Evil Overtones

Overtone Singing can be so controversial, uncompromising, ugly, it can have very strange overtones and evoke seriously freaky reactions.

Come along with your stuff.

And, of course, watch the my page and this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTraYMOC7-U

What do you say?

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Permalink Reply by 1x2nbseym7ijt on April 7, 2011 at 8:21am

The technique Otto was using is called "Strohbass" and Wolfgang Saus' home page has links to Leo de Fuks' project of undertone singing as well...

Dubstep is indeed insanely convoluted stuff... Right up my alley, I just don't understand why it's becoming so "mainstream" now...

Permalink Reply by 310ip8cg19wjx on April 7, 2011 at 9:12am

I never understand why anything becomes mainstream.
It's either shit or actually too weird to be liked by many people... Trends are a strnge phenomenon I'll probably never understand.

Permalink Reply by Gisbert Schürig on April 7, 2011 at 9:34am

Dan Zimmermann said:

I present this: http://soundcloud.com/teejdadeej

I like the second one, Monster Trap.
Some sounds remind me of Aphex Twin who is one of my favourites.

Permalink Reply by 1x2nbseym7ijt on April 8, 2011 at 5:46am

I know... what gets me is that this guy is actually quite good. He's also surprisingly enough from the city I currently live in, went to school with my stepson and hangs out with my co-workers... can't wait to meet him and ask him.

Permalink Reply by 1x2nbseym7ijt on April 27, 2011 at 9:01pm

I got my hands on a nice automation sequencer that does simply amazing stuff. Sky's the limit now, bro.

Permalink Reply by James Watts on October 17, 2012 at 10:06am

This seems like a massively worthwhile place to be. I've just started with overtones and came to it through various metal/drone acts. There seems to be almost endless capacity for getting a massive ominous sound out of them

Permalink Reply by 310ip8cg19wjx on October 17, 2012 at 10:30am

Well, it would be nice if there was some more activity on this group. :-) So welcome.
May I ask which metal/drone acts you are referring to?

Permalink Reply by Gisbert Schürig on October 18, 2012 at 10:45am

yes, welcome, tell us your thoughts on this

Permalink Reply by James Watts on October 24, 2012 at 12:25pm

The key one that got me into overtones is Sunn O))). They perhaps don't have a huge direct overtone presence on first listen, but there's something about the scale of the sound they make that touches on the kind of ritual sublime that for me functions in the same way as a lot of overtone presentation. The vocalist they often use, Attila Csihar has an incredible range that includes overtones, which led me down that route. I think as well there is something in the interaction of tone in drone music that keys in to overtones - because the structure is often so simple it becomes possible to appreciate tone itself rather than necessarily just melody. The metal element is purely through investigation of vocals other than standard western singing and exploration of what the voice can do - I found Karygaa fairly easy to grasp the basics of, possibly due to being an extreme vocalist - there did seem to be some parallels in use of the throat.

Permalink Reply by 310ip8cg19wjx on October 31, 2012 at 9:57am

Well, the drone is very important for overtone music, since there must be a fundamental tone. With a steady fundamental, a drone, you get the harmonic series you can build overtone melodies on that will always sound good.

Permalink Reply by Danibal on January 10, 2016 at 4:11pm

http://alonetone.com/danibal/tracks/heavyploing here's an old track i did on jewsharp. it's done with a simple distortion wich makes the overtones needle sharp. be careful with the volume though. ;)