You are mine (Inferno 44)

You are mine (Inferno 44)  was recorded  during a one night session on an eight tracks recorder, so what you get is the raw emotion of that night. 

Originally conceived to be  in a  6/8  time signature, I decided to turn it into a 4/4 version. 

(The 6/8 version exists and will be released someday, it’s actually even been played live at some point.) 

The song is about being in the dark space of possessiveness, but the general atmosphere of the recording makes me think of a particular scene in the Disney movie Fantasia, Night on Bald Mountain, in which a demon emerges from the peak of a mountain and raises the dead and all sorts of creatures. As a child I was very impressed, if not terrified by it. It was supposed to be a kid’s movie and my parents certainly didn’t suspect it would scare me that much. 

A sort of “Inferno” vibe is indeed emanating from this recording and is represented by a constant, recurring feedback noise throughout  the whole song. It’s a lovely production idea that I’m pleased about. 

For those who appreciate gear talk, a lot of vintage analog equipment was used in the making of You are mine (Inferno 44)

The sinister organ sound comes form a XP-50 Synth, the vocals were distorted with a GP8 multi-effect, and the drums are a RX-5 drum machine. The recorder is the Yamaha MT8X, except for some overdubs.

I am also pleased with the final guitar solo sound, a special recipe of mine that makes me think of the guitar/electric violin sound of the theme Come to me by Brad Fiedel for the original Fright Night movies. 

I indulged in the fantasy of shooting a video clip in my hometown’s church. The fun fact is that I moved there the same year and month that bats arrived for the first time and nested under the roof of that church. I pictured myself on the pastor’s chair, at night, with a great light show and other people randomly dancing to the sound of the music, like in a strange Wiccan ritual. I doubt I would have been given the necessary okay since the song is far from heavenly, so this will  remain in the realm of my mind. Instead I had fun producing a lyric video that you can watch below.

I hope you will enjoy You are mine (Inferno 44)  as much as I enjoyed creating it. 

 

-Whiteval 

 

 

 

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