The Lizard King
2008-05-02
This was originally an improvisation from my time with
Stygian Tars, a group that I just love to pull material from. My version is, naturally, cleaned and tightened up. Sven (Korth) had brought in a gorgeous sample that we built on and I recreated it weaving 4 separate keyboard lines. I’m particularly proud of my lead on this, which I coaxed out of another keyboard sample. This songs really grooves for me, and the industrial flairs and accents I added just pull my ear along the melody. And no, there’s no live guitar in it; everything is from keys.
Lyrically this is one of my character songs; I can see the Lizard King very clearly in my mind. I based him on a conglomeration of people I’ve known (which is what I usually do) and he’s a complete cartoon in my head; albeit a darker cartoon along the lines of Akira rather than The Simpsons.
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