Re: [LAU] Album made with Linux - Kuun valtakunta

Hello Tapani! It's a great album. I like the overall sound. Very present and surrounding. That I think applies to all trakcs. The first track, I have already listened to before. I like its heaviness. Although with the beginning I would have suspected somethiang even darker and more menacing. Think film music. The The sound you used on every three (couting in a slow 4/4 measure0 is very special. "Sininen kevA¤t" somehow holds some 70s appeal. the blues harp emphasises that, if not make the impression appear from an even earlier epoch. By the way; Do you like Pink Floyd? I don't like them, but that is something very personal with me and them. But your music reminds me a bit of them. The slow dampened atmosphere in your songs and the pad, that tie it all together nicely. There's no blind spot in the panorama. Don't get me wrong: I can enjoy this, PF is just a special case. :-) "MetsA¤npeitto". I like the drum loop. The sounds are nicely chosen. In combination with the very spacy and glittery synth sounds, it builds a nice contrast. Now you slipped from 70ish to synth pop 90ish in my ears. I llove the sound build up around 2mins. Pitty it doesn't really crash. :-) The next song you also already posted before. In context of the album, it's a nice lost son. :-) There's the melodic tie to the other pieces, but the arrangement lets it stand apart a bit. It's a good thing. Makes it interesting and keeps the attention and enjoyment. I'm really into this melody. It is magical, capturing. Sweet in its own way, befits your soft voice and the soft sounds. Well done! Don't ask me why, Tunturi especially reminds me of PF again. I possibly couldn't answer, as I haven't listened to them actively for quite some time, which - keeping in mind my antagonism to there music - is understandable. Maybe it's the guitar sound and the way you play it. Still very grand arrangement. the next one is I title I don't care about too much. Too 80s for my taste. Which doesn't mean, that it's badly done. It is right on spot, if you were looking for that impression. To trist, it captures the 80s melancholy and hopelessness and coldness in expression. the sounds are all soft, but it doesn't need to be crystal clear and biting off your ears, to be cold. the 7th track has nice guitar work. I like these finger picking patterns. Very nice to link to patterns. They are't confusing, yet not empty and to spaced out. Where did you take the choir sound from? together with the echolot sound it sets this track nicely apart again. The build with the real snare drum is great. The piece gains even more grandieur there. Iso Moottori doesn't really speak to me. Very meditative start. The introduction of the cello is well done, it adds some warmth to the track, which I was missing before. Nine pieces into the album and I met a strange one. So very electronic background, with a soft inclination towards several genres, all well mixed in the bowl and then carefully served. At first I expected it to turn into a kind of computer/art music of a more popular persuasion. Then the guitars convinced me of more 70s and finally the vocals turned me away from that thought. The guitar effects are very nice by the way. So 70s. :-) And finally we have the drum and bass drumkit. At least, what I'd call drum and bass. And it fits perfectly with the rest. I'd still say, that the synth/organ like sound, is not to my liking, but probably the only organ-like sound, you could fit in there, while still keeping the doors open for the subtle changes. It isnj't really, that the piece changed drastically, but that is appealing about it. "Palava uni" is again a track I can't really connect to. It's to bulky and too seperate in its parts. Probably that might call out 80s to me again. But I'm thinking more of 90s here. In my ears the bass would slide more to the front and get a little more bite and crispness and the bass drum would have more high frequencies, which would carry its attack, that would slim the sound down considerably. But I guess that's talking about how to make an elephant look more like a camel. :-) Akll in all, a nice album, I'll be sure to keep for more listenings. It all ties together, has a good flow. Thank you for sharing this and especially for giving me access to it as well. Warmly yours Julien -------- Music was my first love and it will be my last (John Miles) ======== FIND MY WEB-PROJECT AT: ======== http://ltsb.sourceforge.net the Linux TextBased Studio guide ======= AND MY PERSONAL PAGES AT: ======= http://www.juliencoder.de