Archive for the ‘Miike Snow (2009) – Miike Snow’ Category

11 ‘Faker’ – Miike Snow (2009) – Miike Snow

  • Beatlesque
  • piano and bass gtr, vox
  • harmonies in chorus
  • piano chords 1 2 3 4 while bass line skips along
  • added chords on the 2 and 4
  • horn section on the 1s

KEY IDEAS to plunder

  1. piano chords 1 2 3 4 while bass line skips along
  2. added chords on the 2 and 4 + horn section on the 1s

10 ‘In Search Of’ – Miike Snow (2009) – Miike Snow

  • reverse sucking chords, ducked on the kik – like nosaj thing does
  • reggae/techno off beat thing again
  • fuzzed out slabs cutting in and out 4 1 / / / / /  – 4 1 / / / / / – 4

KEY IDEAS to plunder

  1. reverse sucking chords, ducked on the kik – like nosaj thing does
  2. fuzzed out slabs cutting in and out 4 1 / / / / /  – 4 1 / / / / / – 4

09 ‘Plastic Jungle’ – Miike Snow (2009) – Miike Snow

  • electrical hum, used tonally, drops out for chorus
  • reggae off beat like ‘animal’
  • giant hand clap, offbeat (4&) – like a big exclamation mark
  • big reverb on last word ‘jungle’ – draws out the note

KEY IDEAS to plunder

  1. electrical hum, used tonally
  2. giant hand clap, offbeat (4&) – like a big exclamation mark

08 ‘Cult Logic’ – Miike Snow (2009) – Miike Snow

  • strange animal cries in the background, tonally sliding
  • bouncy beat
  • 1 & – & 3 jittering one note rhythm

KEY IDEAS to plunder

  1. strange animal cries in the background, tonally sliding
  2. 1 & – & 3 jittering one note rhythm

07 ‘A Horse Is Not A Home’ – Miike Snow (2009) – Miike Snow

  • odd changing of chords in chorus
    1 2 3 4 1 CH CH 4 Ch 2 3 4 Ch 2 3 4
  • delayed, and reversed bell ringing parts
  • delays provide a steady pulse

KEY IDEAS to plunder

  1. late chord change timing
  2. matched with delays providing a steady pulse
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