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From: "Maarten Baute" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I actually consider theo parrish to be a GREAT producer. Take a
listen to
"dan ryan" or "lights donw low (this one mix)". I am sure he
spends a lot of
time making the sounds sound like they sound. I really dig all
the sounds he
uses, espacially the Laurel Aitken alike ska 'shakk' in "dan
ryan", wich he
also used in "twin citys".
yeah those are 2 of my favorite cuts by him.
And I still wonder how he did the kick in "music"
it sounds so hard, but the levels are ok.
my favorite kick by theo is on the losoul remix on elevate. that
kick is just huge, its silly.
I think everybody agrees that Theo has no studio (I never heard
him use a
synth, and he uses too much samples and does too much stuff to
them to work
efficiently with a sampler). He probably has only one all-in
studio
application on his computer. My guess is he uses Orion or
somthing alike (I
recongize the typical filters used of the sampler module).
theres pics of his "studio" on the recent reissue of "parallel
dimensions", he definitely has a mixing board and some unclear
synth type things. you can hear the sp-1200 on his tracks, thats
pretty much what he uses for almost everything. he's used synths
on certain tracks, though not all the time.
The only sounds
he uses is stuff recorded from disco, ska, and soul recordings.
What he
basicly does is sampling an organ, pitching it down 2 octaves an
filter it
low and put a bit distortion on it. I think this is a very
original way of
sound processing, it creates a really nice warm, but kind of hard
sound. I
really like his way of doing things, I enjoy listening to his
records very
much. Just as I like listening to Carl Craig's early 69 records
or paperclip
people's "the secret tapes of dr. eich", wich also have a typical
lo-fi
production.
yeah i love the feeling on those old cuts as well.
Let me conclude with a top 5 of my favourite theo parrish records
(wich I
condider to be well produced):
1) lights down low (this one mix) - the tracky mix with loads of
noise.
2) dan ryan
3) dance sing
4) music
5) solitary flight
mine are:
1. dusty cabinets
2. took me all the way back
3. dan ryan
4. i can take it
5. rain for jimmy
im also a really big fan of his dubby 12" on archive.
tom
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