A detail of «
Muffled Drums» (2003 — 13) by Terry Adkins appears on the cover of the March issue Art Forum, accompanying a conversation between Adkins and artist George Lewis.
Although he made videos throughout his career, these remain lesser - known than performances and sculptures like
Muffled Drums, a ceiling - scraping stack of silent but previously played bass drums, or Aviarium, a recent series that magnifies the wavelengths of various birds» songs and manifests them in silver - plated brass cymbals and trumpet mutes.
Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone, Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone, Silence the pianos and with
muffled drum Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come.
Not exact matches
The song begins with a 30 - second barrage of
drums, distorted guitar, and
muffled vocals, but then rides a single crash into the subtle strums and melancholy vocals of a shoegaze album.
Whether it's the
muffled, unsettling synths that peer out from underneath the groove, the mannered and highly potent collision of seemingly incongruous
drum patterns, or simply the masterful arrangement, it all adds up to make a record that's difficult to second - guess and lots of fun to unpack.
System: Revel Ultima, watts N / A *, 19 speakers Price: $ 4,400 (part of Luxury package); standard on Black Label Pros: Clear and accurate highs; lifelike bass and
drum impacts Cons: Slow - responding MyLincoln Touch interface; back - seat sound
muffled
The horns that open the song cracked when they should have been strong, Ms. Jepsen's voice sounded
muffled when it should have been clear and the
drums sounded muddied.
The soaring vocals of Imagine Dragons» «Radioactive» sounded canned on the V2, and the
drums and guitars became a
muffled, low - volume mess in the background.
The tablet poorly reproduced Jay Z and Kanye West's «No Church in the Wild,»
muffling the song's bass and adding slight distortion to vocals and
drum cymbals.
On Jay - Z and Kanye West's «No Church in the Wild,» the kick
drum loop gets enough high - mid presence to cut through the layers of the mix, but again, it sounds far more crisp when aligned with your ears, and a little
muffled when not.