Red Bull Music Academy - Various Assets - Not for Sale- A Selection of Tunes Recorded at the Red Bull Music Academy Madrid 2011 - Booklet

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1.1 The Perect Blues

Jesse Boykins III & Gora Sou

Written by Jesse Boykins III (USA). Produced by Gora Sou.

Programming by Gora Sou, keyboards by Dorian Concept,

backing vocals by Andrea Balency.

This song is the perect explanation

or what it means to be a human being

in love with danger and risk-taking

in relationships, says Jesse. It began

as a loop o handclaps and gradually

evolved into an emotive ballad worthyo applause. Dorian recalls: I loved

the clap sounds Marc made, and when

Jesse came in, he just killed it.

1.2 Red Sound

Yosi Horikawa & Dorian Concept

Written by Yoshiyuki Horikawa (JAP). Produced by Yosi

Horikawa and Dorian Concept. Beats by Yosi Horikawa,

keyboards by Dorian Concept.

Soundcatcher Yosi collected audio rom

around the Academy building, nabbing

crunchy red sand, wine bottles, and

metal signs or his own designs. Ater

Yosi crated a beat out o Mataderos

ambience, Dorian brought his charac-teristic modal chords and quick-re

ris, dropping the listener right in the

centre o the Academy sonics.

1.3 Ecovillage

Jorge Caiado & Mathew Jonson

Written by Jorge Lima (POR) and Mathew Jonson (CAN).

Produced and all instruments played by Jorge Caiado and

Mathew Jonson.

These two technonauts teamed up or

a groove wide enough to t an eco-

system in. It could be an ode to living

in harmony with nature as much as

it is infuenced by the Endor-inspired

settings at the Academy. Its always

a learning process in the studios though,

with the pair working in dierent

ways to how they would usually, and

yielding surprisingly organic ruits.

1.4 ReadY

Canblaster & Julius Sylvest

Written by Cdric Steens (FRA) and Julius Sylvest (DEN).

Produced by Canblaster and Julius Sylvest.

It was straight out the starting traps or

Cedric and Julius with this track, and

no messing. We started this track theday we arrived, Cedric reminisces,

beore nishing a rough drat in time

or the Boiler Room session a ew days

later. A bit o back and orth over the

net or ne-tuning and arranging, et

voila! An arcade raverton anthem that

even Frogger could get down to.


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1.5 Racist Jazz Space Creature

Boycrush & Sander Mlder

Written by Sander Mlder (EST) and Alistair D everick (NZL).

Produced by Sander Mlder and Boycrush. microKORG by

Sander Mlder.

As soon as the vocoder drops, Alistair

and Sanders track unleashes devas-

tating powers on the dancefoor. This

o-the-wall extraterrestrial made

rst contact when Sanders laser beams,

oscillating sirens and analogue padsbegan blasting over a ractured groove

that drummer Alistair had meticulously

crated earlier in the studio.

1.6 Untitled

Ghosts On Tape & Clip!

Written by Ryan Merry and Edu T. Bu. All instruments

played by Ghosts On Tape (USA) and Clip! (ESP).

Ater Clip! had taken the participants

on a grand tour o Madrids nest

drinking establishments on the rst

night, he linked with Ryan Ghosts over

the Yamaha SU700 sampler. They re-

turned like Jedis days later to complete

the song with shuddering bass tones

rom the Juno 106, beore hurriedly

mixing and arranging it on the last day,

resulting in this dubby 4/4 thumper.

1.7 Into You

The T2s

Written by Nick Concellor (USA), Veronica Sampson (UK),

Marco Passarani (ITA), Oliver Johnson (AUT), Jivraj Singh

(IND), Paul Salva (USA) and Mial Watkins (UK).

An emerald mirrorball was shipped

into Studio 1 especially or this sizzling

disco monster. Term 2s seven-headed

Cerberus slot into a rhythm thats loose

enough or keys, bass, guitar, drums

and percussion to all t inside, and still

leave space or Ronikas lovelorn

tones to drit atop. Group dynamics

dont get more die-cast than this.

1.8 Vale Vale

Signor Mako & Om Unit

Written by Ilya Goryachev (RUS) and Jim Coles (UK).

