Feb 2022 one-note-melody generative ambient unsettling there-is-no-escape
[NSFW because of gunshot at the end]
My first foray into generative music, decided to take on the one note challenge.
I settled on B because why not, and fed ultra-long midi notes and instrument samples in B into some great sounding Plugins:
There's "Frozen", "Rain" & "In Suspension" chained together, "Twins at Sunset" with a Probability Arp, "Wood Drip" Percussion with Rotating Rhytm Generators, an arpeggiated Synth Bass, lots and lots of Spring Reverb as well as fiddling with virtual knobs, switches and faders.
Listening through it, I had this unsettling feeling of being t̶r̶a̶p̶p̶e̶d [edit: hunted is more fitting. Thanks, @sailingmagpie] in the piece and I wanted to escape. But there was no escape, it was chasing me and I had to listen until the end, where it finally got me. So yeah, I confess: there is an end to the escape, but I will technically never *really* escape it because now it's here, on the internet, forever.
I added some field recordings of steps in the snow to emphasize the escape "theme" and used this sample of a guy saying "There is no escape" because I liked it better than my own recordings:
https://freesound.org/people/Dpoggioli/sounds/213612/
The track length (4:04) is a nod to my IT background:
Error 404 - There is no Escape
Couldn't hold myself back with the Wilson scream at the end.
I hope you understand. :)
There is no escape.
·ǝdɐɔsǝ ou sᴉ ǝɹǝɥꓕ
There is no escape.
[very long part with footsteps in snow]
[gunshot] (followed by) [blood curdling scream]
There is no escape.
@sailingmagpie Feb 2022
Unsettling, you say? Well you definitely nailed that! This is so creepy and it really does have a feeling of being trapped (maybe hunted?) with no escape.
@humantornado Feb 2022
You have definitely nailed unsettling in a way I only wish I could. I need to take some lessons from you! I love that you can get these tracks to come out like this. I think I tend to write all of my stuff in a similar way, so I don't ever get that real ambient creepy feel that this song captures.
@fuzzy Feb 2022
Oh so atmospheric.
Lovely piece of generative music here.
Yeah, slightly unsettling for sure.
This really moves along.
Great ending!
@guatecoop Feb 2022
Unsettling? Yup, right from the start. You have an excellent talent for creating a scene, mood, and then the movement that tells a story. I love your use of reverb and delay for texture, as well as sounds coming in and out. Great mix again. Well done!