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Drift
| Drift | |
| Created by: | coreysprague |
| Tracks: | 12 |
| Length: | 01:19:00 |
| Keywords |
1. zoning 2. lost 3. delicious |
| Created on | 5/22/06 11:17pm |
| Level | 8 |
| Points | 3550 |
| Total visitors | 325 |
| Unique visitors | 128 |
description:
This is music to get lost in. Ideally listened to while studying, doing something else, or listening to music with the lights out. If listened to hard enough, may induce climax.
tracklist
| 1 | Red Sparowes : Our Happiest Days Slowly Began to Turn Into Dust. |
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Excellent album opener. Live and moving, sucks you in right away with the many changes in dynamics and feel. This is a great way to suck you into a nearly instrumental 80 minute journey. Throwing a slow, zone-out song here could potentially disinterest the listener and kill the mixtape! Say it isn't so! The last half of this track is epic. By far my favorite track on their album, this song is dynamic, fresh and exciting. [Cross-fade into the next track] SHOW MORE
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Track 1 from At The Soundless Dawn
Length: 00:05:40 Year: 2005 |
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Excellent album opener. Live and moving, sucks you in right away with the many changes in dynamics and feel. This is a great way to suck you into a nearly instrumental 80 minute journey. Throwing a slow, zone-out song here could potentially disinterest the listener and kill the mixtape! Say it isn't so! The last half of this track is epic. By far my favorite track on their album, this song is dynamic, fresh and exciting. [Cross-fade into the next track] SHOW LESS
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| 2 | Physics : De-Lay |
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Here is where the drifting begins. One of many neurot records present on this mix, Physics released this live album a couple years ago. The quality is excellent and it is apparent how gifted these guys could be in a live setting. This song clocks in at nearly 11 minutes and is built mainly on the repetition of a single delayed clean guitar riff. When the band first comes in its hard to keep from getting sucked in. The only unfortunate thing is the clapping at the end, but surprisingly it doesn't disrupt the flow. I would cut it out if this were a real mixtape though. SHOW MORE
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Track 2 from 1999-11-21
Length: 00:10:40 Year: 2004 |
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Here is where the drifting begins. One of many neurot records present on this mix, Physics released this live album a couple years ago. The quality is excellent and it is apparent how gifted these guys could be in a live setting. This song clocks in at nearly 11 minutes and is built mainly on the repetition of a single delayed clean guitar riff. When the band first comes in its hard to keep from getting sucked in. The only unfortunate thing is the clapping at the end, but surprisingly it doesn't disrupt the flow. I would cut it out if this were a real mixtape though. SHOW LESS
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| 3 | Mogwai : Killing All the Flies |
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Beautiful Mogwai song. Effect-saturated vocals and super-soft opening make for good zoning. Loud, bombastic mid-section tears away flesh, but in a mild and gentle way. Slight fade out before heading to Zion. SHOW MORE
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Track 3 from Happy Songs For Happy People
Length: 00:04:35 Year: 2003 |
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Beautiful Mogwai song. Effect-saturated vocals and super-soft opening make for good zoning. Loud, bombastic mid-section tears away flesh, but in a mild and gentle way. Slight fade out before heading to Zion. SHOW LESS
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| 4 | A Silver Mt. Zion : Sit in the Middle of Three Galloping Dogs |
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Awesome track based around a few themes by the violin. Excellent builds and sense of melody. I eat up all these guys touch (godspeed/mt. zion). The violins make this a nice precursor to Grails. SHOW MORE
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Track 4 from He Has Left Us Alone, but Shafts of Light Sometimes Grace the Corner of Our Rooms...
Length: 00:05:08 Year: 2000 |
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Awesome track based around a few themes by the violin. Excellent builds and sense of melody. I eat up all these guys touch (godspeed/mt. zion). The violins make this a nice precursor to Grails. SHOW LESS
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| 5 | Grails : The Volunteer |
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Grails are one of my favorite instrumental groups. As a band they truly understand the power of silence and the effectiveness of constrasting this with interesting dynamics. This track maintains steady hi-hats and bass to keep the feel moving while the guitars, sax and violin play with the dead space. The track lets down for the last 20 seconds or so to nicely lead to the sparse guitar/vocal opening of 'Falling Unknown'. SHOW MORE
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Track 5 from Redlight
Length: 00:05:56 Year: 2004 |
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Grails are one of my favorite instrumental groups. As a band they truly understand the power of silence and the effectiveness of constrasting this with interesting dynamics. This track maintains steady hi-hats and bass to keep the feel moving while the guitars, sax and violin play with the dead space. The track lets down for the last 20 seconds or so to nicely lead to the sparse guitar/vocal opening of 'Falling Unknown'. SHOW LESS
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| 6 | Neurosis : Falling Unknown |
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Slow, but pleasant start wrought with strained vocals and minimalist music. The eight minute build and climax enthrall. The combination of increasing dynamics, tempo and instrumentation make this exceptional zoning material. The triple vocal attack at the end is amazing and primal. Ends with droning heavy riff carrying the melody of the vocal peak.
