Couple of new ones from me on J00F, in a similar vein to ‘Relinquish’. Longer previews aren’t up on J00F SoundCloud yet so got to rely on Beatport for now.
Enjoy : )
Enjoy : )
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OUT Narel - Icaro/Assonance [J00F Recordings]
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Daysleeper
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This is pretty much how I feel about them, Icaro is very 90's influenced psytrance wobbles all the way through but Assonance became something quite different, as I made it more layers came in that worked - all based on the piano chords. My fav bit is at the end where the full melody has a mini breakdown then it comes back with the lead acid screaming over the top of it by the end - sadly cut off the beatport samples....
I do all my acid automation by hand on the TB-03 or TD-3 front panel, or I think it sounds too clinical. And you've got no choice on the TD-3 as it has no midi cc that you can program from a DAW.
Ha yeah! Solarstone pitched ‘Icaro’ up +6 for Pure Trance Radio. I like 130 BPM, just feels right, and if people want it faster, that’s what the pitch fader is for!
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Sleepy Robot
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Icaro is a beast! Love the energy and relentlessness. Man would love to hear this live.
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Very kind, but there are waaaaaaaaay better producers than me. I think that’s the curse, you never think it’s good enough. Keeps you pushing for better though, which is good
I was hoping J00F would drop it in Melbourne in May but didn’t. Glad you noted the relentless nature of it, I was going for that mid 90’s psytrance vibe that just kept modulating away and adding a lot of new sounds
I’ve just about finished the follow up EP to this which I hope to get out on J00F Recordings too - ‘Ex Acid Machina’ which is very heads down 4am acid stuff and ‘Six Moves Sideways’ which is classic Platipus with some prog’ trance and 96/97 Scot Project going on. That will have a Coredata mix too
.Other than that there is a prog trance track (collab) I haven’t found a home for, so that’s might just go out on Bandcamp.
There’s another remix due out at some point - remix of a classic but I best not say too much yet. I’m dead excited about this as might go out on one of my fav labels ever.
Nothing for Forescape as Kirill has put it on hold due to the Ukraine conflict and not being able to run it properly due to sanctions. For the record Kirill is anti war and donated all label profits to the Ukrainian Red Cross. I also donated all the royalties he held for me to the same
Daysleeper
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I think you are talking about the second clap? There’s a basic 909 clap then a big one over the top of the second clap in each bar. That’s a different clap sample that I reverb’d the shit out of, then re-sampled and chopped the reverb tail off to just the right length so it sat right. It’s got a compressor on it to give it some transient snap, then it and the 909 clap are sent to a mixer bus channel for eq, saturation and another gentle compressor to ‘glue’ them together.
Heard it done a variety of ways on a few tracks so wanted to try it.
Jeeze you got to do all this just for a clap
. I'm no producer so don't get it but seems a worthy endeavor because your tracks sound dope af. I didn't see it posted before but Icaro is deadly.