Sunday, March 15, 2009

I released Das Chamäleon today

3d release by Hox Vox project, Das Chamäleon is a 5 track EP - about mutant music, obtained through bizarre pairings or juxtaposing uneven genres.
Everything on this record is made by me, cover included (except some crowd cheering samples in Plastic Boots).



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.

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