All who doubted us. Ghost in the Circuit video.
July 12th, 2009 by Hexfix93
I’m sorry, I apologize about some of lust for blood not being up to par(running out of head room in cubase, when you make complex loud stuff in cubase and mix it in there, it turns into shit, i like the songs but some of the production really sucked because of cubase and sx 2s really bad mixing when mixing complex mixes), but there are some serious gems on it. I am angered that people did not take notice, that this track in particular did not get the spot light shined on it. This song is amazing, I hate to sound egotistical, but i think it is a masterpiece. It shows the true genesis of Todd and I working together. He came up with the strings, which are simply amazing, the progressions, I put down the beat, and all the leads, arps and filter sweeps. Following Todd’s strings was challenging, he is classically trained pianist(big pianist), and I played the leads and did all the drum work. The truth is, Emily Autumn was supposed to drop vocals to this track after we did that remix for her, but she blew me off and never talked to me again so I never got anything in return for that Emily Autumn remix. Lame huh? Who cares, after seeing this video and how well this song goes to film, I am pissed that no one markets us in this way, or gets us film deals or anything. I feel like our talents are being forgotten in time. Please help us get the credit and exposure we deserve. When I listen to this, my heart sings, it inspires me, it’s deep, musical and is produced really well. It reminds me of why I work with Todd and support his solo act and why he will be on my tour playing on my stage. Also, it looks like my old friend might move back to town(fro), I can only hope, he was my best friend for years and i really do miss him, he is one of the anchors in toxic coma, and if he comes back, he reunite toxic coma and a new lp will be made, and I will try to get him to play keys and samples for us on our upcoming tour with todd. Also I will sing to this track, and release it on an upcoming single, and play it live with vocals (if I can sing well enough to fit the song). I love this song(it was inspired by the passing of one of my x gf’s mothers who i really adored, I cried and cried for days as i read the email telling me of her demise, Todd sent me the midi file with the strings, and in one day, yes one day, I wrote the rest, i was possessed) I remember, I used kontakt 2 and used a choir patch, and atmosphere layered together on the strings. Made a neat soft lfo jupiter 8 arp that sounded pretty and layered that in, made that huge jupiter 8 filter sweep in unison mode, the made that cross fm lead on the virus C as the meaner sounding lead that comes in in the middle and leads to the end. I think this sounds great, proving to me, that yes, you can use software, and analogs together, and mix it digital, and still get something great. This song is proof to me and using cubase sx 2, and yes that is what i used then. Of course I had to arm wrestle with the midi though.
Hexfix93.
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July 12th, 2009 at 3:53 pm
It’s wrong what Emilie did. But the song is perfect without the lyrics.
Does this mean you may tour again?
July 12th, 2009 at 4:46 pm
Ghost In The Circuit for me is not only the stand out track on Lust For Blood, but for me personally, the best song VAC has ever produced. Seriously, from the first moment I listened to it, I was lost for words. I have played this track so many times, and I never grow tired of it. It’s sheer genius on so many levels. First off, to write a song like this, the harmonies, the melodies, the changes, is just phenomenal. Then there is the production. The synths, the drums, the bass, the strings and choir, they all compliment each other so well. The dynamics of this song are just so incredible. I love the way it builds slowly from this subtle intro into this climax of a crescendo towads the end, just before it slowly fades back out. Whenever I am feeling emotional this is one of the only songs in my entire collection that can bring my emotions to the surface in a way that is cathartic. It is in no way boastful to highlight this song on your website, Bryan. I just cannot believe that it did not get the exposure it deserved. I’m also really pleased to hear that it remained an instrumental. It’s so perfect that I could not imagine it in any other shape or form. Congratulations to both you and Todd for this masterpiece.
July 12th, 2009 at 5:46 pm
your instrumentals are what made me like your music so much.
July 12th, 2009 at 6:45 pm
We in the SLC love this song. Aside from Twisted Thought Generator, Lust for Blood was my favourite album, and to me shows the maturity of your project as a whole.
Please don’t cave in and make another Fun With Knives.
July 12th, 2009 at 7:16 pm
Up until L4B came out, Dilaudid was my favorite song. When I heard this song, it really out-shined Dilaudid by a long shot. I’m really looking forward to hearing it with words.
If it makes you feel any better, Clive Barker, yes that Clive Barker, really likes this song. A good friend of mine works for him & I had this song playing during my recent photo shoot at Clive’s studio, and he loved it.
July 12th, 2009 at 7:57 pm
It’s great that you mentioned this song
I just started listening to Lust For Blood again this week. I was listening to Ghost in the Circuit on the way home last night. It’s one of the most beautiful songs I’ve ever heard in my life. It really is a masterpiece. It’s just perfect…
I can’t express just how much I love this song. The choir effect you use in that song is easily the most beautiful choir I’ve ever heard. Everyone I’ve played this song for loves it too.
