Emmet - new CD finally finished

[Emmet]

Well we’ve finally finished our new CD 'In/Out' and its chock full of quality dance and electronica

download, stream and listen to the tracks here..

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=433754 (http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=433754)

I'm sure a few people on here will like 'Big Daddy'...its something I'm very proud of, and you can download lots more of our earlier works at http://www.emmetonline.co.uk (http://www.emmetonline.co.uk)

oh, and this is us doing our thang in Liverpool last Friday

http://media.putfile.com/Emmet-at-Disfunktional-11-11-05/wide

cheers! :D

[holden]

Streaming the tracks now... sounds great!

SoundClick makes you register, however, for downloads, and they've not sent me an activation code yet. :confused:

[King of Snake]

Cool! I'm a big Emmet fan, you guys rock! :)
Please come to holland sometime and do your live thing, i'll be dancing my ass off in the front row for sure.

[Emmet]

I'm hoping everyone on here will like 'Big Daddy'...it should be your thing ;)

[King of Snake]

btw. I'd take a look at your website 'cause the paypal "pay" button for your new album opens the payment page back in the same window in your site, and it seems like that makes the paypal not work properly. At least it's impossible for me to pay :/

*edit
it seems to work with Firefox, but not with IE...

anyway, bought it now! Hope it doesn''t take quite as long in the mail as the last one (took a couple of weeks to cross the channel!)

[Emmet]

hmm, it might be worth getting rid of the button and just replacing it with a normal htlm link that opens with a bit of 'blank' code so it opens up with another window.

Cheers for the tip, the CD will get off to you today!

[holden]

Liking what i heard from the previews...and yes, "Big Daddy" rocks! Do the kids go nuts for this on the dancefloor? i can see pandemonium...follow it with "Firestarter" in a DJ set and they'll have to bring in oxygen...

Thanks for all the free music, too! it's about time for me to go and buy In/Out!

holden

[Emmet]

Big Daddy is getting a lot of praise. Our live set sort of chops and changes as it goes along, getting progressively faster and a bit tougher as we go along. We're certainly not a hard dance act by any stretch of the imagination but when we finish on Big Daddy people go absolutely bonkers. In fact, WE go bonkers, thats what makes music so fun, this is us giving it a debut back in September...it all went a little silly.

http://www.mp3unsigned.com/bandvideos/1651emmetd12.wmv

we really should get a few mixes of it together and go get some vinyl done!

[Emmet]

on the strength of the first track on the album we have a session next month at BBC Radio Merseyside. :D

[King of Snake]

received the cd two days ago. Have given it a few listens and I like it so far, especially the "out" part :)
Will get back to you with a more in-detail review.
I can at least say that the overall production quality seems to have been taken up a few notches. It's getting into Way Out West territory at some points with all the little noises and stuff going on. :)

[Emmet]

yeah, the production has kicked up a gear...stuff like Headcharge and The Gate are finally getting the state musically where I want us to be.

Now we have to adapt all the stuff from the album versions into to do them live...more work for me ! :rolleyes:

[stimpee]

you Emmet guys got any idea where i can get a copy of the old Warbgasms? I had a couple of them but theyre lost. The first was one was class.

[Emmet]

have ya tried Warb himself? :D I have no 5 on me MP3 player at the mo.

Oh, and we're playing tomorrow in Sheffield if anyone is interested..

http://www.webflyers.co.uk/Flyer/3028 :)

[Emmet]

well, I cant say the Sheffield gig was a complete success, halfway through our set a bloke got glassed THEN stabbed. Errr...the place then emptied somewhat (as you'd imagine). Luckily, the bloke was alright though, we were even chatting to him at the end of the night...he was tough as old boots :)

[stimpee]

stones throw from Bramall Lane I dont expect anything else from S2. Lots of pissed up pigs from the Blades match probably ;)

[Emmet]

yeah, we've since been told that it was some grief that had been brought in from outside. Heyho.

