| Arcade Fire – We Used to Wait Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| they just keep getting better and better and better. incredible | |
| Arcade Fire – The Suburbs Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| so good. cannot wait | |
| The Books – Beautiful People Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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also from the site: "A bit of explanation: The twelfth root of two defines the mathematical relationship between musical notes. That is, to get the next note in the (chromatic) scale, you multiply the frequency of the root note by the twelfth root of two (1.05946….). I started using this number a lot when cutting pvc pipes to the right lengths for the instruments i’ve been building (as in the Drake cover). Anyway, I think this number represents “God” about as well as anything the religions of the world have come up with, so why not write a hymn around it. (in a sense, all hymns are written around it). The tune and harmonies came directly from a Danish hymn that Paul found, as sung by a chorus of Inuits from Greenland (if i’m not mistaken, Paul). The disco beat came from and exercise record from 70’s (the same source as one of our French elevator tracks), and it sets the tempo and key. The main loop is in sevens, another godly number. And I dare you to count the polyrythm through the ‘to begin again’ loop in the middle. I’m particularly happy with that one. This track also became a great excuse to delve into Paul’s amazing collection of sampled brass and other orchestral sounds, like sackbuts, viols, crumhorns, foghorns, alpenhorns etc…. Over the years he’s amassed an extraordinary collection of samples of every instrument of the orchestra, from many dozens of sources, and have organized them in a very useful way. Perhaps he’ll tell you more about it… So, the rising orchestra you hear at the end of song, I composed of dozens of layers of samples of single notes played on different instruments, taken from many many disparate sources. It was a brain-bending challenge in mixing but there’s no other way to do it. Viva la Sackbut!" just no words at all |
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| The Books – Beautiful People Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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from the books site: Behold the finite set of thirteen convex figure the irrational sine versus tangent forty-five. And we genuflect before pure abstraction 1.05946…, twelfth root of two, amen. to begin again… To whom we venerate seven pieces, endlessly manifold, self-contained, replete. With all respect, we beseech the book of figures Make us your analog, to begin again. |
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| The Books – An Animated Description of Mr. Maps. Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| the percussion matching the speech is the best freaking think i have witness in music in a LONG TIME. the books do not cease to amaze me | |
| The Books – Smells Like Content Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| i hear composition instead of proposition | |
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