Reaktor for synth noises - processed vocals as synths
Big percussive stuff, layered improvs, FUNK; SWING; raw, not technical/classical. No loops. Off grid.
Short attack muted drums and 'real' ambience.
Playing stuff through shit speakers and miking it
Chanting
Filtered angry bass and drums. Suppressed volcano agression!
Distortion vs beautiful acoustics
Could something be too beautiful --> ugly?
Riffs vs ostinatos. High pitched riffs?
Ground bass, percussive bass, jazz bass, sustained bass, sub bass, picked midrange bass, no bass
Equalised resonance on percussive patterns played - not programmed. Real stuff for instruments, cupboard doors etc
Fragmentation over layering. Reduce down. Brittle. Nonsense thresholds.
Beatbox
Monophony? Brutally insincere EQ curves.
Study of keys used
Pitch. Explore natural and unnatural pitches of instruments.
Tonism / modalism / diatonalism / multitonalism / chromaticism / blues / unusual modes / microtonality / playing out of tune
Musique concrete in songs. Deconstruction. Un-music.
Comfort zone vs. challenge to listener
Tempo changes? Slow persistent ritenutos, fermatas, rubato, wonkiness
Time signature changes, pulse arrythmia for aesthetic effect
Key changes
Drastic instrumentation changes
Attitudes and emotions - what has never been said and so is unrefined? what is the emotional motivation?
Simple lyrics. Explore the themes more. Write lyrics before writing songs
String trio (me, will, kate)
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