- single lyric/melody line repeated – with slight variations in text
- 10 x 9 bar measures – the first section has no vox.
- the 11th and final measure is only 7 bars
- vox flutters from left to right rapidly
- big reverb on the vox
- big crescendo of ‘noise’ begins at the 5th section and ends at the 11th (outro)
- 1st: long organ chords and kik/snr intro
- 2nd: vox
- 3rd: counter melody + ‘drain’ percussive hit with reverb
- 4th: vox harmonies
- 5th: noise begins to creep in
- 6th:
- 7th: drums drop out – heavy bass
- 8th: kik back in
- 9th: opening hi hat in – gets ducked by kik
- 10th: closed hi hat ticking in – combines with ducked open hat
- 11th(outro): drums except kik drop out, noises dies away, vox loses verb
KEY IDEAS to plunder
- overall structure with noise crescendo
- single melody/lyric line repeated
- intro consists of organ, kik/snr + noise as one beat (offbeat) per bar
- chord structure = A B / A B / C D / C E /
- drums drop out for bars 7 & 8
- then drums return with vox and hi hat
- poly-rhythmic hi hat
- vox doubled in wide stereo + harmonies later
- two lines of lyric repeated – last word overlaps with first word
- enormous organ volume swell almost drowns track out
- overall track switches between 2 parts – swelling organ AND suddenly muted organ
- drums drop out, organs dies away, last word is cut suddenly
KEY IDEAS to plunder
- overlapping lyric – almost a round
- poly rhythmic hi hat
- ‘feels’ like a singular artist’s solo album despite multiple layers of vocals and overt electronic manipulation
- sparse, minimal materials yet result is rich
- lyrically economical – often a single line is repeated for an entire song. non-narrative lyrics
- use of electronics yet still highly emotive
- unconventional song structures
- extreme bass
- coldly modern yet traditionally emotive at the same time
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