THE LAW OF UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES - 2012
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The 15th studio album, the law of unintended consequences, bookmarked the 3rd collection of albums. The album continues perfectly where Another fine mess left off.
The album title itself, I heard a colleague of mine say at work. He had been referencing something that had occurred whilst changing something completely unrelated. The image depicts a antarctic substation near the South Pole. It refers to the antarctics' plight as the earth warms up. Sadly an unintended consequence of our modern living habits.
According to Breezys' notebook the album was completed without too many complications, 1 track however, Slippery slope, had intended to be a vocal offering with a completely different title. This venture is currently on the back burner and as been pencilled on a future album. Highlights include Sweet Sensation, mmmmm......yummy!
The album title itself, I heard a colleague of mine say at work. He had been referencing something that had occurred whilst changing something completely unrelated. The image depicts a antarctic substation near the South Pole. It refers to the antarctics' plight as the earth warms up. Sadly an unintended consequence of our modern living habits.
According to Breezys' notebook the album was completed without too many complications, 1 track however, Slippery slope, had intended to be a vocal offering with a completely different title. This venture is currently on the back burner and as been pencilled on a future album. Highlights include Sweet Sensation, mmmmm......yummy!
1. See what I did there? : The opening question, for once is a personal reference. Often when an amusing remark is made by myself, I would follow this up with this line.
The line has caught on and my 1st collection of artwork also bears the same name. The usual format for track 1, long intro, yawning synths & a driving bass, so the question remains - Did you see what I did there? Did ya?
The line has caught on and my 1st collection of artwork also bears the same name. The usual format for track 1, long intro, yawning synths & a driving bass, so the question remains - Did you see what I did there? Did ya?
2. Seriously?: The second track starts with a fairly simplistic bass line. The percussion is introduced and then we have a selection of sequences, synths and pads as the track builds. There's no real backstory to this track just a good solid little number for the album, no, seriously!
3. Parallel paths: Started out life as "grounds for optimism", however the chugging guitar riff, thrust up against the electronic synths and the ambient pads & sequences as well as the understated drum loop show how 3 relatively different musical styles can all come together to create one piece of music. 3 styles all taking different paths, all parallel to one another. The stripes on the artwork, are inspired by my dressing gown.
4. I can feel you: Star Wars fan that I am, upon stumbling across this vocal sample, I just had to use it. It's not the most complicated track in the Breezy catalogue, but the use of the vocal makes one of the more memorable. Synths & sequences are heavily represented. A not too over complicated drum & percussion set and plodding bass run behind the track.
The track has its own artwork which shows Breezys' hands with the song title written on them, giving the track a more literal meaning.
The track has its own artwork which shows Breezys' hands with the song title written on them, giving the track a more literal meaning.
5. Grounds for optimism: A late addition to the album, which is why "The law of unintended consequences" comes in at 14 tracks. Both the title and the chorus has been sitting in a folder for pretty much the entire duration of the albums creative period. I went back to the track, intentionally as a bonus track but ended up with the full track you can hear on the album. Grounds for optimism indeed!
6. Sweet sensation: Another vocally inspired track. I particularly liked the soulful, R'n' B style to this vocal, and as this is a rare genre avenue I stroll down, I consciously took the decision to go for it. The track contains that gritty bass, and a slow down beat percussion set. Then there's that jazzy piano which sits nicely against the vocal. As well sleeve artwork this little number also comes with a video......sweet!
7. Carnage: In an attempt to go a bit hardcore/euphoric, I was messing with some techno influenced sounds and this was the result. I Iiked it, there's some scratches in there and again the use of a vocal sample adds some depth, to the tippy-tappy percussion and various sound fx that are littered throughout the track. All these strange sounds can be heard as the track breaks down midway through the song. The track ends in a grand finale with everything in play....CARNAGE!!!!
8. Under surveillance: In the past many of the Breezy tracks have dipped in and out of the seedy underbelly of society, MBF, The stalker & Stab in the dark, to name but a few. But how do we know of all this dark activity? Where are we obtaining this information? Well, here lies the answer, we are all under surveillance.
The track starts in the dark, stays in the dark and ends in the dark, but is watching, always watching....
The track starts in the dark, stays in the dark and ends in the dark, but is watching, always watching....
9. Oooff!: Quite simply the word you say as you sit down, when you reach a certain age. The track is about the body not always keeping up with the mind as we get older. The various synths, pads and sequences are all those little aches, pains and niggles we all get. Sat too long, stood too long, doing something too long, not doing something for too long, you name it, all your symptoms are right here! Better sit down.........oooff! Now that's better!
10. Thingymiwotsitdoodah: You know when you can't think of something, you can see it, you can describe it, but whats it called? A wotsit? A doodah? A thingimy? A whatdoyacallit? All of the above and so many more. So what do you call a track that you can't think of a name for? You got it!
11. Dog without a day: Another vocal sample, this time a dog, albeit electronic, but a dog nonetheless. This track takes on hip-hop elements, we have some string pads in here and an almost sub bass, a slow kick and some handclaps. Then there's that sad saxophone, almost apologetic in sound. A full vocal was considered for this track, but never materialised. The track itself is very downbeat and just plods along as if its reached the bottom. They say every dog has its day, we're still waiting....
12. Commencez le festival: In complete contrast to the previous track we have this uplifting, euphoric anthem. A more typical Breezy offering. It's all about excitement, that pre-party feeling, that feeling that something awesome is going to happen and we cannot wait for the festivities to begin. Uptempo bass, swirling synths, choppy sequences and snare builds, we've got our pulling pants on and we're up for it! Commencez le festival!!!!
13. Here all week: The feel good factor continues with an actual techno/dance number. Quick drumloop & percussion, pulsing bass and more synths than you carry. The title is inspired by a business trip to Aarhus, Denmark in February of 2012, cold, grey, a bit bleak - the sea was frozen! But we were there and we made the most of it, a few drinks a lot of laughs, good times were had by all!
14. Washing my alien: After all that excitement we finish with the, now standard, downbeat/experimental track. The track has an other worldy sound, again the use of effects and unusual sounding synth arrangement added to the clunky drum track, the feel of the track is somewhat alien. I caught my daughter, who was 11 at the time, taking a small bowl of water to her room, when I asked, what are you doing? She innocently said "Washing my alien" thus the track was titled, kids eh??
