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Moving

Matthew Ebel — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 00:57:20 +0000

In case you hadn’t caught my barrage of tweets and updates, I just moved out of one house and into another. The whole time I packed I had either NPR or BT cranked nice and loud. The latter inspired me to try my hand at another electronic piece, something akin to what kept me moving while I was… well, moving.

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A Cautionary Tail – Techno Remix

Matthew Ebel — Thu, 20 May 2010 17:16:49 +0000

The biggest complaint I get about Goodbye Planet Earth is that A Cautionary Tail would be so much better without all the psychedelia in the middle. Trying to fix that, I figured I’d shoot for a Techno version in the process. Sure, I’ve done a few dance tunes before, but I spent about 3 weeks re-recording, re-arranging, and re-engineering this one song to try and make it shake some serious ass.

Of course, I’m not that good at making dance music, so please grab the remix tracks below and roll your own version. I want to hear it!

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Lyrics:

Here’s a cautionary tale
about the king of all that was for sale
and some mice who were at war
like they’d been a thousand years before.

To a mouse the king called down,
“I can help you win your tiny crown”
Sell you swords, my price is fair.
You will rule the other mice, I swear.”

So the mice went forth to fight,
but the king he got no sleep that night.
Or any other night for days,
tiny battles kept him wide awake.

The king went mad from lack of sleep.
He ran away and they boarded up his keep.
The mice consumed the empty home,
they partied on the mad king’s throne.

The Good Life

Matthew Ebel — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:15:10 +0000

Once again Matthew is experimenting. This time he threw himself head-first at his Vocoder. If you’re not familiar with the Vocoder, it takes an audio signal (like Matthew’s voice) and combines it with a synth signal controlled by the keyboard. The net effect is a roboticized-sounding voice.

Matthew just hopes the humanity of the singer wasn’t lost in the process of making this one:

This song started as just a little play-time with my Vocoder, but some good subject matter hit me almost immediately for the lyrics. I am tired of the hysteria I hear and see in the news, everything from diseases to an economic meltdown. It’s springtime in the USA, the worst is behind us, and we’ve got nothing but hope ahead of us. If you look with the right eyes, you are really living the good life.

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Lyrics:

Cut the radio,
the noise is a Devil in your ear-
fill you full of fear.
‘Cause it’s driving you insane
and the Devil wants to steer
everything you hear.
So you’re working for the man
but the man is going broke.
Take another toke, yeah,
all the Devil’s going to say is
your future’s up in smoke.
Life is but a joke.

Let it go,
let it fall by the wayside.
Let the rhythm life you up
into the sunlight.
Close your eyes and
let the music move your body right.
Damn it’s good to be alive,
the good life.

Kill your television
or you’ll find the Devil in your eyes,
fill your head with lies.
Make you think the world is waiting
just to cut you down to size-
keep you paralyzed.
So the plague is coming back
and it’s taking the express.
You can hold your breath, yeah.
All the Devil wants to do
is to keep you in distress,
scaring you to death.

Dance of the Rising Current

Matthew Ebel — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 02:46:33 +0000

It’s experimentation time again! Matthew’s once again dabbling in dance genres, this time with something a bit raw. As Matthew put it:

Dance of the Rising Current is more of an experiment with textures rather than melodies. Yes, it’s repetitive, but it’s intended to act on the subconscious of the dancer. And yes, you do recognize the melody at the beginning. I have no idea why I added that.

As for the rest, I wanted to see if I could layer some starkly contrasting elements on top of one another without it turning into a complete catastrophe. Not sure whether or not I succeeded, but at least it’s something one can shake their ass to…

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