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4th Sep 2023 01:02 - 1 year ago
Description : Experiment in minimalist repetitive ambient. Chopped up a gamelan loop by Nostalginc, duplicated it, time stretched one of them to bring it in and out of sync and hence mess with your heads. Added synth percs etc.

Comments (13)

If you have time take a listen and give Zootman some feedback.

BaoBou
BaoBou 2nd Oct 2023 22:30 - 1 year ago
Lovely sounds indeed. I hope you had some pleasant phu... well never mind.
Good stuff my antipodean friend!
Zootman
Zootman replied 13th Oct 2023 - 1 year ago
Thanks BB. Fun to experiment...
theHumps
theHumps 2nd Oct 2023 06:23 - 1 year ago
Ever see the anime movie Akira? The intro reminded me of that movie, it has that type of percussion in parts of it.

Pheasant plucker, pleasant fucker, ha!

World music to me, I like this kind of stuff.

Wayne
Zootman
Zootman replied 13th Oct 2023 - 1 year ago
Hi Wayne, thanks for the listen. Sorry late reply, got busy away from home and hearth and time just slipped away...
Mosaic
Mosaic 2nd Oct 2023 03:25 - 1 year ago
Hey Chris, very much and Oriental sounding track with bells n chimes, used have pheasants back in my home town in OZ so can say I've actually plucked pheasants lol, listening to this in lower vol, which makes it sound like a great chillout piece, very nice work mate fav'd Peace mosaic
Zootman
Zootman replied 13th Oct 2023 - 1 year ago
Kia Ora, that's pretty funny, you are the pheasant Plucker. Cheers for the listen and comment.
CINCOCENT
CINCOCENT 29th Sep 2023 20:24 - 1 year ago
I'm not the pheasant on the pheasant plucker son I'm only plucking pheasants till pheasants pluckers come! I have no clue but I will let's listen lol oooOOO intro scary mysterious sucking me in! I think like when no drums music. Take me on Journey. That sound is really haunting and it's so cool when you got it moving from one side to the speaker to the other it's so cool I'm going to have to get this if it's available!!!
Zootman
Zootman replied 30th Sep 2023 - 1 year ago
Yo CCC, you got it man. I thought the title fit the feel pretty good. In my bad old days, we used to play a drinking game using Pheasant Plucker, you can probably imagine what mistakes it translates to after a few rounds. Anyway, thanks for the listen, fav and download.
RitajustRita
RitajustRita 14th Sep 2023 23:43 - 1 year ago
Hi Chris im back.
Nice sound.
uhhhmmm you try to to hypnotize us uhmmm ??
I hear a sound that sounds like a mean laugh like you got us and now you can make us do whatever you want lol

About that one track of mine.
I just can't find it anymore.
I'm afraid I put it on my external drive and I can no longer open all the tracks on there.
Not even if I put them back on my PC.
Then you will have to use the MP3.
Sorry.
Zootman
Zootman replied 15th Sep 2023 - 1 year ago
You are in my power, you will do exactly as I say lol. Was thinking to make another just so I had the chance to call it Pleasant Fucker ha.

No worries about that track, I had a feeling you wouldn't be able to find it. Will see what happens and if I find time or inspiration. Thanks for trying.
Dennel
Dennel 12th Sep 2023 14:07 - 1 year ago
Hey Chris, this is a interestingly "hypnotic" composition you have here. I guess you and I on some level share a fondness for creating minimalistic tracks lol! Love the time stretched loop that comes in and out periodically, it adds a nice eerie effect to the track. A very creative, experimental / enjoyable listening experience.

All the best

Dennel
Zootman
Zootman replied 13th Sep 2023 - 1 year ago
Greetings, thanks for the listen and fav and for taking the time to comment. Glad you enjoyed. Given your water inspired track here at the moment, maybe you should check out mine...pretty much a love song to water. All the best. Oh, it's called Water Treatment.
2Sisters
2Sisters 9th Sep 2023 18:05 - 1 year ago
Hello Chris,
thank you for the detailed answer. I always find it very interesting to hear or in this case read where the motivations for creating a song come from. Crucethus is absolutely right! You can really do almost anything in music. But I think you almost need a mathematical sensitivity when you make a song like that. I'll stick with it, the song is very good!
Have a nice weekend Manuela
T576
T576 9th Sep 2023 02:41 - 1 year ago
This has a earie chime like feel and sound along with some sound design sounds to keep it moving. Good to me. PEACE. T576 OUT.
Zootman
Zootman replied 9th Sep 2023 - 1 year ago
Thanks a lot for checking it out. Cheers Chris
2Sisters
2Sisters 8th Sep 2023 16:24 - 1 year ago
Hello,
but you didn't do it. Your playing with synchronicity and asynchrony has resulted in the repetitions making everything synchronous again. So nothing got messed up in my head. Timing is too consistent for that overall.
Well, the song or should I say the experiment, your sound games, have something more of a trance-like quality to them. The small built-in nuances lead you to literally look for other variations. So it's definitely not boring. Even though, or perhaps even because, nothing contrasting is happening in this sound image, it captivated me. I'm really surprised. Well done, best wishes Manuela
Zootman
Zootman replied 9th Sep 2023 - 1 year ago
Hi, well there they go again, the best pair of ears on looperman! Yes I think it comes back into sync about three times over the length of the track. So not too asynchronous. The trick was to find the right level for the stretched track so it didn't end up just a mess, but you could still track its progress if you leaned in and listened. I think it was Crucethus who said to me once that you could do what you wanted melodically but if you messed with peoples sense of rhythm you were in for trouble.

Actually, the thing started after a conversation with Micky who referenced Terry Riley in relation to one of my other tracks. After that, I found this utube documentary on minimalists which I really enjoyed. It talks about using old tape machines and loops with long delays that eventually threw stuff out of sync but also after a while added various noise artefacts too. Terry Riley and LeMont were also quite influenced by eastern philosophy and religion too so that spiritual dimension also appealed to me.

Long winded response, but for once I'm typing on the computer rather than the phone!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJlGjSQvvGs&t=3119s

Cheers Chris
BeatMaker4real
BeatMaker4real 8th Sep 2023 12:15 - 1 year ago
Nice work on the track Zootman.
Zootman
Zootman replied 8th Sep 2023 - 1 year ago
Thanks!!
ClickbaitCabaret
ClickbaitCabaret 6th Sep 2023 11:54 - 1 year ago
For some reason this brought to mind Chinese insects building a dam. The background synth is a bit ominous & lonely. Like Dresden after the Allies bombed the crap out of it. So basically this is Chinese Insects building a dam after a bombing raid. That's why I love this track.
Zootman
Zootman replied 7th Sep 2023 - 1 year ago
Interesting breakdown lol.... Like hive mind. Thanks man.
Kirkoid
Kirkoid 5th Sep 2023 07:23 - 1 year ago
I loved this, an ethereal mysteriousness to it, it stays interesting all the way through.
Zootman
Zootman replied 6th Sep 2023 - 1 year ago
I hoped it was interesting enough. Thanks for the feedback, I appreciate it as always.
dimestop
dimestop 4th Sep 2023 22:43 - 1 year ago
love the ambient charm in the intro Chris the whole track is minimalistic but you added great percs which keep the listener interested it has a haunting feel to it at times nice mix and the outro was cool, well done bro experiments are always good Ian used to always bring them, and because its different, i call it creative, it appeals to me
Zootman
Zootman replied 4th Sep 2023 - 1 year ago
Thanks Paul. I find it kind of hypnotic if you listen in a certain way and all the way through. Others might just think it's boring lol.

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