#416
PATHS - Neoprene
Tuesday 31st January 2017
They say: “I've been very lucky to be recorded and produced by Rory Friers from And So I Watch You From Afar.
I'm predominantly a guitarist playing a really lovely Fretking Corona DBR guitar. The original demo of the song, as with most of my songs, started their life as a layers of clean guitars with some analogue delay using the Fretking at different settings to provide a range of diverse guitar sounds.
Rory then took the guitar tracks and actually chopped them up to create samples that could then be played like a piano through a midi synth, which meant we could play really fast sounding hooks, that you can hear at the start of the song. A simliar effect was used with my vocals to give them a more electronic feel and making my vocal into its own synth instrument.
The meaning behind the song, is a relationship on the edge of breakdown, were each wants to just make excuses and leave, but they hold on in the hope that one day they'll 'meet in the middle' ie see eye to eye or both be on the same page.
The style of this song was influenced by both Thrash Hats sampled sounds and Miike Snow bouncing rhythms and samples.”
We say: “With ice-cool vocals from Paths (real name Julianne Shaw) and her soaring guitar sounds refracted through producer Rory Friers’ synth wizardry, a gloriously dizzying slice of synth-pop is born.
Perhaps the most engaging aspect is the cut-and-paste marrying of very human, elemental lyrical delivery and hi-octane, hi-BPM electronica. The result is breathtaking.”
Neoprene is the first single from indie-electronic artist Paths, available to buy as of 21st January.
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