Lullabye is actually an old song that I wrote back in the late eighties, before I was EtherReal, or in fact producing any music into tangible media. It was an untitled song that I composed on my sister's crappy Casio, and then scored for future use. Nearly 18 years later, I came across the score again, and turned it into this track for Omega.
The original version of the song had a melody and a very definite verse/chorus arrangement, but the melody was dropped and the verse chords as well in 2005. The only part of the original track to remain in tact is the chorus arrangement, and the song basically went from a traditional song style to a simple electro groove.
It was one of the first songs completed for Omega, and it was composed shortly after my daughter left for Vancouver with her mother. I was remembering when she used to stay with me on weekends, and watching her sleep, and decided to name it 'Lullabye' in honour of that memory. I also dubbed the audio I had from some home movies where she was babbling as a two-year-old onto the mix at various points. It made me very sad to listen to it, and this sentiment its kind of the central theme to Omega.
A friend listened to it, being aware of my situation with this, and said that it could either be a happy song or a sad song, depending on the context and the current situation when it's listened to. I tend to agree.
Later, I did a remix of this for the Flight Deck single, a bit more of a driving beat, and less of the home movie overdubs.
VERSIONS
- Lullabye (8:38)
written, produced and arranged by Perpetual Emotion Machine. vocalizing by Drew Penny.
Track 2 from Omega.
- Lullabye (Remix) (8:54)
written, produced and arranged by Perpetual Emotion Machine. vocalizing by Drew Penny. remixed by The Immaculate Contraption (OCIII)
Remix for the Flight Deck single.
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