Prismatic (You Feel Space)
"With a fire in your head, you feel space, with that look in your eye, you feel space..."
'Prismatic (You Feel Space)' takes the record in the SUB ONE/Prismatic archives as the recording with the most takes. After digging through my library I found 4 different cassettes with different instrumental takes, vocal takes, vocal overdubs and even an acoustic guitar overdub version.
Even though a lot of work was put into making this song happen, it still remains "unfinished and dissatisfied" to this day. The version I have included on the SUB ONE blog is the best mix I could find out of the batch and it still has a lot to be desired (at least in my opinion). The instrumental track is overcompressed due to the rather inferior equipment used in the recording process. Other reasons for my dissatisfaction would include the overpowered mix in the vocals and there is also a small reference to a Pete Shelley song, "Homosapien" that I find rather weak and mundane. Listen for that and my cheesy laugh towards the end of the keyboard/guitar solo.
However, I did feel that this song was adequate enough to include on the Prismatic cassette release. One thing that I find interesting after listening to this song so many years later is the be-bop/avante-garde jazz element within the instrumentation. So there is a silver lining of sorts to this song.
Here it is, from the Prismatic archive... 'Prismatic (You Feel Space)' by Prismatic
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