Jazzy D's Soul Notes

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The Stravinsky Stab is also known as the Orchestral Hit and became synonymous with eighties dance music by the use of a synthesiser or sequencer such as the Rowland and Fairlights. Based on the orchestra stabs in Stravinsky's Firebird Suite it is a short sample of a ‘tutti’-chord in classical orchestra pieces. To this day, it is used as a dramatical and percussive component in pop music. The Orchestra Hit is one of the most used samples and is included in almost every sample library in different variations.

Orchestra hit is defined in the General MIDI sound set. It is assigned voice 55, in the ensemble subgroup.
The Fairlight CMI synthesizer included a sampled orchestra hit voice, which was later included in many sample libraries. The voice was given the name ORCH5, and was possibly the first famous orchestra hit sample. The sound was a low-resolution, eight-bit digital sample from a recording of Stravinsky's Firebird Suite – specifically, the chord that opens the "Infernal Dance" section, pitched down a minor sixth and at a reduced speed. It was sampled by David Vorhaus. Music magazine The Wire suggests that the prototype sample is owned by Vivian Kubrick.


Infernal Dance of Kastchei from Firebird Suite




Some examples of that stab -


New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle



Janet Jackson - When I Think Of You




Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force - Planet Rock



And there you have it. Stravinsky created modern pop music!

Time for some art-rock and other discontinuities -

Art Bears - In Two Minds



Cassiber - A Screaming Comes Across The Sky



The (EC) Nudes - O Pastor



Slapp Happy - Casablanca Moon




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Time for another mix of good stuff - nothing bland or smooth or just nice here -

Kate Bush - Cloudbusting



Apollo 440 - Lost In Space



Kevin Shields - City Girl






Pelican - Ephemeral




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Another musical tour around the strange and weird -

Julian Cope - White Van



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Some mixed bag of musical outre grooves - Play Loud!

Bill Nelson - Do You Dream In Colour?



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Music  for the yoof !

Sonic Youth - Mote



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Okay you guys , i need to have a vulture party , music suggestions are welcomed -


New Order - Blue Monday



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One thing i really like about LJ is the wonderful music other people post that i have not heard of before and thanks to lilchiva here is a haunting song -

Gaelynn Lea - Someday We'll Linger In The Sun



This is an original song by Gaelynn Lea entitled "Someday We'll Linger in the Sun". Gaelynn Lea is a musician, fiddle teacher, and public speaker from Duluth, MN/

Talking of Duluth here is one of my favourite bands from that town -

Low - Just Make It Stop



Low is an American indie rock group from Duluth, Minnesota, formed in 1993. As of 2010, the group is composed of founding members Alan Sparhawk (guitar and vocals) and Mimi Parker (drums and vocals), joined by newer addition Steve Garrington (bass guitar).

The music of Low is characterized by slow tempos and minimalist arrangements. Early descriptions sometimes referred to it as the rock subgenre called "slowcore". However, Low's members ultimately disapproved of the term.

Parker and Sparhawk's striking vocal harmonies represent perhaps the group's most distinctive element; critic Denise Sullivan writes that their shared vocals are "as chilling as anything Gram and Emmylou ever conspired on—though that's not to say it's country-tinged, just straight from the heart."

Low - Down



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Another mixed bag of grooves and songs -

Bonnie "Prince" Billy - I See A Darkness




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More quality grooves here -

Robert Wyatt with Happy End - Turn Things Upside Down



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