Dark Viking Music ↼ Oprindelse

Описание: ↼ ↼ Track Link ⇁ ⇁
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↼ ↼ Mood of the Song ⇁ ⇁

Oprindelse is a dark viking music track inspired by norse mythology, the danish viking age and the several artists (like Heilung) that take their inspiration from this age as well.
I've been a fan of the norse Gods ever since I was a little kid and really wanted to try and bring out that atmosphere in a track.

Throughout the track I've tried to place emphasis on melodies being copied in fourths and fifths (Like the emphasis on power chords in rock and metal). From all intervals, I think this one somehow captures the sound of battle best,
and this matched my idea of the viking age quite well.

The melodies are mostly in an altered phrygian scale because I think regular tonal music brings to mind a lot of other associations I don't really think fit with the idea of a viking age.

Most of the track has my new electric double bass in some form or another, playing both bowed and pizzicato.
The sound NS design managed to create with this instrument perfectly captures our idea of the raw and rough viking age.

The higher percussion is an african congo which I found at a 'world shop'.

As I understand it there is only one instrument we know people in the viking age played, and that is a mouth harp. Which can be heard throughout the piece
The glassy risers began as a recording of a replica of a metal bell found at the site of a danish viking settlement.
Both of these I got during my travels to Denmark, at various places in Copenhagen.

The track is very much inspired by modern viking legends like 'Vikings', 'Last Kingdom' and 'The Northmen'.

The title track is (If I'm not mistaken) Danish for 'origin'. This idea comes from a visit to the viking museum in Oslo.
A lot of the exhibit focuses on the question why we find the often brutal and violent viking age so interesting.
Despite not wanting to give up our modern luxuries, there is certainly an appeal in the less complex (but definitely not easier!) life in the viking age.
This piece is inspired by that feeling, the yearning for a time of Gods, mystery, legends and excitement.

Though I wouldn't trade my comfortable home, music studio and instrument collection for that life in a million years ;)

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↼ ↼ About Ghost Stories Incorporated ⇁ ⇁

There is something about dark stories that appeals to us. Noises heard in a house once home to a murdered family. Tales of a mysterious creature spotted in the night. A mind haunted by voices coming from seemingly nowhere. These songs are the soundtrack to those type of stories. Inspired by the enigma's found in horrorfilms and thrillers.

↼ ↼ Gear ⇁ ⇁

▪ Cubase 8 Pro
▪ Focusrite Clarett 4Pre USB
▪ AKG Perception 420 Condensor Microphone
▪ Sennheiser MD421-II Dynamic Microphone
▪ Lewitt LCT 040 MATCH stereo pair (for recording piano)
▪ Zoom H8 Field Recorder (for recording piano)
▪ Custom Viola
▪ Custom Octave Viola (Chin Cello)
▪ Custom D-hole Manouche Guitar
▪ Custom Cajon
▪ Ibanez Jem 77V Electric Guitar
▪ Ibanez RG5328-LDK Electric Guitar
▪ Ibanez GSR205-BK Bass Guitar
▪ Thomann Classical Fusion 8 String Acoustic Guitar
▪ Fender American Professional II Stratocaster RW 3-Color Sunburst
▪ Pearl Snare drum
▪ Cubase 8 Pro

↼ ↼ Links ⇁ ⇁

Official Website: https://www.marcvdmeulen.com/
Youtube:    / @marcvdmeulen  
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QFHz...