I had the choice of the songs 'Please' by Blanck Mass, 'Whip it' by Devo, 'Made to Stray' by Mount Kimbie and 'Moth' by Burial and Four Tet to base my character design on. Although I thought 'Whip it' (my favourite of all the tracks) would be a fun choice and definitely full of character, I decided I was too familiar with Devo and their incredibly distinctive imagery which I would find incredibly difficult to 'forget'. I thought 'Made to stray' was just a bit boring, and couldn't really find anything to latch onto. Whilst I thought 'Please' and 'Moth' would both be good options, I went for the latter because of the simple reason that I preferred it so would probably not mind listening to it a lot as much.
It is very atmospheric and quite sinister in a way, certainly very hypnotic. Some other words which come to mind are:
Lonely
Dark
relentless
Trance
Perpetual
Weary
Pulse
What with it being an electronic, sort of dance track, the beat is the most significant aspect and it's unrelenting presence in the track's otherwise somnolent atmosphere brought to mind, for me anyway, the idea of travelling, or making some kind of grueling journey. It made me think of a sort of nomadic lifestyle, always on the move, but more sinister. In terms of potential character ideas, I could picture some kind of drifter driven by an unknown motive to travel unrelentingly in pursuit of it. It brought to mind the scene from 'The Good, the Bad and The Ugly' in which Blondie (Clint Eastwood) is made to walk through through the dessert by Tuco (Eli Wallach) without water or shelter from the sun.
The fact that the track sort of fades in at the beginning and sort of peters out gradually at the end makes it feel endless, like it was going on before you started listening and will carry on after you stop.
The stammering synth motif also reminded me a little of the sort of jerky way camels lope across the dessert. I can picture someone riding a camel to this music, even though the tempo is probably a bit too fast.
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