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Fruits for Druids & Vines for Valkyries

by Aleksi Eeben

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Hello there, my name is Matthew In response to reviewers and listeners complaining that his music is often of acquired taste Aleksi has hired me to explain every turn and twist of his latest song We just started with an only slightly atypical endlessly repeating square bass ostinato Ironic C major triad, the father of all chords Followed by a D major triad, anchoring a Lydian feel Building some larger chords to a hint that there's perhaps more in the bassline than meets the ear Aleksi wasn't too happy with that last chord It should have been more resonant voicing in the upper range Here we have a Juno arpeggiator backed by glass pipe chords One must simply quite enjoy these added tribal finger cymbals playing a traditional pattern We have brought back the bassline I can say that wasn't a surprise for me at least Anyway, you should have the chords stuck in your head by now so we can move on to the main melody And on to the main melody we go which is formed by some traditional buzzing techno sounds inspired by presumably the mid-1990's while the bass ostinato moves to a lower frequency Featuring Nina from Copenhagen on the left channel while on the right channel the Finnish wonder Pia whom Aleksi randomly met at Koko Jazz Club one night Apologies if I'm pronouncing Pia incorrectly It is spelled papa-indigo-alpha While comfortably looping we introduce here some new sounds and an alternative harmonization Bells and finger cymbals with the harmonized voice that is now transposed into a low gnarling sound The arpeggiator notes are now voiced closer just running hexatonic scales up and down Back to the buzzing melody alone for a second Now for a tribute Can you tell which these ping pong balls on a toy xylophone playing mathematical ornamentation in the background show respect to? The answer is of course the great British animator Cyriak Pasila, Porilaisten marssi This element of the song is presumably to provoke a parodical military fanfare to ridicule all of the world's armed forces It could also be insighted to ridicule all of the world's national sports teams and presidency Imagine there's no country Absolutely no religion too Ah, the only song Aleksi can sing in karaoke This orchestral cymbal symbolizes the bashing of all idols and clashing of all clans Nina imitating a trumpet Do you eat meat? Or drink from a cow's tit? Because if you do you are either cruel or a stupid resource waster Go vegan, you are a worthless sub-human monster Some simple maths for you The Earth has resources for either 5 billion idiots or 20 billion vegans If this single sells more than 20 copies or gets more than 1000 Spotify plays then an instrumental version which I suppose won't include me will appear on Aleksi's next album Listen carefully, because now Aleksi reveals the hidden passing chords, which were built into the bassline from the very beginning Maybe you heard them there already Zills, giddyup, giddyup What's the synthesizer you're using What a clever trick muting the delays at first repeat Cliche large opening chords Playing around the newly discovered tonal field with the arpeggiator and the noisy low bass Low bass doubled by the square bass for additional clarity and determination We know this harmonic space now, don't we So let's just repeat after me Mega Juno chords C major triad B minor add 9 D major add 11 F#7 sus 4 C add 9 B minor add 9 D major triad F#7 sus C add 13/11 D major 7 add 13 D9 F# minor 7 add 11 And so on Be prepared for the second melody line Introducing the second melody Easy sing-along kind of one just emphasizing the top notes of each chord Nina singing on the left channel Pia singing on the right channel Bringing in the arpeggiator this time with a sawtooth synth If this dreamy melody evokes a feeling of any kind it's coming purely out of you, not out of the music It's a technical creation arising from the tonal materials that happened to be there already It has no real meaning or purpose Pinja playing the beautiful cello line in this very culmination point of the story The greatest tuba of art theory Rebirth, catharsis Now actually the bass is for the first time playing the actual chord roots This should create the impression of an opening door which was closed for over seven minutes 10% of the general population are not known to recognize this kind of harmonic movement and another 5% percent are known to over-analyze them Those who properly over-analyze it will recognize that it is a toilet door 30 dB of sound-proofing and automatic lights off after 5 minutes Distorted synth leads here through too long Russian string reverb It's supposed to be so huge that it leaves everything else underneath Hopefully the mixing engineer won't turn it down too much More and more In a mix there's always room for some piccolos and castanets There was trouble finding proper zill sounds that still cut through this part Miami, Porilaisten marssi Next item from the slowly emptying bag of tricks is an ironic Miami Vice snare At the same time we added a running octave bass which is the real face of the synthesizer And a tummy slapping percussion loop there Did you know that you're not allowed to be listening to Aleksi's music while driving a tank or while grilling and chilling on a hill watching missiles hit your neighbouring country Miami, Porilaisten marssi Here the running octave bass takes a bigger role building the last mutation of the harmony for an appropriate out-of-this-world finale Pia and Nina singing the newly mutated melody line on their own channels A sudden, high, ghostly note in the backing round Moog voice Again, the arpeggiator makes it stronger Quietly backed by some kitchy, korgish, rhytmic bells Feel the blocks move into your head The Miami rototoms playing a rhythmic-melodic countermotif with a hidden message Can you decode it? The first real note in a composition is actually the one that establishes a new tonal center Before that there is no music in music Oh, one of my favorite musicians Logic X Alternative Drummer Zak playing the Three Chords preset on Detroit Garage Kit on the middle channel Oh, we're having to leave soon, I'm afraid because iTunes singles and Abbey Road digital mastering services have an arbitrary and unnecessary 10 minute limits Eurovision modulation Just kidding Logic X R'n'B Drummer Rose playing the New Soul preset on Slow Jam Kit on the left channel Panning from left to right is Mercedes-Benz A Class model 2005 accelerating from 0 to 150 km/h Logic X Rock Drummer Max playing the Amped Up preset on East Bay Kit on the right channel with 24 dB per octave high-pass filter at 750 Hz Pure square wave doubling and distorted lead synth falling down to the last note of this song
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Types of artillery Field artillery Motorized artillery Self-propelled artillery Railway gun Naval artillery Coastal artillery Subcategories of field artillery Infantry support guns Mountain guns Field guns Howitzers Gun howitzers Mortars Anti-tank artillery Anti-aircraft artillery Rocket artillery This is the Artillery Oriented Blues List of countries in order of amount of artillery Russia Democratic People's Republic of Korea China India Republic of Korea United States Turkey Israel Egypt Pakistan Syria Algeria Iran Jordan Iraq Finland France Brazil Cameroon Morocco Hungary This is the Artillery Oriented Blues (Repeat Chorus) NATO recognizes several different types of fire support for tactical purposes Counterbattery fire Counterpreparation fire Covering fire Defensive fire Final protective fire Harassing fire Interdiction fire Preparation fire Deep supporting fire Close supporting fire Neutralization fire Suppression fire This is the Artillery Oriented Blues Wikipedia contributors, Artillery Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
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All too often we limit ourselves to just a few well-known kinds, not realizing the vast wealth of other flavours we are missing. Fruits for Druids & Vines for Valkyries looks at some of these largely ignored fruits, with the hope of encouraging you to find space in your garden.

When we first approached our beadmakers with sketches and plastic ladybugs it took a bit of convincing to have them made. We had to first find a tool which produced the right size disc shaped bead. And our beadmakers were convinced no one would buy them—they have been successful from the first shipment more than 8 years ago.

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released January 1, 2015

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Wayward fairy tale music for grown-ups and misfits

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