Kyle keeps it raw. Him and Byron both.
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Man, you hit us with that real!
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I really love Ron’s layering. Always the right sound palette, drums and sequencing.
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The way the mid range keyboard tracks play over each other is absolutely f#cking hypnotic.
This is a dancer’s late night, cut loose grail.
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One from Spencer Kincy aka Gemini:
And Glenn Underground:
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I’m surprised that neither of these has come up so far:
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All great music. Anyone got good production tips/insights/ producer videos to share? Would love to know how to capture that rolling style in house production. Seems like MPC was and is still king in this world.
Even though I was a late bloomer to the real stuff, it still sounds nostalgic and like a lived experience to me.
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Oooooft, really bringing out the big guns here.
Classic DJ Sneak disco cut-up
Re techniques, Theo Parrish getting into MPC house here - also think the Charlie Dark talk I posted a bit upthread is well worth the time even though it’s more about djing than production:
One trick I love that Theo, KDJ and others in their MPC eras sometimes do is taking a disco sample with the sustain portion of a string line so it comes out like as a pad - something I’ve been looking out for but haven’t found the right sample so far:
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Damn I needed to hear this. Appreciate this!
Kenny Dope, undisputed king of drum programming for me:
Pretty decent run-through here:, although I do feel like nobody but Kenny Dope can really nail what he does. Dialling in swing from the get-go if you’re doing those kinds of skippy drums is a good tip I think, I often tend to build a pattern first then dial in swing, but if you want your e.g. interlocking kicks like in this example to work, it’s gotta be done.
Which I guess leads to another thought, I feel like a the core of a lot of my favourite house rhythms are about patterns in four and patterns in 3 pushing and pulling against each other. Whether you think of it as swing, triplets, 4:3 polyrhtyms or setting your time signature to i12/8. Connected to afro-cuban styles which tbh I’d have no real exposure to until I started studying a couple of years ago. I don’t think it’s any coincidence that guys like MAW Andrés and Joe Clauselll are either percussionists or otherwise have deep roots in latin music.
RBMA interviews with MAW are worth a look, it is pretty funny that Louie Vega got mistaken for Lil’ Louis in 2012
And for Lou Bega in 2013:
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I’m really glad you’re posting these. While not a one to one of MAW’s style, I’ve noticed Kyle Hall also plays around with ghost notes and off beat percussion.
Really into vocals as of late. Here are 2 tracks I’ve had on repeat recently
I love the uplifting major key feel of this track. It sits right on the edge of becoming cheesy, but I think his lyrics and delivery keep it from tipping over. There’s enough sincerity in it to make it feel genuine rather than corny.
A classic sunrise track. This easily could’ve been built around a similar chord progression to his track “Missing You” but instead it leans on a simple repetitive 303 line that I can never get tired of.
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some faves
some mixtapes I came up on
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It’s hard not to spam this thread, I swear. Especially considering I have a lot of your posts to get around to listening to. But I had to make sure we had some Byron the Aquarius representation up in here.
Byron has to be one of the most understated producers in house music alongside Kyle Hall.
They both managed to maintain the essence while pushing boundaries using sampling, musicianship and scaled back productions that absolutely slap.
No shade to where some of the OGs have taken their sound (Ibiza had to be abound, I guess).
But I can’t tell y’all how many times I’ve played and studied this track.
Byron is great, title on this one makes me laugh - like the evil twin of House Music Will Never Die, and the Bandcamp blurb:
Created on the SP12 & a Bag of Shroomz
Another Chez Damier classic - MK dub:
I’m not always 100% into MK’s stuff, but when he’s on he’s really on:
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