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Restraint: 8. Melt

A lot of songs on this album have bass lines moving in seconds or in thirds. I wanted to see what would happen if I moved the bass line using the devil's interval -- an augmented fourth (or diminished fifth, depending on the notation.)

When I played minor chords over that interval, I discovered the secret of Martin L. Gore's success. As such, there was no way I was going to use that interval without paying homage to Depeche Mode. I even tried to make the lyrics very Music for the Masses. The drum fill is pretty much a quotation of New Order's "True Faith".

I'm not much of a recreational substance user. Pakalolo is the furthest I've gone. So these lyrics aren't very genuine.

-- Posted: 2009-07-13 06:46:00