We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Lullaby of War (Kreepmaster collab)

from Lullaby of War single by Minotaur Project

/

about

Story:

One of the first fans of mine, Dan Cole (hey, Dan! :)) shared a video with me back in january; to my biggest surprise it was from a hungarian guitarist, who had a very similar approach towards writing music as I do, only he's a far better guitarist than I am :) Since I was always on a lookout for guitarists to include in my project, I jumped on the idea of working with him (the common language wasn't an issue either). He proposed some drumtracks and a few guitar riffs, I continued writing drums, he sent guitar riffs, and this went on a few times, we created a possible song structure... but despite the quick work we've done around the beginning of march, since my private life delayed all releases, I let this collaboration down for too much time, and I couldn't touch it afterwards until now. Then when I've found time a few weeks ago I jumped on continuing the drums, colouring the whole athmosphere with my ususal approach to keyboards, some effects, we recorded the videos for it, and I think the end result came out very nicely.

My original idea (based on the atmosphere of the riffs I got) behind the song was to create something smashing, disturbing, not too happy, since (for me) it was influenced by a negative-utopia I write about for years, and I think it shows both of our intentions pretty nicely. There's some optimism in this track, but it shows that I was really influenced by József Baksai's exhibition called "Childrens play" around 2000-2002, which was about how we teach war and bloodshed to be perfectly natural to the next generation - thus the title "Lullaby of war". The melodies in this song could be very well of a lullaby as well, it's the orchestration that brings this piece this absurdity.

Arrangement-wise this track was a big challenge for me, this is why it has such a different feeling from my previous work, but I truly love it.


Technical stuff:
Bass:
I used my Warwick Thumb 2011 SE Custom for bass, MEC pickups.
Tuning: Bb-Eb-Ab-Db 8so that I'm in the same tuning with the guitars)
TECH21 Sansamp Bass Driver, Prolude BHV 450L bass amp (throught my Line6 POD HD Pro, it went to my M-Audio interface).

I'm proudly using and being endorsed by

PROLUDE AMPLIFICATION
www.prolude.hu

for all bass recordings.

Guitar recorded completely by Kreepmaster.

Rotosound Swing60 strings in both cases, Planet Waves Pro and Monster cables, t.c. electronic tuner, Pro Tools 9 for the audio, Vegas 9 for the video.

lyrics

No lyrics, instrumental song.

credits

from Lullaby of War single, track released August 2, 2012
Guitars and addition drums by
KREEPMASTER
www.youtube.com/kreepmaster
www.facebook.com/kreepmaster
kreepmaster.bandcamp.com

license

tags

about

Minotaur Project Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK

Minotaur Project is the musical journey of french-hungarian bassist/composer Matt Gabnai, writing fusion-metal music with a wide variety of classical and jazz influences, often themed on literature, mythology, movies, or his own experiences.

contact / help

Contact Minotaur Project

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

If you like Minotaur Project, you may also like: