The Mercury Tree: Difference between revisions

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==Musical style==

The band's songs are characterized by the frequent usage of odd-time signatures, mixed meter, polyrhythms, polymeters, counterpoint and looping. ~~Ben~~'s vocals commonly have reverb and delay applied to them. Their microtonal music is mostly in [[17edo]], [[Interval quality|neutral intervals]] and chromatic movement. The genres explored by TMT include prog-rock, math rock, psychedelic rock, avant-prog, post-prog. Most of their music has lyrics and vocals, with a few exceptions.

The band's songs are characterized by the frequent usage of odd-time signatures, mixed meter, polyrhythms, polymeters, counterpoint and looping. Spees's vocals commonly have reverb and delay applied to them. Their microtonal music is mostly in [[17edo]], [[Interval quality|neutral intervals]] and chromatic movement. The genres explored by TMT include prog-rock, math rock, psychedelic rock, avant-prog, post-prog. Most of their music has lyrics and vocals, with a few exceptions.

=== Inspirations ===

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==== 2007-2009 ====

In this period of time, The Mercury Tree used electronic drums in songs like "Vacant Stares" and "Colorfalls" (''The Mercury Tree''), "Overflow" (''Eerie B-Sides'') and "Down the Pipe" (''Eerie EP''), akin to ~~Ben~~'s previous contributions for mac games' soundtracks, such as Deimos Rising<ref>[https://archive.org/details/deimos_rising_soundtrack/Diemos+Rising+Soundtrack/Deimos+Advertising.mp3 Archive of the Deimos Rising soundtrack]</ref>. Most of the songs for this period of time remained mostly alternative, with the occasional usage of mixed meter in tracks like "Lab Rat" (''The Mercury Tree'') and many of the songs on ''Eerie EP.'' An instrument present in the band's early works is the keyboard, which uses a specific piano timbre.

In this period of time, The Mercury Tree used electronic drums in songs like "Vacant Stares" and "Colorfalls" (''The Mercury Tree''), "Overflow" (''Eerie B-Sides'') and "Down the Pipe" (''Eerie EP''), akin to Spees's previous contributions for mac games' soundtracks, such as Deimos Rising<ref>[https://archive.org/details/deimos_rising_soundtrack/Diemos+Rising+Soundtrack/Deimos+Advertising.mp3 Archive of the Deimos Rising soundtrack]</ref>. Most of the songs for this period of time remained mostly alternative, with the occasional usage of mixed meter in tracks like "Lab Rat" (''The Mercury Tree'') and many of the songs on ''Eerie EP.'' An instrument present in the band's early works is the keyboard, which uses a specific piano timbre.

==== 2010-2014 (pre-microtonal) ====

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 ==Musical style==
-The band's songs are characterized by the frequent usage of odd-time signatures, mixed meter, polyrhythms, polymeters, counterpoint and looping. Ben's vocals commonly have reverb and delay applied to them. Their microtonal music is mostly in [[17edo]],  [[Interval quality|neutral intervals]] and chromatic movement. The genres explored by TMT include prog-rock, math rock, psychedelic rock, avant-prog, post-prog. Most of their music has lyrics and vocals, with a few exceptions.
+The band's songs are characterized by the frequent usage of odd-time signatures, mixed meter, polyrhythms, polymeters, counterpoint and looping. Spees's vocals commonly have reverb and delay applied to them. Their microtonal music is mostly in [[17edo]],  [[Interval quality|neutral intervals]] and chromatic movement. The genres explored by TMT include prog-rock, math rock, psychedelic rock, avant-prog, post-prog. Most of their music has lyrics and vocals, with a few exceptions.
 === Inspirations ===
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 ==== 2007-2009 ====
-In this period of time, The Mercury Tree used electronic drums in songs like "Vacant Stares" and "Colorfalls" (''The Mercury Tree''), "Overflow" (''Eerie B-Sides'') and "Down the Pipe" (''Eerie EP''), akin to Ben's previous contributions for mac games' soundtracks, such as Deimos Rising<ref>[https://archive.org/details/deimos_rising_soundtrack/Diemos+Rising+Soundtrack/Deimos+Advertising.mp3 Archive of the Deimos Rising soundtrack]</ref>. Most of the songs for this period of time remained mostly alternative, with the occasional usage of mixed meter in tracks like "Lab Rat" (''The Mercury Tree'') and many of the songs on ''Eerie EP.'' An instrument present in the band's early works is the keyboard, which uses a specific piano timbre.
+In this period of time, The Mercury Tree used electronic drums in songs like "Vacant Stares" and "Colorfalls" (''The Mercury Tree''), "Overflow" (''Eerie B-Sides'') and "Down the Pipe" (''Eerie EP''), akin to Spees's previous contributions for mac games' soundtracks, such as Deimos Rising<ref>[https://archive.org/details/deimos_rising_soundtrack/Diemos+Rising+Soundtrack/Deimos+Advertising.mp3 Archive of the Deimos Rising soundtrack]</ref>. Most of the songs for this period of time remained mostly alternative, with the occasional usage of mixed meter in tracks like "Lab Rat" (''The Mercury Tree'') and many of the songs on ''Eerie EP.'' An instrument present in the band's early works is the keyboard, which uses a specific piano timbre.
 ==== 2010-2014 (pre-microtonal) ====