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* {{Sampling}}: ''Faust'' is loaded with (distorted) samples from Alan Tew pieces.

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''Faust'' is loaded with (distorted) samples from features a heavy usage of Alan Tew pieces.pieces, mainly in the more collagic tracks like "Quick Sand" and "Mammouth".
** The synth drones from "Fortuita in MMXXII" and "Vignette" are both from "Ready Lets Go" by Music/BoardsOfCanada.



* UncommonTime:
** "Calvin" features multiple, starting in 10/4 and switching between 4/4 and 5/4 in its bridge section.
** "Static Cloud"'s c-section/bridge switches between 5/4 and 6/4 constantly.
** Most of ''Deepform and the Terrible, Horrible, No-Good, Very Bad Day'' is in uncommon time - "Scorpio" is in 6/4, "SPS" is in 7/4, "Mud Eater" is mostly in 10/4 with a chorus featuring 3 bars of 4/4 and a bar of 5/4, "Control Flow" is entirely in 10/4, and "Feed the Worm" features two polyrhythms constantly toggling between 4/4, 5/4, and 6/4.



** "Alfred"'s opening and interlude section feature a speech followed up by an additional out-of-nowhere "[[PrecisionFStrike beat their asses]]", though it features distortion and is hard to make out.
** "Total Control" prominently samples a numbers station.

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** "Alfred"'s opening and interlude section feature features a speech followed up by an additional out-of-nowhere a buried "[[PrecisionFStrike beat their asses]]", though it features distortion and is hard to make out.
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** "Total Control" prominently samples a numbers station.station.
* SurrealMusicVideo: The music videos for "Supercotton" and "Dependency" are made from looped clips of [[PublicServiceAnnouncement PSAs]] and old footage of Blackpool respectively. The latter, in particular, overlays them on top of flashing lights and colours to disorienting effect.
* UncommonTime:
** "Calvin" features multiple time signature changes, starting in 10/4 and then shifting into 14/4 (4+4+4+2), and switching between 4/4 and 5/4 in its bridge section.
** "Static Cloud"'s c-section/bridge switches between 5/4 and 6/4 constantly.
** Most of ''Deepform and the Terrible, Horrible, No-Good, Very Bad Day'' is in uncommon time - "Scorpio" is in 6/4, "SPS" is in 7/4, "Mud Eater" is mostly in 10/4 with a chorus featuring 3 bars of 4/4 and a bar of 5/4, "Control Flow" is entirely in 10/4, and "Feed the Worm" features two polyrhythms constantly toggling between 4/4, 5/4, and 6/4.
** "Insider" features a 5/4 chorus and 6/4 verses and bridges.
** "Entertainment" is largely in 7/4 with brief moments in 6/4 (the transition from the intro into the main song) and 4/4 (the choruses, also the last 2 bars of the intro-transition)
** "Attenzione" is mostly in 5/4, with every fourth bar in its verses switching time signatures briefly. Its outro is also in 4/4, and features a bassline that starts in 4/4 before becoming a 15/8 polymeter.

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Deepform is a [[{{shoegazing}} shoegaze]] producer from the UK, born 17 February 2004. They began to create music in late 2020, releasing their first single ("Severed Head") in early 2021. Since, they have produced 2 albums and 4 eps.

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Deepform is a [[{{shoegazing}} shoegaze]] producer from the UK, born 17 in February 2004. They began to create 2004 and beginning music in late 2020, releasing their first single ("Severed Head") in early 2021. Since, they have produced 2 albums and 4 eps.
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* CoverVersion: A cover of "Tomorrow Is Already Here" by Stereolab is up on their [=YouTube=] channel.
* EchoingAcoustics: Heavily present on much of ''Glove Puppets'' to add to the dreamlike, yet imposing feeling. Used more subtly on their following work.

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* CoverVersion: A cover Covers of "Jenny Ondioline" and "Tomorrow Is Already Here" by Stereolab is Music/{{Stereolab}}, and "Stuka" by Music/PrimalScream, are up on their [=YouTube=] channel.
* EchoingAcoustics: Heavily present on much of ''Glove Puppets'' to add to the dreamlike, yet imposing feeling. Used more subtly on their following work.
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* {{Instrumentals}}: Most of their work, aside from a few spoken word samples.

