5song split [music]

[indietrashrock]

I have had the pleasure to do a split with one of my favourite young artists, *luhn. please check it out, and let me know what you think of the tracks (my tracks as well as his).

http://www.luhn-alexanderberntsen.tk
thanks for listening. I appreciate your time.


EDIT:
please put your comments in the comments-section of the split if possible as well:)

[ValiumMan]

Hmm... your stuff reminds me a lot of Merzbow, luhn sounds a bit like what I'm doing with SSH Visor at the moment, minus the distortion and weird digital reverb. Nice stuff!

[indietrashrock]

cool man. I haven't listened to Merzbow, I just know who he is. better check him out. maybe you could recommend me or up me summat? after all, he's released a s'hitload of records.
yeah, I'm real pshyced about the *luhn tracks. they really make my tracks sound even more sucky, haha.
thanks for listening though bro.

[ValiumMan]

Yup, I could up you an album. I have like 30 Merzbow albums (he released about 300!) downloaded. He has two comparably "easy" but still representative albums called Amlux and Sphere respectively. I think I'll give you one of those. Just email me at christopher_sinclair2212@yahoo.de

[Byronic]

OK, wow... incredible. I felt so many emotions through all of these tracks. Ahhhhh... ok how can I start? I tried to keep my eyes closed through most of this, but I found them open much of the time, so I'm sorry.

Track 1: It reminded me of being in some sort of like, metallic ocean, then it goes into some museumish feel, I can't even describe it... then that quick chord near 5:00 was just, ah, incredible. It took me. When it looped back to the beginning of this song after it was finished, like cause of Winamp... it just reminded me of how vast of a plain I had just crossed listening to this. Superb.

Track 2: I could tell from the beginning this was going to be one of the more powerful tracks. The transition to the more actual musical side of it was great. The cue-ins with what's going on with the guitar is way cool... this is where I can definitely see what you mean by mashing together all sorts of genres and what not - I've never heard anything like it before. During like 3:35 it felt like I was traveling through like a light wave or something. For some reason, I also just thought the ending fit perfectly with the rest of it. I can't explain it.

Track 3: I love how the distorted sound is not so distorted it annoys you, but it is there and adds that muddiness to the whole thing. Those weird tones in the left earphone are just stunning, you can feel the chord or note or whatever changes. Then towards the end, I hear an Radioheadesque guitar in the right ear... this was very cool, I liked the ending a lot in this one, too.

Track 4: At the beginning it makes me feel funny, then it goes into the actual drum beat thing... I felt a bunch of different objects coming through in the sounds, like one that sticks out is like a fire extinguisher thing, I don't know. The constant little high, multi-pitched thing in the center channel is a great little touch that keeps the song going. Then it loops a lot of the earlier stuff, then goes onto something new, kind of abruptly, which was freaking cool. The chord thing by 6:00... as this sorta pop music guy that I am, this was incredible. The whole thing reminded me of something I had heard before... it had to be either The Beatles or Radiohead. Then it goes onto that electric keyboard, I smiled at that, it was quite unexpected. Then like some dark gray sky comes over everything, it just reminded me of these people playing a gig outside and this monstrous gray cloud just reigned and rained over them, then it ends. I am even smiling while writing about this track, it was just... geeze... I feel like I get what's happening.

Track 5: The beginning reminds me of the sounds of some fat guy's apartment in a horror movie. Then it transforms into the acoustic guitar. About 1 minute in, I can tell this is something that could fit the end of some weird, disturbing, horror movie where everything actually ends up you know like, OK, but not too OK; like there is one guy left, but everyone else is gone, and then the credits roll as the guy is like walking off in some like, broken-down city. Geeze, my crits are really weird sounding I'm sure. This is just what I'm feeling, though. Then towards the end, it feeds back and I hear that thing in the left-ear that I wasn't hearing before, like somebody micing their living room that they play the guitar in, that was pretty inspiring.

In conclusion, I usually don't listen to this kind of stuff, but I'm glad I have begun. It made me feel things I usually don't feel; it was almost like a meditative state. The productions themselves were very clean, for what it is, and they kept my attention well throughout. I am definitely going to look into this type of music more, and especially see what effects if can have on the mind. Thank you for introducing me to this stuff. It was superb.

Byron

[indietrashrock]

woah dude... thanks thousands! I never expected summat so in depth and detailed as this. it's quite surprising that somebody actually bothered to listen, let alone that somebody liked this. but to get such overwhelmingly positive response as this is great motivation. and I'll be sure to let *luhn know about your kind words.
appresh bro:chug:




PS
feel very free, if not encouraged to post your comments on the comment section of the split.
and not just you, Byron. 'verybody should definitely put your comments on the comments section of the page as well as here, if you find the time.

PSS
check out the bonus songs (if you find them) as well. but beware, they are not to be taken seriously.