Little Production Video
To accompany our newly-released Hospital Records Sample Pack we knocked up a quick video about how to create a basic pad sound. Yes, we know, the quality’s terrible and blurred and shaky and…
Blu Mar Ten / Hospital Recs Sample Pack
The sample pack we created for Hospital Records has just been released, so if you make music and you’re looking for a bit of inspiration head over to the Hospital Shop to buy…
Three Things We Think About
Here are three simple things we think about when we make tunes. You may or may not find them useful to think about when you make tunes. 1) Call & Response We almost…
In The Studio With InsideInfo & BMT (Video)
Over the last few weeks we’ve been working on a tune with InsideInfo, (aka Paul), at his studio in East London. Given that he leans much more towards the dancefloor than we do…
Close (VIP) – SoundCloud Production Focus
SoundCloud asked us if we’d like to pick a track from our last album and talk through it, commenting on some of the components and methods that went into its creation. Who better…
Melodyne DNA vs Coldplay
Tonight we bought Melodyne Direct Note Access. You’ve probably never come across this software, but we’ve been impatiently waiting for it ever since it was first talked about more than two years ago….
Evolution of a Track
Someone emailed us a few days ago and asked… i’m interested in this ‘sketch’ idea…how do you put together the sketches in terms of instrumentation? do you have a stock of samples/patches to…
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Indiscreet Music
We recently started a collaboration with an up & coming producer and I was surprised by how early on in the process he wanted to start arranging the track. (In case you don’t…
Work in Progress – Aug 22nd 2009
An evening’s work, and a big old mess of sound for Michael to clean up tomorrow…
Work in Progress – 29th July 2009
We’ve only got a few days left to finish the album, so why on earth did we scrap all the beats and start this tune all over again when it was nearly done?…
Work in progress – June 13th 2009
Running out of time to finish the album. Trying to get all tracks up to at least 90% done. This evening was spent on this…
Essays In Love: Imperfection & Beauty
Yesterday I happened to be reading Alain de Botton’s ‘Essays in Love’ and a number of ideas in it reminded me of parallel thoughts I’ve had about the nature of the music we…
Working With Vocals – Part 2
Having recorded a whole bunch of vocals a few days ago, we’ve been working on getting them into shape. Here’s a quick view of the first session, bedding the voice into the music….
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