Review Fix Exclusive: DiipSilence Talks ‘Galaxy’ And More

Review Fix chats with singer/songwriter DiipSilence who discusses her new album, “Galaxy,” as well as her creative process and goals for the rest of the year.

Review Fix: How did this project come together?

DiipSilence: I made this project after a short trip last summer to Joshua Tree National Park, while traveling I recorded some field ambiance and foley sounds like stepping on deserts etc. I edited these recordings back in my studio, the sounds immediately brought me the images of the milky way, boulders, deserts, Joshua trees and giant cacti. So I decided to make a song to freeze that unforgettable memory by using the sound recorded from there.

Review Fix: What’s your creative process like?

DiipSilence: My creative process always begins from the scenery in my mind, I’m trying to describe a picture that can make people see what I can see. The main idea is using the sounds recorded in location to express the image. I use Ableton as my main DAW, after editing the sounds I’d like to put them into Sampler to do sound design, trying to match the sound to the imagery of the song. For this one, some of the drums are layered with the crack foley sounds, such as I’m breaking dried branches, stepping on rocks. There are lots of textures inside this track too, like keychain movements and subtle wind noise. I feel the dreamy and deep sound of hand-pan will be a perfect choice to describe the night galaxy.

Review Fix: What’s your standout song? How was it written?

DiipSilence: “Fury Tail(寒山众)” is one of my standout song, it’s a Chinese song that stayed No.1 for two weeks in Chinese Kanjian ING indie music chart. The idea comes from Classic Chinese Poetry, I’m such a fan of it. So I wrote the lyrics with ancient Chinese prose, then added some electronic music elements such as trap beats, dub synth etc. I just tried this for fun, but to my surprise, they seemed to blend well. In the bridge part I wrote a quiet melody with Chinese ancient instrument – Xiao, it’s a Chinese flute that made with Bamboo, also with me reading my favorite poem. It’s very exciting for me to explore how different elements can be mixed together without boundary, and music is always the correct answer.

Review Fix: What are your goals for 2018?

DiipSilence: I’m aiming at releasing a song per month by myself during 2018. Plan to travel more to record field sounds that can be put into my music.

Review Fix: How do you want your music to affect people?

DiipSilence: I want my music can make people feel “anything can be music”, I believe there is NO boundary in music. Everything has it’s own sound and everything can be musical: throwing a small stone into a pond, the sound could be a cool snare; moving a fidget spinner near a mic, the massive low end will trick you into thinking it’s an 808 sub-bass; every so-called “daily noise” is a potential gem to make music.

Review Fix: What’s next?

DiipSilence: I’m working on my new four-song EP now, each song inside this EP will describe a type of weather phenomenon. I’ll put lots of ambiance recording and foley sounds in this album as well, stay tuned for an update

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Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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