I got some new afro-disco-funk for you on Ubiquity

amphibious

Sorry to be that guy who keeps posting bout his own shit just happened to have a couple things fall in a short period that I think some heads here might want to know about...

I did these joints with Kaleta from ZoZo afrobeat, who also came up playing with Fela & King Sunny Ade. He's from Benin and raised in Nigeria. This is some all original shit so has been a much more painstaking process than most shit I've done, Im happy with it though and hope y'all enjoy. It's gonna be limited press 12" @ 45, clear green vinyl, should look & sound dope! This is where it's at;

http://www.ubiquityrecords.com/shop/categories/Upcoming-Releases/

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finelikewine

Sounds great![del] I will definetly buy it.[/del] Just bought it. Love that dubby part at the end of "them know".
Could you please break down the process of the recording? How much was programmed in a DW or sampled and what was played by musicians?
I'm really intersted in this, as I always try to produce music with that organic feel, but without much success so far.

meistromoco

Huge one-two punch with this and the Fania release. Will def cop -- congrats.

amphibious

Sounds great![del] I will definetly buy it.[/del] Just bought it. Love that dubby part at the end of "them know".
Could you please break down the process of the recording? How much was programmed in a DW or sampled and what was played by musicians?
I'm really intersted in this, as I always try to produce music with that organic feel, but without much success so far.

Thank you!

I'm glad the organic feel comes across I definitely take a lot of extra effort to try and get that. I'll break down these 2 tracks for you -

-The Horns are obviously live on both, big 6 to 8 part stacks
-I use my rhodes on most joints, even if just a little I feel like it always adds some lushness and realness - I actually used it for the bassline on dem know too
-Live guitar on both, I got my homie to lay down the disco-y lines on more heavy and Kaleta did the guitar on dem know
-DRUMS (always what I end up spending the most time on) I tend to use some sort of break or loop as the skeleton, to give everything a natural swing, and on these there's a few layered ones, especially on more heavy. I also play a lot of percussion shit over the top of that to shape it more towards what I want and help give that live feel. sequenced drums i'll throw in for punch
-I'll use the kontakt organ and sometimes piano if I have to since they don't sound too terrible and fake, especially the organ. Any synth shit is also midi (don't remember if there is any on these joints)

I think the easiest one thing you can do for natural sound is live percussion!

Also, thanks Meistro

finelikewine

Sounds great![del] I will definetly buy it.[/del] Just bought it. Love that dubby part at the end of "them know".
Could you please break down the process of the recording? How much was programmed in a DW or sampled and what was played by musicians?
I'm really intersted in this, as I always try to produce music with that organic feel, but without much success so far.

Thank you!

I'm glad the organic feel comes across I definitely take a lot of extra effort to try and get that. I'll break down these 2 tracks for you -

-The Horns are obviously live on both, big 6 to 8 part stacks
-I use my rhodes on most joints, even if just a little I feel like it always adds some lushness and realness - I actually used it for the bassline on dem know too
-Live guitar on both, I got my homie to lay down the disco-y lines on more heavy and Kaleta did the guitar on dem know
-DRUMS (always what I end up spending the most time on) I tend to use some sort of break or loop as the skeleton, to give everything a natural swing, and on these there's a few layered ones, especially on more heavy. I also play a lot of percussion shit over the top of that to shape it more towards what I want and help give that live feel. sequenced drums i'll throw in for punch
-I'll use the kontakt organ and sometimes piano if I have to since they don't sound too terrible and fake, especially the organ. Any synth shit is also midi (don't remember if there is any on these joints)

I think the easiest one thing you can do for natural sound is live percussion!

Also, thanks Meistro

thanks!
I just showed your tracks a few mates of mine, all of them were quite enthusiastic about it. Again, great work!

amphibious

thanks for spreading the word! much appreciated

MoogMan

Heavy!

Thanks for sharing.

Hotsauce84

Just ordered. Looking forward to it!

amphibious

thanks for the kind words and the support dudes! it's very much appreciated!

the_dL

feeeelin it!

Well done on both of your recent projects!