AH Mixset :: Intro Competition

archaic horizon · Post by **archaic horizon** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 4:20 am

Hello Twoismers,

Aesthetics has been kind enough to volunteer some of his time to put together a mix that highlights some of the artists on Archaic Horizon. Talking to him, we thought it would be good idea to extend an invitation to all twoism members to create an opening intro/outro song that can effectively introduce and theme the mix. We would love to hear an opener that promotes some of the ideas and themes of the AH net label, even better include an expression like "advancing the experimental" or create a slogan of your own that portrays our values. Moreover, you could create variations on the opening track that could be useful for Aesthetics to make sudden changes in the mix. All that said were looking for something that can be used to creatively and effectively theme a best of AH mix.

There's no deadline for submitting an intro, but the sooner we start getting these in the sooner Aesthetics can start putting together a mix.

The finished mix will be hosted by aethetics as well as inq-mag.com's monographic podcast series.
http://www.inq-mag.com/monographic-podcast/

If you're interested in contributing please email archaichorizon@gmail.com and either attach or link the mp3(s) (192kbps) for submission. Use the email subject "AH Intro : Submission".

If you need more details or have questions post them here.

Cheers,
Scott

25 atlas lane · Post by **25 atlas lane** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 5:14 am

i think i might try to submit something for this. i like the idea of doing variations on a theme. i have a habit of making 100 different versions of the same song.

mechanismj · Post by **mechanismj** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 4:14 pm

Excellent! Aesthetics always does kickass mixes.

I have a piece of music I've always intended for use as an intro (when you hear it you'll know why)

How long does the into piece have to be?

archaic horizon · Post by **archaic horizon** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 4:38 pm

No required length. Whatever you deem acceptable for a solid intro.

mechanismj wrote:I have a piece of music I've always intended for use as an intro (when you hear it you'll know why)

Send it!

mechanismj · Post by **mechanismj** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 1:25 am

archaic horizon wrote:No required length. Whatever you deem acceptable for a solid intro.

mechanismj wrote:I have a piece of music I've always intended for use as an intro (when you hear it you'll know why)
Send it!

Done and done!

747Music · Post by **747Music** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 1:35 am

I've got a couple as well. What is the mood you're looking for though? Dark? Light? Melancholy?

edit: I have intermission tracks as well if you're interested.

Shadowshocker · Post by **Shadowshocker** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 2:49 am

Can you explain a little more about the expression/slogan?

archaic horizon · Post by **archaic horizon** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 3:14 am

747Music wrote:I've got a couple as well. What is the mood you're looking for though? Dark? Light? Melancholy?

edit: I have intermission tracks as well if you're interested.

Well, I'm not looking for anything specific, just something that can successfully represent the artists on the label. This is very open ended, I know, but there's common themes in many of the releases and your suggestions which would be a good start (nostalgia, lo-fi, dark, melancholy, light, happy, upbeat, etc...)

Variations of similar tracks that represent more than just one of these ideas could be very useful. Like an intro, intermission and outro that are all varied to express these different themes, but are still cohesive in their character.

archaic horizon · Post by **archaic horizon** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 3:25 am

Shadowshocker wrote:Can you explain a little more about the expression/slogan?

It would be nice to hear our slogan, "advancing the experimental", or something similar of your own choosing. You could use vocal clips, vocoding, recordings, or whatever else you can think of to express the slogan. Or take it further and make it a narrative with thematic elements...

Does that help?

Shadowshocker · Post by **Shadowshocker** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 3:42 am

Yes, thankyou.

747Music · Post by **747Music** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 3:51 am

Thanks.

Got a couple ready, just gotta borrow a mic off a friend. I've got a couple ideas for the slogan too.

Post by **Aesthetics** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 8:24 pm

I'm very curious what the community will come up with this time

747Music · Post by **747Music** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 3:59 am

sent mine off.

After the mix is done, or whenever is agreed, we should all post what we made here. I'd love to hear everyones intro submissions.

Phasen · Post by **Phasen** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 12:17 am

Sending mine off soon...

Phasen · Post by **Phasen** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 7:26 pm

747Music wrote: After the mix is done, or whenever is agreed, we should all post what we made here. I'd love to hear everyones intro submissions.

Yeh, I think that'd be cool.
I was bored today and made some longer, full-length versions of my vignettes and intros. I'll probably release 'em on archive.org or something if mine don't get used. I'm really interested in what everyone came up with too.

archaic horizon · Post by **archaic horizon** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 8:51 pm

I'd be glad to put them all together at the end and post a zip. There's some great stuff so far!

747Music · Post by **747Music** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 5:49 pm

bump.

Any progress?

archaic horizon · Post by **archaic horizon** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 6:09 pm

Aesthetics put together a nice mix. And I'm slacking on the artwork. Soon tho.

Phasen · Post by **Phasen** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 7:25 pm

archaic horizon wrote:Aesthetics put together a nice mix. And I'm slacking on the artwork. Soon tho.

Sweet! Can't wait to hear what everyone on AH came up with...best netlabel going right now, fa sho.

archaic horizon · Post by **archaic horizon** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 10:18 pm

well its all music that has already been released. nothing new except the intro. but still very much worth listening to.