(Weird Progressive Electronica) - Giant Space Squid

[stratatonic]

This is a weird one.

I started out listening on speakers, but swapped out to headphones to listen again when that section around a minute in, came in.
Very Liquid-y, Rubber-y Bubbl-y shit. I will have squid-y nightmares tonight, thank you very much...pretty cool.

[aerodactylus_]

Really nice sound design as others have commented. The atmosphere is intense on this one; nearly panic inducing (but in a good way of course...).

Nice work!

Thanks. Interesting, never experienced the song as "nearly panic inducing" myself, but we all feel music differently.

Haha, indeed! To be clarify I bit what I meant by that: the track just has a hectic kind of adrenaline fuelled energy to it. I can see it in a futuristic sci fi horror movie when someone is running away from something terrifying

Also, as I see others have commented that it is reminiscent of The Prodigy. I also felt that to be the case. In particular their "Invaders Must Die" era stuff. I think it is the synth that comes in at 1:10 reminds me of the lead they used in "World's on Fire" and "Colours" a bit.

[TritoneAddiction]

This is a weird one.

I started out listening on speakers, but swapped out to headphones to listen again when that section around a minute in, came in.
Very Liquid-y, Rubber-y Bubbl-y shit. I will have squid-y nightmares tonight, thank you very much...pretty cool.

It definitely has sounds I don't normally use. It was nice to do things a little differently with this track.

[TritoneAddiction]

Thanks. Interesting, never experienced the song as "nearly panic inducing" myself, but we all feel music differently.

Haha, indeed! To be clarify I bit what I meant by that: the track just has a hectic kind of adrenaline fuelled energy to it. I can see it in a futuristic sci fi horror movie when someone is running away from something terrifying

Also, as I see others have commented that it is reminiscent of The Prodigy. I also felt that to be the case. In particular their "Invaders Must Die" era stuff. I think it is the synth that comes in at 1:10 reminds me of the lead they used in "World's on Fire" and "Colours" a bit.

Cool. Thanks for the elaborative response.

[Bloma]

That low distorted synth is goddamn tasty. Come to think of it, the whole track is goddamn tasty. Yeah give me an album full of this shit Tritone!

[TritoneAddiction]

That low distorted synth is goddamn tasty. Come to think of it, the whole track is goddamn tasty. Yeah give me an album full of this shit Tritone!

Thanks Bloma. That low distorted bass is a modulated Parsec patch run through Creme (and some other processing).

I probably won't make any cohesive/themed albums anytime soon. But I do have plans to release all my material from the last 7-8 years in album form. With each album representing the music I wrote each year. There won't be any cohesiveness in style necessarily. And I'm not even gonna try to make any sort of cohesive mastering as a whole either. The songs are what they are. But at least it's a way to just make all the music easily available in some way.

[Bloma]

That low distorted synth is goddamn tasty. Come to think of it, the whole track is goddamn tasty. Yeah give me an album full of this shit Tritone!

Thanks Bloma. That low distorted bass is a modulated Parsec patch run through Creme (and some other processing).

I probably won't make any cohesive/themed albums anytime soon. But I do have plans to release all my material from the last 7-8 years in album form. With each album representing the music I wrote each year. There won't be any cohesiveness in style necessarily. And I'm not even gonna try to make any sort of cohesive mastering as a whole either. The songs are what they are. But at least it's a way to just make all the music easily available in some way.

That would be so awesome.

[TheGodOfRainbows]

I'm sorry I haven't commented sooner. I kind of heard this track, and forgot to say how much I like it. I love that main organ-ish riff. And those roaring/ripping distorted sounds! And that occasional walking or climbing diminished critter at around 2:07. Tasteful use of stutters/glitching. Good textures and contrast between drums and other tracks. This song is a success story. Awesome!

[selig]

You had me at Giant Space Squid. I could TOTALLY hear this over the intro credits for a blockbuster film (about a giant space squid, naturally). Musically, the huge sounds evoke the body of the squid, the arpeggios evoke the tentacles. The back and forth keeps my glued to the speakers wondering what will happen next and always wanting more!
Great sounds, great mix, totally fits the brief - love it!

[TritoneAddiction]

I'm sorry I haven't commented sooner. I kind of heard this track, and forgot to say how much I like it. I love that main organ-ish riff. And those roaring/ripping distorted sounds! And that occasional walking or climbing diminished critter at around 2:07. Tasteful use of stutters/glitching. Good textures and contrast between drums and other tracks. This song is a success story. Awesome!

Thanks man, really appreciate it. It's always interesting to see what songs will recieve the most attention when you upload them. You just never know. I thought this one would get a lot less attention and comments than it has, since it's a bit on the weirder side.

[TritoneAddiction]

You had me at Giant Space Squid. I could TOTALLY hear this over the intro credits for a blockbuster film (about a giant space squid, naturally). Musically, the huge sounds evoke the body of the squid, the arpeggios evoke the tentacles. The back and forth keeps my glued to the speakers wondering what will happen next and always wanting more!
Great sounds, great mix, totally fits the brief - love it!

Thanks Selig. This track took quite some time to put together, so I appreciate the kind words. Lots of trial and error with everything from sound sculpting, mixing and arranging.

[Tiny Montgomery]

Awesome sound design.

IMHO, and this is very much my own taste speaking here, the section that starts at 2:20 is the best part and I can imagine a more focused version of this track starting there. When I say best part I mean I REALLY liked that part and a track that started there would catch my ear and make me listen to the rest.

[TritoneAddiction]

Awesome sound design.

IMHO, and this is very much my own taste speaking here, the section that starts at 2:20 is the best part and I can imagine a more focused version of this track starting there. When I say best part I mean I REALLY liked that part and a track that started there would catch my ear and make me listen to the rest.

Thanks man. Yes I like that section too. Imo that's the part that breaks away from the rest of the song the most.

[integerpoet]

It's mainly built around sonic experimentation, rather than conventional song writing.

I love the former and I feel like this would be a good playground/toolbox for the latter in about a month when you have enough distance to be ruthless.

[TritoneAddiction]

It's mainly built around sonic experimentation, rather than conventional song writing.

I love the former and I feel like this would be a good playground/toolbox for the latter in about a month when you have enough distance to be ruthless.

Thanks for the listen.
Perhaps so, though I typically never return to older tracks, especially finished tracks. I say "older" even though it's not old, because I've since written 4 other tracks after this one. I usually move on pretty quickly.
The track I've currently working on has a bit of sonic experimentation too, but not the extent as this Giant Space Squid track has. But I'd say it's turning into a pretty visual track as well.