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Blind SpotNur Ein XVIII
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Blind Spot
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Entry from Blind Spot in Nur Ein XVIII.

Hand percussion

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Blind Spot by ellipsis

Challenge: I played a guiro for the clave beat and the frog sounds, then there's a tibetan prayer bowl and a metal teacup. Later on in the song there's some hand claps that I um made with my...hands? The sampled drum kit I used has some timbales and congas, but tbh I wasn't really paying attention. And then there’s some sampled hand steel pan drum just for amusement value.

The lyrics are as follows:

You got a blind spot
Right between your eyes
One day you’ll realize
It’s your very own blind spot

Do you want to be an actor
Do you wanna act
Extract your soul from your body
Be real don’t be so abstract
Abstract

You got a blind spot
Right between your eyes
One day you’ll realize
It’s your very own blind spot

Do you want to be a killer
Do you want to kill
Or be killed by your lover
Sister and your brother
Your teacher

I got a blind spot
Right between my eyes
One day I’ll realize
It’s my very own blind spot

I never thought we’d live forever
But I never dreamed
we’d not always be together
I wake up with my blind spot

I got a blind spot
Right between my eyes
One day I’ll realize
It’s my very own blind spot
Blind spot of my dreams

Reviews

2 posted notes

vowlvom

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I like the big swing you've made here in terms of genre, going straight for something that really suits the ton of percussion you've loaded in. The chiming prayer bowl is just a little too insistent for me, I wish it was either less frequent or dropped in and out through the song rather than playing the whole way through - otherwise the mix of sounds is really fun ear candy. I love it when the big drums kick in and the meandering lead melody is unusual and charming. Lyrics are compellingly cryptic, vocal delivery is solid but you're obviously letting the instruments take the spotlight on this one and they are really fun!

ujnhunter

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Money… Time? Pinkish. Needs more FUZZ guitar, obvs. I like all the sound elements, wish the vocals were more than just background for me though.

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