23 tracks by Big Joe Silence
For a Ray Wilson (MFOS) tribute album.
Performed on a Korg SR-120 beatbox and a Sequential Circuits Six-Trak analogue synthesizer.
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Rough mix of a work in progress that has been gestating since late May 2013. still working out the lyrics/vocal parts. dunno if there will eventually be keys and/or synths.
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"Danse Macabre (first performed in 1875) is the name of opus 40 by French composer Camille Saint-Saëns."
synths used:
- Korg DW-8000
- Roland D-50
- Emu Proteus 1000
the last time i will EVER do this much tedious MIDI sequencing. so over it…
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this is me working out the opening and chorus of a new song for a band i just kinda rejoined. figured i'd post since there's a certain rockness to it that i find appealing. i'll post the completed tune later, but first i gotta reorganise my…
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Written in the mid-90s and recorded several times. this is the last one from 2002. i played all of the instruments and Tom Higgins did the vocal.
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this is the mix so far, pending a new vocal to replace the guide and a 12-string part.
maybe a bit of piano?
lyrics from the muted vocal are about seeing the ex you upended your life to help out in the arms of another. cheery!
tik-tok…
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tracked 7 years ago, in the same vein as "A Brain Haemorrhage Would Be A Birthday Present".
-modified toy keyboard into a resonant filter with LFO mod into a Boss DD-3 DDL pedal, all tweaked as part of the performance.
-beat is from an old…
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i originally wrote this in 1987 after buying my first 4-track, but this version was recorded in early 2009.
2 tracks of acoustic guitar and one vocal track. Mark Cook from Herd Of Instinct did some button-pushing for me.
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needs a new vocal, so i muted it. also plan on replacing the DI acoustic/electrics (which i don't think were played all that well) with one miked acoustic guitar and maybe a clean Tele playing a different part.
EP needs some corrective EQ to sit…
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thick and hairy track stem transfer from a 16 year old multitrack tape.
i plan on doing a few overdubs and a few brutal edits in the name of a new arrangement.
i need more rock in my life.
yes, there will be vocals.
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me and my cousin channelling Depeche Mode. currently unfinished. maybe i should throw some acoustic guitar and a lap steel solo over it?
basically HR-16 drums with a PH-50 and a D-50 whooshing and ploinking away overhead.
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Recorded and mixed by Joe Silence at Spit Recorders in 1998.
I deny any responsibility for the lyrics.
Tom Higgins - vocal
Joe Silence - guitars, bass and foley
(can't remember his name!) - drums
I would do a new mix of this (to remedy…
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Recorded in 2005.
Joe Silence - guitar and vocal
A very quickly recorded cover of the Neil Finn tune...I think it took 2 hours from setting up the first mic to rendering the mix?
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Recorded in 2005.
Joe Silence - vocals and all instruments; tracked by Joe Silence at Spit Recorders.
Mixed by Joe Griffin of Toxic Bag Productions.
The guitar solo is not actually a guitar.
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Recorded in 2009 for the RPM Challenge.
Joe Silence - flying slide guitars, tweaked beatbox, spastic echo torture and toy keyboard mutilation
This was recorded to cassette 4-track and then dumped to DAW for clean-up and mixing.
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Recorded in 2004.
Joe Silence - guitars, synths, Optigan, sound collage
Alissa Barthel - ghost vocals
Jonathon Wing - drum solo
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Recorded in 2001.
Tom Higgins - vocals
Joe Silence - guitars
Mark Cook - fretless bass and beats
This track sounds kinda fuzzoid for a reason: It was originally recorded to a Roland VS-880 hard disk recorder, but then mixed to cassette…
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Recorded in 2009 for RPM Challenge.
Joe Silence - organ and synth bass
Guitar by Giahni Burik.
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Recorded in 2006.
Joe Silence - guitars, beats, vocals
Mark Cook - fretless and 12-string basses
Originally written by Russell Cowser.
New arrangement and additional material by Joe Blair.
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Recorded in 2005.
The keyboard sound in the second half is a backwards electric piano processed through a triggered filter (kind of like a Mutron III).
Muted the vocals cos I'm not too pleased with the lyrics or performance.
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