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Signup Date: 7/19/2006
Thursday, January 03, 2008 

DEMO OF THE MONTH
January 2008: "Suicide Drone 73"

I got a new synthesizer called Dave Smith Instruments Evolver. I like the
name of it. I also very much like how it's built and the way it makes noise.
It's tiny: about the size of a VHS-cassette, if anyone can remember those,
but it can make huge sounds. I was trying out the way it responds to actual
playing (no programming, just playing the keyboard) and found that it is
much more responsive than I expected it to be. So I made a simple melodic
loop and fooled around with the settings.

The beat is 2 different Roland CR-78 loops and a Roland TR-808 running
through a single Roland Space Echo and a compressor.

This is not a typical Covenant thing at all. But as some people know by now,
when I'm left to my own devices things turn out a little different. I don't
make songs. I make fragments or very long things out of which little
fragments can be extracted to make songs. I know it sounds backwards. It is.
And I like that.

Happy New Year btw!

/Joakim (Helsingborg Jan 2, 2008)





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=CHRISSY=

 
You're adorable.
 
Posted by =CHRISSY= on Thursday, January 03, 2008 - 10:46 PM
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co-ordination

 
Sounds good to me!
 
Posted by co-ordination on Thursday, January 03, 2008 - 10:47 PM
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STØRTI [Radio-Decoder]

 
Nice toy (and I do remember VHS-cassettes!*lol*) I look forward to hear it in a new complete song - probably an instrumental track...;)
Would you give us listeners a hint, in case you show such a track/song on the profileplayer as "Demo Of The Month"?
 
Posted by STØRTI [Radio-Decoder] on Sunday, January 06, 2008 - 9:36 PM
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Dayo

 
I liked the mechanical noises quite a bit, but I have to admit I kept hoping the percussion would do something a bit.. more. Harder, perhaps a little less chugga chugga. I hope that makes sense. Interesting track!
 
Posted by Dayo on Sunday, January 06, 2008 - 9:37 PM
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One Nasty Ego

 
I like Subterfuge for 3 Absynths, so this one I just love...
 
Posted by One Nasty Ego on Sunday, January 06, 2008 - 9:37 PM
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Michele

 
Wow! It would work really well as part of the soundtrack to a sci-fi movie. I love it.
 
Posted by Michele on Sunday, January 06, 2008 - 9:38 PM
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Empire in Dust

 
cool tune, like it!
 
Posted by Empire in Dust on Sunday, January 06, 2008 - 9:38 PM
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Karen

 
My Dad was called Dave Smith, God rest his soul. He loved his music.
xxx
 
Posted by Karen on Sunday, January 06, 2008 - 9:38 PM
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Futurepopolis

 
I am in love with the part from 00:20 - 00:47. It sounds wonderful and I bet you'll end up making amazing sounding things with your new box. I look forward to hearing them. Thanks for including us in your creative process. I feel honored to get a glimpse of how your magic is made.
 
Posted by Futurepopolis on Sunday, January 06, 2008 - 9:38 PM
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The Distorted Poet
Michael G. Stone

 
Congrats on recruiting Daniel Myer to the band!

Michael
 
Posted by The Distorted Poet on Sunday, January 06, 2008 - 9:38 PM
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Octavian

 
Can't wait to hear more of it ^_^
 
Posted by Octavian on Sunday, January 06, 2008 - 9:39 PM
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Les Infants du Goth

 
Happy New Year, fellows.

You're definitely "The Men" with these new sounds, very urban, dark and claustrophobiac mood we like it.
 
Posted by Les Infants du Goth on Sunday, January 06, 2008 - 9:39 PM
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terriblelie

 
wow! there is this special kind of flow in this demosong...i really love this "minimalistic" sound without any "hotchpotch" in it...
makes me start to dance :-)
take care and see you at WGT...I am looking forward!
 
Posted by terriblelie on Wednesday, January 16, 2008 - 5:17 PM
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DJ Marimba

 
Great sound Joakim!, keep going, i like it.

Best regards,
Dj Marimba
Lima - Peru
Synthetika, Internet Radio
 
Posted by DJ Marimba on Wednesday, January 16, 2008 - 5:18 PM
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DJ Niggels - monasteria.net

 
Cool stuff!

I really like it, this could be the rise of a pretty cool and very atmospheric stuff.

During the first moments of the short instrumental I had *Suicide* in mind, the early NYC pioneers of electronic avantgarde. Surely not a bad cross reference! ;-)

I really love it to listen to ne Covenant in its most embryonic form! Keep up the great work!

Cheers,
Niggels
 
Posted by DJ Niggels - monasteria.net on Wednesday, January 16, 2008 - 5:19 PM
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Empire in Dust

 
there is a really really cool sequence from 0:29 min to 0:47 min (kind of "dada-dadada-dooooh"), it repeats at 1:07... that really sounds like the basis for a cool new song! so please go on! :-)
 
Posted by Empire in Dust on Wednesday, January 16, 2008 - 5:28 PM
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Atlas

 
I absolutely love it!

Keep up the good work!
 
Posted by Atlas on Wednesday, January 16, 2008 - 5:29 PM
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swgarasu

 
I like this. A bit of a harder edge to it but I can go for a harder sound now and again. I think this could be very cool- the first bit really grabbed me and would make me sit up and listen to a song that starts out that way. Whether I'd listen again and again would depend on the song in its entirity, but this is definitely a hook.
 
Posted by swgarasu on Wednesday, January 30, 2008 - 6:32 PM
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Art Noir

 
good beginning! I mean: good sound, you could develop that further!
 
Posted by Art Noir on Saturday, February 02, 2008 - 8:31 PM
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