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Track 6 from A Sun That Never Sets
Length: 00:13:10 Year: 2001 |
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Slow, but pleasant start wrought with strained vocals and minimalist music. The eight minute build and climax enthrall. The combination of increasing dynamics, tempo and instrumentation make this exceptional zoning material. The triple vocal attack at the end is amazing and primal. Ends with droning heavy riff carrying the melody of the vocal peak. SHOW LESS
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| 7 | Isis : Celestial (Signal Fills the Void) |
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A JK Broadrick remix of Celestial. This guy is a genius. He took most of the interlude melodies from Celestial to craft this incredibly layered emotional piece. Starting with hints of the original track (namely, a standard guitar riff and Aaron Turner's vocals laid low in the mix). From there he experiments and meanders his way through the melodies until the theme is layered and harmonized so thick it is almost tangible. The track ends on a long wind-down before slowly fading out and sparring on the electronic movement of the mix. SHOW MORE
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Track 7 from SGNL>05
Length: 00:10:22 Year: 2001 |
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A JK Broadrick remix of Celestial. This guy is a genius. He took most of the interlude melodies from Celestial to craft this incredibly layered emotional piece. Starting with hints of the original track (namely, a standard guitar riff and Aaron Turner's vocals laid low in the mix). From there he experiments and meanders his way through the melodies until the theme is layered and harmonized so thick it is almost tangible. The track ends on a long wind-down before slowly fading out and sparring on the electronic movement of the mix. SHOW LESS
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| 8 | Ulver : Hallways of Always |
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Ulver is responsible for some of the most important releases in black metal history. However, this is not from one of them. In the late 90's the group abandoned their metal roots and took up a form of experimental electronica that is far superior to any of their metal work. Emotionally, their music is all over the map and they draw from more genres than I can count. The keys in the middle of the track combined with the distorted swells make you feel like you are listening to sci-fi mixed with 50's detective theme songs. This marks the beginning of the more electronic portion of the mix. The track naturally fades out and leads gracefully into Alias & Ehren. SHOW MORE
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Track 8 from Perdition City
Length: 00:06:35 Year: 2000 |
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Track Description:
Ulver is responsible for some of the most important releases in black metal history. However, this is not from one of them. In the late 90's the group abandoned their metal roots and took up a form of experimental electronica that is far superior to any of their metal work. Emotionally, their music is all over the map and they draw from more genres than I can count. The keys in the middle of the track combined with the distorted swells make you feel like you are listening to sci-fi mixed with 50's detective theme songs. This marks the beginning of the more electronic portion of the mix. The track naturally fades out and leads gracefully into Alias & Ehren. SHOW LESS
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| 9 | Alias & Ehren : Narrowed Iris |
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This entire cd is good, but this track is awesome. The theme at 2:30 is great, especially when Alias' drum programming kicks in. This track continues the mix's electronic mid-section and transitions nicely into some NIN. SHOW MORE
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Track 9 from Lillian
Length: 00:04:08 Year: 2005 |
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This entire cd is good, but this track is awesome. The theme at 2:30 is great, especially when Alias' drum programming kicks in. This track continues the mix's electronic mid-section and transitions nicely into some NIN. SHOW LESS
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| 10 | Nine Inch Nails : A Warm Place |
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A nice follow up to 'Narrowed Iris', this track starts slowly with various synths. Reznor has a strong understanding of dynamics and mood. It makes me wish he would do an all instrumental album. The delayed "plucked" melody over the mantra-like synth bass line is lush and tasty. The last 10 seconds fade out with a constant clicking noise. Crossfade into the swell of the next track. SHOW MORE
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Track 10 from The Downward Spiral
Length: 00:03:22 Year: 1994 |
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A nice follow up to 'Narrowed Iris', this track starts slowly with various synths. Reznor has a strong understanding of dynamics and mood. It makes me wish he would do an all instrumental album. The delayed "plucked" melody over the mantra-like synth bass line is lush and tasty. The last 10 seconds fade out with a constant clicking noise. Crossfade into the swell of the next track. SHOW LESS
