sweet i'll try something

quintessential album:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dq76B2sDpFA

one of my favorites:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7Zx-RaVvzw

one more example of something weirder but still in pretty much the same spirit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbxjtGR-dQY&list=OLAK5uy_lOu4nLl1wHXP55AxgUMHIMdD20zPkAdO8

Hey guys!

So there has been plenty of discourse over the past few years over what Shoegaze actually is. When you have an esoteric genre name like that, everybody and their grandma wants in on teh sweet scene cred. But for me(my opinion being the correct one, of course), the genre can be boiled down to two simple elements:

Heavy gain, "whoosh of sound" electric guitars
+
Breathy, shy and/or disaffected vocals

It's the contrast of these two basic elements which makes the genre. No, your ambient synth drone album isn't Shoegaze just because you used a lot of reverb. But chipchamp! I have no inclination or the proper equipment to sing! Substitute, be creative, improvise!


Further elements to consider:

Psychedelic styled riffs
Crisp, light drum sounds to cut through the dense mix
Slower tempos
Big, slow pitch bends from whammy bar or vibrato effect
MORE guitar pedals
Chorus or other modulation for "clean" riffs
Depression

And since Pukers already mentioned Loveless and Lush, here are some other references:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsmHP3ce010

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xODBy-d6Kzc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DDx78zvghE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMPpMfjnn-I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLnoWIwscNw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0L4PEDqnbE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGCjpkewg5g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfUa4BMNNNY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9FQR6cTpRY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRVkFgJrQnk


ask for more if you need em >:3

Was listening to Loveless for the first time in a long time yesterday thinking "I should do something like this" so ok :)

+100000 for lush, one of my favorite bands of all time

very excited

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJqJlcqPm3k

Aww yeah hope I will have enough time to participate!!
UPD: WOAH ACTUALLY DID IT

OOO Awsome! I f***ing love shoegaze!!! Definitely gonna try to enter this one.

oooo.... oooh I think I have a really fitting tune that i made back in 2018 that I could finish up for this!!!! :D

edit: listened to that one. It's too MIDIsh sounding.... If I maybe could record a nice drum-groove from my acoustic drums to build up from?....

Btw shoegaze is a really nice genre overall a precious gift to humanity!

Four years ago I made a mix of Canadian shoegaze, chegg it oot:
https://www.mixcloud.com/blunderspublik/sorelgaze-canadian-shoegaze/

I'm good with Famistudio, so I may try it one day.

[This n00b ashamed of what written. - BotB]

oh YES!! one of my absolute favourite genres, i dunno if i can make something for this but huge kudos for that fantastic idea, i didn't expect to log back in to ever see this, i'll keep an eye on this

I think I got all the instrumental parts done. Now I just need to learn to sing, record voice and edit the hell out of the recorded voice.

hmmm any chance for an extension on the battle? Two of my collaborators have been made unavailable through different circumstances.

extendong++

yeah

only 4 entries?

we can do better than that!

adding 2 weeks!!

my recording pc is dying :(

Puke I've got a recording nearly done and I'm excited! Thanks for the extension!

Thanks for the extention. I have an idea but haven't found enough quiet time with the guitars to get something recorded (yet.)

I found this video documentary about shoegaze
Before Loveless: How Shoegaze Became Shoegaze

OMG

TIME TO SUBMIT TO BOTB FOR FIRST TIME IN YEARS !!!

noice!!

This stuff sounds like Grunge to me. I guess I've always liked Soundgarden. I wonder if my guitar still works. I live in an apartment building. <3

I finished a track last week but I wanted to re-record the vocals. So far, I haven't had a chance to do so. I hope I can't do it before the deadline otherwise I'll have to send the extra-shitty version xD

even if you think its shitty, dont hesitate to submit! we are our own worst critics - im sure your singing will be great either way :D

just turn up the reverb and call it shoegaze style :P

Go for it Zygrunt, I'm still getting mine ready too!

ahhh i wont have time to submit to this :( excited to hear the entries tho

Finally finished. Now I can go stare at my shoes.

I had no idea what the hell I was doing for this style but boy did it feel good to enter something in BOTB again :).

listening through the tracks

this is great!!!

not the biggest shoegaze expert, which means i just upvote everything that sounds like big distorted mess, my aura turned green again haha

idk about yall but this is up my alley to do a synclisten!

does one of the weekend days work for you guys?? im a busy gal during the school week hhhh

quirby synclisten hype

i am very much open to listen after visufall, i'm not doing much afterwards so it fine :Db

ok i havent exactly planned anything out like if i can stream ok still, i dont have anything set up
ANYWAYS
da current plan:
12:30 mountain standard time (aka new mexico, my home)
19:90 UTC (aka where opm lives, one hell of a flex)

my twitch is:
https://www.twitch.tv/quirby64

be there or be...unepic? idk ill figure it out

I AM STREAMING

BOTTOM TEXT

I'm a mixist again!! Thanks BOTB!

Average Score: 24.928

its bandcamp day again or whatever/ i thin? k?? any gazerz?

im the first track wtf
this is an honor! thank you dr chipchamp

oh i forgot this was gonna happen.. cool!