Rodriguez Jr has been kind enough to tell us about his creative/production process in making his beautiful remix - When I first received Supine, I instantly liked its emotional depth and beautifully crafted production. It might not be noticeable when you hear it, but there is a lot of hidden complexity here, including multi layered pads and stabs, glitches and fields recordings. So I had loads of possibilities to taking on this remix. And this is possibly why Ive been struggling so much! Remixing is all about taking right decisions: where can I bring this track? What key element shall I keep from the original? Which kind of structure and sound design is the right one? Sometimes you basically get lost in this process and it takes ages. My first idea was to transform Supine into something rawer and old school, with a strong MiniMoog synth line. I pull out my 909, 101 and old shits and recorded not less than 5 different versions. At some point I ended up with quite a catchy one, including a long breakdown and huge filter opening on the main synth line. Though I was not 100% sure about its structure. I sent this first attempt to Max who made some much appreciated relevant suggestions - this long breakdown was definitely too much and unnecessary. So I eventually went back to the studio. But instead of modifying my mix and struggling again, I erased everything and started something from scratch (I probably kept the kick drums and some hi hats though !). This time, I decided to focus and emphasize the deepness and emotional side of the original track. I used the MIDI tracks Max sent me at the beginning, sent it to my own machines, layered things, and added some vocal samples to spice it up (which I did by my own because none from my sound libraries were in tune…). And it the finally worked after I added this twist of heavy french side chain compression - Here we go! https://soundcloud/rodriguezjr/max-cooper-supine-rodriguez-jr-remix
Posted on: Mon, 05 May 2014 13:16:24 +0000