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This is the intro to OMEN’s fourth album, Wonk. In this cold opening, a person attending the studio tuning session has secretly recorded a behind-the-scenes look at how OMEN interacts with their collaborators and how they prepare the tracks you hear over the course of the 12-track album. You may hea...
[Skit: Jackson, Graham, & Ensemble]
G: Okay, uh…
J: Album four
G: Yeah, album four
J: I’m excited, it’s gonna be fun
G: W… We’ve already got all of the people here
J: We’re gonna…
G: Uh… We’re all gonna tune stuff together
J: Yeah, you all ready?
G: Yeah, get practice
J: Uh, I… I believe most of you have come prepared… uh, Graham?
G: I can’t play… I can’t play instruments
J: But you… you tuned the… acoustic guitar, right?
G: Oh, yeah, yeah, I tried. Let me grab that
J: Uh… (*sighs*)
G: Okay… Alright, this is what they call a “chord”
(*Detuned guitar strum*)
J: Alright, that’s… I will tune it later. I already have the electric guitar tuned right here, you can hear it
(*electric guitar chords*)
J: Uh… I got the amp all figured out and everything. Uh… Will, did you get the piano all tuned up?
Will: Yup
G: Uh, could you play a little thing for us just to make sure?
Will: Yup
G: Alright, cool
(*Piano melody plays*)
J: Jesus Christ, Will, that’s… really good
Will: I’ve been practicing, it’s whatever
G: Alright, alright. DANEXATORT, did you guys get the vibraphone?
The Goochi Goblin (simultaneously): Yeah, we got it right here
NaxyrXV (simultaneously): Yeah, we got it right here, dog. (*laughs*)
J: Is it all tuned up and everything?
The Goochi Goblin (simultaneously): This shit is fire. Go ahead and check it out. Fire
NaxyrXV (simultaneously): This shit is fire, dog, Come on, I’m… I’m telling you. This shit is fire
(*Vibraphone plays “Happy Birthday” melody*)
J: Awesome, yeah… Uh, Belak, did you bring the… the flute?
Belak: Yeah, of course I brought the goddamn flute. What else would I have brought, you fucking moron?
J: Could you, uh, go ahead and play some and I’ll make sure it’s tuned?
Belak: Listen to this goddamn shit, dog
(*Shrill flute note*)
Belak: Fuck
J: Thank you, Belak. Uh, who else we got up here?
G: Uh, Cheesy… It’s Ch- It’s pronounced “Cheesy”, right?
Cheesy Beezy: Yup
J: I think you had the timpani, right?
Cheesy Beezy: Yup
J: And, uh, they’re tuned to C, G, and F?
Cheesy Beezy: Yup
(*Timpani plays C, G, and F*)
J: Awesome, thank you
G: Aditi, Atreyi, did you guys bring the bonk?
Aditi and Atreyi: Yeah, yeah we did!
G: Yoooooo!
J: Let’s hear it!
Aditi and Atreyi: Okay!
(*multiple bonk sound effects*)
G: Bars, dude!
J: That’s crazy, oh my God. Did you tune those, by the way?
Aditi and Atreyi: Oh, no, sorry
J: Could you… Could you go ahead and tune it right now, please?
Aditi and Atreyi: Yeah, yeah, okay
(*Bonks being tuned in the background*)
G: Brakence, you brought the maracas, right?
Brakence: Yeah
G: Alright, sick, can you play them?
Brakence: Oh hell yeah, nerd, dude?
(*Maracas play*)
G: Alright… Atlantic, did you tune the 808 already?
Atlantic: Mhm
G: Can we hear it?
(*808 plays*)
G: Ah
J: Nice…
G: Chance the Rapper, did you get the harpsichord?
Chance the Rapper: HUH!
(*Harpsichord note*)
G: Thank you, Chance the Rapper
Chance the Rapper: HOO!
J: Yo, Knapsack, did you bring, uh… Did you bring Steve?
Knapsack: Yeah, he’s right here
J: Yo, what’s up, Steve?
Steve: Eh, you know, nothing much
J: What did you bring?
Steve: Uh… EA Synth 10?
Jackson: Alright, could you play some for us?
Steve: Yeah, sure
(*EA Synth 10 note*)
G: I can already tell that this is gonna be a good album
J: Alright, places everybody. Uh… We’re gonna go ahead and play our first song together
G: Uh, Squidward?
Squidward: Yes
G: Can you count us in?
Squidward: And a-one, and a-two, and a-one, two, three, four!
OMEN (Chut) released New_recording_38_wonk_studio_session_meeting_SUPER_RARE.m4a (Intro) on Fri Mar 26 2021.