Posted 23 Apr 2009 — by karl
Category Music
Today, I’m resurrecting an old track from the archives that’s been a secret favorite of mine. “Turbulence” is somewhat different from the majority of sounds I produce – I think it fits in with contemporary American drum and bass a little better than some other work(i.e. “Things You’ll Need to Know“).
When I made it, I wanted the focus of “Turbulence” to be the keyboards in the background. The bassline that rolls through the whole track holds the whole track together, and the keyboards add tension until the big grinding synth comes in in the middle.
The name “Turbulence” came from the helicopter and airplane sound FX laced throughout the track, which add an incredible amount of atmosphere. Generally I don’t use a lot of sound effects in production, but in this case, I knew they belonged from the beginning. I think it was one of the first elements I put in.
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Posted 20 Mar 2009 — by karl
Category Music
I wanted to create an atmospheric drum and bass track in the vein of LTJ Bukem’s work. This one took a while to churn out, but in the end i think it was worth it. Listen close for the minimal drum break variations. I consider them very important to the livelihood of this track.
Creepy note – this random beat’s ID number 2_11 happens to be the same as the running time on it – 2:11. You can insert your own meaning/conspiracy theories about that.
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Posted 01 Feb 2009 — by karl
Category Music
I’m so excited for you to listen to this new track. To me, it seems very similar to another drum & bass track I’ve done – “Things You’ll Need to Know”(You can listen to this song at my MySpace page, or the Soundclick page. Links on the right). The combination of agressive and sublime styles seems to work so well in many kinds of electronic music like d&b and hardhouse.
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Posted 21 Dec 2008 — by karl
Category Music
Last one before the new year is some pumped up, acidic drum and bass to get you ready for the biggest party of the year.
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Posted 19 Nov 2008 — by karl
Category Music
Years ago, I entered a remix contest for the band Lunik. For those of you who don’t know, Lunik is a Swiss pop/trip hop(a la Cardigans) band featuring the lovely Jaël as the lead singer. She has also done a couple tracks with Canadian group Delerium.
Lunik held the contest to promote their new album “Weather”. The objective was to remix the title track from the album.
I entered the following to the contest. I felt the tune was perfect for a dnb/trip hop treatment, but I needed to slow it way down to match the tempo I had in mind. You may find the timestretching of the samples sounds obviously “fragmented” in some places because of this.
Sadly, I didn’t win the contest. Either it was because I was American or they just plain didn’t like it. I still feel it’s some of my best work. I’ll let you make up your own mind.
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Posted 09 Oct 2008 — by karl
Category Music
Just a little bite. Minimal, techy d&b.
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Posted 19 Sep 2008 — by karl
Category Music
Here’s something to start you out with. This is another “dosen’t count yet” post. Anybody remember the rap song I produced for MC Husky?
I started work on a remix version a long time ago(near the time of the recording). This changes the gangsta-rap slow burn into a hard drum and bass workout.
Mc Husky – “Outcast” Karl D Remix
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I was also working on a D&B remix of Powerhouse’s “What You Need”, and I found that the melody worked better than the original one I concocted:
Powerhouse – “What You Need” Karl D Remix
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Sadly, neither of these came to full fruition. I didn’t have the resources to dedicate to them. I wasn’t crazy about the direction the “What You Need” remix was taking, and by then I had started work on “Existential Funk”, so near-unreleasable hobby remixes were becoming a low priority.
MC Husky and Karl D – Outcast(Original Mix)
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