Themes for a Lost City

March 20, 2017 6:51 PM

Themes for a Lost City
a 25-minute EP of harsh, occasionally listenable ambient drone.

The catch is that other than a bit on IV that uses a software synth almost all of it are layers of ultraprocessed drum samples. The final track is the full EP, seamless.

For some reason, I also decided to do a website in preformatted text. Album covers included.

Role: musician

posted by lmfsilva (5 comments total)

I love the website! (At work, but am also looking forward to listening when I get home.)
posted by holmesian at 9:34 AM on March 25, 2017

Thanks! I have been playing with the idea of making a website for years, but it was only when I saw neocities and was working on an old DOS database that everything clicked. For someone who mostly works in graphics, it was quite fun to do a website without them at all, and as a result, the whole thing is like 500kb - and this includes a second site I'm still working on (/90s) that uses black and white dithered gifs as images. ~

The idea is that eventually I'll make an early 2000s site - although if things go as I expect, it will be more of a joke with a small animation in HTML5, but the navigation will be completely broken with "flash_nav.swf not found" placeholders.
posted by lmfsilva at 3:23 PM on March 25, 2017

I especially appreciated the about section and how it walks through your background making music. Also, got a chance to listen to some of your music and I'm really digging it. Working my way through your soundcloud. Right up my alley.
posted by holmesian at 11:44 AM on March 26, 2017

And you should be sure to post if you get that site going.
posted by holmesian at 11:45 AM on March 26, 2017

By August I have a new album (it's pretty much done and could put it tomorrow on bandcamp with little regret), and at least the 90s site should be public-public, as opposed to "anyone following on neocities could see it", and of course I'll post both here.
posted by lmfsilva at 12:01 PM on March 27, 2017 [1 favorite]