Hello you!
A couple of new songs:
Ratcatcher – A steampunk song that makes use of Victorian slang to warn of a scary, inhuman steam-powered robot policeman.
Papercut – A song that happened by accident because of a loop I had from another piece. I think it’s about living in a police state, but just because I wrote the lyrics doesn’t mean I have to understand them.
Spinning the Compass has been reviewed again:
Mr. Slatter’s music evokes images of ill-lit workshops, dark libraries in mansions where spirits are contacted, cabaret in run-down theaters and the taste of absinthe.
How’s that for a quote? Read the rest by clicking here.
On Tuesday, Mechanism was Sepiachord’s Song of the Day.
Isn’t that nice?
PS. I’m currently working on a 9 minute long song with the working title of ‘The Trial of the Infamous Seven-Bells John’.
It’s about a murder on a steam locomotive and the subsequent trial of the titular rogue.
I am serious.
Via Steampunk Magazine, I have discovered the work of Lisa Black who has created a series of ‘fixed’ animals – stuffed dead ones she’s added to and modified.
Aren’t they fantastic?
I’ve been gradually putting things up on youtube. Here’s a photo montage thing to go with the instrumental track ‘Two’ from Spinning the Compass, and a copy of The Man Who Learnt To Fly, which can be downloaded by members of the mailing list.
And here’s how you join the mailing list:
Today, I took delivery of a top hat. Why? Well, I’ve recorded a steampunk album, so I should have some steampunk pictures.
These aren’t them, these are just a couple of snaps to see how the top hat looks.
Look, it’s a top hat!
The last piece of music I downloaded was ‘Twyn Du’ by Andy Long. For some unknown reason it slipped my mind that this lovely piece of music is also part of the twitter chord challenge. Here it is:
So as well as my own attempt to record a song using Matt Steven’s ‘Chord Progression Twitter Made’ there several other, very different pieces using the same ideas.
There’s Alun Vaughun’s Untaxed Hat:
(Which, as well as being a great piece of music, makes me want to explore soundcloud a bit more)
And Canary on a Wheel by Vonaxenburg
My own small attempt: Last Sunlight.
A Cup of Brown Joy is by Elemental. It is very silly.
DeadPuppyRecycling is a brand new song that I recorded last year and mixed this morning.
Members of my mailing list will be recieving a link to the mp3 of the song in an email tomorrow. Anyone else, if you’d like a free copy just click the download button.
