The Matrix

Posted by David on March 03, 2009
Music, Our Creative Community

This is even later than my January song for Our Creative Community.  At this rate, I’ll be posting the December 2009 song in July 2010.

I’ve had 4 songs on the go this past month – and by on the go, I mean in various stages of recording, not just ’song seeds’; adding those would be exponential.  As time ran out, I decided I should finish just one.  Or pretend to finish one.  Even that didn’t go to plan, but I won’t bore you with the details…I’ve done that enough already in other recent posts.

My love of both electronica and choral music has long been something I’ve wanted to see combined.  My January song  (which Diane tells me she will make a video for…once she’s got Adobe CS sorted!) started me on this journey of creating armchair techno with some choral elements.

So this month, The Matrix takes it further by not really having much in the way of  ‘pop song’ melodic elements.  This is partly because making a choir from one person is rather time-consuming.  It’s probably a somewhat logical extension of Unchangeable Truth, but that’s in my mind, and we’ve discovered how hard my mind can be to work out in the past few weeks.

As usual, rip it apart.  I live for the carnage.

Oh yeah, some of the lyrics are in contemporary Latin (as opposed to Latin Vulgate). Of course.  It’s all based around Isaiah 49:1-4, specifically the NKJ translation.  It has nothing to do with the movie trilogy, or mathematics.

Or does it…

Um, no…it doesn’t.  And, just in case you were wondering, I do have lots to say about it, but since I shared mine upfront last time, I’m keeping my mouth shut until you go first.  One thing I will say is given how late this already is, the mix is messy as I didn’t spend any time playing with it like I would usually do.  It’s all about time ‘n’ that.

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10 Comments to The Matrix

russhutto
March 3, 2009

Sweet. Love it! Great combination of the 2 elements!

mandy
March 3, 2009

Cool idea. I could actually picture people dancing to this & not even knowing it was scripture. Love how it ends abruptly too.

fmckinnon
March 3, 2009

Hey man, that was way cool – way to go outside the box! Sweet!

Janaki
March 3, 2009

Hey, I think this is really cool! refreshingly different.

love (lwbut)
March 5, 2009

Very 'Enigma'

which i also like btw! :-)

So – latinise me please :-)

mandy
March 5, 2009

I SEE ME!!! AND HUBS!!!

dg4G
March 6, 2009

Latinisation** in progress – expect an email later, possibly delayed due to the contents of this post.

**We Aussies have to keep the spelling real, don’t we…even if I do go all American for the headline…the shame)

Jennifer
June 5, 2009

So, where can I download this? :D
I like it a lot (but then I am an old choir person myself…)
thanks for sharing!

David
June 5, 2009

If you really do want it Jennifer, I could send you an MP3 – let me know :)

David
June 5, 2009

I just realised I never even came close to sharing what I thought of it.

I like the space in the vocals during the main part of the song. Some of the "sound effect" vocals are a bit empty sounding though, and the choral vocals (the 6 part harmony) – created solely by me – is a lot muddier than I'd hoped, and not quite as choral as it should be…

The inspiration for using this passage of scripture came in the middle of the night. I don't remember reading it before, but it really stood out to me in my bedtime reading. I had no idea what to do with it though…so it just sat there, doing nothing. Until now. And the reason for doing it in Latin was solely to inspire a more traditionally choral experience. And I like Latin.

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