - See comment above. Enjoyed this a lot more on second play, knowing that there was a surprise in store near the end. The arc of the track still feels odd though. Needs an edit!
The Prototypes (ProtoCostelli?) would snatch a draw, probably. Ben is wrong to say this is the best song on FIFA 07 soundtrack, however. Young Love's "Discotech" is better than this for one. I notice there's a Bersuit Vergabarat song on there too!
jeebus, Cascada are rubbish, aren't they? Worse than Scooter if that's possible :P
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Date: 2007-05-17 06:51 pm (UTC)07 - Totally take mark's point about the so-whatness of the lyric, but I've always been a sucker for robotic voices spouting repetitive sci-fi phrases.
01 - This sounds really strange to my ears. Can't pin it down at all. This, along with 06, is the track I'm most interested in the reveal for.
Can't summon up a lot of enthusiasm for the remainder, none will make my "best of" comps. But:
10 - This ticks the "any good at all" box easily, while still making me want to fast forward it whilst it's playing. I wondered if it might be Indian, but obviously not from the part of India that produced Indian "classical" music: raga form, Ravi Shankar, etc. Mark's guesses on its origin may be better guesses, though.
03 - See comment above. Enjoyed this a lot more on second play, knowing that there was a surprise in store near the end. The arc of the track still feels odd though. Needs an edit!
The Prototypes (ProtoCostelli?) would snatch a draw, probably. Ben is wrong to say this is the best song on FIFA 07 soundtrack, however. Young Love's "Discotech" is better than this for one. I notice there's a Bersuit Vergabarat song on there too!
jeebus, Cascada are rubbish, aren't they? Worse than Scooter if that's possible :P