Lazarus (ft. Eric Quillington)
Description
A simple piano riff twists and turns; leading up to a simple strum of a guitar. This leads the piano riff to become something far more complex. It helps to create a sense of organised confusion.
The voice of Eric Quillington merges with the music; this helps to create an eerie vibe. His lyrics are strong and powerful, yet dark and cold at the same time. As Eric stops, so does the piano riff.
A few simple chords are now played, which helps to slow the song right down, ready for MattY to start rapping. His vocals slide smoothly across the slow music, they are slow and meaningful; which is not always something you can expect from a MattY song.
The piano sound becomes faster, and it also ups an octave. This is where Eric’s loud yet soft falsetto voice comes straight back into things; lifting the song again. His chorus finishes and a fantastic guitar riff is played – quite obviously a creation of Eric Quillington.
Another guitar sound kicks in, giving the song something else to add to the sense of organised confusion. Eric hits a long note and MattY starts to rap underneath it; his style of rap has gone back to its normal state now – fast and sharp.
A sense of unease arises during the next chorus, as the guitars are playing at different pitches. The chorus is repeated, this time spoken, over only the piano; the second chorus finishes before both of the guitars kick back in. A third chorus is sung over MattY rapping a few basic lines; the second guitar slows down a bit, the piano goes back to its opening riff and both guitars now stop playing.
Lazarus (ft. Eric Quillington) [Live Performance]
Description
A look of concentration comes across MattY’s face as he plays a simple sounding riff on the keyboard; as Eric takes his first strum on the guitar the riff becomes far more complex, with notes coming from both ends of the spectrum. Eric does not have a lot to do on his guitar for now; he just sits there playing his steady tune. Eric then leans closer to the microphone to begin the song.
Eric’s voice echoes around the room, helping to create an eerie effect that was wanted for the song; the lyrics are cold and dark, and help to emphasise the idea behind the song – revenge. The keyboard riff ends just as Eric stops singing, MattY starts to play a few simple chords, which help to slow the song right down. MattY’s mic is right by his face as he starts to rap. Compared to MattY’s usual rapping style, this is very slow and meaningful – it almost suggests that darker things are to come from MattY; but that message isn’t entirely clear.
The verse comes to a close and MattY lifts the pace of his keyboard playing, as well as upping it an octave; Eric’s soft, loud vocals contradict MattY’s harsh, quiet rapping for this song; and they help to lift the song a bit. Eric’s chorus ends as MattY stops playing the keyboard altogether. Eric now stands up to play an incredible guitar riff – it is fast and sharp with an incredibly powerful feeling to it.
MattY presses a few chords whilst pressing the loop keys; so now he does not have to play the same chord over and over, he gets up and picks up a guitar that was lying next to him. He now starts to play a fast tune while moving up to a microphone which is standing waiting for him. Now Eric hits a long hard note while MattY starts to rap underneath it; he has now picked up the pace of his rapping, but still making sure that every syllable is understandable.
Eric starts to sing the chorus again while MattY’s guitar playing quickens; the two guitars are playing at different pitches, helping to create a sense of unease. Both guitars slow down and grind to a halt, while the keyboard continues to play the loop; Eric speaks the chorus and as it comes to a close both guitars kick back in. Eric starts to sing the chorus again, while MattY quickly blasts out a few lines. He stops playing the guitar and sits back down at the keyboard; turning off the loop. Eric stops singing and stops playing his guitar too while MattY ends the song with the riff he played to introduce it.
Lazarus (ft. Eric Quillington) [Buzz & Hype Dubstep Mix]
Description
Eric Quillington’s falsetto vocals open the song over a far more electronic piano riff; the guitar strums and then the drums and the bass kick in. A crazy 30 seconds of pure drum and bass played with the piano riff happens, which leads into MattY’s verse.
The song slows down, and then MattY starts to rap. The bass starts to get louder throughout his verse, until the chorus arrives and then all hell brakes loose. Eric’s vocals sound over an intense drum solo, with the sound of many other electronic instruments being played. This helps to create the sense of organised confusion that was portrayed in the original; it is just scaled up massively.
The chorus is repeated twice, and then the song breaks down; with the ‘wob’ sounds cutting into the music and staying for the most of the remainder of the song. The third repetition of the chorus comes around and MattY’s rapping cuts in under the chorus again.
The ‘wob’ sounds stop as a final piano riff plays the song out under MattY’s rapping of the chorus.