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* GenreThrowback: ''Deepform and the Terrible, Horrible, No-Good, Very Bad Day'''s description describes it as a "love letter" to post-punk, no wave, krautrock, and berlin school.
* {{Instrumentals}}: Most of their work, aside from a few the occasional spoken word samples.sample.



** ''Deepform and the Terrible, Horrible, No-Good, Very Bad Day'''s description describes it as a "love letter" to post-punk, no wave, krautrock, and berlin school.



* MinisculeRocking: "Cold in the City" barely lasts 2 minutes.

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* MinisculeRocking: "Cold in the City" and "Vignette" barely lasts last 2 minutes.



* SongStyleShift: "Scorpio" starts out as a piano piece in its first minute, before shifting to Berlin School/progressive electronic, before shifting into Music/{{Neu}}-style krautrock 4 minutes in.

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* SongStyleShift: "Scorpio" starts out as a piano piece in its first minute, before shifting to Berlin School/progressive electronic, before shifting into Music/{{Neu}}-style [[Music/{{Neu}} NEU!]]-style krautrock 4 minutes in.



** "Phantom" opens on someone explaining how to use a gun, with the gunshot leading into the song itself.
** "Alfred"'s opening and interlude section feature a speech about escaping from something but "not being truly free", though it features distortion and is hard to make out.

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** "Phantom" opens on someone explaining how to use a gun, with the ensuing gunshot leading into the song itself.
** "Fives and Tens" features a voice announcing a store closing in the middle of the song... said backwards and played in reverse to uncanny, alien effect.
** "Alfred"'s opening and interlude section feature a speech about escaping from something but "not being truly free", followed up by an additional out-of-nowhere "[[PrecisionFStrike beat their asses]]", though it features distortion and is hard to make out.out.
** "Total Control" prominently samples a numbers station.

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Deepform is a [[{{shoegazing}} shoegaze]] producer from the UK, born 17 February 2004. They began to create music in late 2020, releasing their first single ("Severed Head") in early 2021. Since, they have produced 1 album and 4 eps.

Their sound shows influences from numerous genres, including shoegaze (obviously), post-rock, {{Krautrock}}, trip hop, and dub.

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Deepform is a [[{{shoegazing}} shoegaze]] producer from the UK, born 17 February 2004. They began to create music in late 2020, releasing their first single ("Severed Head") in early 2021. Since, they have produced 1 album 2 albums and 4 eps.

Their sound shows influences takes influence from numerous a wide variety of genres, including shoegaze (obviously), (aside from shoegaze) post-rock, {{Krautrock}}, post-punk, krautrock, trip hop, dub, sound collage, noise rock, and dub.
industrial music.



** ''Deepform and the Terrible, Horrible, No-Good, Very Bad Day'' (2022)



** Likewise, "Eugene" opens ''common people'', and a distorted ambient version appears in "Alfred"'s length.
* BSide: Every single (other than "extremes") has one.

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** Likewise, "Eugene" opens ''common people'', ''Common People'', and a distorted ambient version appears in "Alfred"'s length.
* BSide: Every single (other than "extremes") "Extremes") has one.



** The cover of "Tomorrow Is Already Here" is 8 minutes long.
* FadingIntoTheNextSong: The final three tracks on ''Faust'', and all of their [=EPs=] released since.

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** The cover of Stereolab's "Tomorrow Is Already Here" is 8 minutes long.
long. "Total Control", one of "Supercotton"s b-sides, also runs for 8 minutes.
** "Scorpio"s album version is 12 minutes long. "Control Flow" nears this at a runtime of 5:50, and "Feed the Worm" technically qualifies at 6:48 but is actually just 4 minutes 40 seconds long with a 2-minute HiddenTrack.
* EverythingIsAnInstrument: Deepform revealed in a tumblr post that they made the drums for "Supercotton" by tapping on things around their desk and running the resulting sounds through distortion.
* FadingIntoTheNextSong: The final three tracks on ''Faust'', and all of their [=EPs=] and albums released since.



** "Feed the Worm" features a Berlin School coda.



** ''Deepform and the Terrible, Horrible, No-Good, Very Bad Day'''s description describes it as a "love letter" to post-punk, no wave, krautrock, and berlin school.



* UncommonTime: "Calvin" features multiple, starting in 10/4 and switching between 4/4 and 5/4 in its bridge section.

