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Dancing Lights

from The Insomnia Stone by John Battema

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Another happy showcase for the MS2000. This time, I took an old Viscount organ module and used the MS2000 as a processing source, converting the semi-clean organ drawbars into some wonderfully wet textures. I can almost remember sitting on my studio floor at the time, improvising the chord progressions. Such fun.

Totally Uninteresting Factoid That I'll Still Share: the piano part in the second half was an improv on the spot. While listening back to the isolated tracks I really thought it worked well alone. So, I went back and did another improv against the backing synth tracks, and this eventually became Sleepwalker. Working against the harmonic foundation and then removing that foundation in the end created a sense of ambiguity that I really liked. And now you know, 'cause knowing is...

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from The Insomnia Stone, released April 8, 2003

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John Battema Virginia

Electronic musician from the NOVA area and member of the metal/prog/fusion band Ephemeral Sun.

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