Well, I just peeped a Klunko track called threadbare navy blue and since
I've been kind of caught up in this thread, I'll comment on it.
The guy that said that it was a joke was way off, this was obviously a
serious attempt at writing an IDM song, which is what I'd criticize it for
more than anything else. Structurally it seems sound, and the percussion
sequencing (though not my style) is well done. I found the song to be
totally obnoxious, personally. Sounded like half of the samples were made
with a microphone and a mouth. I picked up some digital noise during
certain parts which is an obvious sign that this was constructed on a
computer, I often run into the same sound when I'm doing my own stuff. It
doesn't sound exactly like anything I've heard, but I think if you took out
the homemade noise samples and replaced them with rich percussive textures,
then rearranged the 'melodic' notes in the song to actually create something
remotely pleasant to listen to, it could be a mouse on mars sounding song,
perhaps. My advice to Klunko is to expand your horizons and start listening
to different types of music, maybe classic country or something... anything,
just stop trying to do IDM, and let it happen naturally. I doubt too many
of the IDM favorites on this list actually sat down and set out to create
IDM music, so why should you?
If you aren't too insulted by these comments, I'd be interested in finding
out exactly what kind of sequencing software you are using, unless you are
using a Mac, in which case I don't know or care anything about what was
used.
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