The Effect

The Editors of Life – Alternative Artist

Portishead-Inspired Trip Hop Track | The Effect by The Editors of Life | Stream Free

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Matthew Scott - Synths, samples, swirly things, music (bridge); John Pfeifer - Piano ("Rhodesified" by Matt), vocal, guitar, music (verses), lyrics, bad Ray Milland impression

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The Editors of Life

An amalgam of anything that passes thru one ear and out the other -- see our Interview page for details.

In our music, you'll hopefully find everything -- rock, orchestral, trip-hop, spacey/ambient, whatever -- most times all in one tune!! Mwah-ha-ha.... We follow no labels, guidelines, trends -- we write what we feel at any given moment; industrial one moment, folk the next. You might hear smatterings of Floyd/Waters/Gilmour, a touch of Mike Nesmith, some Metheny, maybe even some Vangelis or 80's pop, classic rock, sheer noise, Air, Terje Rypdal, and if you really stretch in order to make us seem more relevant to the times, maybe some of The Shins, Sigur Ros, etc. Basically anything that makes a noise can inspire us.

Independent artist The Editors of Life drops "The Effect", a Trip Hop track on SoundClick. It is the kind of track that finds the right moment to make itself heard. This track does what good trip hop does best — it connects. With a peak of #2 on the main SoundClick Electronic chart, this is one of the strongest-performing Trip Hop releases on the platform. Listeners who follow Portishead will feel right at home with this The Editors of Life release on SoundClick.

Song Info

Genre

Electronic • Trip Hop

Charts

#13 today Peak #2

#1 in subgenre

Author

John Pfeifer / Matthew Scott

Rights

John Pfeifer / Matthew Scott

Uploaded

January 01, 2015

Track Files

MP3

MP3 6.7 MB • 160 kbps • 5:51 minutes

Lyrics

You seem to be beside yourself.
What have I done to warrant this glare?
It seems to me you delude yourself.
What you see is simply the effect of the local night air.

I'm sorry, but I'm afraid I must be going.
Somehow I get this feeling that you'll somehow cramp my style.

I claim to be, in and of myself,
the defining zenith of Everyman.
I seem to be beside myself,
Trying to keep real contact minimized.

I'm sorry...

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