Previous parts: @nanobozho and @mdh
My random number generator came up with 95, so this one from @nanobozho was the pick. Listening back to the beats, light synths and vocal melody, I thought that a sustained, drifting guitar accompaniment might work well with the music.
I decided to have a go at emulating guitarist Robert Fripp’s ‘Frippertronics’ sound, ala Eno/Fripp’s Evening Star. Without overthinking the process, I settled on what I thought was a passable homage to that eternal, blissed-out sound Fripp gets.
I sent my Telecaster through a chain of three pedals:
- Ibanez Fat Cat distortion (loads of distortion for sustain)
- Mooer Pitch Box (harmonizing at the 5th interval for a nice double-guitar sound)
- EHX Memory Man (for tap delays and a loop on the second guitar part.)
There are two guitar tracks mixed in the center of the track. The first is a wandering drift between notes, with plenty of sustain, slides and bending. The second guitar track is a loop I created on the Memory Man of layers of Fripp-ish flutters in the upper register. It’s played back an octave down and in reverse.
