ILX pre-covers Animal Collective's "Centipede Hz"

What's the deadline again?

Middle of July.

Cool, we basically do everything in one long marathon session

going to make a new YouTube account today

hahaha

What's...still available then?

I can't believe I'm even thinking about Something Else To Do That Has A Deadline.

― Matt M., Tuesday, 26 June 2012 15:40 (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

As said upthread, I can't do Monkey Riches since my laptop died (and I lost all software).

please please please dear internet gods please do not let the actual album leak until august

can i suggest material for the next covers project?

http://www.sacbee.com/2012/06/26/4589527/smash-mouth-signs-with-429-records.html

Smashmouth cookbook!

I feel awful, but I might need to back out of doing "Father Time" on the second volume. I've felt really terrible about everything I've made recently (visually, musically, work-wise, everything - it's a phase I go through every few years) and I've been unable to complete anything, or even really to get far at all. I can submit something if needed, but if someone is itching to get in they should definitely have the spot.

/FAILURE

Ugh yeah when is this due? I only have a drum part and a chorus in mind atm...

due Sunday

Yup.

oh man

lol I know, I'm looking at my 36 measures of rhythm track and synth burbles and going "oh shit"

LOL me too.

Now we know how AC feels.

uh oh

if i was assigned 'amanita' i'd do a song that went 'i'm a-need-a, some amanita!' over and over again

I thought we said we weren't trying to make it sound like AC

When you're sitting in a chair trying to channel Panda Bear
Amanita
Amanita

"Amanita" is the name
the board pre-covers everything
the board pre-covers everything

lol I know, I'm looking at my 36 measures of rhythm track and synth burbles and going 'oh shit'

this is actually encouraging to me! i have almost 60 measures so i've got you beat there.

i work best under pressure so i'm just gonna wait until saturday to start

shit. this came up quick.

i have never heard Animal Collective. should i listen to at least one of their songs before recording my cover?

n.b. it will have Doctor Who samples no matter what

I only started two days ago, as I was up to my eyeballs in work, and I got a new laptop (reinstalling audio software/transferring licenses is a nightmare), but I'm free all week, so I should be fine for time. I'm learning a few things too - I've recorded a few things before, but they were lolindie guitar/bass/drum stuff.

I'm actually using Animoog on my phone (which I got when it was still €0.79) for most of the synth sounds - it's a great little program. The main framework of the tune is based around one super-obvious sample - I didn't think subtlety was the way to go.

I wrote lyrics! I managed to use the words "adoption" and "marionette"

i wrote lyrics too! I use the words "ziggurats" and "corpses"

respect

mine is complete. it's really loosely recorded and just kind of tossed out there, but has something going on.

I'm glad that *someone* else put some effort into it, Sarahel and DJP! Looking forward to hearnig. I'm quite proud of my lyrics, counterpointing astronomical facts with the demand for the impossible. With ecstatic house piano bits inbetween.

it's due for sunday ??
damn, I thought it was for the end of the month and I'm quite busy this week...
Oh well, I guess the pressure can't be bad for the motivation and creativity !
I have most of the track done anyway. but all the vocals left to record (and I wrote the lyrics during an insomniac night last night).

Just a remainder to send tracks or download links to me at ned at kuci dot org -- thanks!

Also, anyone want a crack at cover art?

I think folks have been put off by having to live up to the impossibly high standard of cover art that AC have set for this thing.

Great, I'm going to smear some peanut butter on some crackers, then.

Honestly, you could smear whatever you want on those crackers and it still couldn't look more unappetizing than the real one.

http://c438342.r42.cf2.rackcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Animal-Collective-Centipede-Hz-e1340167815339.jpg

That looks like the cover of a bad Neuromancer knockoff from 1988.

what the shit

"Featuring remixes from Front Line Assembly"

When I said the quality was impossibly high, I think I actually meant to say possibly high

xp: "and Psykosonik"

I think you meant to say the artist was high.

i think i am the only person who kind of likes that cover

Just reminds me of the lips from the Rocky Horror Picture Show laid on top of uh, the Flaming Lips' Clouds Taste Metallic or something

Basically it's

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cLI19EXK2oU/S8yIuZZVbtI/AAAAAAAAAec/Vos5sCAQyj4/s400/metallic.jpg + http://cdn2.mamapop.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/lips-e1288199715303.jpg

i believe they've kinda changed the cover, still very bleurgh
http://diffuser.fm/animal-collective-centipede-hz-dvd/

tried to work on my song last night, got nowhere, gonna start from scratch tonight. doesn't help that i have basically no ideas at this point.

That cover is, erm, worse?

http://www.cyberpunkreview.com/images_music/cyberpunk_idol1.jpg