Dieselboy

Avant-garde jazz isn't something I'm familiar with...to tell the truth I've never listened to anything quite like this. And so I took awhile to absorb and perhaps wait to comment till others had chimed in first. I guess I'll go first though, and hopefully don't end up sounding like a moron.

I listened to this about 10 times now all the way through, which is no problem at all since it's very short. Not that short is a complaint...makes it much easier to digest the whole thing and never once got boring for me. I will admit that I wasn't totally feeling this on the first listen or two, but with repeated spins I've actually grown to like it quite a lot.

The first track, Seventeen Years, is really just beautiful by itself, with it's bassline and clever instrument effects. The random bird sounds added in were really cool, and I felt like this song and the cover photo reflect on each other perfectly. That one was probably my favorite, followed closely by Hasi mtu anakuwa chanya. Something for X was good as well, as it felt different and more like straight-forward jazz than the other songs on here. Place of Waste, which clocks in at less than 1.5 minutes, also deserves a mention...with its menacing and jarring fuzzy guitars, it really sounded like nothing else on the album. The inclusion of those two short and diverse-sounding tracks gave me the idea right away that they were put there to help tell a story. As many times as I listened though, I couldn't quite put the story together in my head...maybe because it was so short and some of the titles don't give enough info? I'd actually love to get more details on how exactly the story (if there is one) is supposed to unfold and where the cover photo is from.

Even if this isn't my thing, I can still tell you that I did enjoy it, and it's obvious that you're very talented. It's good enough that I'm gonna keep it and listen to it more from time to time. Nice work man.

someonecompletelyrandom

Thanks everyone. I appreciate the compliments.

I'm glad you enjoyed it Diesel. There is a loose storyline there. It's based on this short piece I wrote - each paragraph is a song on the EP.

"Mwisho wa misitu".
That's where I’m headed.
The exploration of that great wilderness before it disappears.
I've landed in the forest.
I'm cutting through the brush.
I stumble upon a local, who takes me in.

I drink their poison.
I see what they've seen.
I'm in the darkest existence of nature.
The voice of those who have lived by this forest exhort me further, but i'm apprehensive.
Mnyama and mwanaume are no longer so different.
Wao ni sawa.
Wao ni sawa.
Wao ni sawa. Wao ni kama yangu.
Wao ni sawa. Wao ni kama yangu.

I'm taken to what destroys this way of life.
The machine with giant, devastating wheels.
I've seen it before.
I've worked one before.
A glimpse of the place of waste.

I awake, enlightened.
The Hornsman signals my journey complete.

I share the comforts of my life.
What has advanced us so far.
I take them back to my camp.
They are curious, I am wise.

We've learned much about each other.
I've lived an expedition in the life of them.
They have taught me much.
I will go back home, enlightened.
I was curious, they were wise.

Depart from me as I see fighters go back to brush.
They're bloodthirsty.
They'll kill me by mistake if I return.
They want to protect what they've shared with me.
They are hiding, waiting.
"Mwisho wa misitu". The storm, a forest.

Thanks . I did play all the instruments except the purcussion, which I designed in a sequencer or sampled and looped.

Dieselboy

Wow nice, good stuff. Following along to that, as I listened again, definitely made the album even cooler than it was before. Really feels almost like a soundtrack to a movie now, with its mysterious parts and then sad ending. Nice to be able to see the scenes all happening in my head.