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A just-for-fun cover of a forgotten old pop song

DSmolken

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I was in a band with these two singers a few years ago. This spring they both happened to be in town, so we recorded a little something.



It's a cover of a Fuzzbox song from 1989 which peaked at #14 on the UK charts. Ended up using seven of my own free instruments in this one: Meatbass, Karoryfer x bigcat cello, String Cyborgs, Weresax, Emilyguitar, Shinyguitar and Cowsynth. So, all the "synthesizers" are actually acoustic instruments - sax, cello, double bass and bagpipes - turned into infinite loops and used as oscillators in subtractive synths.

The strings and horns are Metropolis Ark 1, piano is Pianoteq (the free Pleyel grand), kick drum is D16 Punchbox, snare and tenor drums are That Sound Drumline, claps from the free Hands Make Sounds, and snaps from the free MAZ Blanko Snap Pack. So, the synthesizers aren't synthesized, but the piano is. Go figure.
 
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:dancedance::dancer::elephant::scout: 'nuff said !
Hahaha, thanks. I think you've summed up the track very well!

And this is the original, for anybody who wonders how it sounded.

 
That was all fun! I love pop music. Your re-orchestration was really entertaining. The instruments and the singers were wonderful.
 
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