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* UncommonTime: UncommonTime:
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"Calvin" features multiple, starting in 10/4 and switching between 4/4 and 5/4 in its bridge section.


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** Most of ''Deepform and the Terrible, Horrible, No-Good, Very Bad Day'' is in uncommon time - "Scorpio" is in 6/4, "SPS" is in 7/4, "Mud Eater" is mostly in 10/4 with a chorus featuring 3 bars of 4/4 and a bar of 5/4, "Control Flow" is entirely in 10/4, and "Feed the Worm" features two polyrhythms constantly toggling between 4/4, 5/4, and 6/4.
* SongStyleShift: "Scorpio" starts out as a piano piece in its first minute, before shifting to Berlin School/progressive electronic, before shifting into Music/{{Neu}}-style krautrock 4 minutes in.
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** Likewise, "Eugene" opens ''common people'', and a distorted ambient version appears in "alfred"'s length.

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** Likewise, "Eugene" opens ''common people'', and a distorted ambient version appears in "alfred"'s "Alfred"'s length.



* CoverVersion: A cover of "Tomorrow Is Already Here" by Stereolab is up on their youtube channel.

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* CoverVersion: A cover of "Tomorrow Is Already Here" by Stereolab is up on their youtube [=YouTube=] channel.



** "The Riddle" from ''Glove Puppets'' has an extended one taking up much of its second half. A full 4-min version of this is present on the streaming versions of the EP, as well as a bonus track on bandcamp.

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** "The Riddle" from ''Glove Puppets'' has an extended one taking up much of its second half. A full 4-min version of this is present on the streaming versions of the EP, as well as a bonus track on bandcamp.Bandcamp.



* TheNotRemix: In September 2022, Deepform would redo the ''Common People'' EP with better mixing and small changes in the arrangements of some tracks.



** As "Eventide" reaches it's end, layers of delay and reverb pile onto the song and cause it to transition into a noisy, echoing mess. The song's second section also fades into distorted noise before going back to normal.

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** As "Eventide" reaches it's its end, layers of delay and reverb pile onto the song and cause it to transition into a noisy, echoing mess. The song's second section also fades into distorted noise before going back to normal.
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[floatboxright:Influences: Music/AnimalCollective, Music/AphexTwin, Music/{{Bjork}}, Music/{{Blur}}, Music/BoardsOfCanada, Music/{{Boredoms}}, Music/{{Can}}, Music/DavidBowie, Music/DeathGrips, Music/DJShadow, Music/{{Gorillaz}}, Music/JDilla, Music/LCDSoundsystem, Music/MassiveAttack, Music/{{MGMT}}, Music/MyBloodyValentine, Music/PinkFloyd, Music/PrimalScream, Music/{{Radiohead}}, Music/{{Slint}}, Music/{{Spiritualized}}, Music/{{Stereolab}}, Music/SweetTrip, Music/TameImpala, Music/{{Ween}}]
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Their discography thus far:

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!! Their discography thus far:
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** The cover of "Tomorrow Is Already Here" is 8 minutes long.
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** "The Riddle" from ''Glove Ouppets'' has an extended one taking up much of its second half. A full 4-min version of this is present on the streaming versions of the EP, as well as a bonus track on bandcamp.

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** "The Riddle" from ''Glove Ouppets'' Puppets'' has an extended one taking up much of its second half. A full 4-min version of this is present on the streaming versions of the EP, as well as a bonus track on bandcamp.
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* BSide: every single (other than "extremes") has one.

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* BSide: every Every single (other than "extremes") has one.



* EchoingAcoustics: Heavily present on much of ''Glove Puppets'' to add to the dreamlike, yet imposing feeling. used more subtly on their following work.
* EpicRocking epic rocking: "The Revelations", "Eventide", "Functionality" and "Gaile" are all 6 minutes long.

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* EchoingAcoustics: Heavily present on much of ''Glove Puppets'' to add to the dreamlike, yet imposing feeling. used Used more subtly on their following work.
* EpicRocking epic rocking: EpicRocking: "The Revelations", "Eventide", "Functionality" and "Gaile" are all 6 minutes long.