Produced by Signor Mako and Om Unit.

Signor Mako set out to conjure a hyp-

notic, epic composition whilst at the

Academy studios, and he certainly metan ally in Om Unit. The pair orged

this soulul piano hymn in the process,

taking inspiration rom Madrids dusty

urban bustle, and proving there aint

no vale low enough. The end result

sounds like Steve Reich discovering the

beauty o famenco handclaps or

the rst time.

1.9 FRG

Raisa K & Thomalla

Written by Raisa Khan (UK) and Philipp Koller (GER).

Produced and all instruments played by Raisa K and

Thomalla.

Sounding something like what might

happen i AT&T had hired the Jackson

State Marching Band to cover Lootpacks

Crate Digging or their call-waiting

tone, FRG is the atermath o Thomalla

and Raisa K piling on the pounds, andthen working it all o dancing a non-

stop Cossack. Trickier than a three-hit

backstick.

1.10 Power Up

Canblaster & Nightwave

Written by Cdric Steens (FRA) and Maya Medvesek (SLO).

Produced by Canblaster and Nightwave.

Working rom the chords up, Nightwave

and Canblaster rein in the Korg M3 like

a pair o seasoned synth-whisperers.

Far rom a cruise on the motorway, this

obstacle course through oot-steppers

territory alternates with hal-time break-

downs, slippery hi-hat patterns and

ecstatic vocal chops. Global recession

or not, theres always work or eet.

1.11 Jacktrax

Nehuen & xxxy

Written by Rupert Taylor (UK) and Nehuen McAllister (ESP).

All instruments played by Nehuen and xxxy.

Manchester and Barcelona connect,

jacking inspiration rom classic Chicago

house to deliver ve minutes o dance-foor bliss. xxxy and Nehuen obviously

know their history and do the Music

Boxs legacy proud: pounding bass kicks,

metronomic hi-hats with that little Je

ne sais quoi swing to them, and vocal

stabs that link the past, present and

uture o one o dance musics most

enduring aesthetics. Watch that drop.

1.12 Ohand

Behr

Written by Emile Hoogenhout (RSA). Drums played by Behr.

Piano played by Martin Riegelnegg.

With the Academy storeroom spilling

out synthesisers, drum machines,

and Space Echoes, sometimes the com-ortable minimalism o acoustic piano

and brushed drums can be an antidote

to the daunting problem o more is less.

Drummer Behr collaborates on this slow

jazz cut with Austrian pianist Martin

Riegelnegg, shunning their predilection

or 4/4 to create an environment o

cognac-soaked melancholy.


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1.13 Pump Dat

Mark Pritchard & Addison Groove

Written by Mark Pritchard (UK) and Tony Williams (UK).

Produced and all instruments played by Addison Groove

and Mark Pritchard.

Blow the whistle i you cant keep up

with Pump Dat, a salute o sorts to

Chicago ootwork pioneers and Acad-

emy 11 guests Rashad and Spinn.

This renzied juke cut screams Get

o the wall! and leaves slouchestrailing in its wake, slicing up break-

neck percussion and piercing snares

at a lightning-quick tempo.

1.14 One Hour Later

Broke One & Xavier Len

Written by Fabio Brocato (ITA) and Xavier Arocha (CAN).

Produced and all instruments played by Broke One and

Xavier Len.

While most o the participants were

raving on Ustream, Fabio seized an

empty studio and started this spacey

steppers riddim. Xavier joined in, and

the pair jammed it out or 60 minutes,

setting a vibe in Studio 5 that switchesrom syncopated garage lls to hal-

time wind and back. All you need is the

right mindset and a little time.

1.15 Camp Song

Boycrush

Written by Alistair Deverick (NZL). Produced by Boycrush.

Alistair initially wrote this track back

at the hotel room, and named it ater

that good ol bonding tradition a sing-

song round a pile o slowly burninglogs. Realism is the key, and you can

certainly hear the crackle o the re

here (as well as the sounds o distant

shotguns rom the nearby woods),

whilst Alistair credits lecturer Gareth

Jones or helping him throughout this

whimsical house ditty.

