Sevdaliza

The Youtube link below opens a graphic view of the material and structure of the song 'Human Nature' by Sevdaliza (from the CD 'The Calling' (Twisted Elegance, 2018). I'd like to stress the economy of sound materials – a single drum pattern, a background pad repeating a three-chords harmonic cycle, an eventual glissando effect, and some semi-aleatory 'piano' sound entries. Such a minimalist ambient gives all room and freedom for the astounding vocal part. Assisted by a thrilling use of the Autotune (especially in the S1 part) and the Vocoder (S3), the singer delivers a highly sensible and poetical performance of the lyrics. The overall structure – a static repeated bass cycle which serves as background for a highly developed (and/or improvised) soloist part – refers to the ancient form of Chaconna.

Legend/material:
DB : Drum Base (Bass drum + 'snare', with short delay). DB1 and 2 have an upbeat added.
BS: Bass synth with resonance chords. A single harmonic 8-bars cycle (Em – C – Am), all music along. The difference between the 3 versions (0, 1 and 2) are essentially related to the use of the frequency filter at the end of the cycle (2 is the most opened).
ORG: an organlike sound playing the chords in the last part of the music  (it gradually covers the synt).
A glissando upbeat (red oblique line), with 'strings' sound. The last one, however, in green, may have been done with the modulation wheel on the 'piano' program. Between 1'10 and 1'30 a discreet oscillation can be heard in the background (possibly a residual effect of a resonance filter or flange on the synt. This secundary sound may continue but is no more audible). A single 'plucked' sound appears around 3'.
S : the vocal line (last part is spoken).

The most opaque the color, the most complex and/or louder the sound.

Video presentation made with Eanalysis by Pierre Couprie.

https://youtu.be/H3Qv5ixfH_I

The Youtube link below opens a graphic view of the material and structure of the song 'Human Nature' by Sevdaliza (from the CD 'The Calling' (Twisted Elegance, 2018). I'd like to stress the economy of sound materials – a single drum pattern, a background pad repeating a three-chords harmonic cycle, an eventual glissando effect, and some semi-aleatory 'piano' sound entries. Such a minimalist ambient gives all room and freedom for the astounding vocal part. Assisted by a thrilling use of the Autotune (especially in the S1 part) and the Vocoder (S3), the singer delivers a highly sensible and poetical performance of the lyrics. The overall structure – a static repeated bass cycle which serves as background for a highly developed (and/or improvised) soloist part – refers to the ancient form of Chaconna.

Legend/material:
DB : Drum Base (Bass drum + 'snare', with short delay). DB1 and 2 have an upbeat added.
BS: Bass synth with resonance chords. A single harmonic 8-bars cycle (Em – C – Am), all music along. The difference between the 3 versions (0, 1 and 2) are essentially related to the use of the frequency filter at the end of the cycle (2 is the most opened).
ORG: an organlike sound playing the chords in the last part of the music  (it gradually covers the synt).
A glissando upbeat (red oblique line), with 'strings' sound. The last one, however, in green, may have been done with the modulation wheel on the 'piano' program. Between 1'10 and 1'30 a discreet oscillation can be heard in the background (possibly a residual effect of a resonance filter or flange on the synt. This secundary sound may continue but is no more audible). A single 'plucked' sound appears around 3'.
S : the vocal line (last part is spoken).

The most opaque the color, the most complex and/or louder the sound.

Video presentation made with Eanalysis by Pierre Couprie.

https://youtu.be/H3Qv5ixfH_I