\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n This is a great track to kick off the album with, very bluesy, I like the way vocals have a slight delay to it, the main guitar riff has chromatic notes in there, and that really appeals to the musician in me, if you want to catch someone\u2019s attention play notes that they don\u2019t expect. And this works. This, according to Joe is all about Liz Truss, when she took over the prime ministerial role of the UK in 2022, the second of two to hold that post and the shortest lived UK prime minister in history.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Good choice for an album opener.<\/p>\n This is where the song gets angry. A stab at social media in general, and well deserved with everything that\u2019s come to light in the past few years and it takes a swipe at everyone\u2026.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n I love the second second set of vocals on this, and the drums as well, especially the snare\u2026 watch out for the analogue synth solo at 1:56, very cleverly played! In fact it\u2019s just brilliant!<\/p>\n This song is a barely disguised jab at the establishment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cTake a long look at all these posh boys<\/p>\n Having a great laugh at your expense<\/p>\n Instead of you lot punching up<\/p>\n You moan<\/p>\n Now I don\u2019t wanna sound too boomer<\/p>\n But the revolution won\u2019t be on BBC 3<\/p>\n It takes some real momentum<\/p>\n Or this freak show is how it always will be.\u201d<\/p>\n This revolution will not be televised indeed.<\/p>\n Definitely my favourite track on the album so far.<\/p>\n Being a fan of Skylu already (Check out their track \u201cForeign Concept\u201d), this song takes us back to the 80s with the bleeps and bloops, and the vocals really work well together, they blend together really nicely, this is a remix by a very elusive squirrel\u2026. Invisible Squirrel.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Great work on this one.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Deep into synthesiser territory we go with this one, and I like how the vocals sit right up front, the harmony choice are interesting because it switches between low and high, and it\u2019s very well arranged. Very Peter Gabriel if I dare suggest it. I think this is my favourite track on the album. I like the drums especially on this it sounds like brushes, but I\u2019m not too sure\u2026.<\/p>\n Back to rock territory here, but the synthesiser noise at the beginning tells me that it\u2019s not going anywhere anytime soon. There\u2019s a Hammond organ deployed here, so I get the feeling there\u2019s a bit of a retro influence to this album overall, it\u2019s experimental but polished experimental if that makes sense. I love the way Hammond organ is used rhythmically here going as a counter point to the guitar as well as providing the higher melody as Joe\u2019s singing in a lower register for the majority of the song. Very prog rock this one!<\/p>\n I wonder what this would sound like with a drum n bass remix? This is dark in tone, Joe doubles up his vocals in unison and singing an octave above each other, sometimes straining off that to give it a really nice harmony, this is probably my favourite track vocal wise on the album! I really like the harmonies around the line \u201cthis is now your legacy\u201d and how it builds up.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Now we are past the halfway point, I see Joe\u2019s an all round artist – producer, singer\/songwriter, musician. And this song shines through on all four fronts.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n He\u2019s written his truth in the lyrics here and it\u2019s the doubt that every artist goes through – is it any good? Will it land with my listeners?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Right here in this verse\u2026<\/p>\n If a song is written<\/p>\n Does it make a sound?<\/p>\n Wait for the day when your listeners come here<\/p>\n You can hide your treasure<\/p>\n But will you be found?<\/p>\n May be the way when your listeners come by\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n This is my second favourite vocal performance. Possibly joint favourite track on the album.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The tempo is taken down slightly, and Joe drops his pitch and gets even more reflective lyrics wise, but we will come to that in a minute.<\/p>\n What I really want to comment on though was the mix on this track, Joe\u2018s a very capable mix engineer and that\u2019s obvious on this. I\u2019m listening to this on my AirPods and the way the guitars are mixed and panned from left to right is very disconcerting but at the same time.. pretty awesome really!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n I love the way the bass notes are played on two notes at the same time too harmonising with each other.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The vocal arrangement at 2:34 onward caught my ear because because they come in multiple layers then at around 3:49 the main vocals take over giving you a \u201cround\u201d effect.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cIf you\u2019re going to write about love<\/p>\n Or about your broken heart<\/p>\n If you\u2019re going to talk about your pain<\/p>\n You\u2019re gotta know just where to start<\/p>\n Don\u2019t sound like you\u2019re the victim<\/p>\n And don\u2019t make her sound so cold<\/p>\n Behind every little story<\/p>\n Will be the one we haven\u2019t told.\u201d<\/p>\n That last line is one of my favourites on the album lyric wise.<\/p>\n I like the Wurlitzer on this and the very psychedelic chord progression on this. It kind of gives me a late Beatles pre Abbey Road vibe for some reason, around the 1:31 mark.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n But the best bit for me is at 3:06 where there\u2019s a brilliant bit of musicianship, all the instruments plus Joe\u2019s voice get together play an outro that floored me.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Wow!!! With triplets.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n No no no no no.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Let me reiterate that.<\/p>\n Triplets!!!!!!!<\/p>\n Damn\u2026 yeah. That\u2019s it. My favourite track on the album overall.<\/p>\n Back to the synths for this one. The vocals are heavily processed. The drums are heavy but simple. Kick and snare lead the way on this, along with a couple of layered arpeggiated synths. I like the sound of the vocals and it shows Joe\u2019s versatility to be able to change things up in the production process. It\u2019s very 80s melody wise and I like that.<\/p>\n This is a protest song, and also by the sounds of it prophetic too. Written at the beginning of 2020 with the onset of lockdowns.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWhy are they so still?<\/p>\n Are they waiting for the thrill<\/p>\n Of our creeping isolation?<\/p>\n Why are they so still?<\/p>\n So bitter is the pill<\/p>\n To enjoy our desolation.\u201d<\/p>\n That\u2019s the lyric right there.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The drums are big in the mix, I like how this song grooves along, and on album of strong songs, this is brilliant.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The samples of crows disturbing!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Bossa nova rhythm, psychedelic chords are back again. This track talks about the title. Synethesia in layman\u2019s terms is being able to see sound in colours – a few people can do this, and one established artist that I know has it is Pharrell. It can also be associated with other senses it can be pretty cool as artists have been able to produce paintings through hearing sounds.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n This song is in two halves because it changes around 2:35 – keys and feel. The repetition of \u201cWe feel alone in the monochrome\u201d on a big build up just works and makes this song anthemic.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n What a rollercoaster!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n So who\u2019s Joe Adhemar?<\/p>\n Well, he\u2019s a producer, singer songwriter and remixer from London. He came on my radar via a small community of indie musicians on fresh on the net and on twitter, and the more I hear from him, the more I like him.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Joe Adhemar has released a new album. Let’s break it down shall we? “The Synesthete” available on Bandcamp \u00a0 Found Out\u00a0 This is a great track to kick off the album with, very bluesy, I like the way vocals have a slight delay to it, the main guitar riff has chromatic notes in there, and … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5176,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[191,181,40,129,174,52,132,30,153,37,142,190,73,150,162,126],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alternative","category-blues","category-dance","category-drums","category-electronica","category-guitar","category-lyricist","category-music","category-percussion","category-piano","category-producer","category-remix","category-singer-songwriter","category-songwriter","category-uk","category-vocals"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5175"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5177,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5175\/revisions\/5177"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_1685-2.jpg\")
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