1.16 AZRR

Claude Speeed

Written by Stuart Clinton Turner (UK). Produced and

all instruments played by Claude Speeed.

AZRR is a veritable wall o sound o

many tones yearning wails, rattling

percussion and o-kilter string jabs.The Scottish producer jumped into this

ater a lecture rom immersive beat-

maker Clams Casino, coming back with

resh ears to add some subtle guitar

and pitched-up vocals. We darent

pigeonhole AZRR but Claude hits the

nail on the head: Weird deep orest

Brian Eno Dirty South ootwork.


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1.17 Dangle

Full Crate & Mark Pritchard

Written by N. Nikoghosyan (NED) and Mark Pritchard (UK).

Produced by Full Crate and Mark Pritchard. Instruments

played by Full Crate, Mark Pritchard and Broke One.

Full Crates stuttering collaboration with

Mark Pritchard is a beast, no less mar-

velously manic than some o Pritchards

recent Arica Hitech opus. With groove

in no short supply, the mighty Harmonic

313 gives the tune its proper trajectory,with reams o rapid-re percussion and

broken rhythms, at once demented,

hypnotic and breathless.

1.18 Late

Signor Mako, Santiago Latorre & Behr

Written and produced by Santiago Latorre (ESP), Ilya

Goryachev (RUS) and Emile Hoogenhout (RSA). Vibraphone,

saxophone and Mellotron by Santiago Latorre, vibraphone,

Mellotron, Juno 106 and feld recordings by Ilya

Goryachev, drums by Emile Hoogenhout.

Against a backdrop o airport ambience,

Late avoids the raised blood pressure

o fight delays and explores beyond the

tarmac. A motorik Juno 106 rhythm

and sprinklings o vibraphone, Mello-

tron and sax slows time down to an

hypnotic crawl, rendering fight boards

irrelevant.

2.1 Alien Titmarsh Riddim

Mark Pritchard, Danny Breaks &

Om Unit

Written by Mark Pritchard (UK), Daniel Whiddett (UK)

and Jim Coles (UK). Produced and all instruments played

by Mark Pritchard, Danny Breaks and Om Unit.

Mark was chopping up the break,

recalls Om Unit, so I started knocking

up some dread bass. When old school

sci- b-boys get in the studio together,

sparks are bound to fy. With a little

extra help rom Danny Breaks and his

trusty MS-20, this one is coated with the

kind o titanium hull that will weather

any galactic storm, unlike your petunias.

2.2 Cicada Sleep

Pazes, Anenon & Grayson Gilmour

Written by Brian Simon (USA), Lucas Febraro (BRA), Grayson

Gilmour (NZL). Produced by Pazes and Anenon. All

instruments played by Pazes, Anenon and Grayson Gilmour.

While there are over 200 species o

the cicada insect, there is a particular

variety, the genus Magicicada, which

emerges every 17 years to mate. The

lie-cycle o this collaboration between

Pazes and Anenon traces a similar arc.

A subdued chord progression gives way

to a shimmering wall o electronics,

then winds its way back to a peaceul

silence. Stay tuned or part two in 2028.


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2.3. Bedrooms

Xavier Len, Broke One & Kackmusikk

Written and produced by Xavier Arocha (CAN), Fabio

Brocato (ITA) and Raphael Spiess (SUI). All instruments

played by Xavier Len, Broke One and Kackmusikk.

This bedroom is literally a time capsule,

where sleep and dreams create a world

o their own, and the abric o reality

gets rewoven into strange new shapes.

Its in this role o brave geometric ex-

plorers that our intrepid trio nd them-selves, riding out the motion sickness

and creating the soundtrack to their

own personal Tardis in the process.

2.4. She Will Prevail

Jesse Boykins III, Doc Daneeka & xxxy

Written by Jesse Boykins III (USA), Mial Watkins (UK) and

Rupert Taylor (UK). Produced by Doc Daneeka and xxxy.

All instruments played by Jesse Boykins III, Doc Daneeka

and xxxy with additional keys rom Dorian Concept.

