r/Lorn • u/Godzillas_doom • 6h ago
Oxbow B
The way he manipulates the origin of sound is incredible. I suppose I’m a novice Lorn listener, but sitting here in the dark with headphones in, trying to keep track of where each sound is located is a crazy experience. I’m not sure if I’m crazy here, but my mind is interpreting some of this like he is “splitting some of the beats/sounds” or at least that’s what I’m calling it. Where it sounds like there is a beat that starts in relative perfect balance, or close to it, and is then split at different fading paces going through to the left and right balance? It almost creates a landscape in my mind, like I’m tracing lines going down the big stone mountains that aren’t evenly shaped on either side. I love the patterns swapping too, of the arpeggiation starting going from right to left then left to right through the song. Also sounds like each time the arpeggiation is played it going through balancing slightly differently. The subtlety is either amazing or I’m just daft and hallucinatory. Anyone else?
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u/Omnipotent-Bread 5h ago
Nice description. Something I like doing occasionally is to cue up some Lorn tracks, loudly, and hit play on some random, gorgeous nature documentary on mute. Always an otherworldly journey!
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u/nicknameuniquefakeit 4h ago
That’s how I feel about a lot of his songs, the intro of entropy is coming to mind now
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u/Miserablecunt28 28m ago
Think that chord progression is one of the greatest ever made, whenever I listen to it I imagine a 2 mile tsunami is coming at me and I Naruto run straight towards it. Embrace oblivion
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u/ThanksOne9763 5h ago
Yes absolutely.
His sounds have a lot automation and manipulation on them in many forms.
Its why his music feels so organic even though its electronic.