Electronic Music 411 - Farewell To Babylon

yay.
i love the shanty-dub thing. it sounds like you had lots of fun.
can't comment on teh sound, just listening on laptop-speakers.

sometimes i wished for some sort of breakdown, ssomething, that makes it even more dubby.

great suff. more

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03/02/08 + monty

cheers man.

yes, we had fun making this.

instruments featured in this track:
banjo
mpc1000
gameboy
melodica
bass
kidquaaludes very own dubweiser plugin dub siren.
and a plastic sheep that makes a weird noise.

the main melody is based on old scottish tune called The Highlanders Farewell.

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03/02/08 + KidQuaalude

oops i left the bass loop running all the way thru this. next time i need to stay sober-ish ;)

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03/02/08 + monty

oops 2

i just realised its only a 64kbs mp3.

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03/03/08 + monty

transcription of my wonderful lyrics:

Farewell to Babylon
Farewell to Babylon
Dub Matron
Dub Matron
Dub Patron
Patron of the Dub
Patron of the Dub
Patron of the Dub
Banjo
Ancient tune
Caledonia
Caledonia
Farewell
Farewell to Babylon
Hello to Banjo-Land

Rick Dangerous
Dick Rangerous
Rick Dangerous
Dick Rangerous
I am the scary neighbour
Gameboy
Gameboy
Tracker

Caledonia
Caledonia
Rick Dangerous
Dangerous Liason
In the Amazon Basin

Conquistador
Conquistador
Tyrant
On the banjo
A tyrant on the banjo

Gameboy
Gameboy
Tracker

I found a Gameboy in a skip
On the way home
From mi work
From mi work
I looked
In the skip
I found a Gameboy
I found a Gameboy
Tracker
Tracker

Hello
I am your new neighbour
I am your neighbour
Hello
Farewell to Babylon
Goodbye Babylon
Hello Banjo
Hello
Banjo
Fae Zion
Zion
Babylon Design
Caledonia
Caledonia

Goodbye Babylon
Gameboy

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03/03/08 + tantan

yep this is a good time transcribed, I can totally imagine having a great time putting this together

it's messy and crazy and fun