Favourite Songs

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melodic no beats, except sometimes

mystical Music

And Promise

Artist: Giant Claw
Album: Mirror Guide
Format: Digital / Vinyl
Release: May 7 or 14, 2021

Music by Keith Rankin
Visual art by Ellen Thomas and Keith Rankin
Mastered by Starkey

Artist Statement:

I have been recording Mirror Guide off and on since my previous album Soft Channel came out in 2017, working on pieces in my spare time while co-running Orange Milk Records and trying to make a living as a freelance visual artist. 

I wanted Mirror Guide to feel less frenzied than some of my previous music, and decided to use a hyperreal string sound as a lead instrument the rest of the sounds could orbit around. I improvised long stretches with the digital instrument and picked moments that elicited some emotional response in me as the foundation for each piece. It helped to imagine a small synthetic ensemble playing every additional part, considering the choices an individual might make if they were focused primarily on their instruments’ role within the group. 

In my improvised sessions I also gravitated towards what I called a ‘bouncing ball’ rhythm - later described to me as an exponential rhythmic sequence. After thinking about how genres often center around a core rhythmic pattern I adopted the sequence as another consistent feature for the album. 

In the past I’ve cut up pop acapellas as vocal elements, but on Mirror Guide decided to work with several artists I had come to know from three very different music scenes. I traveled to Pittsburgh for a few days and recorded with vocalist Tamar Kamin (from the band the Van Allen Belt) generating hours of improvised and lightly prepared melodic material that I later edited into several songs. I also incorporated more poetic almost spoken word vocals from Japanese musician and photographer NTsKi and a small segment of screeching moans from fellow Ohioan Diana Gruber. 

More generally I found inspiration from artists like Paul Lansky, Ryuichi Sakamoto, and the range of emotion in the music of Geinoh Yamashirogumi Orchestra, best known for scoring the Akira soundtrack which is a longtime favorite. I was also encouraged to complete Mirror Guide through conversations with the late composer, tape collage pioneer, and friend Noah Creshevsky, who gave me several boosts of confidence after hearing early versions of the music.

Giant Claw - Mir-Cam Startup

7038634357 - Sink✾

Inca Ore / Grouper

Poison Tree

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this feeling

"Dreams" by Canyon City, featured in the album - Dear Earth, Love, Moon

Dreams

Video

Daybreak (Background)

original song by fugazi
cover art by my good friend alex (@ a.l.e.x._.hetz on instagram). thank you alex. 

lyrics:
Out here I can barely see my breath
Surrounded by jealousy and death
I can't be reached, only had one call
Dragged underneath, separate from you all
this time I've lost my own return
In spite of everything I've learned
I hid my tracks, spit out all my air
Slipped into cracks, stripped of all my cares
I'm so tired sheep are counting me
No more struggle, no more energy
No more patient and you can write that down
It's all too crazy and I'm not sticking round

i'm so tired

i'm so tired (fugazi)

https://7-0-3.bandcamp.com/album/electric

Electric

Bandcamp

Rose

7038634357 – overalign -vyaliyy scribble version-

Selected Ambient Works Volume II

Treasure Island

red line II 127 sätra C II (yung lean  /tex_demo

These are covers of songs I like. Guitar and vocal with minimal editing of the acoustics. On these I added a little echo to spruce up the sound.

Protection (Tracey Thorn & Massive Attack Cover)

Dani Sings Billie

Weep No More

FREE DOWNLOAD 
@djspielberg

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DJ SPIELBERG - With U [No She Doesn't]

Lorde - Buzzcut Season

Music Has The Right To Children

Olson

i am scared of walking through town
i want to hide and never come out 
just incase you're around
i always go quiet when i feel ugly
you make me feel ashamed to be me
it's just too risky to breathe
incase you see

town

Prolific developer Jonatan Söderström and graphic artist Dennis Wedin have announced their newest game collaboration Hotline Miami will be released under their new joint label Dennaton Games and published by shady game cartel Devolver Digital.

Music by:

Sun Araw
http://www.sunaraw.com/

M.O.O.N.
http://www.musicofthemoon.com/

Jasper Byrne
http://www.superflatgames.com/

El Huervo
http://elhuervo.bandcamp.com/

Scattle
https://www.facebook.com/scattlemusic

Perturbator
http://perturbator.bandcamp.com/

Eirik Suhrke
http://strotch.net/

CoConuts:
http://www.myspace.com/coconutsnoise

Elliott Berlin
Coming Soon

Step into the neon-soaked underground of 1980s Miami as bizarre messages on your answering machine seem to be urging you to commit terrible acts of violence -- but will you obey? Hotline Miami overflows with raw brutality and skull crushing close combat as you find yourself outgunned and using your wits to choreograph your way through impossible situations. An unmistakable visual style, a driving soundtrack, and a surreal plot that will have you question your own thirst for blood. Bash and blast through over 20 multiscreen levels with 35 unique weapons and collect 25 game-altering masks in one of the darkest and most unusual independent games on the scene.

The hotline itself can be reached at +1 786 519 3708 or @HotlineMiami. Leave a message.

http://www.HotlineMiami.com/
http://www.Dennaton.com/
http://www.DevolverDigital.com/

Scattle - Flatline

Neither the picture nor the song belongs to me.

Mogwai - Helicon 1  (Slowed)

Paradise Valley

Headache

Petals (Have Fallen)

spotify

Patience

Poses

FREE DL

love letter 💌 w/ kirai

The Moon and the Melodies

Why Do You Love Me?

https://soundcloud.com/illuscent
https://soundcloud.com/illuscent
https://soundcloud.com/illuscent

true feelings w/ Kirai

m4ngO

Weaving a Basket

Will I Know