Erzatz Gnomes

Great-grandma Hazel had a gnome in her front yard. It was the best way to tell her house from the other ones on the treeless street.

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The unstoppably funky Oddity phreaks the bass:

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The classic freebie Greenoak Crystal powers the “lead” spookiness:

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Using the TR808 preset almost as it comes “in the box”, drumatic drums are so clean:

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A mixture of Jomox Airbase99 samples and some demo stuff that came with Ableton Live are the basis for the ‘normal’ percussion track:

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Jomox rim shot samples through a daevl plugin constitues the ‘weird’ percussion track:

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The PPG wave generates the spooky pad:

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5 Comments to “Erzatz Gnomes”

  1. ben of leisure Says:

    This song is lovely, it reminds of something that daniel wang would produce.
    send it to Environ, they would probably dig it.
    ben

  2. mandi Says:

    I like it!

    :-D

  3. Brian Says:

    love this track. good groove, nice bass.

  4. Interstellar Bump » Blog Archive » » Erzatz Gnomes Says:

    [...] Gnomes is now available for download under a Creative Commons license. Check the last post on this song for the technical breakdown of the [...]

  5. Leigh Says:

    Hey Andy,
    I love that you are exposing your structure, your “how to” of your tracks. Great idea! I wish more producers would do this.

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