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Voices of Rym: Brainstorm
14 years ago
I had this brainstorm in my traveling notebook during my travels today to and from work, and lots of improvised humming and tapping that I wish I could've recorded while at work doing nothing. I'm considering making a suite of pieces for these five races of Rym: Lutrai, Hoomiku, Koba, Cepn, and Skole. For the unfamiliar with Rym, information is here: http://www.fur.com/~ollie/rym3.html
I don't have much set in stone, because I'm trying to figure out what exactly I want to write, but the two that I have most developed are for Lutrai and Cepn, and a few ideas for Hoomiku. Sample titles are there.
Lutrai: Oau Rondo
Oau is a coconut mead created by the Lutrai. It's pronounced like 'Oh-wow' because of its cloyingly sweet mixture and potency, and it's ability to make all sorts of things rather amusing after drinking. For this piece, I wanted to utilise an African-Drumming heart-beat kind of piece in a Rondo/Ritornello style that's rather fast paced, polyrhythmic or polytempo, and energetic. Foregoing pitched instruments, I intend to have it be written for five or six different drums, plus toys, but with as many number of instruments in each that'll keep the piece balanced.
Cepn: Mourning Song
The title is a homophonic double entendre. This one I had planned to be a Shoenberg-style twelve-tone serialist piece composed of wooden winds and some kind of drone. Probably set for a maximum of five instrumentalists. Not sure if it'll be totally serialist (as in rhythm will be serialist too) but I want it to sound dissonant, contemplative, haunting, yet, also monotonous for the ones with the ears to hear it.
Hoomiku: Chiptune Fugue
A chiptune fugue would be interesting to say the least. The fugue is one of the more intellectually intensive styles of classical music but I'm, frankly, not sure how well it would transfer to a chiptune timbre. It might just end up being a distorted ambient piece, instead, though it might keep the fugue title. Hell, maybe there'll be some influence in it.
For the other two races, I'm not really sure what to do. Hell, not even sure if this project will bear fruit, but it might occupy my time regardless.
Edit: Here are some quick thoughts for Skole
Skole: Heroes of the North
Let's put in a synthesiser, a lead guitarist, a bassist, and throw in either some bagpipes or accordions or some other folky instruments. Imagining TURISAS. Can't write lyrics for beans, though.
I don't have much set in stone, because I'm trying to figure out what exactly I want to write, but the two that I have most developed are for Lutrai and Cepn, and a few ideas for Hoomiku. Sample titles are there.
Lutrai: Oau Rondo
Oau is a coconut mead created by the Lutrai. It's pronounced like 'Oh-wow' because of its cloyingly sweet mixture and potency, and it's ability to make all sorts of things rather amusing after drinking. For this piece, I wanted to utilise an African-Drumming heart-beat kind of piece in a Rondo/Ritornello style that's rather fast paced, polyrhythmic or polytempo, and energetic. Foregoing pitched instruments, I intend to have it be written for five or six different drums, plus toys, but with as many number of instruments in each that'll keep the piece balanced.
Cepn: Mourning Song
The title is a homophonic double entendre. This one I had planned to be a Shoenberg-style twelve-tone serialist piece composed of wooden winds and some kind of drone. Probably set for a maximum of five instrumentalists. Not sure if it'll be totally serialist (as in rhythm will be serialist too) but I want it to sound dissonant, contemplative, haunting, yet, also monotonous for the ones with the ears to hear it.
Hoomiku: Chiptune Fugue
A chiptune fugue would be interesting to say the least. The fugue is one of the more intellectually intensive styles of classical music but I'm, frankly, not sure how well it would transfer to a chiptune timbre. It might just end up being a distorted ambient piece, instead, though it might keep the fugue title. Hell, maybe there'll be some influence in it.
For the other two races, I'm not really sure what to do. Hell, not even sure if this project will bear fruit, but it might occupy my time regardless.
Edit: Here are some quick thoughts for Skole
Skole: Heroes of the North
Let's put in a synthesiser, a lead guitarist, a bassist, and throw in either some bagpipes or accordions or some other folky instruments. Imagining TURISAS. Can't write lyrics for beans, though.
