Lycia's programming was kind of interesting since it seemed uninformed by 'real' drumming at times ... there'd be some kind of lopsided kick/snare rhythm under a differently lopsided cymbal/tambourine rhythm, which if nothing else helped take the edge off of how horrible their drum sounds were.Bored, Esq. wrote:Both Godflesh (their early stuff anyway) and Lycia use the simplest beats possible.
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We just had a Xasthur thread though.Bored, Esq. wrote:Wow...girl music.
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This is more like (Type O Negative)^fagDann O))) wrote:Bored, Esq. wrote:I don't know. I've only heard like...one Jesu song.Dann O))) wrote:Isn't that Jesu at times?Bored, Esq. wrote:It would be awesome if a band combined Godflesh and Lycia's sound.
Not hearing the Godflesh influence at all....
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That tone!?!? How could it be anyone else?necrothrash wrote:This is more like (Type O Negative)^fagDann O))) wrote:Bored, Esq. wrote:I don't know. I've only heard like...one Jesu song.Dann O))) wrote:Isn't that Jesu at times?Bored, Esq. wrote:It would be awesome if a band combined Godflesh and Lycia's sound.
Not hearing the Godflesh influence at all....
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Yeah, I've talked to guys before who tried to throw in "random" stuff in their programming so it "sounds more human." If there's stuff that sounds off in Lycia's drums it's because they had no idea what they were doing. But I guess that's what you're saying.triple clutcher v2.5b wrote:Lycia's programming was kind of interesting since it seemed uninformed by 'real' drumming at times ... there'd be some kind of lopsided kick/snare rhythm under a differently lopsided cymbal/tambourine rhythm, which if nothing else helped take the edge off of how horrible their drum sounds were.Bored, Esq. wrote:Both Godflesh (their early stuff anyway) and Lycia use the simplest beats possible.
With Lycia...well, for me, it would be pretty easy to assemble a greatest hits CD and then just have that forever. About 58% of their material totally misses me.
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This is how I'd do it, anyway:Bored, Esq. wrote: With Lycia...well, for me, it would be pretty easy to assemble a greatest hits CD and then just have that forever. About 58% of their material totally misses me.
1. The Dust Settles (part 3)
2. The Last Day
3. Nine Hours Later
4. Tainted
5. Bare
6. A Brief Glimpse
7. Cold, Black Room (from the Bleak sessions)
8. Pray
9. A Presence In The Woods
10. Baltica
11. It's Okay To Be Small
12. Frozen
13. Where Has All The Time Gone
14. Pygmallion
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Yeah, it's not humanization so much as not treating a drum machine like it's just a drummer with plastic buttons and a 1/4" jack. I think it's mostly a feature of "Estrella" though, right now I'm listening to "Cold" and it's just lots of slow boom-tsssh.Bored, Esq. wrote:Yeah, I've talked to guys before who tried to throw in "random" stuff in their programming so it "sounds more human." If there's stuff that sounds off in Lycia's drums it's because they had no idea what they were doing. But I guess that's what you're saying.
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Well...even with a song as cool as "Baltica", listen to how utterly annoying the drums are. That first/main beat with the shitty Alesis ride and hi-hat alternating, imagine a drummer doing that IRL. Ha! It's so irritating I can barely stomach the track sometimes.triple clutcher v2.5b wrote:Yeah, it's not humanization so much as not treating a drum machine like it's just a drummer with plastic buttons and a 1/4" jack. I think it's mostly a feature of "Estrella" though, right now I'm listening to "Cold" and it's just lots of slow boom-tsssh.Bored, Esq. wrote:Yeah, I've talked to guys before who tried to throw in "random" stuff in their programming so it "sounds more human." If there's stuff that sounds off in Lycia's drums it's because they had no idea what they were doing. But I guess that's what you're saying.
But RE: that song, notice how easily it could be translated into metal and sound awesome. I'm guessing it would sound exactly like latter Unholy or Shape of Despair.
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haha, I actually like that stuff ... IMO it's better than hearing ping-ping-pingpingping via the same ride sample. But I do agree that having a drummer play like that on a real kit would be super obnoxious though.Bored, Esq. wrote:Well...even with a song as cool as "Baltica", listen to how utterly annoying the drums are. That first/main beat with the shitty Alesis ride and hi-hat alternating, imagine a drummer doing that IRL. Ha! It's so irritating I can barely stomach the track sometimes.
But RE: that song, notice how easily it could be translated into metal and sound awesome. I'm guessing it would sound exactly like latter Unholy or Shape of Despair.
Now that I'm giving them a good listen for the first time in a while, I think Lycia is sort of like what depressive BM should be (assuming it's still boxy POD nonsense). It's morose and 'artsy' enough to namedrop when trying to woo girls who are wearing fishnets and too much eyeliner, but not so much that I'd feel embarassed for doing so.
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I do like me some loveliescrushing
sometimes I wish I had my Love Spirals Downwards CDs again, didn't I happen to sell those to you Dann?
sometimes I wish I had my Love Spirals Downwards CDs again, didn't I happen to sell those to you Dann?
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Nope, I've had mine since they came out.mithrandir wrote:I do like me some loveliescrushing
sometimes I wish I had my Love Spirals Downwards CDs again, didn't I happen to sell those to you Dann?