Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Mixing Analysis 6

St. Germain - Montego Bay Spleen
143.87 BPM

Intro                                 Pan                dB
Snare*Halftime Beat*       R5                  -31
Reverbed Congos              L10               -21
Kick                                     C                -19
Hi Hat Pattern                   L 11               -50
Electric Bass playing 1/4 notes                -25
Synth FX


0:14
Bass Kick                                                  -8
Delay Guitar Chord
Percussion Symbols                                 -36

0:43
Electric Piano Stabs                                 -21

Verse 0:59 
Electric clean rhythm guitar                     -16
Atmosphere synths
Dynamic Guitar Lead,                             -14
 fluctuates in velocity                    
-Really enjoy this technique of playing , goes into one minute solo

2:40
Everything drops, just guitar riff
Goes back to intro 8 bars with light kick

Verse 2 3:00 
Same elements as the first, still soloing.

3:50
Only hats, bass, and light kick

4:05
Snare back

Verse 3 4:14
Lead guitar bends
Rides out

I picked this track because it is of a very free form, and basically one long guitar solo. The genre is electronic jazz, acid jazz, or simply nu jazz. It has a very dubby feel to it and beside the multiple synth atmosphere noises theres not a whole lot going on. It's mostly bass and a lot of percussion which leaves tons of space for the guitar to shine throughout the track.

The track was written, produced, conducted and engineer by the original artist.

Additional info:
St Germain is among the leading French masters to have established the 'French Touch': the 'French Traxx EP' and 'Motherland EP', both released in 1993, introduced his style: a mix of deep house, jazz and lounge; sampling and real instruments playing side to side.


Personnel for Album Tourist 

  • Pascal Ohse (Trumpet) 
  • Edouard Labor (Saxophones, Flute)
  • Alexandre Destrez (Keyboards)
  • Idrissa Diop (Talking drum)
  • Edmundo Carneiro (Percussion)
  • Claudio De Qeiroz (Baritone saxophone)
  • Ernest Ranglin (guitar for 'Montego Bay Spleen')
  • Ludovic Navarre (Writer, producer, conductor and sound engineer) Pseudonym  "St. Germain"

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