Sad Music for Happy Humans sounds very nice.
Bit of mash between Mu-ziq and Boards of Canada is what I hear!
Great work!
--- On Tue, 10/21/08, Nevyn Nowhere <nevynnowhere@gmail.com> wrote:
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> From: Nevyn Nowhere <nevynnowhere@gmail.com>
> Subject: I'll post some links for you!
> To: wownflutter@yahoo.com
> Cc: idm@hyperreal.org
> Date: Tuesday, October 21, 2008, 3:20 PM
> http://www.thecommonwoods.com/nowhere/mp3/07sirius/SadMusicForHappyHumans-The_Sun_is_Gone.mp3
> long mellow track with moments of urgency. bass line is a
> sampled conch
> (yes I played it). sampled vox that I recorded of my
> wife's korean mother
> singing
>
> http://www.thecommonwoods.com/nowhere/mp3/07sirius/SadMusicForHappyHumans-A_New_Star.mp3
> more upbeat, vox fun, catchy, still ambient ish
>
> http://www.thecommonwoods.com/nowhere/mp3/06time/03SadMusicForHappyHumans-Sometimes_A_Great_Notion.mp3
> Structured like a song, harp samples (I played), dulcimer
> samples (I
> played), vox samples of wife's mom with mad
> manipulation
>
> http://www.thecommonwoods.com/nowhere/mp3/06time/01SadMusicForHappyHumans-Tears_in_Time.mp3
> Very organic. I sampled a Yan Quin (I played), used a
> synth with some grain
> delay, and sampled vox from my wife's mom (she's a
> great singer in the
> traditional Korean way of singing... I love to sample her!)
>
> http://www.thecommonwoods.com/nowhere/mp3/06time/07SadMusicForHappyHumans-A_Wrinkle_in_Time.mp3
> Almost 3 songs in one... slow moving to a massively
> frenetic world beat
> dance fiesta in the third part. Vox samples from some
> villages in Darfur a
> friend of mine sampled.
>
> http://www.thecommonwoods.com/nowhere/mp3/Sound/SadMusicForHappyHumans-Fly_Me_to_the_Moon.mp3
> Vox samples of that old "fly me to the moon" song
> (think great depression
> era folk) and NASA, more traditional type of song structure
> and notation;
> still ambient ish.
>
> http://www.thecommonwoods.com/nowhere/mp3/Anne/Sad%20Music%20for%20Happy%20Humans%20-%20Richard%20D%20James.mp3
> Listen to the title. Pure mindfuck hazery. This is from
> before I went
> digital, and was done with cheap toys, a roland mc09, some
> pedals and delay
> racks/pedals. OVERDRIVE GEAR THAT ISN"T MEANT TO BE
> OVERDRIVEN!!!
>
>
>
> So there's an audiophile party of experimentation,
> mindfuckery, and
> youbetcha, BEATS... for you! I'd love to hear what
> floats your boat and
> what don't (from anyone!).
>
> Not that I'll be changing what I make because of it. ;)
>
> Nevyn Nowhere
> http://www.happyhumans.org
> Sad Music for Happy Humans
>
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 3:10 PM, wownflutter
> <wownflutter@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > I would love to have all folks weighing in on this
> post links to some of
> > your work. I love listening to original artists...
> being that I love
> > crunchy beats and experimentation.
> >
> > Post some links, and thanks!
> >
> > wnf
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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