Name: Red Seas Fire - Cipher (mix practice) by Niko Hotari
Duration: 3 min 39 s
Description: Covering an older song from 2011 for mixing practice.

Something old, something new

WMBB BIO

White Moth Black Butterfly (WMBB) is the 'experimental' creation of UK singer / songwriter Daniel Tompkins (TesseracT / Skyharbor) and Keshav Dhar (Skyharbor). With influences stemming from the likes of Massive Attack, Enigma, and Sigur Ros this cross continent studio based project emanates huge cinematic soundscapes, juxtaposed with classical, acoustic and electronically infused songs, nested with powerful vocal performances.

WMBB’s debut album ‘One Thousand Wings’ released in November 2013 (recorded, mixed and produced by both Tompkins and Dhar) has seen critical acclaim being hailed as “An absolutely essential work’ by Classic Rock Presents Prog Magazine and “Wildly experimental and curiously accessible” by Metal Hammer. In 2014 WMBB released a new video / single 'Rising Sun' which saw them nominated for a PROG award in the 'Limelight' category. Now the project is working towards their second album.

PRESS:

"An exceptional album from Dan Tompkins. An absolutely essential work. Experimental, accessible and quite brilliant. This ranks high amongst this year's progressive releases." - Classic Rock Presents Prog Magazine. 

"Wildly experimental and curiously accessible" 8/10 - Metal Hammer 

"The incredible sincere delicacy of Tompkins's vocals is a perfect compliment for the programmed beats, plaintive strings and pulsing electronics throughout this album." - Windswept Edge 

"Above all, the impression that “One Thousand Wings” gives is one of talented musicianship and a desire for sonic exploration, resulting in quite a hypnotic and memorable experience." - This is Not A Scene 

"Sublime and emotive; ‘One Thousand Wings’ is fantastic." - A Metal State of Mind

Unlike the technical one-upmanship and solid low-end groove that shroud Tompkins' metal outings, White Moth Black Butterfly strips down the man's songwriting to its most visceral form yet. The leftfield ambient project also features some of the most eminent musicians to have grazed his vocal prowess, and for all their grandiose instrumentation and spectral soundscaping on record, their aural synapse in the live domain is definitely something to look forward to - Vh1

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Covering an older song from 2011 for mixing practice.

Red Seas Fire - Cipher (mix practice)

Monuments guitarist John Browne did a playthrough for the MESA/Boogie JP-2C - John Petrucci's new signature Mark IIC+with Mesa. This is John Browne's mix and preferred post production techniques applied to the JP-2C recorded tracks during this performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuIYsNWhW5E

Post Production settings and signal chains:
Rhythm Guitars - SM57 supported by the Mojave - Post settings are EQ/Filters and minimal LA3A compression
Lead Guitar - Cab Clone Supported by the Mojave - Post Settings are EQ/Filters and Minimal API 2500 compression
Clean Guitar - Cab Clone Supported by the Mojave - Post settings are EQ/Filters and API 2500 Compression with a dash of Verb

Mastering after is Stereo Enhancer > API 2500 Compressor > M PULTEC EQ > M EQ > S EQ > Neve Compressor > Limiter

Pedal Chains - Distortion  - Mayones Duvell Qatsi JB Signature Guitar with Bareknuckle Ceramic Nailbomb and Cold Sweat > MXR 6 band EQ > Repear Pedals JB Signature Pandemonium OD > Boss NS 2 > JP2C
For leads > Added a MXR Carbon Copy infront of everything. 

Chain For Cleans > Guitar > Carbon copy > Origin Effects Cali 76 Pedal > JP2C 

Garden Of Sankhara - Mesa JP2C Mix

Here's the full cover of Meshuggah's Dancers to a Discordant System. Drums are Superior Drummer, Guitar and bass tones are Line 6 Helix. 

Meshuggah - Dancers To A Discordant System (Cover)

I mixed this song using only 2 plugins. The stock Pro Tools EQ and stock Pro Tools compressor. Learn more at https://fromshittogold.com/

2 Plugin Mix

I've been playing the new Deus Ex lately and this just came out of me.

Augmented

As the veil of your pride gets torn apart
by your trust in the sacrament 
they’re all lies

Take a step back and see what they’ve done
there is nothing left to see
the ceremony has begun
and you’re a part of it

The fire spreads as the cancer continues to grow
Find a place in this sacred setting of fury and let it go

Structure 87 casts a wall
a reflection of time
when there is none


Structure87 (2016)

Michael and I worked on some vocals for Worship. That's the result.

Red Seas Fire - Cipher (mix practice)

Niko Hotari

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