Stop thinking tech when you're supposed to be feeling. Think about sidechain compressors in YOUR studio. When you're on the dancefloor (at least mine) please forget all that and feel the vibe...or go home. That track's bomb, and as much as can be argued about the aesthetic and technical merits, those merit scales are subjective and always subject to personal opinion. So maybe the comp trick might get the track to sound more like you wanted/excpected, but I wouldn't go so far as to say better. Plus, I kinda like it when an artist I like does things I don't expect. Even if they don't turn out right, that says a lot more about their artistic standpoint to me thatn just churning out the same hits. sandstorms is better though. Prolly cause I like the orig falling up joint so much. Peace and love.
RIP JDILLA KKA MWNB -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sakari Karipuro Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 1:22 PM To: 313 Subject: Re: (313) falling up : cover or remix? Thomas D. Cox, Jr. wrote on Fri, 17 Feb 2006 about following: > On 2/17/06, Sakari Karipuro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> are both really horrible sound-wise, really cheap and cheesy. the > > have you heard the original track? i mean, carl may have chosen the No, i have not. >> The kickdrum has no bottoms > > it doesnt need it. i mean we can get into a discussion about mixdowns, > but if you have a bassy kick and a bassline at the same time, they > clash frequencies and you get lots of farting. the track has plenty of > bass so its a tradeoff. It's all about "ducking" the bassline away from the kick, with sidechain compressor. or being really picky about the frequencies and using eq and multiband. >> "tech-house" or whatever it's called nowadays. Most of the stuff sounds >> so weak and emotionless, lacking groove and funk (which has plagued >> "techno" overall for the whole 00's i think). > > i feel you on that, but not on this track. or anything carl has done > recently. even after the sh*t i talked on "sandstorms" when he > released it, after hearing it on a loud system i understood what he > was doing. and really, this remix is in that same vein as that track, > and the angel/darkness 12". he definitely seems to have a new > production style, its very sleek and dark and really is meant to be > experienced on a dancefloor with a good sound system. i dont think > that detracts from the quality of music he's doing. Jaguar, aguila etc copycats already worn this style out years ago. It's not very innovative, it's like you know you wait the track to build up in similar manner like ~11 years ago you expected to hear the snare-roll. it's like waiting the trance-track to peak up after the break with supersaw. It's sort of novelty production trick, like the snare-roll, supersaw, dub-style-delay, 3/4 rhythms that have been used too much, perhaps occasionally just building a track around the trick forgetting all about basics, therefor making quite inferior track. And I think this is what happened with this track. sakke
