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• instrumental
• synth arpeggios, slight melody on 1s
• harmonica(?) enters
• kik (with delay), soft, enters, builds
• noisy chord swells, stereo differences
• processed choral vox
• piano theme (weapons) joins
• track dies away

KEY IDEAS to plunder

1. harmonica!
2. processed vox as texture
3. return to theme

• vox and piano beginning
• no drums in the entire track
• dbl and triple vox, hard panned – out of time with each other slightly
• pinging sound in background
• piano solo
• jittering strings enter, panning rapidly – serves as rhythm
• distorted crackle enters, panning rapidly
• vox switches from tripled to solo, up close, back to distant triple
• ending is big swell of distorted chord

KEY IDEAS to plunder

1. jittering strings enter, panning rapidly – serves as rhythm, instead of perc
2. dbl and triple vox, hard panned – out of time with each other slightly

• same lyric/melody repeated
• strange rhythm – starts 3/4, 4/4 drums join …
• synth chords (distorted) and vox
• operatic vox – typically lead inst as background harmony
• piano arpeggios and vox
• big drum loop ending

KEY IDEAS to plunder

1. poly rhythms – 3/4 against 4/4
2. operatic vox – typically lead inst as background harmony

• starts with synth bass
• occasional kik/hat stabs
• rattling effected snare roll builds
• full drums kick in
• snr rattle mirrored by tremelo effect on synth chords
• busy percussion and synth bass contrasts with slow, plodding melody
• mid section: drum machine slows as a bridge into final section
• processed vox finishes the track

KEY IDEAS to plunder

1. rattling effected snare roll mirrored by tremelo effect on synth chords
2. drum machine slows as a bridge into final section

• no drums
• lonely vox (EQ effect)
• increasing distortion
• vox doubled with piano
• slide gtr?

KEY IDEAS to plunder

1. lonely vox (EQ effect)
2. distortion sliding in and out – sounds like speaker distortion …