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Forgot to post this one here because the forums were down at the time it was finished. Here's the original post from the other forums it was posted on:

Got inspired recently and decided to have a go at doing something a bit more electronic and gritty-- lots of (down)sampling, atmosphere, etc. Layered everything to hell, tossed in some groove and a dash of guitar, and this is the bastard result:

Happily Destroyed

Tracklist:
01. Organic Mass Over Seattle/Your Theory Is Quite Plausible
02. Aerial Rot
03. Withdrawal Part I (From Green Velvet...)
04. Withdrawal Part II (...Into Dirt And Through It)
05. Withdrawal Part III (Never One To Run Away)

I've heard it too much to know if it's much good by now, but I'm pretty proud of this one. Has a rather tight, compact feel to it, I think. This is sort of what I imagine Cyberpunk would sound like as a musical genre instead of a literary one.

Anyway, grab it and give it a listen... and let me know what you think!

Enjoy

~Josiah

As I already explained to you, this rocks!

Check this one out everyone, it will get stuck in your head for weeks!

Again, good work Josiah.

Bump!
Swimfail can now be found on the netlabel Concatenation Records. Both Borerer and the Happily Destroyed EP can be downloaded for free, or with an optional donation. Spread the word!

~Josiah

I had a listen to it. its awesome dude. good job. the drum sound is great

The surreal, gritty sonic texture of the Happily Destroyed EP is now available in oh-so-convenient-and-pretty compact disc form. Click the following link if you'd like to secure a copy in exchange for six of your hard-earned dollars (or whatever that converts to outside Canada), plus shipping:

http://kunaki.com/Sales.asp?PID=PX00LXJ5MA

~Josiah

Josiah Tobin wrote:The surreal, gritty sonic texture of the Happily Destroyed EP is now available in oh-so-convenient-and-pretty compact disc form. Click the following link if you'd like to secure a copy in exchange for six of your hard-earned dollars (or whatever that converts to outside Canada), plus shipping:

http://kunaki.com/Sales.asp?PID=PX00LXJ5MA

~Josiah

Got one! Well, ordered.

The card info screen on kunaki still doesn't say what the box is for, the one which I assumed was expiry date. Thats a bit odd. Anyway, I think it went through again.

Yaaaaaaaaaaay.

(now go and do Borerer!)

Many thanks!
Oh, and yeah that box is the expiry date. Strange that it doesn't say...

I am considering putting together Borerer next, although thinking of it now, there's a ton of sampling going on on that record-- unauthorized samples movies and stuff, I mean. Technically I'm not allowed to sell it at all... Perhaps I could make an edited verison.

~Josiah

Josiah Tobin wrote:Many thanks!
Oh, and yeah that box is the expiry date. Strange that it doesn't say...

I am considering putting together Borerer next, although thinking of it now, there's a ton of sampling going on on that record-- unauthorized samples movies and stuff, I mean. Technically I'm not allowed to sell it at all... Perhaps I could make an edited verison.

~Josiah

What sort of sampling?

I am sure it falls into 'fair use'. At any rate, I am sure nobody will notice, or at least not for a very long time. If you get taken to court I will be a character witness for you. Yeah!

As far as I know, laws regarding sampling are pretty strict-- I don't think anything like fair use or parody applies to the concept, unfortunately. I think the only way to legally do it is with permission or royalties paid... something like that. I wouldn't mind some clarification if anyone can provide it, though.

I might go ahead with it anyway. If anyone does notice, I imagine a cease & desist is probably the most I'll get (unless they think I have money).

Oh, and the samples pop up a few times during the album... for example the "Ideas can change the world" in Channel Song is... er, I feel I wouldn't be helping much if I said who it is, but it's sampled from a film. There are a few noises used on the album as well that I believe used to be part of other songs or soundtracks, but they're distorted and processed beyond the point of recognition. Just little one-shot things I use as samples, no sections of songs or loops or anything like that-- I could never bring myself to do that and then say I 'made everything.'

~Josiah

EDIT: Actually, you know what, there is one sampled loop taken from another song in there somewhere. Won't say where, and it's nigh-unrecognizable (mostly used as really slowed-down background noise), so... Hm. This is why I've delayed releasing the album properly for so long.

EDIT 2: Err... two sampled song parts. Damn.

There are lots of grindcore bands that use 2+ minutes of movie samples in their songs, usually as intro's
so i dont think its that much of a big deal