The Perfect Loop in Joanna Newsomâs Divers
In a previous post, I showed the harmonic and chordal links between many of the songs on Divers, including the awesome âtrans-â + âsendingâ = âtranscendingâ that forms a loop from the end of Time, As A Symptom, the final track, to Anecdotes, the first track, in the lyrics and the music. But I was listening to Divers today, and I noticed that if you listen closely to the end of Time, As A Symptom after the clipped final word, you can hear the same bird call that is heard at the start of Anecdotes.Â
So, of course, I edited these two parts together so the bird calls sound at the same time, forming what I now believe to be the true loop in this album. Whatâs more, thereâs a sustained Eâ note that hangs in the background of both of these samples, so it makes the loop completely seamless.Â
Itâs fascinating just how much detail is put into Divers - I could write an essay on where reverb is applied and how the songs are mixed so meticulously; itâs truly a masterpiece. (In Anecdotes, the bird call has some reverb applied to it, but in Time, As A Symptom, it doesnât - which possibly brings up themes of transformation that links to the album, but maybe Iâm stretching that a bit - and thatâs only one example of how reverb is used on this album.)
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