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| 11 | Tarantula Hawk : [untitled] |
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Neurot Recordings 'Tarantula Hawk' are an interesting band. They write instrumental psuedo-industrial metal. This track's driving heavily distorted guitar riffs swirl around in a muddy, confused mess. The real meat of this comes when the siren emerges 1/3 of the way into the track. This is the kind of music that even makes math homework epic. This track is here to perk you up a bit. It will definitely get your attention, but it is also basically the end of the mix. Having such a loud, attention-grabbing track prepares you to fully take in the next track in all of its awesome outro glory. SHOW MORE
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Track 11 from Untitled Sophomore Album
Length: 00:06:41 Year: 2001 |
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Track Description:
Neurot Recordings 'Tarantula Hawk' are an interesting band. They write instrumental psuedo-industrial metal. This track's driving heavily distorted guitar riffs swirl around in a muddy, confused mess. The real meat of this comes when the siren emerges 1/3 of the way into the track. This is the kind of music that even makes math homework epic. This track is here to perk you up a bit. It will definitely get your attention, but it is also basically the end of the mix. Having such a loud, attention-grabbing track prepares you to fully take in the next track in all of its awesome outro glory. SHOW LESS
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| 12 | In Flames : Whoracle |
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Back in the day In Flames used to not blow, and they also used to not be popular and all sorts of other crazy things. Whoracle was one of their better albums. They made the decision to end their amazing album with this short but poignant instrumental track. Comprised mainly of strummed acoustic guitar, heavily-reverbed drums, synths and soft female singing, this song screams 'outro'. It is especially fitting following the force that is tarantula hawk. Note, the first second or two are ringing chords from the from the previous song on the album, so I would recommend heavily crossfading the first 2 seconds to reduce their imprint so the transition remains smooth. SHOW MORE
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Track 12 from Whoracle
Length: 00:02:43 Year: 1997 |
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Track Description:
Back in the day In Flames used to not blow, and they also used to not be popular and all sorts of other crazy things. Whoracle was one of their better albums. They made the decision to end their amazing album with this short but poignant instrumental track. Comprised mainly of strummed acoustic guitar, heavily-reverbed drums, synths and soft female singing, this song screams 'outro'. It is especially fitting following the force that is tarantula hawk. Note, the first second or two are ringing chords from the from the previous song on the album, so I would recommend heavily crossfading the first 2 seconds to reduce their imprint so the transition remains smooth. SHOW LESS
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The Festivus '08 Badge
a very adult and appropiate name for a mix, teach me the way.
2/27/09 12:19pm
Team Robot - First Place
uhm, i concur. i dont know why ive nevr seen your mixes. brilliant, im compiling it on my end.
7/19/07 3:30pm
The Festivus '08 Badge
Ican't believe that I haven't checked out your mixes. This is prettay, Prettay fucking good.
7/18/07 12:41am
The Valentine's Day 2007 Badge
Write Something!oh dear god. awesome. especially for starting out with a red sparowes track.
2/2/07 6:49pm
The Bronze Badge
I like the theme of this tape +++ for using A Warm Place.
12/16/06 12:02pm
The Yay! Badge VI
I love Physics... ad in the music, not the whole subject. allthough I was allright at it at school, just I dont like numbers much
7/25/06 6:53am
The 6/6/6 Badge
I was lookin through all your mixes...and you get the prestigious honor of "knowing whats up" as well as accolades for "keepin it real"
6/7/06 3:24pm
The Yay! Badge VIII
You're getting to be quite a good little mixtaper, young grasshopper. Keep up the good work -- I actually compiled this on my iPod last night and listened to it while working.
Good stuff. +5.
Good stuff. +5.
5/24/06 11:40am
The Lotto Badge
I should give you negative points simply because I've actually heard of some of these bands...but against my will. But, I'll give you positive points for getting your mix to be exactly 79:00.
5/23/06 7:23pm
The Level 21 Badge
this might be the best mixtape ive seen on here yet.. truly awesome, top top notch job here chap! (ive been watching too much top gear)
5/23/06 1:58am
The 6/6/6 Badge
yeah no kidding, that'd be a good show...who are they touring with?
5/23/06 1:05am
The Beta Badge II
a+
we must go see ASMZ when they tour this summer
we must go see ASMZ when they tour this summer
5/23/06 1:01am
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