July 12th, 2009 at 8:46 pm
this has been my favorite VAC song since i heard it, and not just because my online tag is Circuit (23). although that didn’t hurt either. thanks for the cool article!
~C23
July 12th, 2009 at 10:32 pm
I wish clive barker would of used it in one of his movies. I get so sad that I don’t really get any really great promotions. Seriously, this new vac and tour if it does happen, may be the last. really. i am tired of this business, tired of life in general.
July 12th, 2009 at 10:54 pm
Clive hasn’t produced any movies in a long time, but he is involved in the Hellraiser remake (even though he sold his rights to it several years ago). He has been spending most of his time writing new books, reading comics and painting.
I actually let him have my copy of L4B. I can’t promise anything, but I can ask him if he knows anyone that he can set you up with. I’ve never asked him for anything besides to sign my copy of his Jericho Xbox game.
Shoot me an e-mail and I’ll get back to you.
I still can’t believe that no one has asked you to score a horror movie or a video game yet.
July 12th, 2009 at 10:58 pm
I thought this track is very comparable to pretty toy. But still you hit some very high notes in this track. I featured this track on my vladtrastudio site. In the ultimate spectral buildups section. Very compareable to worlock in some ways too. Remember I said you could make the next worlock, well you already made your own version of it. GunKnife99 out.
July 12th, 2009 at 11:03 pm
I don’t understand at all why VAC doesn’t get more exposure – you guys are my favorite group hands down. VAC has made such a difference in my life as an outlet and a source of inspiration. This song in particular is one of my favorites. So … I understand you being tired, I just wanted to say thank you for bringing VAC to the world.
July 13th, 2009 at 10:34 am
Lust For Blood had some amazing songs on it. I was blown away when I first listened to the cd. Disconnected Nightmare, Polyester Meth Zeus, Psychoaktive Landscapes, Crushed, and Ghost Regen just to name a few. Ghost in the Circuit will always be my favorite on there though hands down.
It’s a shame that some people don’t appreciate LFB. Don’t listen to them though, because LFB is one of the greatest VAC albums ever. It shows how far you’ve come with VAC over the years.
July 13th, 2009 at 10:59 am
I think that that all of Lust for Blood is a masterpiece. The emotion conveyed by this album from beginning to end is on par with the Cure’s Pornography. I really have no idea what part of the album you would consider subpar? You have never gotten the credit you deserve and I hope that changes.
July 13th, 2009 at 3:58 pm
Ghost in the Circuit was the first VAC song that I found, and was also my very first favorite. I had an average of fifty play counts on this song, before even moving on to another song.
Lust for Blood is definitely my favorite album. I’d definitely love to see another album like it.
July 13th, 2009 at 4:47 pm
I remember like …wow for a second I didn’t know what year it was how cool is that.anyway i guess it was like about 4 years ago i was getting thrown out of my house and was in a pretty fucked up place.I just remember discovering VAC around that time and I remember for the first time its like I had found this type of sound I was looking for years.anyways songs like masked illusion and pretty much everything on between the eyes 4 just destroyed my perceptions of reality and shined this whole new light on them.anyways I got through all that other negative stuff have a home and enough money to pay bills and live comfortably.anyways your music really helped me, saved me and is easily the main influence in my own music and life in general so thanks the emily autum chick seems like a cunt though fuck her.
July 13th, 2009 at 6:16 pm
You cant stop doing the things you love. Never! When you do, thats it your done.
July 13th, 2009 at 7:40 pm
That sucks to hear that this business and all the stupidity with it, is beating you down. I mean, I’m not a vocal person here, but VAC has meant alot to me since I first heard the band when fun with knives came out. There’s not alot of bands out, or artists where I like every song on the cd. It’s rare, and you’ve managed to keep that going for however long now. And you get better with every release.
So EA screwed you, you know what? she’s an oppratunist and a wolf in sheeps clothing and the industry will take care of people that are like that, and if not karma will (and didn’t curtney love and billy corgan fuck her over already? lol. back to the scene and her ‘muffins’ she goes). please don’t throw in the towel. Somebody at metropolis needs a fire lit under their asses. They’ve not only dropped the fucking ball so many times, they’ve let the fucker roll off the court, down the street, and into the gutter…
July 14th, 2009 at 5:24 am
The industry has failed. Music magazines are a joke, you can put adds in AP now and sell only 200 copies for your trouble.
So conventional advertising has failed these days, which means things must be done viral on the internet, and that is how things are now. Metropolis as all labels are really struggling, because retail has shrank, now a lot of it is internet sales, and piracy is really killing us. the labels are figuring out how to win in this market, and it’s not easy, metropolis hired people to market to the movie industry, but obviously they suck are getting things set up, only combichrist, juno reactor, and kmfdm get that attention.
