Overview of the whole Ableton file.
Overview of the whole Ableton file.This is a song I found the other day
from last September, I guess I forgot to export it, and it got lost in the shuffle of Ableton files being saved constantly haha. I really like this track, it's super simple in organization, just 3 instruments, but harmonically I really like how this track sounds, I thought the the progression was really interesting when I went went back and heard this last night.
Listen to SPACE BRAIN 2462 here.
The first instrument plays the main melody,
it's the super scifi bell/vibraphone kind of thing. I really like the intro progression, we are in D major, but the first chord is a broken up arpeggio of a Ddom7 (cause of the C natural). The second time around it's the same progression, but we begin on C natural, and end with an F and then to C. This all repeats, and the last time thru, we add some cool dissonance (which reminds me of scifi melodies) with the A# thrown in.
The main progression in the intro, described above.
The main progression in the intro, described above.After the intro, the additional,
2 instruments come, one of which is the Euro-Dance synth hit tone. I like how it's just in the background, not taking over the whole song and making it a dance thing. I think it just makes it seem more electronic and futurey, hence the the title of this song.
Listen to SPACE BRAIN 2462 here.
The harmony in the second half of the track
I really like, it has some awesome movements that keep the whole thing kind of dark, kind of mysterious and weird. We start on Amin, played A/C, and move up: | A#/D, B/D, C/E, C#/E, D/F, B/D, and B/D# |. It's a cool progression, and feels like it wants to resolve to an E, but goes back down to A minor, the iv.
Screenshot of the EuroDance synth progression.
Screenshot of the EuroDance synth progression.However, after it repeats (with additonal notes on the top of these chords),
we DO move into E minor, but we have some cool out of key notes like F natural, and a sharp 6 later on. I really like how the 3 parts work together to make the full harmony in this part. The end of the song feels like it's building to E again, with a Cmaj, Dmaj, and B7 (playing D#), but instead we just move to D# minor, starting with a tritone on A. I really like how this resolve feels a little confusing, but seems to work well.
The end of the track as described above.
The end of the track as described above.