Dystopian Driving Machinery
by @jimdgreen
Liner Notes
This is my first track for FAWM 2025 and I'm (as always) not happy with it, it has a list of things I'd like to change, but if I start that I'll get no tracks done this FAWM
I always try to image a scene for my instrumentals, usually after writing them. This one I think is the sound track to a clip of dystopian film, where there's big machine running, un dark and steamy conditions. . . . maybe in a Robocop film
EDIT - the b sections too long, gah too late now it's posted
Comments
I totally hear this fitting in perfectly. Starts so gentle but builds so much tension with the staccato part. The emotional build continues in various ways throughout. I love the mood. It has a cool intensity. I just closed my eyes and enjoyed the whole thing. That drone… 🖤
Great atmosphere.
A sound track for a dystopian film sounds about right. It's a big wall of sound and the rhythmic guitar plucking sets a real distinctive tone.
Nice build of tension in the opening minute. I half expected a loud, drum-filled catharsis. That said, the barren and spacious open plains this tune introduces have something lurking just over the horizon. That much, I'm sure.
Grindy bendy guitars - wide open 'verb creating the space. It certainly has an ominousness (huh, I thought spell check was going to ding me on that one...apparently it's a real word) to this piece.
Hi Jim, You can create a great atmosphere with just a pad and a guitar (it's probably much more layered, but that's what I'm able to hear). It sounds epic and amazingly relaxing at the same time. I wouldn't mind if this track went on for another 20 minutes. I wouldn't get bored because there's just enough variety in it. § Roel
oh man this is cool. i love the haunting bends and the guitar tone. it definitely invokes a feeling that something is about to happen but it is not quite clear whether it will be a good thing or a bad thing… well done!
Oh yeah, very cinematic! You’ve created an awesome sense of space which conjures up a dystopian backdrop in my mind.
really nice! love the momentum the guitar brings, and really enjoyed the fusion of the spaciness with the bluesy guitar feel
Definitely feels dystopian! Lovely guitar work and that synth (?) brings a whole truck of tension. Lovely stuff!
That is a meeaan guitar tone!! Love the ambient swell in the background. This feels like Clint Eastwood appearing from the fog, snarling. Very cool.