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Jonathan Byrd's avatar

That was worth the initial “okay just give it a minute…” I love how it feels like an exercise at first and then opens up into a landscape and you meet a new friend in there somewhere, buy a coke, stare up at the lights, wonder together who’s gonna die first, laugh at how dumb that is, and then you both walk home in an exalted loneliness. Maybe it stars snowing.

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Annie Hendrix's avatar

It is 100% an exercise hehe. I’m glad you enjoyed it. Thanks so much for commenting!

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Logan the Lobotomizer's avatar

When will there be more music?

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Mixlab's avatar

Cool sounds experiment

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Nick Winney's avatar

this is very very interesting to listen to. evoking an unbelievable horror tension. its like being in a dark room knowing the light is coming on and something terrible will be there and the sound is the sound if rising tension and horror not yet manifest as vision.

Have you heard a yaybehar by any chance?. i think you would love it. check out gorkem sen yaybehar on you tube and have mind blown with the sound scape.

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Alex Jenkin's avatar

Very cool, up my alley having been taught by composers that work in these types of fields. Interested to hear more about the studies as they continue.

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Annie Hendrix's avatar

Thank you Alex! And that’s cool, same. Where did you study?

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Alex Jenkin's avatar

Yeah awesome! Australian institute of music. Bit of a corporate money making scheme as far as schools go, but I did have some great teachers that ran a sound art festival here and could beep and boop with the best of em. I learnt a lot.

Doesn’t really inform heaps of what I’ve been doing but at least substackers can be confident when I’m asking them to roar for dinosaur novelty songs that it comes from a strong conceptual lineage 😅

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Annie Hendrix's avatar

Oh cool!

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Philip's avatar

It reminded me of Kubrick, Glass, Penderecki 💙🙏

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Annie Hendrix's avatar

💙💙💙

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The last cigarette before bed's avatar

I love creative outputs of all kinds. This was fun, it produced that singular annoyance of wanting to swat a fly or mosquito disturbing the peace?! Tension was created successfully. Well done!

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County Fence Bi-Annual's avatar

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

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Doug Bristol's avatar

Annie, I love it! What did you play and record with, gear-wise? Have you listened to Andre 3000's "New Blue Sun"? Definitely NOT OutKasty.

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Annie Hendrix's avatar

Thanks Doug! DX-7 into Reaper. It’s unedited save a little EQ. I improvised with the concept three times and picked my favorite take.

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Doug Bristol's avatar

❤️❤️❤️

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Robert Gowty's avatar

Funnily enough, my cat pricked up its ears, too!

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Colin Ellis Cuming's avatar

Very cool. My cat was mesmerized.

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Annie Hendrix's avatar

Thanks Colin!

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Charles's avatar

Just back from a meditation weekend - nice timing! V. interesting.

Would be keen to hear more. Would definitely be keen to hear spoken word plus this kinda thing.

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Gene Strother's avatar

You found my last nerve!

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