[LAU] [Music] Prog supergroup's first outings

Hail citizens! M'colleague and I are proud to announce the first releases from Julius Quintus, LAU's least-productive prog supergroup (for which I am entirely to blame -- the productivity thing, that is, I'm only partially to blame for the music). These were recorded at JQ's first recording session (and second ever meeting) in August 2010, in the UK. Rough mixes were done three years ago, but they've languished ever since, basically waiting for me to get my arse into gear. An injury earlier in the year that rendered me unable to play, together with other personal circumstances, made it a good opportunity to revisit these two pieces and finally do them justice. I'd like to take this opportunity to dedicate these two pieces to m'colleague, Julien, as a thank you for all the friendship and music we've shared, and as an apology for being so damn slow with everything. Those that can, make music: those that can't, make excuses. We have a good partnership: m'colleague makes the music and I have a batch of freshly made excuses specially prepared... https://soundcloud.com/quirq-uk/julius-quintus-as-a-cloud https://soundcloud.com/quirq-uk/julius-quintus-time-to-go Details and other links further below. We hope you enjoy and, as always, comments are welcomed. No capes, Persian rugs, curries, knives or ice rinks were harmed during the making of this music. Ave, Julius Quintus --- AS A CLOUD PASSES THE SUN, SO MY LIFE TURNS GREY This main bulk of this short piece was written in the studio in August 2010. The flute was added later in August, following the main session. The take was only supposed to be a placeholder until a better one could be recorded, but so far that hasn't happened. So the flute playing is even crappier than is usual. The guitar overdubs were the last to be done, being added in September 2010 following an inspirational break in Orkney. J: Black Grand piano, Virtual String Machine, M-Tron Pro (three violins, eight choir), drums Q: guitars (SA503TVL, Les Paul), fretless bass, flute, percussion Music: J&Q Engineering, mixing & mastering: Q SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/quirq-uk/julius-quintus-as-a-cloud FLAC download: http://juliencoder.de/nama/Julius_Quintus-As_A_Cloud_Passes_The_Sun_So_My_L… --- TIME TO GO [6:01] This was a studio marmalade -- you can't really jam a full prog piece with two people -- recorded in August 2010. Piano and guitar were laid down together with the string machine overdub quickly following (sadly not the real deal, since the studio wasn't equipped with real string machines until later). The next day, the drums were improvised/overdubbed, followed by the bass (improvising on a fretless was not the best of ideas and protestations were made!). The improvised lead guitar part was overdubbed on the last full day in the studio, as it was beginning to dawn that it would soon be time to go and something needed to be laid down. It's the first take. The other details were added during pre-production, which commenced this summer. J: Black Grand piano, Virtual String Machine, drums Q: guitars (SA503TVL), fretless bass, ChamberTron (female voice, male voice), M-Tron Pro (boys' choir, female choir, male choir), Little Phatty SII, Dark Energy, percussion Music: J&Q Engineering, mixing & mastering: Q SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/quirq-uk/julius-quintus-time-to-go FLAC download: http://juliencoder.de/nama/Julius_Quintus-Time_To_Go.flac --- Our special thanks go to, but are not limited to, all those behind: Ardour, Linuxsampler, Hydrogen, linuxDSP, Calf, Invada, zita, IR, SWH, Guitarix, ZamAudio, GForce Software, Sampletekk, NI, plus Ian Shepherd.