[LAU] New music: Shoegaze

[james morris]

On 18/12/2009, "Ernie Dulanowsky" <ernst at pulsewidth.ca> wrote:

>On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 1:54 PM, Folderol <folderol at ukfsn.org> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:29:37 +0000
>> James Stone <jamesmstone at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Hi All,
>> >
>> > Here is my last track of the year (although probably not finished).
>> > Early 90's shoegaze style with lots of nods in the direction of the
>> > likes of My Bloody Valentine, and probably/maybe some Goth influences
>> too??
>> >
>> > All recorded with Renoise:
>> >
>> > http://drop.io/mcrx9js
>> >
>> > As always, comments and criticisms gratefully received..
>> >
>> > One thing I'm not totally happy with is the "fizzy" distortion. I think
>> > this might just be a result of using the computer rather than a valve
>> > amp, but I'm particularly interested in improving this aspect...
>> >
>> > James
>>
>> First, I must say I don't know this style at all, even so I found the
>> distortion far too heavy and prominent. I had to really struggle to
>> hear anything else.
>>
>> --
>> Will J Godfrey
>> http://www.musically.me.uk
>> Say you have a poem and I have a tune.
>> Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song.
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>
>Hi everyone:
>
>This is a pretty good attempt at a shoegaze sound, but something is kind of
>off.
>I'm guessing that's based on how it was produced. to me it sounds like some
>sort of
>80s style minimal synth/darkwave, which isn't a bad thing.
>
>To me, the 'distorted' part sounded less like distortion and more like a
>synth with a
>wide open filter. Perhaps that's the fizziness referred to earlier.
>
>Now, I'm going to go against the grain here and suggest that for this style
>of music
>this piece is almost too clean and parts are relatively distinct. MBV's epic
>'Loveless'

It reminds me particularly of "loomer" or "sometimes" from loveless.
I think what's missing is the strumming sounds. IIRC there's only a
couple of tracks on loveless where you can't actually here the guitars
being strummed behind all the constant (fantastic) noise.

I really like the noise on your song, but maybe it does not quite go far
enough, it might need a few more layers of noise - the synth is a little
too clear.

But saying that, you probably to arrive at your own sound rather than
emulate MBV, so it's not fair to say you don't sound enough like them
;-)