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EPISODE 002: Big-beat extravaganza
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So here we go, my first actual blog entry. Exciting, isn't it?
Now what would be a better way to start off a producer's blog than talk about big-beat, one of my favorite genres ever. Fatboy Slim, Cirrus, The Chemical Brothers, The Prodigy... just to name a few. I've been *secretly* working with a big-beat album for several years now and I'm still nowhere near the finish line. So instead, I'm just going to share you guys with some of the stuff I've got so far. It's all WIP (work in progress) so hold your pants up. ..wait, what?
1. Tamone feat. en5ca
Let's start with this old piece of a tune. A friend of mine en5ca recorded the basslines and guitars years ago, when we first started making the song. I've got at least a few versions of this song lying around, but not until last week I decided to dig this one up and start mixing it.
It's quite the tribute to Fatboy Slim in every way, from start and all the way to the silly reverbed chaos ending (which is pretty dull at the moment, but I'll add more chaos to it later). Definitely coming onto the album once finished.
Oh, guest vocal appearance from mr Jordy Timmermans, aka Benefit of the Boomerang aka botb aka Vivace.
2. Sunny
I was going through with my grandmother's old vinyl collection (yes, I'm a collector) and stumbled upon a funny sounding 7" called Donovan - Mellow Yellow / Sunny South Kensington (EPIC S-10098), which sounded just like Bob Dylan's older material. The B-side was Sunny South Kensington and while I was listening to it, I was planning to make a new big-beat track. Then it hit me, the ultimate big-beat sample! The pianos and vocals in this piece are from this specific record and they truly inspired me. This one's a very raw mixdown, so don't expect much.
3. Stock Marketing Beatz
All hail The Chemical Brothers. I was listening to their second album during the time I wrote this, so you might hear a little Block Rockin' Beats in there. And my title sounds awfully familiar as well.
I recorded some silly scratches from a Mickey Mouse vinyl called Mickey and Goofy in No-No land (only that my version is in finnish) and you'll hear Mickey say "tule sitten nopeasti" which translates to "come quickly now". And yes, all of this is very important data.
4. Electrobonk
Oh yeah, my time to shine as a bass player. The bass is played by me throughout the whole song, ran through some harsh distortion and other plugin adventures.
This is sort of a mashup of The Prodigy's Smack My Bitch Up and The Chemical Brothers' Dig Your Own Hole. I also made a version with Beastie Boys' Intergalactic vocals. You want to hear that one as well? HERE!
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Alright, that should wrap my first entry in the wonders of f0nk. Any questions about the sounds, techniques or such? Want to remix? How's my grammar? Want to go out with me? Comment.
- Harry aka D Fast
