Re: [LAU] New Swedish hiphop album made completely in Linux!

Set, thank you very very very much for those words! We're overwhelmed and
so happy for everything you've written! :D Thanks!

Dan: Mostly, it's the LinuxDSP plugins. A few drum-samples are also
non-free from different sample packs I've bought when starting out. The
good part is I'm slowly moving away from purchased drum samples in my own
productions, due to the excellent work of for example DrumGizmo (
www.drumgizmo.org) and the Salamander Drumkit etc. I think I used Pianoteq
for a few of the piano sounds as well, but I'm trying to replace that as
much as possible with free and open source piano libraries.
Haven't heard of RedIce, but that sounds very interesting! Could you
perhaps link me that? Thanks!

Julien:
With the background of Set's text, it might be a bit easier for me to
translate the titles now. I'll give it a shot, some of them translate
better than others, but I'll try and provide a small "context" to the
titles too:

1. Intro. Well, self explanatory ;).
2. Fler och fler. More and more, think "more and more people".
3. Ta min hand. Take my hand.
4. Då ser ni oss. Then you'll see us. Think "this happens, then you'll see
us".
5. Unstoptimus. Doesn't mean anything in particular, just a play on words
with Raptimus/Unstoppable.
6. Andnöd. Out of breath, or hard to breathe.
7. Tjäna man. Hey man!
8. Styrketår. Strengthening drink. Think having a glass of whisky or
something of equal awesomeness.
9. Sysselsättningens slaveri. The slavery of labour basically.
10. Raptimus Rap. Self explanatory :D
11. När du försvann. When you went away/When you disappeared.
12. Behov eller beroende. Need or addiction.
13. Woop Woop. Woop Woop! :D

Thanks again for all the feedback and the nice words, I/we really
appreciate it!

On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 12:38 PM, Set Hallstrom <sakrecoer@email-addr-hidden> wrote:

> Hi all!
>
> I just have to lay a good word about the Raptimus Prime lyrics, because
> i happen to comprehend swedish.
>
> This is not your average "wesh-yo-represent" rap! I mean this is REALLY
> INTERESTING! Well reflected and controversial subjects, such as sexism,
> immigrant integration, exclusion, the condition of our democracies,
> contrasting of the fundamental values such as time, energy vs. money.
> It's about the power of creativity, and how doubting this power gives
> power to your doubts. It is questioning things in very intelligent and
> poetic way. And the style-figures are very personal and freed from
> dogmas. Also some of the lyrical flow phases have a notably impressive
> velocity!
>
> Now, obviously, appreciating lyrics or rap style is a subjective matter.
> However, be assured i'm not some phreshly list-registered undercover
> cousin, pepping the shit out of this record.
>
> I'm a phreshly harvested FAN, pepping the shit out of this record! :)
>
> *Set
>
> On 2013-05-09 11:39, Dan MacDonald wrote:
> > Hi zth!
> >
> > Wow! Nice work! I'm halfway through listening to your album now. In more
> > melodic or instrumentally/texturally complex musics, I'm often not
> > bothered about the lyrics but unfortunately I feel like I lose a lot
> > listening to hiphop in a language I don't understand, as its mainly
> > about the MCs and lyrics. Regardless, this is a very slick job you've
> > done and would seem the to be the pinnacle of FLOSS produced hiphop
> > right now, that I'm aware of anyway and I'm still enjoying listening
> > even if I don't know wtf you're saying!
> >
> > What non-free stuff was used? You seem to indicate you didn't quite
> > manage a 100% floss production.
> >
> > The first thing I associate with Gothenburg is RedIce - my fave radio
> > station; although maybe I shouldn't say that due to my involvement with
> > an English equivalent, Dark City Radio. Have you ever listened to
> > RedIce? You should! Its a superb radio show that interviews the worlds
> > most interesting researchers, writers and speakers etc on a variety of
> > fascinating subjects.
> >
> >
> > On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 3:31 PM, Gabbe Nord <gabbe.nord@email-addr-hidden
> > <mailto:gabbe.nord@email-addr-hidden>> wrote:
> >
> > Since quite a while back, I've been a part of a Swedish hiphop group
> > called "Raptimus Prime" together with two of my good friends, and
> > we've just released our first album!
> >
> > Even though few people on here probably know Swedish, maybe someone
> > finds it amusing anyway! :)
> >
> > The album consists of 13 tracks, and was made 100% in Linux from
> > start to finish. I'm extremely happy and proud that we could make
> > all of this _almost_ exclusively using free and open source
> > software! We've recorded/mixed/"mastered" it all by ourselves,
> > mainly using the following software/plugins:
> >
> > Ardour2
> > Ardour3
> > Some Hydrogen
> > Calf plugins
> > Salamander Piano
> > TAL NoiseMaker
> > linuxDSP plugins
> > Sonatina Symphonic Orchestra
> > zita-dpl1
> >
> > ..and a lot of other stuff I've probably forgot to mention! ;)
> >
> > You can find it at a number of different sources:
> >
> > Bandcamp: http://raptimusprime.bandcamp.com/
> > Soundcloud: http://www.soundcloud.com/raptimusprime
> >
> > PirateBay in various formats:
> > FLAC: http://thepiratebay.sx/torrent/8451980
> > OGG: http://thepiratebay.sx/torrent/8451976
> > MP3: http://thepiratebay.sx/torrent/8451978
> >
> > It's also available at Spotify if anyone uses that.
> >
> > ..and since I'm not sure if torrents/the other links provided work
> > for everyone, here's a direct link for the OGG-version that *should*
> > work. Please let me know if it doesn't so I can fix it:
> >
> >
> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/19258546/RaptimusPrime-Styrketarar%5B2013%5D%5BOGG%5D.zip
> >
> > Lastly, thank you so much all developers/users of open source/linux
> > audio in general, for making this all possible!
> > I'm very happy to be a part of this community, with many more
> > musical projects to come! Cheers!
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Gabriel/zth
> >
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