My newest song "Athöfn - The Ceremony" is now finally out and available on my YouTube channel (link at the end of this post).
I started working on this track in late 2023 with the plan of it being a sort of continuation to the 3 tracks of the same name that were featured on "Helgisiður - The Ritual".
The original tracks all serve as short interludes on that album and were created to be brief rhythmic tracks with a slight ceremonial/ritualistic tone.
Over time I then had the idea of creating more tracks similar to these that could eventually be compiled into a small album and would also give me the chance to experiment a bit here and there.
As it happens, this newest track did serve as a perfect opportunity for me to try out some new instruments, samples and more vocal work.
I was also initially sure I would be able to finish and release this track back in January or February at the latest.
But, as it sometimes happens, things just took a little longer with this one, specifically due to two things:
Firstly, the track became more and more complex as I worked on it and a lot of my time was spent trying to finetune it; mixing the different layers, testing which layer worked and which didn't.
And in the end, I did in fact decide to simplify the first half of the song by removing a couple of layers, including one that would have added a more complex melody to that part of the track.
Sometimes less is just more and sometimes a nice simple approach reigns supreme - even though I still quite like the removed melody.
The vocal section in the second half of the song also took quite some time to get right: I ended up recording it, liking it, but then coming back the next day and re doing the entire section again and again until I was finally happy with the results.
So, what was overall intended as a little exercise turned into a much more complex and time consuming project than originally thought.
You can listen to "Athöfn - The Ceremony" right here:
That is it for now, though I am planning to put together a little behind the scenes post about the song to talk a bit more in depth about the creation process.
Hopefully I can finish that a bit faster than the actual track!
Until the next one!
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