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This began with ambient, droney loops that came from elsewhere. Safetynett and I put together a live set of experimental ambient music that we performed a couple of times and in the process I ended up with some loops saved on my looper made from a mixture of synth and instrument textures. I recorded some of these out of that context because they seemed like they might make an interesting bed for other elements. In this case, I think I copied the looping drone and put it through a step filter that gave it a rhythm and laid that over the original. The beats and percussion were programmed along with this rhythm, since none of this was done to a click or grid. At this point I was still thinking that this might be quite a minimal composition but once I introduced the beat it very clearly needed a bass element. I introduced a really simple two note bass but with a slightly unexpected rhythm on the offbeat. Then a second bassline comes in that’s based on an arpeggio of the same series of notes beginning on a different note of the series every fourth repetition which means together, the basslines are less settled and solid as an anchor than you might expect and once there it seemed natural to have synths also arpeggiating to create even more movement with different harmonies emerging from the different cycles of notes. Safetynett was enlisted at this point to contribute an undulating, swooping synth part and more electronic beats which fattened things up. Then, to throw the cat among the pigeons a bit I decided to try some bombastic electric guitar, by which time the track was getting longer and more monumental and all thoughts of minimalism were resolutely forgotten. All these layers needed a vocal to turn the later part from an instrumental into a song so I used lyrics to do with unease about complacency and ‘keeping the dream alive’ whatever that phrase might mean in the particular context where you find yourself.

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It's too warm to be so cold
You're too young to feel so old
It's all wrong to be all done
So forlorn to be all gone

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from We Are Not Where You Are, released June 2, 2023

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Jamie Flett Glasgow

Music maker from Aberdeen in the North East of Scotland, now living in Glasgow.
Since my first collection of skewed, folkish blues songs: ‘Cold But Bright’ I’ve tried to resist the artificial limitations of defining myself as a ‘singer-songwriter’ (admittedly, while writing and singing songs.) This has resulted in attempts to investigate some remoter sonic territories.. As well as more songs. ... more

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