The Seventh Voyage Of Used Soyuz hits Bandcamp

Here is my seventh Bandcamp release, mostly LMMS instrumentals, mastered in Audacity. One was composed for fun in Chrome Music Lab, which I've been using at work. There are also vocal tracks, one droned and one sung. Enjoy.

Navigator by Used Soyuz featuring John Murphy

I have wanted to cover Navigator, written by Phil Gaston for the Pogues, for years. Recently I added an intro verse, and some more at the end about my Grandad (John Murphy, who came over in 1938), and my Dad (Tom Martin, who came over in 1959). Then I heard John Francis Flynn's version of 'The Zoological Gardens' and realised that if he could doom-synth what I only knew as a bawdy Dubliners song, then I could take liberties with 'Navigator', and sing rather than speak it, moving some notes around to fit my old git's narrow register. I adapted the tune in LMMS using the OB-Xd VST by DiscoDSP, and tweaked three of its presets: BzPer_Bass Drum, Rockets Bass, All Thru The Night Arp. I used Audacity for the vocal recordings and mastering. The vocal samples are from a kitchen interview my Grandad did with my Mum in 2000, using a mini cassette dictaphone. Sadly, only 90 minutes of this survived their deaths, in a poor quality recording.

I have shared this track with family members, who seemed to appreciate it, and have included it in my latest Bandcamp release, The Seventh Voyage of Used Soyuz.