12. Interlude II (3:29)
music © 2006 by colin nicholls & walter nicholls
Notes
This is another instrumental interlude to provide a respite between tracks. If the entire "Steel Tree" suite could be described as being about how screwed up modern-day existence is, then this little interlude is about how the medium is not the message.
Production Notes
This is a mash-up of musical themes from "Steel Tree" and a variation on the chord sequence from the next track, Future Imperfect.
| Strings: |
Dimension Pro "Ensemble Quartet" (intro only) Korg TR-Rack (high strings) |
| Percussion: |
XLN Addictive Drums VSTi (cymbals and snare) Alesis D4 (sticks, toms, kick) Shaker Handclaps Doumbek |
| Bass: | Wendler "ElectroCoustic" Fretless |
| Keyboards: |
Korg M1 (piano ostinato; low piano notes; chords) Roland Fantom (lead monosynth) Roland VK8 (Hammond organ ostinato) |
| Guitars: |
Ovation Steel String Yamaha GC172SF spanish flamenco (lead) Gibson L6-S (lead; E-Bow drone; slide) |
| Samples: |
I think this is a recording of my 1440 baud modem, from years ago. The telephone operator sample was pulled off the Internet, I've lost the source. |
Early Stages
Since 1988 we've been recording our jam sessions on tape cassette. In 1999 I digitized the archives for reference. Any moments of magic relevant to this track, I've extracted and present here.
Interlude 2 in progress (2006)
Here's an alternative version of this track, a work-in-progress from 2006. It's essentially identical except that there's less guitar and the bass is slightly different.
Actually this is pretty good. The bass really punches in the second half.