Marshall Watson: If Then Statements

[Professor]

This is a little teaser ep. A companion to Math and Other Word Problems, to be released this summer.


Marshall Watson: If Then Statements

Fall Without Change: Yellow Mix
I Love You Neckface: Alternative Vox
Pascal's Triangle: Softhearted Mix
Figure Out

www.marshallwatson.net/music/MarshallWatsonLostMixes.zip

Enjoy.

[holden]

These tracks are going great with a sunny spring morning in the middle of NY.

Some thoughts: "Fall Without Change" is a great glitchy track that becomes very warm around 3:45 when the twinkly organ enters. An abrupt end, though..i could have enjoyed this track for many minutes more!
"I Love You Neckface", recall this one from your London performance. The guitar line is very affecting. A question, though...why the long silence at the end of the track?
"Figured Out" is lush with pads and blips, very calming background music for work.
"Pascal's Triangle" has the best build of these 4. The effects are well placed, not distracting as sometimes bleeps and bloops can be. And, it includes a Marshall Watson staple: crunchy drums! Keep it crunchy!;)
Once the bass appears after 3 minutes, the track feels sorta Orb-like to me. Nice, organic ambiental.

As always, very well made and moving! Though i'd imaging many parts are programmed, your tunes always have a feeling of live performance, and that's admirable for IDM/electronic type music:)

[Professor]

thanks dood!.... and I forgot about the 3 minutes of silence behind neckface....shit...i'll have to edit that...but not today. too lazy

[joethelion]

not to inflate your ego too much...

but


man - if these are 'throwaway' tracks... I can't wait for a proper album!


...oh - and a sort of unrelated question; I seem to remember you saying that you use digital performer & reaktor for your music. I was wondering how do you do your drum sequences / sounds? I'm having a hell of a time with it. I end up just going to 'go box' (within reaktor) but everything ends up sounding the same, and I can't get the tempo to change from 120bpm....

[Professor]

:) :) album is going to be GOOD!!!! ;)

but i don't have an ego or anything! actually, thanks man. i hope it goes well. only pascal's triangle will be on the album. the rest are unreleased or otherwise just forgotten about. glad you like em.

[Professor]

I'm taking that link down for a bit to edit the silence on that one tune.

[Professor]

re upping link....it'll be done in a half hour or so.

[Professor]

file working now.

[Professor]

last little nudge....

[adam]

last nudge worked

downloading now

by the way: i really like your titles...1000 Smooth Trombones and If Then Statements both appeal to me.