sounds of pure destruction: Februar 2012

when the simple minds released their first album ("life in a day"), 1979) the sound of it was not a big surprise at all: velvet underground, roxy music plus their own johnny and the self abusers kind of punk rock. when they released their second album "real to real cacophony" later the same year it sounded like a completely different band: dark synth drones, urban voodoo rhythms, manic vocals, experimental structures, strange basslines and lots of echoes. the tracks sounded more like unfinished fragments than like real songs. "empires and dance" (released in 1980) is also a great album. still far away from mainstream pop. "today i died again" and "room" are two of the best new wave songs ever.

"naked eye" on youtube
"today i died again" tv performance on youtube
"i travel" tv performance on youtube

i really think that there is no "best omd album". the first four albums are more or less on the same level. they later released a peel session album from that period (including songs from the first two and the fourth album). post-punk roots, pop melodies, psychedelic sound effects, experimental moments. and always very british. much more than just "kraftwerk plus joy division". different to all the other british acts at that time (watch that "synth britannia" documentary). from underground to mainstream charts in just a few years without changing the style.
and then they faded away like all the others. "talking loud and clear" was still a funny pop song. the rest was boring electronic disco trash.

"pretending to see the future" on youtube (john peel session version, 1979)
"i betray my friends" on youtube (b-side of "red frame / white light", 1980).
"the new stone age" on youtube (live 1981).
"stanlow" on youtube (live 1981).
"statues" on youtube (live 1981).
"bunker soldiers" on youtube (live 1981).
"genetic engineering" on youtube (john peel session version, 1983)

discogs links:
"orchestral manoeuvres in the dark"
"organisation"
"architecture & morality"
"dazzle ships"
"peel sessions 1979-1983"

introduction

there are a lot of blogs and websites existing that have sounds, loops and beats for free download. but mostly it is mainstream or dance music: techno, dancefloor, hip hop, house, electronic disco. that´s fine but i really think there is something missing.

almost everybody is recording music with a computer nowadays: industrial, idm, click and cut electronica, dubstep, trip hop, minimal electro, modern free jazz, postrock, world music...

and the music i (personally) like is not automatically "electronic" or "computer" music: pre and post punk, new wave, proto-goth / batcave, (post) industrial, krautrock, psychedelia. but i don´t really care about terms and headlines. you could also call it "music for urban dunes and deserts": raw, primal, psychedelic, ritual.

virtual circuit bending

this blog is a kind of "work-in-progress" project. i´m sharing some loops, sounds and selfmade presets with you. i don´t have the knowledge for programming a proper vst effect or instrument on my own. but i do have lots of strange ideas.

with modern technology you no longer have to press a key on a synthesizer or strum a guitar string or beat on a drum for making music or creating sounds. cut. copy. paste. delete.

jpg to wav? wav to midi? jpg to midi?
not a problem nowadays. there are lots of programs that are helping you. and some are doing it by accident. you just have to try and find out. and share your knowledge with other people. that´s what i´m doing.

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