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And it continues…

Take all the info that I gave you in this post and apply it to today’s update, with the only difference the title should say “3 down, 3 to go…” now.

Huge progress is being made, obviously.

2 down, 4 to go…

Yes, the orchestra/strings work is now more or less completed for the second tune out of the planned 6. Have in mind, this is but the first session with these things. I will go over everything at least once more (aka a bunch of times) when I consider this first stage of strings and orchestras completed. This is definitely the one time were I have worked the hardest on this stuff, and I have always worked hard with it. This time, though, this is different – just like everything else when it comes to pushing myself for this next album.

I have gotten a few mails from people about when I will fire up The Experiment 2 so you guys can donate and make this recording happen. My answer is: you will notice when the time comes. If you hang around our forums, our Facebook page or the official site – you will not miss out on the information.

Now I’ll spend the next few weeks or so with the orchestra arrangements for the third tune, and you guys will be updated on the process when there’s something to report.

Enjoy the holidays, if you dig that kind of stuff.

Exactly one year ago today…

EXACTLY one year ago to this date (12/12/12) the Haters were given “The Cadaverous Retaliation Agenda”. This masterpiece came alive thanks to the ones who supported The Experiment.

Judas eventually leaked it and Judas will suffer for it, but it doesn’t take away the fact that “TCRA” is a testimony of everything that is TPH.

I thank you, the loyal Haters and the people who work with me, for bringing my audio vision into this world. You Haters did it again recently by making it transform into a hand-numbered, limited edition digipak. That was the crowning of it all.

All of this makes me push myself harder and harder to create something that will go beyond everything we have ever done before. And when I listen to the material I am working with, this is exactly what will happen. “TCRA” and you people are the sole reason for it.

Keep an eye out for the start of The TPH Donation Experiment 2 next year – the agenda needed to make the next album a reality.

Time will tell if it will work a second time…

I salute you and I thank you.

1 down, 5 to go…

After working with the orchestra stuff for quite some time, the first tune is now more or less completed. I will always change and improve stuff as I go along, but the main work with the strings and whatnot for this first song is finally “done” for this stage. It sure takes time to compose all these arrangements, but it’s pure joy to see what those layers do to the songs when they’re there. Now there’s “just” 5 more tracks to do this with before I can move on to the electronics, loops, effects and whatnot. Stuff that is basically just as time consuming as the orchestra work. Writing the material is the easy part, arranging all these ingredients and making it worthy of TPH‘s standards is another thing. Be sure that after the masterpiece that is “TCRA” this needs to be on a different level altogether, and it will be. I won’t even start to think about how many hours I am putting into this to make my vision come alive, but this is what needs to be done.

Almost to the day, one year ago we released “TCRA” and set a new standard for what I can do with this entity known as TPH. I poured everything into that album and seriously didn’t have a clue as for how to move forward after it was completed on 12/12/12. The performances of everyone involved are just mindblowing, pushing me even further to create something spectacular this time around… And when I listen to what I have in front of me now, it feels nothing short of… fascinating. I can’t really describe it with any other word. I have no idea where it comes from, but piece by piece it’s slowly coming together – forming something I didn’t quite expect when I wrote the first thing that eventually became the seed to this coming beast. I can’t wait until I can put this piece in the stereo when it’s reached its final phase and see what it all became. But hey, that might be just a tad early to even think about right now. As mentioned before, I have a ton of plans for what I wanna do with this – we’ll see how it all goes down.

In short: this is the most intricate, developed, challenging and dominating piece of art I have ever worked with.

More updates will follow when there’s something of value to reveal.

Update!

It’s been a while so I thought I should inform you about what’s up. Over the last weeks I have been picking out all the parts where the orchestras are going, and that was quite some work. I have all the places down now so I’m moving on to actually composing everything, which will take even more time. Some parts are already finished, but there’s a ton of stuff left. I plan on spending at least the remainder of the year and the first months of 2014 on this. After that it’s time to work with all the electronics and effects, which is also extremely time consuming. Not to mention picking out all the vocal parts and write lyrics for it.

But this is what I love and what I need to do. To see this come alive and exceed all expectations is my reward. It is my destiny. So, updates won’t be too frequent, as mentioned before. I’ll just let you know when some major work is completed in the grand scheme of things, so you know what’s happening in the Hate camp.

Since I know that I will spend the better part of 2014 (at least) with this, and already know it will cost more than the recording of “The cadaverous retaliation agenda”, I am thinking about firing up the donation thing soon to make sure the funds are there when it’s time to complete everything. Not yet though. It will be interesting to see if it will work a second time or if this material will stay with me, unheard by the masses. Time will tell.

Stay tuned for updates as we go along, as always.