A few months ago, in februari, I finished my last project, so it was time to start a new one. And hurray, it seems to be done now. It's a three-piece project, or album, and each part has it's own 'sound'. Part one (The Red Cat Philosophies) is very much guitar-based, mostly improvised and contains only non-dutch texts. The second part (De Oranje Ortolaan) is more electronic-pop, half-composed half improvised and all in Dutch. The final part (Quella Banana Gialla) is classical, without text and is mostly composed. All parts are one big track as I feel it makes no sense to listen to just part of it, plus they are small enough to be listen to in one time. Click on the images to download the music. Hope people can find something they like in it!
The Red Cat Philosophies
01. But They Have Failed
02. Sura al Araf
03. Rock That Electric Church
04. The World Doesn't Seem To Move As Fast
05. God Can even save a sorrority girl
06. Happy Birthday
07. Where Has The Door Gone?
08. I'm Here For You Mom
09. I'm Dr. Phil And You're Not
10. In My Head
Big Thanks to: George Bush, Ahmed Saud, Phil Steen, and last but not least our very own Hilch (Barnabus) & fourdevils (Mike)!
De Oranje Ortolaan
01. Begin Hello Head Breakdown
02. Dat Maakt Toch Niet Uit Man?
03. Voor Alle Fans Van Zure Regen
04. Yay And Erik's Apocalyptic Visions
05. Dennis' Zielige Leventje
06. Lelijke Vissen Buiten De Onderzeeboot
07. De Professor Struikelt
08. Lekkere Koalabeer
09. Als Je Niks Meer Weet
10. Het Laatste Loodje
Big Thanks to: Erik Luiten & Robin van Rijn
Quella Banana Gialla
01. Painting of a girl
02. I'm the space invader!
03. Broke but not broken
04. Loneliness & The coward
05. Wanneer het niet anders kan
06. Miss You
07. The New Orleans Blues
08. Spring or how it all began
09. Prelude to Enmity
10. Enmity
Big Thanks to: Auke
Thanks for taking the time to listen to it! You might have to wait a minute before the download starts but the RapidShare servers are extremely fast. You can also download my two previous projects from http://www.sleutelbos.com . Thanks for visiting! :)
Sorry I am really stuck on time if you post up one link to one track I'll gladly listen and comment.
Gerry
Those who can't dance always blame the band.
Sorry, each project is just one track, lasting between 17 and 24 minutes. I'll just let this run for a week or so and then I'll cut out the IMHO most interesting parts and put them on soundclick. Thanks for the interest!
Arjen,
I can't get any of them to download for me. :? It takes me to the "Rapid Share" page, but I can't figure out how to download. :?: Any ideas? :oops:
Dan
"The only way I know that guarantees no mistakes is not to play and that's simply not an option". David Hodge
Arjen
That is so cool man. I love the seemlessness (is that a word?). You have incredible talent. I might be burning this one to a CD to take to work.
Jim
“The hardest thing in life is to know which bridge to cross and which to burn” - David Russell (Scottish classical Guitarist. b.1942)
Arjen,
I can't get any of them to download for me. :? It takes me to the "Rapid Share" page, but I can't figure out how to download. :?: Any ideas? :oops:
Dan
Click on 'Free' for your download option.
You'll get a new page. Below where you see: 'No Premium User. Please Enter', type the random characters in the 'here' box and then click the 'Download Via...' button.
:)
Don
Sleutelbos
I am the same I can't get it to open either sorry mate
Trev
Here is to you as good as you are
And here is to me as bad as I am
As good as you are and as bad as I am
I'm as good as you are as bad as I am
Just listened to Red Cat Philosophies.
First Impressions:
I've gotta listen to this again when I can crank it up loud.
It's not something for casual listening.
It flies in the face of everything I know of composition and songwriting.
It offends and disrupts my sensibilities of what's "proper" music, and makes me re-think a few things - things I might be wrong about.
It moves me on a visceral, emotional level.
It's a true work of art, and I'm going to have to contemplate it for a while.
Playing guitar and never playing for others is like studying medicine and never working in a clinic.
I'm downloading it now. I'll put it on a CD and listen to it in the car sunday on the way to Greenville(a 2 hour drive).looking forward to it as always.
It sent me a "RAR" file. It won't play on any of my players. Any Ideas?
Hilch/Ken: It's a *rar file, the world's most used archived extension. You can download WinRar here: http://www.rarsoft.com/rar/wrar361.exe (1mb). Then just double click on any rar file and it opens it. Inside you'll find the MP3 file plus the cover in higher detail. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Jim: Cool, glad you liked it. :) Feel free to pass it around to collegues if you think one of them might like it.
Moonrider: Thanks! Really great to hear it has that effect on you. Feel welcome to let me know how it sounds cranked. 8)
Thanks for yout time everyone!
I got the first two sections downloaded and on a disk. You might consider putting a 252 kps mp3 version on BOX NET for us old farts who just recently got rid of out LP collections :lol: But now I can get RAR files, so that worked out good. :wink:
Gave it a quick listen, I think I really like it so far but I'll give it a good uninterrupted listen in the car tomorrow. You might be one of the few musicians left in the world that are doing concept albums 8) I find the mood is a bit dark (in a good way) definitely has its own feel to it. Lots of cool sounds here, kinda like 1960's pink Floyd meets a delightfully demented classical composer :twisted:
Oh yeah...The guitar parts are good also :wink:
I was able to listen to the Red Cat Philosophies, however I couldn't download your other two pieces without becoming a 'premium member' on that site. I'll try again later to download those.
I liked the first half of the Red Cat Philosophies a lot. There was nice variation and experimentation going on. The transition from Bush's speech was sublime too. The second half wasn't quite to my tastes with the exception of the piano piece (around 18') which was a joy.
Have you ever made a post detailing your work flow? I'd be really interested to hear what instruments/tools/software you use.
Anyways, excellent job (as always). I'm definitely going to check out the other 2 when I can.
Thanks for sharing!
so many places that are hard to see
so many places that aren't
so many places we want to be
so many times we are not
Thanks Sleutelbos
That is totally amazing and I was blown away when I heard my little piece kick in and the talking over it was amazing ...
All of it I have listen to now wow mate your bl00dy talented ..
Trevor
Here is to you as good as you are
And here is to me as bad as I am
As good as you are and as bad as I am
I'm as good as you are as bad as I am
Well i've only listened to part 1 but wow. This is the most complete artistic statement i've heard on here. The way you keep using the speech to guide the mood is just great.
Also I had always thought of you more of a piano player and composer, but this really showcases some great guitar work also! I recognizes some of the song names it will be intresting to hear them all together. You should be proud, this is awsome.
Have you ever used an e-bow? I was using one all weekend they are great, I think youd really enjoy what they can make the electric guitar do.
The project is just so ambitious, risky, and unique, really great job!
"And above all, respond to all questions regarding a given song's tonal orientation in the following manner: Hell, it don't matter just kick it off!"
-Chris Thile
