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    "Punainen kuu"genre: World Fusion
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    A song about being in a wrong place with a totally wrong person, about guilt-ridden lust.
    Credits: written and performed by J. Pekka Mäkelä

    Story Behind the Song
    The idea and the minimalistic chord secquence come from the music we did to a theatre performance of Youkio Mishimaā€™s ā€¯Madame de Sadeā€¯ with percussionist Aleksi Oksanen back in 1998. This is from the scene where Mme de Sadeā€™s sister recalls the holiday she spent in Venice - with her own sisterā€™s husband. Iā€™ve always felt thereā€™s a song - a story - here, but it seemed to take its time to come. Finally I wrote this version of the lyrics in June 2002, and (as usual) when I had the complete lyrics, the rest came quite easily.

    Recording prosess happende during July 2002. As usual, I did a sort of scetch with the Band in a Box, using only the percussion (and the barely audible drone tone) in the final mix, replacing tracks as the recording progressed. After awhile, I ended up with a version I thought was more or less final, just short of a few tweaks for the mixdown. Listening the mix a bit later I decided the bass line didnā€™t work (notewise and soundwise) so I had to record a new one, which seems to give the track a sort of Jah Wobble vibe. The vocal seemed to be a bit off, so I used a pitch correction program (RBC Voice Tweaker) to make it sit better with the song. The sam program allowed me to ā€¯change the genderā€¯ of the backup vocals.

    Signal chains for recording:

    Sequenced instruments (drone, drums and percussion):
    Guillemot Maxi Studio Isis midi synth + Korg DRM-1 -- Behringer MX2004A mixer with Korg A3 multiFX -- Isis inputs

    Electric guitar:
    modified Squier Stratocaster -- Zoom GM-200 -- H&K Red Box II -- Isis

    Dobro:
    Regal resonator guitar (with homemade piezo/microphone system) -- ART Tube MP -- H&K Red Box II -- Isis

    Fretless Bass:
    modified Rickenbacker 4001 (ā€™74) -- ART Tube MP -- Korg A3 (cabinet simulation only) -- Isis

    Vocals:
    Behringer ECM-8000 omni condenser mic -- ART Tube MP -- Isis

    Software:
    Cakewalk Pro Audio 4.01, n-Track Studio 3.0.3, various plugins

    Lyrics
    (rough translation:)

    Red Moon

    By the square embracing the pillars
    Far away from the sun
    We hide from the people, hide from their eyes
    weā€™ll search a quiet route
    Weeks in a small hot room
    Behind securing bolts
    Only at nighttime we open the window
    we see the red moon

    Both of usā€™s friends think weā€™re elsewhere
    No postcards to mail
    We search for some comfort from fingers
    to touch only the skin
    No more talking, no hesitant words
    the words are a way to hurt
    Only at night time we open the window
    we see the red moon

    (Chorus:)
    The cruel red moon
    lightens the room
    lightens the sheets
    Dreams of the insane
    crushes in pale
    liver coloured sheen.

    This step we have taken, weā€™ve done what weā€™ve done
    no way to rescue the past
    Away from the light, away from the looks
    no past no future
    Mouth saying something, skin wanting something other
    craving for sweaty flesh
    The soiled sheets, behind the window
    liver coloured moon

    (Repeat chorus)

    Some weeks, is this worth something?
    nothing is left
    The smelly canals, walls peeling paint
    no life, no holiday
    In this sweaty room where sticky bodies
    search for their dreams
    Nothing in this trip to remember
    nothing but the red moon

    (repeat chorus)

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