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Das Chamäleon (Released on March 14, 2009) is a 5 tracks record about mutant music, obtained through bizzarre pairings or juxtaposing uneven genres.

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Étoile - world & symphonic progressive meets kraut rock - is out!
Saturday, 04 July 2009 21:11
footerApskaft Presents: Spice coverFourth release by Hox Vox, it's a concept album about stars - both intended as prima ballerinas and celestial bodies - and their issues.

Genre is a series of mixes with world music, symphonic progressive, a bit of contemporary and kraut electronics, always with the free approach of Rock in Opposition tradition (from Zappa to Henry Cow): sometime resulting in complex structures with mindbending pairings of melodies and subtle detuned arrangments.

Étoile start with a Residents-like intro sung by a couple of real pigs, then a piece of math/art rock, sounding like a too dry death metal. Then from Rhythmbox the record begins wedging prog, contemporary, world and electronics.
 
"Apskaft presents: Spice" is out
Monday, 27 April 2009 23:24
footerApskaft Presents: Spice coverLurholm, CEO of Apskaft :-)), today gave the long awaited news the askafters couldn't wait: Apskaft Presents: Spice is out today! I made a song for it, and also a couple of artwork for album cover (the one chosen for the final release is on the left).

Let's hope people like it!
 
Finished "Mama", cover for Apskaft
Thursday, 09 April 2009 23:04
footer./root: the Singles coverFinished + uploaded on Last.FM and here, Mama is a cover of famous Spice Girls' song from their debut Spice.

In Apskaft collective we decided to make a full album cover. The choice was Spice, after a poll. We random assigned songs to volunteer musicians :-D and Mama was "mine".

I worked on a couple of elements: a crescendo, which is quite revolutionary respect to the plain original. And a de-englishpoppization of that tunes. Plus, a logical decontruction. The result is quite satisfying, Atari Teenage Riot should appreciate it. Song varies from delicate far east atmospheres to grindcore industrial. Now I can't wait to listen to other covers by my fellow apskafters! Hope record will be released soon. Title will be Apskaft Presents: Spice.
 
I released Das Chamäleon today
Sunday, 15 March 2009 12:51
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Das Chamäleon cover3rd release by Hox Vox project, Das Chamäleon is a 5 track EP about mutant music, obtained through bizarre pairings or juxtaposing uneven genres. So it's again a concept album (or better concept EP), but this time I tried to create more cohesion between avant and melodic parts, in fact I made a large use of 4/4 tempo, which is not exactly my favourite.
I even slipped for a while into a Santana-like groove, despite I don't particularly like the mexican slowhanded guitarist... an euphemism to intend I never listen to him, except when he played with McLaughin on Love Devotion Surrender.
Everything on this record is made by me, cover included (except some crowd cheering samples in Plastic Boots), so it's somewhat a step further.

 

Tracks description:

  • Springbound is an electronic/IDM number. I think sometimes its melodies remind The Gasman style, I like his work so this is a consequent fact.
  • Plastique Boots is a fake live act between white reggae and punk rock. Track is very basic, I resisted to add another guitar or some atmospheric pads as I needed a simple but crisp phase between Springbound and Entr'Acte.
  • Entr’acte - inspired by famous Renè Clair movie - puts together electronics and latin. Song is based on an opposition between two solutions in melting cold electronics with a warm melody.
  • Cockroach got the darker Residents influences plus a slow and harsh fusion bass guitar, this is a "dual" song as Entr'acte, but this time it's based on a root melody played first straight then reversed, with different arrangements.
  • Das Chamäleon starts in a funky fashion and developes a series of themes usually considered as incongruous, being the manifesto of whole record: jazz, avantprog, latino à la Santana, post-rock, funk again. Song closing got the best bassline I've conjured in my tiny carrier.

 
Back on net!
Wednesday, 11 March 2009 04:42
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My ADSL works again, so let's summarize what's happened meanwhile.

Endlessly looking for a job in a very hard recession, I'm recording my last record. It's composed of five pieces: first four tracks are almost finished, now I'm working on last one. It's very complex and twisted, so I wonder as usual if I'm goin' too baroque or - worst - quite wanky.
(I don't want to say titles as I can change them on the go, or even 5 minutes before upload; so better be vague).

I already made album's cover, so I only need to finish last song, go back to final arrangments on first four songs, and make last maniac analysis before upload and see if there's feedback.
I think I'll subscribe last song of record to Garageband experimental rock contest if the result will be what I got in my mind. Can't say "exactly" because the track as I said up here is quite zigzagging so it's difficult to imagine all the details in an overall view. This could result in a drastic simplification, but I take this option as very far.

Slowly LaGuardia climb up the charts in Garageband, got a 3.2 score now and it's about at half way in all-times progressive charts (#1,015 of 2,167), but sadly it's only #50 on 66 in active Prog Contest. Still I think it was better subscribe it on Experimental rock contest, but I was a newbie and didn't get the situation.

 

 
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