Hey everyone – it’s been a severe case long time, no blog in these parts. Much has been happening!
One of the most frequent questions we get about Soma Music is “all the stuff about the gear and reasons and practicalities is great… but what does it actually sound like?” – if that was you, wonder no more! We’ve FINALLY found some time to capture some audio and video from one of our rehearsals. This very audio and video we’re now sharing with you, our dear and loyal readers.
The first song is “The King Has Walked Among Us” by Michael Morrow, off his Lift Up Your Heads album.
The second song is by Mark Peterson, off his When We See You album. It’s called “Never To Hunger” and we talked about the drum break we’re using in it in our last video.
Wow her voice is amazing! Nice work guys. God has gifted all of you tremendously!
Hey Joe and friends
It’s really great to see what you guys are up to. It’s innovative and daringly so! Onya!
Personally, I’m interested at the levels of both corporate worship practice and electronic music performance. (I’m particularly into ‘electro roots’, like krautrock and Gary Numan, and the neo-krautrock of To Rococo Rot and Kreidler.)
In upcoming posts, I’d be really keen to hear your thoughts on questions of genre. Your ‘Never to Hunger’ performance has a chip music vibe in the early synth chords, and then the main drum line has a kind of old-school drum ‘n’ bass feel. What’s going on behind your current sound? And, as you keep experimenting, is there a particular sound you’re driving towards?
I’m excited about where you’re heading with this — thanks for sharing the journey!
Cheers
Oh — I just rediscovered the “New here” > “Sound like” page. Anyway — hope to hear more about it as things evolve.
By the way — you might be interested — Rechenzentrum (Berlin minimal techno) have gone into some pretty dense, earthy sounds of late. Check out ‘Eden’ and ‘Free from care’ at their myspace.