We Will Destroy! - Promo
Okay so this post maybe a little shameless self promotion, as I am co-owner of ‘We Will Destroy’, though I am not posting it for purposes of the ad, I am hear to talk about the sound.
The vibe of the song was to capture the essence of avant garde within the sound. A challenge that seemed far harder than it turned out to be. With the use of a Moog Little Phatty, Watkins 2-track Copicat delay/reverb, and a handful of crazy preacher clips.
Being a contour of avant garde cinema, though a lot of it is trash, that which is not is pure gold exploring the mind scape with two extremely popular mediums (film/sound) but taking no regard of pop-cultures current trends, or the norm within these industries. I wasn’t difficult for me to know what I wanted within the sound the problem was, would the Little Phatty be up to the challenge. At first I thought it may not be, as 98% of the pre-programmed sound within that miniature beast are far too lush in rich warm tones, you can only achieve with analoge circuitry, I feared this lush rich tone wouldn’t allow me to create that horrible driving sound, even with the Little Phatty’s overdrive function I thought I’d have to run the device through a secondary distortion of some what.
I was wrong, the Little Phatty while running through the Watkins delay, really stepped up to the plate, only requiring some minor EQ’ing tweaks within Pro-Tools to remove some of the harsher harmonics, and roll of a little of the low end to make the distortion more of a high-pitch squeal.
With the addition of the preachers mad rants within the background of the track playing both forwards, and in reverse, from an old Ferguson two-track, and then resulting in the self-oscillation at the end of the piece, it add a creepy subtle undertone to the entire piece.
Yes I am aware this first post, after my absence is not very techy, but just an over-explination within to a sound I created, but I do hope someone out there does read/enjoy.
- Mark
