The songs you loved most this year, all wrapped up.

Your Top Songs 2018

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Starred - part 7

RockArt

Grim Reaper Blues – Entrance

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Stoner/Acid/Space/Psychedelic/Sludge/Doom

Nujabes - Latitude (remix) [feat. Five Deez]

Blazing Day

Camel - Nimrodel / The Procession / The White Rider http://ift.tt/112cpaZ

Camel - Nimrodel / The Procession / The White Rider

Opeth live in Gothenburg 2011, Trägårn.

Opeth - A Fair Judgement

Liquid Tension Experiment - Acid Rain

Broken Glass - the gathering cover by Justine.aac

Mirage

Lady Fantasy (Medley)

Sweet Oblivion

Shadow of the Season

L' aventurier

L'idole (Je n'en peux plus)

Whirr & Nothing

Ease

Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version

Shimmy Shimmy Ya

Midlake - Roscoe (Beyond The Wizards Sleeve Remix)

How to Measure a Planet?

Marooned

Heaven or Las Vegas

Cherry-coloured Funk

Another Dimension - Liquid Tension Experiment

Dead Roots Stirring

I am still feel very proud of the string-quartet arrangement of „Throw back the little ones“, which I published around one year ago. I got very positive feedbacks and even in the circles of Steely Dan-aficionados the arrangement and the exceptional vocals of Jimmy Rivas were received with friendliness (and believe me Steely Dan fans are very critical). So I felt very motivated to continue.
So after one year I can present another string-quartet arrangement of a Steely Dan-song. I have chosen „Fire in the hole“. The song is one of my favourites of their first album „Can’t buy a thrill“ from 1972. It’s driven by the piano. As usual there are many chords, melodically rich interludes, everything is crafted to total perfection.

I arranged the song in the notation-software „Sibelius“. Then I set up the Cello with VSL „Solo strings“, at last I recorded the two violins and the viola live.
I have to thank Jimmy Rivas again for joining this project and his great vocals.

James Rivas: Vocals (@j-rivas)
Dirk Radloff: Violin, Viola, Cello-programming, production.

Instruments used: Violin „Anton Piegendorfer“ built 1902, unfortunately I could not borrow the viola of my sister, so I had to borrow a viola from AaKe violinmakers Bad Homburg (http://www.rhein-main-geigenbau.de/aake/contente.htm); VSL Violoncello from „Solo strings"

Recording notes: I have recorded the three upper string-instruments with three different microphones:
First Violin: Beyerdynamic M88TG
Second violin: Electro Voice N/D967
Viola: AKG C-1000S

The meaning of Steely Dan’s lyrics are mostly dark and ambiguous and „Fire in the hole“ is a perfect example. I read many interpretations and one, that convinces me is to imagine here a man, who fought in the Vietnam war. He has lost some years of life, has to get a low-class job („A woman’s voice reminds me to serve and not to speak“) as a waiter, but he still has to fight against the flashbacks of the horrific experiences („With a cough I shake it off“). 

Fire In The Hole

I decline
To walk the line
They tell me that I'm lazy
Worldly wise
I realize
That everybody's crazy
A woman's voice reminds me
To serve and not to speak
Am I myself or just another freak

Don't you know
There's fire in the hole
And nothing left to burn
I'd like to run out now
There's nowhere left to turn

With a cough
I shake it off
And work around my yellow stripe
Should I hide
And eat my pride
Or wait until it's good and ripe
My life is boiling over
It's happened once before
I wish someone would open up the door

Don't you know
There's fire in the hole
And nothing left to burn
I'd like to run out now
There's nowhere left to turn 


All rights for the arrangement reserved by heartscore-music/ Dirk Radloff 11/5/2016

itunes

Fire In The Hole (Steely Dan cover with J.Rivas)

Deep Politics

Future Primitive

Entrance- Grim Reaper Blues

CHROMATICS / INTO THE BLACK

Kokomo Audio reinterpretation of Mount Kimbie's SP12 Beat.  Recorded and mixed in Ableton.  Mastered in Izotope 8.

Mount Kimbie - SP12 Beat (Kokomo Audio Remix)

Artist: Claudio Gasparini
Release Title: Lucernaio
Label: Krad Records
Catalogue No: KRD277
Release: 2018.06.11

Lucernaio

Claudio Gasparini - Walk Along the River Bank (Original Mix)

Cada equipe escolheu uma música que a representasse. O resultado está aí, as seis músicas escolhidas pelos participantes do ELOS.

Future Primitive

Grails