“Music does a lot of things for a lot of people. It’s transporting, for sure. It can take you right back, years back, to the very moment certain things happened in your life. It’s uplifting, it’s encouraging, it’s strengthening.” — Aretha Franklin

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2007

Perpetual Emotion Machine

from Glory

Port Moody is the town in British Columbia where my daughter lived for a time after my separation from her mother. After spending some time there for a visit, this was the song I wrote when I got back. I thought it was a sleepy little town and it had a bit of some eerie vibes (but that was probably just me).

I would say that this is an extension (or natural progression) of the EtherReal tracks Peek and ‘Orrible It Is. The timing for this song is a little different — the phrasing switches from 6/4 to 4/4 and back several times. The original idea was based on a percussion loop I had in my head as an earworm and that sequence was 6 beats long.

There was an idea to do this as a second single from Glory. I completed a remix for it and had earmarked some other tracks to go on it, but It never came to pass.

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Port Moody

Perpetual Emotion Machine

The original album version.

Credits

written, produced and arranged by Perpetual Emotion Machine.


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Port Moody ($100 Version)

Perpetual Emotion Machine

This was the original remix I did for the withdrawn Port Moody single. The source file was lost before I was able to complete the mix, but this is the original drop.

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Port Moody ($150 Version)

Perpetual Emotion Machine

This was the rebuilt $100 remix and this version appeared on the 2008 Excursion EP.

Credits

written, produced and arranged by Perpetual Emotion Machine. remix and additional production by The Immaculate Contraption. ©2007 Woof Boom Productions.