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Week 10: Reflection
From this unit, I have gained knowledge about the evolution and advancement of music production since its inception, in addition to the background and significance of individual musical compositions. I feel more at ease evaluating different approaches to a song’s production and arrangement now that I have a deeper understanding of the evolution of recording…
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Week 9: Breakcore
Breakcore is an electronic dance music style and subgenre that originated in the mid-to-late 1990s from drum and bass, hardcore, and jungle. While the initial stages of “hardcore techno” or simply “hardcore” took hold in Europe, breakcore emerged as a distinct genre in other regions of the world. Raves and club nights like Belgium’s Breakcore…
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Week 8: Biosphere
Geir Jenssen (born 1962), a Norwegian musician with a noteworthy discography of ambient electronic music, performs primarily under the name Biosphere. His use of music loops, strange samples from sci-fi sources, and ‘ambient techno’ and ‘arctic ambient’ styles have made him well-known. Levi’s used his song ‘Novelty Waves’ in their 1995 advertising campaign, and his…
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Week 7: Muslimgauze
Muslimgauze was the creative outlet of Bryn Jones, who was a British ethnic electronica and prolific musician. With releases dating back to 1983, his repertoire now includes 155 albums, 36 singles, 18 compilation albums, 4 miscellaneous works, and 36 EPs. To this day, additional releases continue to be found. Middle Eastern turmoil, and Muslimgauze’s support…
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Week 6: Hakuna Kulala
MC Yallah x Debmaster – Teba Kuda Mabega What makes this song so intriguing to me is how African dance music and rave/techno music are blended together. Combining her harsh, aggressive rap style with electronic music’s progressive slabs of distortion, MC Yallah creates a powerful blend and has the ability to use this to her…
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Week 5: Burial
This week, my group and I compiled research on British electronic DJ and producer, Burial. What we discovered is that Burial capitalizes on the idea of nostalgia in a lot of his music, hence aiding in the creation of the genre ‘rave-nostalgia’. His bleak soundscapes are filled with disjointed classic rave samples, alienated synth lines,…
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Week 4: Tech in Music Production
The technological revolution that has changed the music industry has an impact on both music production and consumption. Back then, only qualified engineers and reputable studios could record music due to the large, costly equipment needed. The ability to create music is now more accessible due to advancements in digital recording technology. More affordable recording…
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Week 3: Album Analysis
The third album in the Days B4 series by Chicago rapper Lucki is titled “Days B4 III.” The song’s eerie, doomsday melodies are the result of Lucki’s collaboration with a group of producers, including SoundCloud mainstays 16yrold and Brent Rambo as well as a local Chicago producer named DJ Eway. Lucki published “Freewave 3” earlier…
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Week 2: Record Analysis
slimggp – Lord Forgive Me (prod. zachsrevenge) “Lord Forgive Me” by slimggp is a song from his EP titled ‘The Hill’ released on March 2, 2023 exclusively on SoundCloud. Analysis: I personally find this track really unique since the producer experiments with different sample modification techniques, which is something I want to get better at…
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Week 1: Introduction
It would be challenging to define a music producer due to the fact that there are so many different roles that one may play. For instance, a music producer could be a songwriter, an audio engineer, an instrumentalist or any combination of these; the end result must be something that can be listened to in…