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From: "Maarten Baute" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>I actually consider theo parrish to be a GREAT producer. Take a
listen to
>"dan ryan" or "lights donw low (this one mix)". I am sure he
spends a lot of
>time making the sounds sound like they sound. I really dig all
the sounds he
>uses, espacially the Laurel Aitken alike ska 'shakk' in "dan
ryan", wich he
>also used in "twin citys".
yeah those are 2 of my favorite cuts by him.
>And I still wonder how he did the kick in "music"
>it sounds so hard, but the levels are ok.
my favorite kick by theo is on the losoul remix on elevate. that
kick is just huge, its silly.
>I think everybody agrees that Theo has no studio (I never heard
him use a
>synth, and he uses too much samples and does too much stuff to
them to work
>efficiently with a sampler). He probably has only one all-in
studio
>application on his computer. My guess is he uses Orion or
somthing alike (I
>recongize the typical filters used of the sampler module).
theres pics of his "studio" on the recent reissue of "parallel
dimensions", he definitely has a mixing board and some unclear
synth type things. you can hear the sp-1200 on his tracks, thats
pretty much what he uses for almost everything. he's used synths
on certain tracks, though not all the time.
>The only sounds
>he uses is stuff recorded from disco, ska, and soul recordings.
What he
>basicly does is sampling an organ, pitching it down 2 octaves an
filter it
>low and put a bit distortion on it. I think this is a very
original way of
>sound processing, it creates a really nice warm, but kind of hard
sound. I
>really like his way of doing things, I enjoy listening to his
records very
>much. Just as I like listening to Carl Craig's early 69 records
or paperclip
>people's "the secret tapes of dr. eich", wich also have a typical
lo-fi
>production.
yeah i love the feeling on those old cuts as well.
>Let me conclude with a top 5 of my favourite theo parrish records
(wich I
>condider to be well produced):
>
>1) lights down low (this one mix) - the tracky mix with loads of
noise.
>2) dan ryan
>3) dance sing
>4) music
>5) solitary flight
mine are:
1. dusty cabinets
2. took me all the way back
3. dan ryan
4. i can take it
5. rain for jimmy
im also a really big fan of his dubby 12" on archive.
tom
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