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Left Behind

Måns — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 07:52:15 +0000

This song is based on a chord sequence and a specific piano sound repeating over and over, creating the foundation for the sound. Anders added some really nice synth bass grooves and a beautiful guitar melody at the end of the song, and we recorded all of the “live” parts during one session in the studio, complete with vocals.

Let’s steal this song!

Anders — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:35:27 +0000

I heard this song yesterday on MTV2, it’s great! We must steal it!

Fire Fire Fire

Måns — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:46:18 +0000

Anders wrote this song, which contains some nice guitar sounds and a slightly traditional sound for us. Måns wrote and recorded the vocals, which are still a draft, and there are still some changes to be made to the mix. … Continue reading →

Underachievers

Måns — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 12:24:40 +0000

This song is nearing completion. After a couple of attempts at finding just the right structure for the song, including where to put the chorus part, which is all that I had when I brought this song to Moon Palace, we decided on a 6/8 shuffle and a more heavy, thick, electronic sound for the bassline.

We are currently working with some of the effects for the song, including some kind of distorted delay effect for the vocal parts, and some more guitar parts for the middle eight.

If You Don’t Know Why

Måns — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 18:52:03 +0000

This song started life as a sketch by Anders called “Airwaves“. It’s a somewhat different sound for Moon Palace, but that’s what this whole thing is all about – finding out what happens when we make the music we want to make.

An interesting thing about this song is that Anders had made the sketch and envisioned the vocals as slow, floating on top of the busy background. Since I had no idea, I went with what I felt like after listening to the sketch, which is the faster, rockier sound we’ve ended up with. I’d still like to know how the original idea for the vocals would have sounded.

Looking For Trouble

Måns — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 13:11:51 +0000

This song was recorded during our summer 2007 visit to Anders’ family cottage in Småland, southern Sweden. During our weekend in the (cold!) house, we worked on two songs, but only the second song turned into something we could use.

This song is not really completed, but we have started working on other songs since. We’ll see if we revisit Looking For Trouble at a later point.

Without A Heart

Måns — Sun, 01 Oct 2006 12:48:10 +0000

This recording is a couple of years old by now, and it represents a different sound and direction for Moon Palace. More acoustic-sounding, more low-key and sensitive.

Valsen

Måns — Tue, 23 Nov 2004 21:22:58 +0000

So this is probably the only song you’ll hear from us that is sung in Swedish. This song is special because it was the first music collaboration between us for a very long time. I wasn’t sure whether I wanted to write in Swedish or English, but I switched to English after this recording. Force of habit, really. I still think Swedish would be the way to go, but it is much, much harder to write in your own language, since the words have to make sense when you fully understand them…

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