Pete Townshend - Man And Machines скачать видео бесплатно

From Pete Townshend's 2001 compilation Scoop 3.

Pete: "The track was constructed entirely on a 'small' Synclavier I used in my home studio in 1985. There are no real instruments at all. I did the drum programming using a tiny Apple Mac running a programme called UPBEAT I loved that little programme. It looked like a toy, but it was very powerful because it allowed many levels of random variation in feel, dynamic and tone. It was driving a Roland MT32 MIDI voice pack. The drums are only available as a single layer, but as you can hear, they make a good noise. The percussion solo was a series of about 40 two bar patterns set to vary in the most extreme way the software allowed.

The use of sound effects over strings at the beginning is one of the most beautiful sounds I have ever made I think. It seems to evoke a distant blacksmith's forge or something: a summer evening; buzzing insects; calm. This song was written for the voice of Lou Reed. Lou was interested to play the part of the Iron Man, but it didn't work out. John Lee Hooker made the part his own but couldn't manage to do this particular song."

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