Phrygian church mode & Industrial/Acid

[farawayinspace]

Hello,
Here is a track I am working on, inspired by the Phrygian church mode and eastern cliche riffs (using an 'Oud'), mixed with industrial and acid sounds. Feedback would be appreciated
https://soundcloud.com/rob-rankin-2/phr ... al-complex

The Oud sounds (tiney clackity string instrument) is thanks to an SF2 made available by fernandoamartin at linuxmusicians:https://www.linuxmusicians.com/viewtopi ... 865#p68865.

According to Wikipedia, Industrial music makes heavy use of the Phrygian mode, which surprised me a bit. Gotta love that Minor 2nd!

[brandystarbrite]

It sounds like an OST for a Desert stage in a video game.
The Camel synth sound, really adds to this deserty track.
Nice.

I noticed that this track has a distant far off sound to it. Like if it's being played, from a speaker a distance away.
Was that deliberately done, to give that distant overall effect to this track?

[farawayinspace]

Glad you like it! I think that "distance" sense is part of the aesthetic of industrial music, like a band playing in an abandoned warehouse. E.g., NIN would always run their synths through an Amp and record, adding analogue warmth and presumably getting room modes/reverb too.
Thats my gripe with Brostep/Chiptune and other new electronic genres: no sense of space, no analogue warmth.