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Compagni, camerati, fratelli: il nemico e’ piu’ forte e ci ha invaso

Sorridiamogli, mentre per le nostre strade passano i loro carri armati

 

Noi furbi, determinati, non docili, ci riuniamo in segreto sui monti

In caverne umide e fredde prepariamo la nostra lotta

contro il fantoccio che hanno messo al governo

 

Ho conosciuto un uomo straniero che ci dara’ armi ed informazioni

Io non so dove le abbia trovate ma questo e’ quello che ora ci serve

 

Fascisti, comunisti , infedeli, abbattono statue in piazza

e distruggono i nostri simboli e cancellano la nostra civiltà.

Ma noi scenderemo in silenzio dai monti per

 

tendere imboscate ai soldati di ronda, gli alberghi stranieri crollano giu’

Saltano in aria i turisti ubriachi, e distruggeremo le loro torri – le loro magnifiche torri.

 

 

 

                   Words & Music ® F Carosone 2006

 

 

 

 

Candies

 

After only two lines the voice is interrupted by an instrumental break with an indian sarangi solo. When the song was almost finished, I put a lot of real world war sounds under it. There is an Indian market sample, construction noises, helicopter flying from left to right, and finally an explosion. Here is the sample, isolated for you to hear:

 

RebelsAgainstHelycopter.mp3

 

Musically the second verse sees the entrance of a mezzacoda piano, which I play in a Benedetti Michelangeli style on Debussy’s compositions. Here it is:

 

Piano2nd-verse.mp3

 

There is a sort of irony in the last verse, where criminal actions are accompanied by a happy synth (I used Synth 1 for this solo), in the end it is mangled by OhMyGod! Plug-in. Hear it in action:

 

Synth1-ohmygod.mp3

 

 

 

 

List of instruments

 

Voice, background voices;

MIDI programming to Maz Vsampler for drums, bass, various Indian percussions and strings;

Piano: Yamaha G2F mezzacoda;

Electric piano: AAS Lounge Lizard 2;

Keyboards and synths: Korg Wavestation, NI Absynth 2, Synth 1;

Audio sample of George W Bush commenting 11th Sept facts realtime;

real Indian market samples and fxs from internet;

 

Brijbushan Kabra : slide guitar

 

Mastered with Sonitus and Lexicon plug-ins in Sonar 4PE.

 

 

 

Download Software to replicate the candies

 

This is the incredible Synth1 VST plug-in in its 1.07 version (PC-only):

 

synth1v107 vst.zip

 

You should have or grab a VST host to play it.

This is the soundbank from where I took the Loner preset:

 

VitaminD_soundbank-forSynth1.zip

 

This is the OhMyGod! VST comb filter (CM edition):

 

OHMYGOD! 1.01 vst.zip

 

 

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