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[The_Metallurgist]

I read the article Pauli send me, as I understand it the subconscious awareness of unexpected noises like machinesounds and such were there for thickening the less thick actual instrumentation.
Ive used similar techniques in some mixes, I remember puttin a very low lvl sitar loop in one of the first songs I wrote to my wife and it created a tension in chorus, but werent really audible. Listen to Mark Knopflers Privateering song, theres a lot o use o that technique. The hicut lo vlv voices, the drum thing in chorus in uneven measures even. Very clever and exciting if you ask me

ok, we're talking layering here. the Knopfler example is an especially good illustration....smart stuff indeed...thanks for that! i think i must add this album to my list, i wasn't aware of it before. i really should get out more