inri036 is now complete.
there's
two new instrumental mixes here, and three vocal mixes from 2002.
overall, it's sort of a psychedelic folk release, which is a bit of an
anomaly for me. it was never done, never felt right. until now...
i'm quite happy with the two instrumental mixes here, so do check them out.
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my memory
is a little fuzzy with this track, other than that it was constructed
all at once in the middle of the night on a cold february morning in a
basement that wasn't well heated.
i believe that sean initially brought in the a capella vocal that is
heard in the acoustic demo under the request that it be developed in a
folky style, and the track was built from there. we seem to have done
the live version the next week, meaning i must have written it over the
week.
there was some hard drive corruption as the demo was being recorded. i
was in a glitchy mindset at the time and decided the skips ought to be
interpreted musically. i'm not sure i'd make the same choice now, but
i'm not willing to second guess myself, either. so, i skittered up the
bass and organ parts to make the entire track sound glitchy to
compensate for the skips. i also ran the vocal file through a musical
algorithm that involved slowing it down and pasting it over itself to
create a collage of voices somewhat similar to a robotic choir. as the
track is otherwise rather pastoral, all of this glitch provides for an
unusual juxtaposition.
as mentioned, the track was built up quickly, but it was always meant as
a demo. that is to say that the vocal-driven 2002 version of the track
was not complete, and was never completed.
i came around to completing it as an instrumental work in mid october,
2014. the removal of sean's vocals required some mild rethinks in terms
of melodic content, but the real additions are threefold. first, it is
substantially remixed to make it sound thicker. second, some sound
design or soundscaping was constructed, mostly for the beginning of the
track, but some guitar parts were also added throughout. third, drums
were added. this converts the track out of folk (a genre i spend almost
no time in) and back into psychedelic pop (my usual home) with hints of
fusion, prog and idm. as it is, this can be viewed as the definitive (if
non-comprehensive) third incarnation of rabit is wolf, which was being
torn between freak folk and folk punk tendencies in it's general
tumbling towards "folk".
written in early 2002 and recorded in early 2002 and late 2014. the
final fuck boxes mixes were finished on nov 15, 2014. as always, please
use headphones.
credits:
j - guitars, effects, bass, electric air reed organ,
electronic drum kit, voice (1, 5), sampling, sound design, vocal
manipulations, digital wave editing, production
sean - vocals/lyrics (2,3,4)
released february 20, 2002
https://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/album/9-46-outside-the-magenta-box
