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A Drop In The Ocean (2023 Mix)

by Soultech

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1.
sit out on the shore wait for the ocean to bring you to me sit out on the shore wait for the ocean to bring you to me i'll be anticipating waves like every second till the next one breaks horizon like a haven for the do goods and the no throw aways don't know what i'm doing but it's good sense to me done are my endeavours to place my face on the tv gone my recollections of the reasons i was supposed to be i don't write no letters; don't push my feet down the street cause i just sit out on the shore waiting for someone to float in for me don't know what i'm doing but it's good sense to me listening ear to shell for something heard in a dream gaze out at the clouds until they burst at the seam trying to unravel life's greatest mysteries birds dont rattle their cage; groans don't indicate a release some settle their wars fairly others refuse to settle for peace i've read about the arctic; when it melts? the aftermath and so on? but i just sit out on the shore and watch the clouds as they move on along don't know what i'm doing but it's good sense to me listening ear to shell for something heard in a dream gaze out at the clouds until they burst at the seam trying to unravel life's greatest mysteries
2.
we had come to embrace each other i spoke words i knew i shouldn't utter was it right? was it wrong? what's really going on? it's so cool the way that we can relate i woke up in your bed body displayed the thoughts ran through my head the entire day it was nice, it was great it thrills me just to say it's so cool the way that we can relate i waited for your call patiently but the lack of a ring just disturbs me oh, now what should i do i feel stupid over you it's so cool the way that we can relate is it love or just another one night stand otherwise it would have been a good weekend i had fun, more or less my chest hurts when i confess it's so cool the way that we can relate nevermind that i cried all of the way home when i heard the dead air on the telephone if you don't want to talk i guess i'll leave you alone it's so cool the way we can relate
3.
you're not good at what you're doing; i'm not saying that you're stupid you weren't justified in getting by singing life is but a whore you look good in purple; you look good in purple you were popularized and then pushed to the side like so many fads before you could take another long weekend; relax for a while there's no good reason to take offense; paint on your best smile you gotta simplify the fact like we don't know how to act i can't conjugate you in plurals; i can't conjugate you in plurals you weren't smooth but well designed; hard to miss but hard to find your philosophy isn't that durable; your philosophy isn't that durable i'm somewhat optimistic that someday you'll get it if not most of the time then some of the time: singing life's an open door you look good in purple; you look good in purple you were castrasized for living a lie and it bruised you to the core you could take another long weekend; relax for a while there's no good reason to take offense; paint on your best smile you could take another long weekend; relax for a while there's no good reason to take offense; paint on your best smile you gotta break down and decide; you ain't got nowhere to hide i can't conjugate you in plurals; i can't conjugate you in plurals you were always on my mind; why does life feel so unkind? your apathy isn't that suitable; your apathy isn't that suitable you gotta build yourself some pride; allow me to be your guide i can't conjugate you in plurals; i can't conjugate you in plurals you've been deceived since you cried; honesty turned out a lie your philosophy isn't that durable; your philosophy isn't that durable you gotta simplify the fact like we don't know how to act i can't conjugate you in plurals; i can't conjugate you in plurals you weren't smooth but well designed; hard to miss but hard to find your philosophy isn't that durable; your philosophy isn't that durable you gotta simplify the fact like we don't know how to act i can't conjugate you in plurals; i can't conjugate you in plurals you weren't smooth but well designed; hard to miss but hard to find your philosophy isn't that durable; your philosophy isn't that durable
4.
she wraps her stories within parables she plays the lottery of miracles she's acts mysterious around the world there's something magical about the girl she knows how to make men uncomfortable she's had her way with more than several she's optimistic upon your referral there's something magical about the girl she sure knows how to make me miserable all of her markings are incredible if i could give her everything i would there's something magical about the girl she takes a moment to get a good joke the obvious ones hinder her the most but her expressions are adorable there's something magical about the girl of all that we have known this one stands out for sure with what wind could have blown it all comes back to her she wraps her stories within parables she plays the lottery of miracles she's acts mysterious around the world there's something magical about the girl she knows how to make men uncomfortable she's made a fool of more than several she's optimistic upon your referral there's something magical about the girl of all that we have known this one stands out for sure with what wind could have blown it all comes back to her of all that we have known this one stands out for sure and after lessons learned they all come back for more
5.
i could have sworn i had it figured out til it all collapsed on me my dedication wasn't working out so i endured sympathy all life's equations lost their emptiness when they poured it out on me a wasted lifetime of worry and grief just to no longer believe but in the end they don't work out in the end they don't work out... out i lost my patience so incredibly just by testing theories our conversation soon took a harsh turn and we became enemies all this frustration had me tuckered out so i picked a way to be the complications were without a doubt taking a harsh toll on me but in the end they don't work out in the end they don't work out in the end it's over now it doesn't work out for me i could have sworn i had it figured out til it all collapsed on me my dedication wasn't working out so i endured sympathy all life's equations lost their emptiness when they poured it out on me a wasted lifetime of worry and grief just to no longer believe but in the end they don't work out in the end it's over now in the end they don't work out in the end it's over now it doesn't work out for me
6.
when you ask your questions you answer mine i finish your sentences all of the time i know when you're lying by the look in your eyes i'd enjoy every minute of the ride if only i could read your mind better take it serious and get in line as counterproductive as you may realize i'm tired of all the waiting, waiting, waiting and no it's not alright i'd understand if only i could read your mind when you're playing your games i just play nice just like cops and robbers i wear a disguise i know what you're doing but i act so unwise the thrill of the chase makes my eyes stone blind if only i could read your mind play like it's the real deal and don't ask why reality and fiction separate when defined those stupid fucking questions, questions, questions that linger inside would be answered if only i could read your mind
7.
it's not so easy not so easy to be for lack of a better word it's hard to believe hard to believe deceit at times so often unheard who'd ever thought you would run across me in search of a better pawn it's hard to believe hard to believe deceit no matter what drug you're on i know it's not in my best interest you know it'd be bad for both of us someday i'll say what i need to say but sadly that day is not today somehow i find you generally unique despite your flare for the arts the hardest part of understanding belief comes clean when faith and truth part one at a time you pull them into your scene until you're obscured by thought it's hard to believe hard to believe deceit no matter what drug you're on i know it's not in my best interest you know it'd be bad for both of us someday i'll say what i need to say but sadly that day is not today is it worth noting that i'm gloating again patting myself on the back no rhyme or reason i'm deceiving i can't separate fiction from fact is it no wonder they would condone the whore eloquent as a baton don't let em fool ya you can always get down no matter how high you are
8.
don't let the guilttrip get to me; don't enjoy imagining you don't mind it you must love the misery but it don't make any sense to me i don't like it why don't you show a little sympathy? spend some time with a friend like me? why not try it? there is no sound like broken glass; the upper half of the middle class hard to find it you're like a picture in a broken frame i don't buy it and i don't ever wanna sleep it off so excited present yourself so pleasently without the air of society i admire it you got the best partial nudity; contact the nearest relative compromise it we're all just living in bellies of snakes until digestion come we wait so subsided and i don't ever wanna sleep it off, i don't ever wanna sleep it off i'm so excited
9.
you've become so detached from what is real that it's hard to tell how you really feel you change your mind and you change your mind to suit your whims and you play your parts disguise your smarts with pseudonyms is that alright? it's not as difficult a thing as you'd think it's outtasite i let a little piece of you drag me away it's a shame that we had no time to heal and our sunburns hadn't had time to peel you changed the skies colored with your lies and made a deal and you done the line crushed your alibi with that pill
10.
if you're lost at sea i will find you awash with the waves they can't hide you i'm finding your name on letters in bottles i throw them in they wash up again, i drink to the bottom what else can i say here without you when only thing i think i can think i think it about you you've capsized me a drop in the ocean you know i've never really loved before but i've went through the motions it's pouring from the sea when you're crying over me it's pouring from the sea when you're crying i'd give up the sand just to know you and every beat just serves to show you never understood the commotion you know i've never been in love before but i've taken the notion it's pouring from the sea when you're crying over me it's pouring from the sea when you're crying it's pouring from the sea when you're crying over me it's pouring from the sea when you're crying

