Odesza have shared an eight hour “music to refine to” combine impressed by Apple TV+’s Severance. Test it out under.
Created by Dan Erickson and government produced by Ben Stiller, the sequence, set throughout the fictional Lumon company, follows worker Mark Scout (Adam Scott) who agrees to a “severance” process the place his work and private life recollections are cut up – so he has no recollection of his “outie” life whereas working at Lumon and vice versa.
After a three-year hiatus, the present’s second season launched on Apple TV+ final month, and, it seems, Odesza are “mega-fans” – in line with the duo’s Harrison Mills.
Mills and Clayton Knight have reworked the sequence’ rating right into a 23-minute combine that has been looped to create an eight hour piece of music – the identical size of time as a standard work day.
“We needed to take individuals on a journey and provides a wider breadth of music and play off and reinterpret Teddy’s rating in a singular method,” mentioned Mills in a current interview with Billboard. “We put completely different chords beneath a number of his melodies, whereas additionally attempting to remain true to the vibe of the present, which is type of creepy and subversive. You’re not overtly conscious of this darkish underbelly.”
The combination options the present’s signature piano chords and weaves in different feels like the employees typing. Mills explains it was designed to lull the listener “into this false sense of safety that it’s all joyful after which bringing these darker sounds that creep into it. It’s like lovely melancholy. There’s disappointment, however there’s additionally floor stage pleasure all through. We had been attempting to play with main chords, however then sneak in these bizarre, type of dissonant sounds that creep in.”
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The newest episode of Severance aired on Friday (February 28) and was met with rapturous response, with some calling it a “masterpiece”.
The second season landed a five-star evaluate from NME, with James Mottram writing: “As issues get all of the extra intriguing by the minute, Severance is a present finest watched on excessive alert.”
“For instance, graffiti scrawled within the background reads “Who’s alive?” By the point The Stone Roses’ ‘Love Spreads’ hits the soundtrack, with Ian Brown wailing “Let me put you within the image / Let me present you what I imply”, you’ll be begging for the Severance crew to do the identical. Don’t stress it, although. Benefit from the experience and let this distinctive present tease and titillate your mind till you lastly submit.”
Severance solid member Christopher Walken lately spoke about his reluctance to retire, asking: “If I cease, what would I do?”. Elsewhere, rapper and actor Vince Staples has mentioned he desires to be within the subsequent season of the present.