More than anything, I have to personally talk to people in that industry to get that ball rolling.
July 14th, 2009 at 10:20 am
Hi
I Loved the video – really.
I also loved your latest release.
You have been a great inspiration to me and marked my musical decision.
I hope you get done a lot more songs like “ghost in the circuit” because for me it simply sounds perfect – it is like if the song had an aura.
Keep on the good work and maybe you could write me back.
dark greetz from germany
July 14th, 2009 at 1:36 pm
A great Song from a great Artist.One of the best Songs of VAC (with “Slut”)!
Best Wishes from Leipzig/Germany
July 14th, 2009 at 6:25 pm
I thought lust for blood was a really good album.
July 15th, 2009 at 8:35 am
so what you’re saying is that Todd has a big pianist?
July 15th, 2009 at 1:33 pm
inside joke. he joked around calling his band, big pianist. lol
July 15th, 2009 at 10:35 pm
definitely is a timeless piece.
this is one of my fav from lfb.
it’s quite remarkable; a smooth hypnotizing trip.
i recalled seeing on the old vac vampire freaks page a SAW mix. i remember listening to it over & over and feeling so memorized. what happened to it?
July 16th, 2009 at 8:12 am
My friend that killed himself in January loved Ghost in the circuit. It’s a great song. Me and my other friend even named our “band” Ghost in the circuit.
http://www.last.fm/music/Ghost+In+The+Circuit
You are my favourite industrial artist and the biggest inspiration to my own industrial music.
http://www.last.fm/music/Machine+Animal
I’m not a great musician like you though. Patiently waiting your new album.
July 16th, 2009 at 8:57 pm
Don’t apologize for L4B, it is an amazing album.
And I completely agree, this track is beautiful. Whenever I hear it I think of how great it would be for the end of a movie (I’m not lying).
Also, just figure that I’d say that VAC is what got me into the industrial style of music and for this you guys will always be my all-time favorite band. Tracks like this allow me to show other people what they are missing out on.
July 17th, 2009 at 2:02 am
this is one of my favorite songs from ‘lust for blood’ after crushed and blood. i thought most VAC fans would be with me on that…
July 17th, 2009 at 11:49 pm
I have every vac cd and lfb is one of my favorites. Definitely don’t need to apologize for it; great music that fits perfectly into the vac library.
July 18th, 2009 at 7:13 pm
All I have to say is that Lust for Blood was a good album. I would say is it perhaps my favorite VAC album. The track Blood. F’n insane. Love it. One of my favorite song.
July 18th, 2009 at 7:19 pm
I got to make another comment here. You are saying sorry for L4B but the over all range of music was amazing. The break up in track with the more relaxing calming effect of Ghosts and Crushed were needed. It make the album something great. I personally will admit I didn’t really care for Hex angel, other than Pretty Toy. Which the DVD for Pretty Toy is amazing. I got my copy. Granted my tastes in music can’t be pushed on anyone and vice versa. We all have a sound and style that we love. No matter what there will be fans of the music. Well unless you go all religious. I don’t see that happening.
July 18th, 2009 at 8:04 pm
I must agree, L4B is amazing, by far the best of your work. It is really a masterpiece. Hex Angel pales in comparison.
August 8th, 2009 at 2:07 am
When I first heard Ghost In The Circuit, I fell in love! It is a masterpiece, it really strikes a chord in my heart and brings soothing chills, one of my favorite songs of all time. This is a song where you can lie down, close your eyes and appreciate its beauty time and time again. It is true what people have said, quite underrated! I completely agree with magenticka. It is nice to read the story behind the instrumental piece. Have you heard of Delia Gonzalez and Gavin Russom? it’s not necessarily industrial but thought you may like them, Days of Mars is great. In terms of VAC albums, I love each of them on their own and could not compare, each album is a form of change and growth and it’s nice to follow the journey of VAC. I am excited for the new album!!:)
February 25th, 2010 at 8:45 pm
Whatever happened technically with L4B, the result is staggeringly good. You took VAC to new heights there. Don’t lose that.
I have no ideas whether it’s been commercially succesfully or not. But was early Juno Reactor commercially successful? Then, bam, they scored the Matrix sequels. But it’s not like Feel the Universe was suddenly a different animal – it was always amazing.
October 28th, 2010 at 5:09 am
i fuckin love this song. i have heard it prolly 1000+ times and could hear it whenever wherever. This is a timeless masterpiece and i belive it should be on movies. great work on the video. Lust for Blood definatley had some great tunes but this song is by far the best and prolly one of the best songs i have ever heard. keep it up man. and glad to hear there will not be ne vox i think it would ruin it