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Danse Macabre (Dance of Death)

from Saga (The 16th Independent Music Award Winner) by Dark Model

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Fast-paced orchestral/classical electronica/EDM featuring choirs, ostinato strings, drum&bass-esque beat, and heavy/wobble bass. There is also a dramatic, apocalyptic Baroque-esque break around 3:10.

BPM: 150
Keywords for this track: Choir, Choral, Orchestral, Gothic, Drum'n'bass, Wobble Bass, Tension, Mysterious, Energetic, Emotive, Powerful, Shocking, Intense, Epic, Dramatic, Apocalyptic, Uplifting, Rhythmic, Percussive, Driving, Dark, Melancholic, Thrilling, Dynamic, Ethnic, Middle-East

- Backstory -

This mysterious, suspenseful, and fast-paced track features choir sound, orchestral arrangement, and massive electronic beat. When I began to sketch this track, it was much slower (around BPM 120) than the album version. Also, I didn’t think of using a choir. As I had felt some twist or punch was missing in the early version, I decided to leave it as it was until I came up with a breakthrough idea that could give some intensity or “shock” to the track in a definitive way. It was 5 or 6 years ago, even before I embarked on the first album of Dark Model.

Then, while I was creating a couple of other tracks for “Saga” concurrently, several significant ideas which ended up representing this track came to my mind all at once. That is to say, the Middle Eastern-esque main theme, multi-layered choir voices, the combination of massive beats and growling synth bass, and a baroque-influenced drop/bridge part.

Some of you may think Camille Saint-Saens’ same-titled song inspired this song. That is NOT true. After finishing this track, originally I came up with “Death Wish” as the title. However, I discarded the idea because I thought it would remind you too much of Charles Bronson’s 1974 movie of the same name (or its remake by Bruce Willis). Then, “Dance of Death” came to my mind, while sounding to me a little pun on the title of Bruce Lee’s 1978 movie “Game of Death.” I thought the title would fit the intense and apocalyptic feel of the track pretty well, but at the same time, it sounded a bit banal to me. Moreover, Dark Model had already had a track called “Dance of Wrath.”

Needing a twist, I consulted with my American friend who specialized in literature. After listening to the track, he suggested the French version of the title. He added, “it was an artistic genre of the French late-medieval allegory on the universality of death. And it’s the origin of the phrase, I believe.” Although I didn’t know “Dance of Death” wasn’t a general phrase but a unique one which had its origin, I was fascinated by the sound of the French version and found a lot of common ground between the allegory and the track in terms of concept and background. The fact of the matter is, while I ended up choosing “Danse Macabre” as the title, my original inspiration and concept for this track came from somewhere else.

- About the album "Saga" -

Dark Model is back with more progressive, melodious, and dramatic orchestral electronica. “Saga,” Dark Model’s 2nd album, takes the audience on an epic high-energy journey through 13 tracks of massive electronic beats with intricately layered symphonic sound. It jumpstarts an awakening to the listener’s soul and will continue to resonate for years to come.

"Saga" won Best Dance/Electronica Album in the 16th Independent Music Awards.

All music composed and produced by Tatsuya Oe
℗ © 2017 Model Electronic & Tatsuya Oe (JASRAC)
CD Cat No: MECD-1005 (Digipak)
UPC (Bar Code): 888295548816

Official website: www.darkmodelmusic.com
Dark Model Facebook: www.facebook.com/DarkModelMusic
Album details & other links: s.tatsuyaoe.com/3Her1Je

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from Saga (The 16th Independent Music Award Winner), released March 24, 2017
Written & Produced by Tatsuya Oe (JASRAC)

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Dark Model is a project by an award winning music producer Tatsuya Oe (who has also been well known as an electronic music master/club DJ Captain Funk), which focuses on futuristic, emotional, and edgy orchestral electronic music.

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