Topic: Music That Starts Slow... (Read 6605 times)

rednightmare · « **on:** 25 Feb 2009, 23:36 »

...and gets progressively faster. Does anybody know if there is a special name for this?

I am thinking of the same sort of thing that you hear in some folk music/dances; where the beat just picks up until pretty much everybody collapses. The reason I ask is that I am specifically looking for some music that does this. I know it exists but I have no idea what to look for.

If you don't know a name for it but have a recommendation or two I am happy with that as well.

Fishboy · « **Reply #1 on:** 26 Feb 2009, 01:28 »

All post-rock.

NotAFanOfFenders · « **Reply #2 on:** 26 Feb 2009, 06:08 »

Do you mean like in Rockets fall on Rocket Falls by GY!BE?
Because then it's like what the above poster said

valley_parade · « **Reply #3 on:** 26 Feb 2009, 06:29 »

There's probably some technical term he's looking for. "Sturm und Drang" pops into my head, but I don't think that's it.

Dimmukane · « **Reply #4 on:** 26 Feb 2009, 06:29 »

It's basically been covered.

But there are also a couple other examples.

Turisas - Jagisleif (I can't remember how to spell this)
65daysofstatic are pretty good at this

But yeah, most post-rock will do that for you.

the_pied_piper · « **Reply #5 on:** 26 Feb 2009, 07:47 »

You mean something like Zorba's Dance by Gypsy Kings?

To be honest a lot of music starts slow then gets faster, even some classical pieces.

Thrillho · « **Reply #6 on:** 26 Feb 2009, 09:47 »

'Commercial Break' by Blur.

rynne · « **Reply #7 on:** 26 Feb 2009, 10:34 »

Quote from: rednightmare on 25 Feb 2009, 23:36

Does anybody know if there is a special name for this?

Accelerando?

emmalee · « **Reply #8 on:** 26 Feb 2009, 10:39 »

Accelerando is the musical term for acceleration. That will probably help you out in a classical sense, I don't know about modern music.

You mentioned folk music - the tarantella is the classic representation of that concept. Again, it might not help you in conversation about modern music.

Good luck!

PapaFrita · « **Reply #9 on:** 26 Feb 2009, 12:55 »

Klesmer/polka is very good at this, although rynne had the best answer.

sean · « **Reply #10 on:** 26 Feb 2009, 14:44 »

Quote from: Fishboy on 26 Feb 2009, 01:28

~~All~~ most post-rock.

Scandanavian War Machine · « **Reply #11 on:** 26 Feb 2009, 16:23 »

Gogol Bordello does this occasionally: starting slow and picking up the pace until it reaches a furious breaking point of energy.

also, the song "There's So Many Colors" by Akron/Family sort of does this, but really i just use any excuse i can to recommend that song to people because it is pretty much the best.

TLT Thomas · « **Reply #12 on:** 27 Feb 2009, 18:23 »

Suicidal Tendencies, "Institutionalized" - something like that?

Zingoleb · « **Reply #13 on:** 28 Feb 2009, 01:34 »

Melanie's "Groundhog Day (Alternate Version)" is the best example I can think of. It starts out quiet and slow and works it way up to what sounds like three drummers and a gong.

spoon_of_grimbo · « **Reply #14 on:** 28 Feb 2009, 19:22 »

"Overcome (The Recapitulation)" by RX Bandits is a good example of this.

MakuseruSukotto · « **Reply #15 on:** 28 Feb 2009, 19:29 »

A lot of Mono does that.

The Flames Beyond the Cold Mountain, Lost Snow, Yearning, some others too,

Commodore · « **Reply #16 on:** 01 Mar 2009, 08:41 »

Waves of Grain- Two Gallants

pwhodges · « **Reply #17 on:** 01 Mar 2009, 08:47 »

The composer Conlon Nancarrow composed a lot of music to be played mechanically , by a player piano (this is before the days of MIDI). He used changes of tempo as an important part of his palette (viewing different tempi as a kind of scale), and wrote some pieces in which there are two parts, one of which gets faster through the piece while the other simultaneously gets slower.

rednightmare · « **Reply #18 on:** 01 Mar 2009, 12:29 »

Thanks for all the replies about this. Accelerando is definitely what I was looking for. I was looking for something a little different that what you get out of most post rock bands as they tend to get noisier rather than faster. That said I will listen to the reccomendations on here.

I already knew about Gogol Bordello and some of their music definitely comes to mind. The Tarantella is exactly the sort of thing I was thinking of, though I am hoping to find examples of it in modern music. Looking around there are also some occasions where Faust did this in case anybody else is curious.

I am going to check out Conlon Nancarrow because that sounds really interesting to me.

Thanks again for the help.

pwhodges · « **Reply #19 on:** 01 Mar 2009, 14:45 »

I've put a little Nancarrow in the mediafire thread, though it's for a human not a player piano!

Gridgm · « **Reply #20 on:** 01 Mar 2009, 17:06 »

go find the wine song by the cat empire

el_loco_avs · « **Reply #21 on:** 02 Mar 2009, 02:35 »

Bolero?

pwhodges · « **Reply #22 on:** 02 Mar 2009, 03:23 »

That gets louder, not faster. Ravel criticised performances that didn't keep the tempo steady.

KickThatBathProf · « **Reply #23 on:** 02 Mar 2009, 10:16 »

I'm pretty sure that wasn't his favorite piece either

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