* GenreRoulette: Much of ''Faust'' is made up of post-rock and ambient/dream pop, but also features elements of slowcore ("The Revelations"), illbient ("Roundabout", "Phantom"), progressive electronic ("Uppercuts", "Extremes"), noise rock ("The Beast"), and even noise ("Quick Sand", "Mammouth")

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* GenreRoulette: Much of ''Faust'' is made up of post-rock and ambient/dream pop, but also features elements of slowcore ("The Revelations"), illbient and trip hop ("Roundabout", "Phantom"), more standard hip hop ("Severed Head") progressive electronic ("Uppercuts", "Extremes"), noise rock ("The Beast"), and even just noise ("Quick Sand", "Mammouth")
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* InTheStyleOf: "vindicator" is meant to be reminiscent of post-rock artists like Music/GodspeedYouBlackEmperor.

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* InTheStyleOf: "vindicator" "Vindicator" is meant to be reminiscent of post-rock artists like Music/GodspeedYouBlackEmperor.
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!! Their discography thus far.far:
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** "The Beast" features heavy distortion over the whole track.
** As "Eventide" reaches it's end, layers of delay and reverb pile onto the song and cause it to transition into a noisy, echoing mess. The song's second section also fades into distorted noise before going back to normal.
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Deepform is a [[{{shoegazing}} shoegaze]] producer from the UK, born 17 February 2004. They began to create music in late 2020, releasing their first single ("Severed Head") in early 2021. Since, they have produced 1 album and 4 eps.

Their sound shows influences from numerous genres, including shoegaze (obviously), post-rock, {{Krautrock}}, trip hop, and dub.

!! Their discography thus far.
* Albums
** ''Faust'' (2021)
* [=EPs=]
** ''Aviary'' (2021)
** ''Glove Puppets'' (2021)
** ''2'' (2022)
** ''Common People'' (2022)

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* AllLowercaseLetters: Their releases from "Eugene" and onward.
* {{Bookends}}: ''Faust'' begins and ends with versions of "The Revelations", one as its own track and one as a [[DarkReprise dark reprise]] [[HiddenTrack hidden in "Mammouth"'s length]].
** Likewise, "Eugene" opens ''common people'', and a distorted ambient version appears in "alfred"'s length.
* BSide: every single (other than "extremes") has one.
* CoverVersion: A cover of "Tomorrow Is Already Here" by Stereolab is up on their youtube channel.
* EchoingAcoustics: Heavily present on much of ''Glove Puppets'' to add to the dreamlike, yet imposing feeling. used more subtly on their following work.
* EpicRocking epic rocking: "The Revelations", "Eventide", "Functionality" and "Gaile" are all 6 minutes long.
* FadingIntoTheNextSong: The final three tracks on ''Faust'', and all of their [=EPs=] released since.
* HiddenTrack:
** ''Faust'' features a reprise of "The Revelations" in "Mammouth"'s length.
** "The Riddle" from ''Glove Ouppets'' has an extended one taking up much of its second half. A full 4-min version of this is present on the streaming versions of the EP, as well as a bonus track on bandcamp.
** Every track on ''Common People'', excluding "Gaile", also has one of these.
* GenreRoulette: Much of ''Faust'' is made up of post-rock and ambient/dream pop, but also features elements of slowcore ("The Revelations"), illbient ("Roundabout", "Phantom"), progressive electronic ("Uppercuts", "Extremes"), noise rock ("The Beast"), and even noise ("Quick Sand", "Mammouth")
* {{Instrumentals}}: Most of their work, aside from a few spoken word samples.
* InTheStyleOf: "vindicator" is meant to be reminiscent of post-rock artists like Music/GodspeedYouBlackEmperor.
* LongestSongGoesLast:
** ''Aviary'' ends with "Sand Dance" (5:10).
** ''Glove Puppets'' ends with "Functionality" (6:30).
* MinisculeRocking: "Cold in the City" barely lasts 2 minutes.
* {{Sampling}}: ''Faust'' is loaded with (distorted) samples from Alan Tew pieces.
* UncommonTime: "Calvin" features multiple, starting in 10/4 and switching between 4/4 and 5/4 in its bridge section.
** "Static Cloud"'s c-section/bridge switches between 5/4 and 6/4 constantly.
* SpokenWordInMusic:
** "Phantom" opens on someone explaining how to use a gun, with the gunshot leading into the song itself.
** "Alfred"'s opening and interlude section feature a speech about escaping from something but "not being truly free", though it features distortion and is hard to make out.

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