Jeff -
Thanks for the comments. Glad you like it. The reverb is only really
present on the first Gonissemmes and the Gymnopedies, and is really just
there to capture the 'dreamy' feeling of those pieces. Quite a few
others have nearly no reverb on them at all.
The synthetic voices are a combination of things; Spectrasonics,
Vocoder, Magnus Choir, samples of myself and Mellotron voices here and
there.
Mike
jeffc@netaxs.com wrote:
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> On Mon, 12 May 2008, Mike Dickson wrote:
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> > The third CD in the occasional series is now released
> >
> > Mike Dickson - Honfleur: The Music of Erik Satie
> >
> > Available FREE from http://www.mikedickson.org.uk/honfleur
> <http://www.mikedickson.org.uk/honfleur>
> >
> > A (usually) quiet, cathartic take on five of Satie's most famous works -
> > Gnossiennes, Ogives, Gymnopedies, Sarabandes and an excerpt from the
> > notorious Vexations - all played using unusual combinations of strings,
> > brass, voices, synthesisers, percussion, Mellotrons, pipe organs, harps,
> > pianos and a glass harmonica.
>
> Trois Gymnopedies is one of those things that i had heard hundreds
> of times and turned up in films but only knew what it was just a
> few years ago. it was the use in woody allen's "another woman" that
> led to me tracking it down and identifying it. it was so pretty, and
> so perfect in the way he used it [he really is a master of using
> just the right music in his films]. i could listen to that track
> for hours on end with no problem.
>
> nice work man!
> i think my only criticism might be that it's a little heavy
> on the reverb, but it is appropriate, so forget i said that.
>
> care to fill us in on what 'synthetic voices' is/are?
> i know i'm curious...
>
> ...jeff
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> > Other free CDs of music available from the same site. All suggestions,
> > comments and views welcomed.
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> > kind regards
> >
> > Mike Dickson
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Mike Dickson, Edinburgh