Ralph, Adam, Shane and John worked on a Hip Hop inspired track today. It started with a break beat that Ralph has sampled and edited on his new Mac book laptop. Once the low end was cut out we could add a bassline. (Pete where were you??) The track is funky and is in Dm but also sounds like it could work well in A (A dominant scale), thats what the bline on the break is playing anyway. It will sound very cool once Ralph brings his decks in and does his DXT thing. (Think Herbie Hancock meets the Roots)
John provided tasteful guitar playing and listened well to the dynamics of the track. Nice delay sound and a cool riff. Adam used Ableton Live software to cut up and trigger recordings of telephone conversations (Scanner style). With effects added and using a hardware controller (M Audio XSession DJ controller) Adam was able to create interesting sounds. The best one (I think) is a sample of a ringtone that flows across the beat of the break. Shane used Reaktor and Logic software to create space age drones and synth sounds. He also cut up a voice sample used on a famous track by Mylo.
This is shaping up to be a cool track that will benefit from having some live bass (Pete!), some electric piano, maybe some vocals and definitely some improvised sax and trombone playing (see Dennis Rollins style !!!)
