Title: Wopelka - KVR Contest Entry - January 2012 Post by: Wopelka2012 on January 12, 2012, 09:16:37 PM I'm not sure I should post this. I'd better start from scatch, a brand new track, probably. But too late.
On Baudelaire's poem: Spleen Enjoy! Micro: SM58 Ambiance: Toxic Biohazard, Zebra 2, Alchemy Flute: Ixox Flute Cymbalon: Sonic Synth 1 Percussions: Kontakt Player, Factory selection, Kroboto-boba-kidi Effects: T-Rack series, CSR Hall Spleen Je suis comme le roi d'un pays pluvieux, Riche, mais impuissant, jeune et pourtant très vieux, Qui, de ses précepteurs méprisant les courbettes, S'ennuie avec ses chiens comme avec d'autres bêtes. Rien ne peut l'égayer, ni gibier, ni faucon, Ni son peuple mourant en face du balcon. Du bouffon favori la grotesque ballade Ne distrait plus le front de ce cruel malade; Son lit fleurdelisé se transforme en tombeau, Et les dames d'atour, pour qui tout prince est beau, Ne savent plus trouver d'impudique toilette Pour tirer un souris de ce jeune squelette. Le savant qui lui fait de l'or n'a jamais pu De son être extirper l'élément corrompu, Et dans ces bains de sang qui des Romains nous viennent, Et dont sur leurs vieux jours les puissants se souviennent, II n'a su réchauffer ce cadavre hébété Où coule au lieu de sang l'eau verte du Léthé — Charles Baudelaire Spleen I am like the king of a rainy land, Wealthy but powerless, both young and very old, Who contemns the fawning manners of his tutors And is bored with his dogs and other animals. Nothing can cheer him, neither the chase nor falcons, Nor his people dying before his balcony. The ludicrous ballads of his favorite clown No longer smooth the brow of this cruel invalid; His bed, adorned with fleurs-de-lis, becomes a grave; The lady's maids, to whom every prince is handsome, No longer can find gowns shameless enough To wring a smile from this young skeleton. The alchemist who makes his gold was never able To extract from him the tainted element, And in those baths of blood come down from Roman times, And which in their old age the powerful recall, He failed to warm this dazed cadaver in whose veins Flows the green water of Lethe in place of blood. — William Aggeler, The Flowers of Evil (Fresno, CA: Academy Library Guild, 1954) Source and alternative translations: http://fleursdumal.org/poem/160 Title: Re: Wopelka - KVR Contest Entry - January 2012 Post by: Oren on January 13, 2012, 05:00:27 AM ...I'm not sure I should post this... This is cool! O0Micro: SM58 Ambiance: Toxic Biohazard, Zebra 2, Alchemy Flute: Ixox Flute Cymbalon: Sonic Synth 1 Percussions: Kontakt Player, Factory selection, Kroboto-boba-kidi Effects: T-Rack series, CSR Hall The KVR theme for this month is stimulating some interesting compositions. Congratulations on combining a very old European style with modern digital instrumentation! Title: Re: Wopelka - KVR Contest Entry - January 2012 Post by: Azell on January 13, 2012, 05:04:01 PM Merci de chanter en Français et d'adapter un aussi beau poème. J'aime bien le thème un peu médiéval, enfin , c'est ce à quoi ça me fait penser. Bravo et à très bientôt j'espère pour de nouvelles compos :- :- :-
Azell Title: Re: Wopelka - KVR Contest Entry - January 2012 Post by: Wopelka2012 on January 14, 2012, 06:36:17 AM thank you very much for the nice words :)
Title: Re: Wopelka - KVR Contest Entry - January 2012 Post by: MarioD on January 14, 2012, 03:24:08 PM Beautifully fantastic.
This is an outstanding piece of music! Great vocal with super backing tracks. Two thumbs up. Title: Re: Wopelka - KVR Contest Entry - January 2012 Post by: folderol on January 16, 2012, 07:04:58 PM As I said 'over there' a very well crafted composition.
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