about

Principal recording for A DROP IN THE OCEAN took five months to complete, occurring between June 13 and November 11 of 2006. Since I had just released the previous Soultech CD, an EP called An Iron In The Fire, in February - and I did not want the collaborators from the EP to force their way onto my first full-length - it was recorded mostly in secret. We had fun on Iron, but I had decided that Drop was going to be a serious effort.

At the conception of each song was the drum sequencing. For DROP, I used leafDrums2 for Windows, along with a set of (pirated) paid drum sounds. Software is more often than not just an inconvenient necessity for musicians. However, in this instance, I just let the software and my experimentation with it become the inspiration, which was completely conceptually the opposite of my prior projects. That being said, I never had to come into a session with a preconceived idea for a song.

Next up is probably the most obvious - all of those goddamn synths! Where did he get them? Funny story, actually - I didn’t even own a keyboard at the time! Each and every synth you hear on DROP - the layers upon layers of them - were produced in real-time with the click of a mouse on the software keyboard in Native Instruments Absynth 2. A good idea? No. But will it work in a pinch? I suppose you’ll have to be the judge.

The vocals on DROP never quite thrilled me. While I was on-key (mostly), my lack of owning a condenser microphone meant using a very cheap dynamic microphone. This made mixing a real challenge. Beyond that, I was using a Gateway laptop with Sony Vegas Pro for mixing, a Sony bookshelf stereo and 30 year old Realistic headphones for monitoring, and I had no idea what the hell I was doing. The result was a great album musically, with tons of flaws to be critiqued.

Seventeen years on, I’ve decided to revisit what went on to become my best-selling album.

I pulled the original Sony Vegas multitracks into Presonus Studio One Professional, losing every effect and level in the process, and began the process of painstakingly reworking the entire mix from scratch. Audio software has made great strides in the past near-two decades, and I’ve utilized the latest and greatest tools, up to and including Artificial Intelligence, to make the album sound like I always believed it could.

It makes my ears happy, and I hope it makes yours happy too. Love it or hate it, it's definitely a vibe.

-Mort

(Original release date: 12/6/2006)

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released February 3, 2023

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