The doc, the triple x y and Mr Boykins

III hit the spot with this sultry slice o

soul, Jesses rich gospel vocals foating

over slick trap rhythms and glitter-

ing boogie unk. This is a uturistic hit

record beamed back via the medium

o brainwaves, rom a place where the

80s didnt end and instead got more

exotic, with bigger boomboxes.

2.5. Chuglive

Dorian Concept & xxxy

Written by Oliver Johnson (AUT) and Rupert Taylor (UK).

Produced by Dorian Concept and xxxy. Instruments played

by Dorian Concept.

Sometimes all you need to break that

creative block is a microKORG. Or more

accurately, a microKORG and ve pairs

o lightning-ast ngers to play it. xxxy

had little inspiration let or this loop

until Dorian burst into the studio like a

rescuer o lost musical souls, bringing

it back rom the brink. Perhaps KORG

should investigate this gap in the de-

brillator market. Clear!

2.6. Acguiescence

Anenon

Written by Brian Simon (USA). Produced by Anenon. Tenor

saxophone, piano, programming and string arrangement

by Anenon. Cello, viola and violins by Madrid 2011 String

Quartet.

Rather like the creeping sense o reali-

sation that the song takes its title rom,this ebbing tide o strings, sax, piano

and subs makes the perect soundtrack

or the city at night. Whether watch-

ing graveyard-shit workers, or ghosts

dancing on telephone wires, this is

what the sunglasses rom They Live

might sound like i they could talk.


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2.7 Sicka

Nguzu & Boska

Written by Asma Aroo (USA) and Jon-Eirik Boska (SWE).

Produced and all instruments played by Nguzu and Boska.

Madrid might not seem a likely breed-

ing ground or music thats best played

in basement clubs, but Nguzu and

Boskas Sicka is a sure-re midnight

theme. The duo cooked this up with

a 909 and an MS-20, leaving the studio

victorious. So keen were they to nailit they missed out on a Young Guru mik-

ing session. Now thats dedication.

2.8 Question

Om Unit & Disco Nutter

Written by Jim Coles (UK) and Yasen Velchev (BUL).

Produced by Om Unit and Disco Nutter.

Jim and Yasen linked ater seeing hip

hops most villainous DOOM perorm,

and immediately got this neck-snap-

ping monster on the go with the Junos

that were in Studio 3. Responding

to the vibes that were lling up the

place, a well-chosen quote romcult sci- fick The Thing says it all

trying to make sense o the situation

isnt all its cracked up to be.

2.9 Cest La Vie

Robin Hannibal

Written, recorded and produced by Robin Hannibal (DEN).

Horns and strings written and arranged by Robin Hannibal.

Guitar by Chico Unicornio, drumbox bass and keyboards

by Robin Hannibal, sax by Anenon, vocals by ChaCha and

Chico Unicornio.

Marshall McLuhan predicted a globalvillage. Thomas Friedman wrote about

a fat Earth. FedEx made overnight

strawberries a reality. This breezy

collaboration between Danish Robin

Hannibal, Chinese Cha Cha, American

Anenon and Peruvian Chico Unicornio

puts napalm to the notion o cultural

boundaries. Oh, and the title is French.

2.10 Eivar

Thomalla & Martin Riegelnegg

Written by Martin Riegelnegg (AUT) and Philipp Koller

(GER). Produced and all instruments played by Martin

Riegelnegg and Thomalla.

Philipp and Martin asked themselves i

the bass drum was too low throughout

the making o Eivar, which is a good

metaphor or the way the elements are

placed its all in the relationships, and

the sum is more than its parts. How low

is too low, you might ask? The only

answer could be somewhere between

here and the centre o the Earth.

2.11 You Said You Loved Me

Krystal Klear, Broke One &

Ghosts On Tape

Written by Declan Lennon (UK), Fabio Brocato (ITA) and

Ryan Merry (USA). Produced and all instruments played by

Broke One, Krystal Klear and Ghosts On Tape. Mixed by

Artwork (UK), Gareth Jones (UK) and Mathew Jonson (CAN).

This ode to euphoric 90s house says

all you need to know about revelations

in a warehouse ar removed rom a

political agenda that doesnt believe in

team work. Good job this six-man

crew does.

