#57

this is so great, every1 watch before tonight! (PS if any parts of this can stay online somehow, i at least would love to be able to revisit <3)

such a beautiful release thank you for sharing yourselves with us !!

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#58

Really enjoyed the launch party! So many good vibes. That live version of Free had me welling up.

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#59

@madeofoak My wife and I are expecting our daughter Nov 12th, we felt her react/kick/flail to music for the first time in the car to Numb. We’re really enjoying the new album, thanks!

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#60

Dang I just saw this. Any further plans to make the performances available?

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#61

love you guys!!! :heart: :heart: :heart: great album as always

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#62

thanks! here’s the rig (matriarch off to the right)

setup details

tr8s is the main clock, sending the trigger output to the modular rig and midi clock to the matriarch.
two morphagenes, each just getting 16th notes, running sequentially - the first one in the chain is running through a qpas - the HP output goes to one half of the xpan crossfade section and the LP goes to an optomix (two channels of kria trigs go to the strike inputs, a short decay envelope on 2&4 goes to the main control input) and then into the other half of the crossfader. this gives you an interesting double crossfade thing - the freq knob on the qpas is crossfading between the HP signal and the rhythmically punched LP signal, and then you blend those two with the crossfades on xpan, super fun and percussive sounds from pretty much any source material. i sequence the slide input using either the cv kria channel or one of the cold mac outputs, which is processing the wogglebug’s stepped cv. the other two channels of kria cv are going to each dfam osc v/o input, but i’m still sequencing the dfam with the built in step sequencer. really fun way to get these phasing kria interval melodies within the percussion. that goes to a hendrikson with a boss metalzone in the loop and then clouds > volume pedal. it’s really flexible and manageable, there’s always a clock if you want it but the whole thing can run free as well, nice to repatch / mult / cold mac cv signals to get everything moving in a related way but also be able to have it all fall apart in a moment.

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#63

Ahhhhhhhh this is so wonderful and helpful and brilliant. I’m going to digest this over a cup of coffee and then shamelessly steal as much as I can…

But for real, appreciate you being open about your setup. This is like going to modular school for me. :grinning:

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#64

metal zone into clouds is the new rings into clouds

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#65

I really like every track. Thanks for making 2020 less 2020! I’m probably going to listen to this album way too much, just like I do with your previous recordings.

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#66

this is quickly becoming one of my favorite releases of 2020. i’ve been a fan of SE for a while but this is by far my favorite music you and amelia have put out. so subtle and textural! really inspiring stuff, thanks for sharing some of your process on here.

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#67

Lovely mail day today. Free Love slaps. :blue_heart:

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#68

This is a wonderful album. Thank you so much for both of your hard work on it. Perfect combination of emotion and thinking, and it’s fast become our family’s fave!
Saw your KEXP performance and interview and it made my heart sing xx

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#69

Was that Ferris Wheel I was hearing just now in the apple keynote??? :cowboy_hat_face::cowboy_hat_face::cowboy_hat_face:

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#70

Just heard you on the apple event advertising the new smart speaker, so cool congrats lol!

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#71

You and me both, buddy.

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#72

@madeofoak I listened the first episode of the new podcast and I thoroughly enjoyed/appreciate your explanation of achievement… As someone that has gotten hung up with the intimidation of making something “good” or “significant”, understanding achievement in the way you described feels so manageable.

I’ve been listening to Jeff Tweedys new book and this falls right in line with the mentality he describes of focusing on the act of songwriting for the sake of itself as achievement. Not focusing on everything else that comes beyond it, but as an enjoyable way to spend time.

Anyway… Looking forward to the rest of the podcast!

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#73

thanks so much. i love that tweedy book.

here’s all the episodes for anyone interested:

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#74

“Focus on the verb not the noun”

Im going to tape that to my monitor.

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#75

hey @madeofoak ! I just went to your after hours show at Mass MoCA this evening and I thought it was brilliant. I loved hearing your production work in a more long-form and exploratory context. I tried to download the 50 minute piece but it looks like the link has gone dead. Is it uploaded somewhere I can find it?

#76

The more I listen to this album, the more I love it. Probably the biggest highlight of 2020. Can’t wait for what’s next. Hope you get to tour Europe/Scandinavia soon.

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