Oooh! 'Mr Dickson' :-)
Thanks for the kind words, Tom. As the narrative on the web site
suggests, Satie has been part of my bloodstream for ages now, so it was
quite a labour of love.
Mike
Tom Doncourt wrote:
>
> I just listened to the Satie pieces from Mr. Dickson. I love Satie
> and think he did a really great job of capturing the essence of
> it. Lovely use of the mellotron,
> especially well suited for such haunting pieces. Thank you for
> sharing it with us, I’ll be listening a lot to it.
>
>
>
> 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 <mailto:jeffc%40netaxs.com>
> <mailto:jeffc%40netaxs.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, 12 May 2008, Mike Dickson wrote:
> >
> > > 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>
> > <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
> >
> > > All music available either on high quality MP3, streamed MP3 or
> full CD
> > > download. CD artwork also included.
> > >
> > > Other free CDs of music available from the same site. All
> suggestions,
> > > comments and views welcomed.
> > >
> > > kind regards
> > >
> > > Mike Dickson
> > >
> > >
> > > ------------------------------------
> > >
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> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
>
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Mike Dickson, Edinburgh
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