2.12 The Earth Got Round

Sara Sayed & xxxy

Written by Sara Sayed (FIN). Produced and all instruments

played by Sara Sayed and xxxy.

Sara Sayed cools down the pace with a

track that Erasmus Montanus would

be proud o. While the Finnish singer-

songwriters bold rst steps into pro-

duction could be compared to Euclidean

geometry, theyre more like the t o

a comy slipper on a tired oot. At timesboth surreal and shadowy, dreamy

and ull o space, we hope its the shape

o things to come.

2.13 Phone Tone

Brenmar, Canblaster & Ghosts On Tape

Written by William Salas (USA), Cedric Steens (FRA) and

Ryan Merry (USA). Produced and all instruments played by

Brenmar, Canblaster and Ghosts On Tape.

Ghosts On Tape says I already knew

Brenmar and Canblaster a bit, so it was

nice to get in the studio. Inspired by

Dance Mania, we went or something

that wasnt too complicated but still

eective. Linking the KORG Electribe,

the Yamaha sampler and Ableton al-

lowed this trio to create a loop hole in

time or a track that spans several

eras while retaining its own tempo.

2.14 What Is Sleep

Claude Speeed

Written by Stuart Clinton Turner (UK). Produced and all

instruments played by Claude Speeed.

Gravity has a unique pull on an indi-

vidual ater ten days or so o sleep

deprivation. There is a heaviness in thelimbs and a dull ring in the cortex.

On this selection, the Scottish guitar-

ist and keyboardist Claude Speeed

translates these eects into a densely

droning wave o sound, throbbing

rom time to time with percussion, but

always shadowed by a wall o spiralling

subsonics and blankets o white noise.


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2.15 Junk

Exeter & Naphta

Written by Evan Doyle (CAN) and Pawel Klimczak (POL).

Produced and all instruments played by Exeter and Naphta.

Just when you think Junk has had all

the groove squeezed out o it, it turns a

corner and runs down a dierent path.

Short vocal snatches, twisted, rubbery

grooves and hypnotic keyboard swirls

its a thrilling chase. We cant think o

the last time the Canadians and thePolish collaborated musically but on

this basis it should be thoroughly

encouraged.

2.16 Waking Into A Prior Dream

The Heartbreak Kids

Written by Fabian Bruhn (SWE) and Roman Flgel (GER).

Produced and all instruments played by Fabian Bruhn and

Roman Flgel.

Sometimes the line between dreams

and reality is not as easy to distinguish

as you think, especially when the tide

o sleep is reduced to its absolute bare

minimum. In this inbetween state,

you can nd Aniaras Fabian Bruhn andRoman Flgel, navigating their way

through an emotional hal-world with

only a conga rhythm, synth washes

and a melodic arpeggio to guide them.

2.17 Ode To Bootsy

Fuck Shit Up

Written by Jivraj Singh (IND), Nick Conceller (USA), Grayson

Gilmour (NZL), Jesse Boykins III (USA), Oliver Johnson (AUT)

and Brian Simon (USA). Drums by Jivraj Singh, bass by Nick

Hook, guitar by Grayson Gilmour, vocals by Jesse Boykins

III, solo piano by Dorian Concept, sax by Anenon.

In true jam band style, FSU get downwith this tight shufe, as OG unkateer

Bootsy Collins inspired an impromptu

Academy rhythm section to nd the

groove and get knee-deep in the sucker.

In keeping with the improvised eel,

studio captain Erik juggled a live

mix on the boards and captured the

shock waves.


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Concept and realisation by

Yadastar (yadastar.com)

Compiled by

Torsten Schmidt & Erik Breuer

Mastering and additional mixing by

Erik Breuer at The Brewery (brewerystudios.com)

Words by

James Singleton, Zaid Mudhaer,Laurent Fintoni, Nick Wilson & Max Cole

Art direction and design by

David Eckes (davideckes.de) &

Paul Steinmann (paulsteinmann.de)

Photography by

Dan Wilton (danwilton.co.uk) &

Gianranco Tripodo (gianrancotripodo.com)

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Red Bull Music Academy - Various Assets - Not for Sale- A Selection of Tunes Recorded at the Red Bull Music Academy Madrid 2011 - Booklet