[plasmastorm]

In... beautiful and lovely, like an ex-girlfriend who still lets you shag her... Out... Eaten enough pills to kill an elephant, but i'm still standing and stomping. Look out for the PlasmaStorm remix of Big Daddy once i've been given the bits to maul with!!

[Emmet]

I'll get onto the remix bits next week. I'm supposed to be decorating my studio this weekend. Wish me luck. :eek:

[Cadevil]

Sorry, I'm a bit new to the Emmet sound, but I quite like it...(well, at least what I hear of the soundbytes)...

You guys ever play in London?

And is that the same Ant that runs the UW live site?

[Emmet]

hullo Cadevil. Ta for checking us out, there's a few albums of older stuff for you to download and digest at the website.;)

We've not played London..yet...and thats because only noone has invited us down to play. :(

Alas, our Ant doesn't run the UW Live site, it must be another one.

[Emmet]

Yes, its that time again whereby people get to listen to lots of Emmet related stuff that we haven't had to knock out ourselves..its Version 2.0

Its a 6 track EP (or does that count as an album I dunno) featuring top remixes of Emmet tracks by our very talented mates (in no particular order)

Max Hall
OG
Disko Ticklerz
Plasmastorm
Anigman
Ian Round

Click the link below to download the mp3 ep and artwork (so you can burn your own CD).

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HO1LXGT3

Seeing as we currently have a shortage of webspace, the download link is courtesy of one of those file upload/download sites, you have to wait 45 seconds before you can access it but it all seems to work OK.

[King of Snake]

yeah, the production has kicked up a gear...stuff like Headcharge and The Gate are finally getting the state musically where I want us to be.

Now we have to adapt all the stuff from the album versions into to do them live...more work for me ! :rolleyes:

downloading now...
btw I wanted to ask, what do you feel were the main advancements you made technically speaking to get the production to this level?
I feel I'm kinda stuck with the quality of my mixes, especially when trying to use more than a couple of sounds at once and getting the beats to kick properly, but I need some better monitors as well.

also, how is your football anthem coming along? Are you on the verge of commercial breaktrough? :)

[holden]

Yes, its that time again whereby people get to listen to lots of Emmet related stuff that we haven't had to knock out ourselves..its Version 2.0

Its a 6 track EP (or does that count as an album I dunno) featuring top remixes of Emmet tracks by our very talented mates


Sweetness! New Emmet-inspired goodness. Plasmastorm remix is soooo banging!
Cheers for sharing so many tunes with the fans, Emmet! I've really enjoyed the promos.

[Emmet]

downloading now...
btw I wanted to ask, what do you feel were the main advancements you made technically speaking to get the production to this level?
I feel I'm kinda stuck with the quality of my mixes, especially when trying to use more than a couple of sounds at once and getting the beats to kick properly, but I need some better monitors as well.

also, how is your football anthem coming along? Are you on the verge of commercial breaktrough? :)

Well the remixes are all done by our mates but in terms of what we're doing at the moment a lot of it is down to 'experience', I've been concentrating properly on the music side of things for about ten years now and experience does seem to make my/our stuff sound better.

A lot of dance/electronica can be quite sparse in terms of arrangement and what you tend to find is that the less cluttered the mix is the more the individual elements can stand out Benni Banassi and Satisfaction or Kernkraft/Zombie Nation being the first tune that springs to mind. Alas, I tend to go for the wall of sound/throw everything and the kitch sink in there which makes things a right bugger to mix at times.

As for moniitors, as long as you know what they're putting out your fine, I dont use studio monitors just a decent set of Celestion hi-fii speakers, I've had them 16 years and I know what thngs sound like on them so they do me fine.

Make use your individual elements are properly EQed so that each part is 'shelved' and sits in its own frequency range; i.e. bass part = low freq..if you've got a string/pad part roll off the low end on it so it doesn't clash with your bass. If that sort of makes sense :p

As for the football; its 'out there' showing on 3 TV stations at the moment, someone somewhere is trying to have a word with Vodaphone regarding ringtones and the like..that would be good ;)

[King of Snake]

Well the remixes are all done by our mates but in terms of what we're doing at the moment a lot of it is down to 'experience', I've been concentrating properly on the music side of things for about ten years now and experience does seem to make my/our stuff sound better.
oops, yeah I was talking about your album actually not the remixes. Forgot to quote the proper post...


