Regarding the changes in the tonality of the chords, one way to achieve a similar effect is to vary the velocity of the notes within each chord while mapping velocity to cutoff or filter envelope amount. That's for sure the kind of thing you learn to do as a pianist, emphasizing one tone more than another. IDK if that's how it's done here, but it's a tool for the kit.
Thanks again for another amazing breakdown Alex. As you're probably aware, Atobe was one of the artists on the massively influential Chain Reaction label. Chain Reaction released a number of classic dub techno albums in the late 90s/early 00s. Here's a classic article where another Chain Reaction artist Robert Henke (aka Monolake) describes his production process: ""We use Minimal Structure," explains Henke, "which is a Mac program which will just do minimal repetitive patterns. If you just jam on a minimal pattern and every now and then you change the pattern, but you don't change the sound/Song, you have very little to consider in terms of structure; rather, you can consider things in terms of sound, space or colour. What we do then is just play the studio, all the synths, all the editing, all the mixing, all the filtering, all the EQing, all the compression - that's the composition."" For those interested, I highly recommend checking out the source here: audiolabo.free.fr/revue1999/content/eshun.htm
Yo thanks for tuning in :) I appreciate you copying and pasting that. That is a cool way to consider things - I personally actually don't really produce dubby stuff too often, but those sentences helped make it more sense!
These aren’t actual stems - I just create these midi tracks to give a visual representation of what is happening so I can then talk about arrangement :)
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This track could be looped forever.
Indeed - it’s so gooddddd
Regarding the changes in the tonality of the chords, one way to achieve a similar effect is to vary the velocity of the notes within each chord while mapping velocity to cutoff or filter envelope amount. That's for sure the kind of thing you learn to do as a pianist, emphasizing one tone more than another. IDK if that's how it's done here, but it's a tool for the kit.
Thanks again for another amazing breakdown Alex. As you're probably aware, Atobe was one of the artists on the massively influential Chain Reaction label. Chain Reaction released a number of classic dub techno albums in the late 90s/early 00s. Here's a classic article where another Chain Reaction artist Robert Henke (aka Monolake) describes his production process: ""We use Minimal Structure," explains Henke, "which is a Mac program which will just do minimal repetitive patterns. If you just jam on a minimal pattern and every now and then you change the pattern, but you don't change the sound/Song, you have very little to consider in terms of structure; rather, you can consider things in terms of sound, space or colour. What we do then is just play the studio, all the synths, all the editing, all the mixing, all the filtering, all the EQing, all the compression - that's the composition.""
For those interested, I highly recommend checking out the source here: audiolabo.free.fr/revue1999/content/eshun.htm
Yo thanks for tuning in :)
I appreciate you copying and pasting that. That is a cool way to consider things - I personally actually don't really produce dubby stuff too often, but those sentences helped make it more sense!
Wow, great analysis!! Thank you very much. This song is a masterpiece.
for sure :)
you deserve so much more views! love that this channel has a better track selection than most. more fitting to where i'm going at. so thanks!!
I appreciate it! Tell a friend!
Shinichi :)))) this is giving me a bit of an epiphany about arrangement in general
Hell yeah :) Glad you got that out of this! :) That's why I make them!
"you're gonna hear this a lot, and it's gonna be great"
yup, sounds like a Shinichi Atobe track! :)
lol you know how it is!
I found a breakdown buddy maniac :) Joke aside, i really like your choice of tracks and in depth analysis of structural elements .cheers
Can you do analyze a derrick may Song? But not Strings of Life. Icon maybe.
We shall see...
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Need to choose a track he actually made tho... Not one he stole 😋
That sound sounds like the making of an alien movie score👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Lol, the one at the beginning?
Yooo! This is great! Could you do the Rampa remix of Far Away Place by Xinobi? Cheers!
I've never heard that one - will check it out though!
Am I hearing damaged if I literally cannot hear the 1/16th notes
been fucking with shinichi for years, how did you get these stems?
These aren’t actual stems - I just create these midi tracks to give a visual representation of what is happening so I can then talk about arrangement :)