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AH Mixset :: Intro Competition

Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 4:20 am
by archaic horizon
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

Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 5:14 am
by 25 atlas lane
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.

Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 4:14 pm
by mechanismj
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?

Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 4:38 pm
by archaic horizon
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!

Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 1:25 am
by mechanismj
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!

Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 1:35 am
by 747Music
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.

Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 2:49 am
by Shadowshocker
Can you explain a little more about the expression/slogan?

Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 3:14 am
by archaic horizon
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.

Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 3:25 am
by archaic horizon
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?

Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 3:42 am
by Shadowshocker
Yes, thankyou.

Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 3:51 am
by 747Music
Thanks.

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

Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 8:24 pm
by Aesthetics
I'm very curious what the community will come up with this time :)

Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2008 3:59 am
by 747Music
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.

Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 12:17 am
by Phasen
Sending mine off soon...

Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 7:26 pm
by Phasen
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.

Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 8:51 pm
by archaic horizon
I'd be glad to put them all together at the end and post a zip. There's some great stuff so far!

Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 5:49 pm
by 747Music
bump.

Any progress?

Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 6:09 pm
by archaic horizon
Aesthetics put together a nice mix. And I'm slacking on the artwork. Soon tho.

Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 7:25 pm
by Phasen
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.

Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 10:18 pm
by archaic horizon
well its all music that has already been released. nothing new except the intro. but still very much worth listening to. :)