A lot of dance/electronica can be quite sparse in terms of arrangement and what you tend to find is that the less cluttered the mix is the more the individual elements can stand out Benni Banassi and Satisfaction or Kernkraft/Zombie Nation being the first tune that springs to mind. Alas, I tend to go for the wall of sound/throw everything and the kitch sink in there which makes things a right bugger to mix at times.

As for moniitors, as long as you know what they're putting out your fine, I dont use studio monitors just a decent set of Celestion hi-fii speakers, I've had them 16 years and I know what thngs sound like on them so they do me fine.

Make use your individual elements are properly EQed so that each part is 'shelved' and sits in its own frequency range; i.e. bass part = low freq..if you've got a string/pad part roll off the low end on it so it doesn't clash with your bass. If that sort of makes sense :p

Agreed, experience is of course the key. My mixes now sound much better than when i started out some 7 years ago. I don't really spend enough time making music at the moment so progress is slower. I am using more eq now, especially the shelving you mention. Pretty much all sounds except the bass get the bottom end rolled of which definitely helps the clarity of the mix.

[Emmet]

and a bit of mastering always helps too. We use a multiband compressor which beefs the bottom end and adds that 'shine' on anything above 10K.

[Dirty0900]

You guys are Sweet F.A, that got voted one of the worse footie songs of all time, despite just coming out........

[Emmet]

excellent...who voted us that?

The track is supposed to be terrible, I think people are missing out on the post-modern, ironic stance of our intentionally bad record.

[Dirty0900]

excellent...who voted us that?

The track is supposed to be terrible, I think people are missing out on the post-modern, ironic stance of our intentionally bad record.

Q TV, i think you were number 3.

[King of Snake]

and a bit of mastering always helps too. We use a multiband compressor which beefs the bottom end and adds that 'shine' on anything above 10K.

didn't you also get to mix some of your tracks on a big expensive analogue console at some point?
Thought I read that somewhere on your site a while back.

[Emmet]

yep, we've done a few bits n bobs at Parr Street Studios in Liverpool...stuff put through a huge SSL desk is sounds fab. Some pics here:

http://www.emmetonline.co.uk/pr1.htm

[stimpee]

Yes, its that time again whereby people get to listen to lots of Emmet related stuff that we haven't had to knock out ourselves..its Version 2.0Just got around to downloading this and listening to it and I like it a lot. Nice twists. The plasmastorm is a bit banging, but I like the headcharge, trubble and opinicus mixes the best. lots of layers and meloidies for the brain to digest. I dont know why I bother to reply on the loopz forum. Its dead. 35 views and no replies. You'd think you guys were trying to peddle Viagra or Rolex knock-offs or something.

[Emmet]

if anyone is in the northwest this Sunday we're playing this free fezzy:

http://www.myspace.com/haighhallfestival

[stimpee]

Ace! Frank Sidebottom :p

[Emmet]

he's one of my heros. He's on STRAIGHT after us.

[Emmet]

yes it rained....grr. Still the punters enjoyed it. Watchy here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZKhg_rx3ac

and if anyone knows how to maake youtube videos appear in the proper 16:9 ratio I'd love to know!

[Leon]

I'm at work now and can view this but without sound. It's really funny to see you guys bounce :D when I'm home I'm actually going to listen to it though :) Nice.

[Emmet]

been fiddling whilst trying to get stuff together for the next CD.

Its very commerical (poss bordering on cheese I dunno) electro house remix of a recent top 4 hit by the popular beat combo Muse.

I've snuck it onto Multiply which people use if they want to upload dodgy stuff that can easily get deleted :D

http://emmetonline.multiply.com/music