{"id":1075,"date":"2022-12-05T13:01:08","date_gmt":"2022-12-05T13:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10674658\/?page_id=1075"},"modified":"2022-12-16T14:20:12","modified_gmt":"2022-12-16T14:20:12","slug":"electronic-music-analysis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10674658\/electronic-music-analysis\/","title":{"rendered":"Electronic Music Analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Grimes | Oblivion\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/S8HrvII7gU0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>Grimes &#8211; Oblivion<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In a <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ableton.com\/en\/blog\/grimes-bird-calls-and-dentists-drills\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.ableton.com\/en\/blog\/grimes-bird-calls-and-dentists-drills\/\" target=\"_blank\">blog documenting an interview <\/a>Grimes took part in, Ableton asks about her musical process regarding how she uses their software. From this interview I&#8217;ve learnt that her development process is to write and develop as ideas come to her and tend to focus a lot on the tempo, claiming &#8220;Fast can be amazing, but then you have to simplify the drums. Slow can be amazing, but then you have to really perfect the groove. This is something I agonize over.&#8221; I looked at the lyrics in Oblivion and from this I can tell that the reason for writing this song was emotional expression and possibly portraying a message to others who have had the same kind of experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her style is somewhat experimental and samples help with coming up with new sounds and ideas, as well as everyday sounds with melodic values. Oblivion sounds like it&#8217;s been made on a synth pad mixed with recordings and samples of her own voice pitched down and percussive sounds with reverb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It feels very repetitive with some small changes closer to the end which is strangely calming, particularly in the end section where she repeats the same line 11 times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"It Was Supposed to Be so Easy\" width=\"580\" height=\"435\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jBSeQcOefcU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>The Streets &#8211; It Was Supposed to Be so Easy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As this album was recorded in 2004, I couldn&#8217;t find much information on software or their process of creation. Overall, the song isn&#8217;t that complex. It&#8217;s a looped electronic drum beat with a repeating brass section with some additional percussive sounds and a single note bass part. Different parts drop out for comedic effect in relation to the lyrics and build anticipation. In the second to last chorus, there&#8217;s an instrument playing the vocal melody layered with the vocals. Around the 2:45 mark, the instrumentals change to isolate a bass part and faint vocals, then the same pattern jumps back in for 4 bars before isolating the bass and drums and introducing a new breakdown section where backing vocals, faint lead vocals and an electronic violin melody loop played. To end the song, the first line of the song is repeated by itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This type of song uses repetition strategically as to shift the focus point to what the lyrics are as the whole album is a chronological story based on misfortunes, failed romance and emotional situations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a blog documenting an interview Grimes took part in, Ableton asks about her musical process regarding how she uses their software. From this interview I&#8217;ve learnt that her development process is to write and develop as ideas come to her and tend to focus a lot on the tempo, claiming &#8220;Fast can be amazing, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":527,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1075","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10674658\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10674658\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10674658\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10674658\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/527"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10674658\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1075"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10674658\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1075\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1440,"href":"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10674658\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1075\/revisions\/1440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10674658\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}