The songs are coming thick and fast – sorry, can’t help it at the moment!
Evolving Evening came about as a bit of a “palate cleanser” or “Terminal Grey” I was also keen to try our the new Reason “Objekt” instrument. I had in mind something slightly abstract, perhaps ambient or more avant garde. As I wanted to play against some kind of motif, I came up with a simple electric piano riff, which led me off towards more structure: that’s fine, the song goes where it wants, and it often knows better than I do.
I used a couple of really nice “sequenced” tones, which are basically rhythmic pads, and from there I had something that felt like it could do with a vocal sample. I thought of the muezzin sample I used in “Power of Two“, and set about a taxing Internet search for the exact right sample. I found it in about 3 minutes! I must search more often, because I’ve been tremendously lucky, the second time the piece was in the exact right tempo and key.
I then decided I wanted something more constant/longer, so I went to my go to place, The Conet Project and found a Russian numbers station that added more rhythmic tension and some oddness.
After that, I found some sparkly chords and pads, and nice cinematic drum loop, and we were done. Again.
I cried when I wrote this song 