limb (stripped mix)

after a rehearsal a tired sally makes a request and bounces back...    
guitar by bobbi...    
vocals by Sally7...    
twenni intro written by bobbi...   
chemistry written by semisonic...   

twenni to chemistry - iddod & sally7

 i saw her walking down the catwalk
it took me by suprise
her fluid grace, her contoured face
the coldness in her eyes
and as she danced i felt the loss again
the emptiness inside
i felt the aching in my arm once more
as it dropped down to my side

recorded in Oct 2004, on Akai DPS16 digital 16 track studio, mixed using Adobe Audition v2...

equipment used...
Charvel 625 C12 12 string Acoustic Electric (black)
Alesis 3630 Compressor / Limiter / Gate (rack)
Alesis Quadraverb Plus (rack)
Audio Technica AT-804 (omni-condenser)

false maria

OMDiddod

headfuck...
words & music written by Sally7
sounds by iddod
voices by Sally7

headfuck

iddod vs sally7 - headfuck

music written by Sally7
lyrics written by Sally7 & iddod
guitar by iddod
vocals by Sally7

recorded for Cloth Cat in Leeds

clothcat sampler

'til dawn

dogwash II 
(a.k.a. flash from mark)

do you remember the farm
half way to miggy park
pig stys smelt worse than dogshit
decrepid, bare and stark

past there, was black pudding
stinking, deep and dark
methane from the mine shafts
waiting for a spark (a flash from mark)

do you remember the landfill
the quarry where we used to play
sledging in the winter
down hills on metal trays

picking through the garbage
dead dogs and decay
find an unbroken bottle
thought it was your birthday

do you remember the parkie
his shed next to the bowling greens
the burning anarchy signs
we must have been all of fourteen

coming down off mushrooms
glue stains on our jeans
would have bought some proper drugs
but we didn't have the means
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This is the second in the dogwash saga, same theme as the first, memories and incidents from youth.
I'm not gonna explain any of the lyrics, if you were there you'll know, if not then it's just some words, hope they rhyme ok :-)

The lyrics came first with this one, after writing the first Dogwash song I needed to get some other ideas down on paper (or typed), I set myself the task of writing lyrics that would scan and fit within the first Dogwash, but I would then transplant them into a different musical frame and see how they sat. The words were written in one sitting, all within about 45 minutes, they did indeed all fit well as extra verses for the original song (a couple of minor changes were made later to help the new layout of the singing)
So onto the music... I picked up a bass guitar and played the first thing that popped into my head, which sort of sounded a bit like a Tubeway Army bass riff, I tampered with it a bit and wrote down the tab, then reached for the SH-101 that I'd just got back from repair and entered the bass riff into it's onboard sequencer, then played with the sound until I'd thickened it enough and it sounded as I'd imagined it (there's no delay this, just a touch of reverb from the quad, the delay effect on the sound is generated on the SH-101 itself). I recorded the SH-101 along with the "flute" kind of sound using the GEM S3 that I'd also just got back from repair, I whispered a guide vocal for reference so I wouldn't get too lost and then recorded the left/right beepy synth sounds using the S3 again. Then added a few incidental atmospheric synthy noises with the S3 (the bit at the intro is the obvious one, the rest are buried in the mix but add atmosand general "gassiness" of the song). Then the main singing was added, I double tracked this the hard way by doing it twice. I decided to leave the whispering in cos it gave it even more "gassiness". I'd planned drums for this one and even written the basic patterns down to either program or play, but after listening to it I decided all it needed was a bit of percussion, so I grabbed the tambourine, twatted it for three minutes and gave the whole thing a twiddle on the faders to get the levels something like... that's it, mix done, job over. Another one that I'd started recording just to get the idea down and before I knew it I'd done the entire song and was happy enough with it to let it stand...
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words and music written by bobbi 
played and recorded by bobbi
general dogwash themes discussed by bobbi and flash

Gratitude goes out to Pete once more for his sterling work in synth repair, cheers dude, you da man!
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Gem S-3 Turbo Workstation (keyboard) (ram disc fitted)
Roland SH-101 (keyboard)
Stagg Tambourine (canary yellow) 
Alesis 3630 Compressor / Limiter / Gate (rack)
Alesis Quadraverb Plus (rack)
Audio Technica AT-804 (omni-condenser) 

Recorded on Akai DPS16 digital 16 track recording studio
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all sounds, songs, words and pages are copyright bobbi

iddod

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