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Shlohmo's beats

Post by zerbaman » Sun Mar 06, 2011 8:36 pm

Tbh, I'd not heard anything like this guy till I stumbled upon a free download of his a while back. My iPod was on shuffle one day and it came on and I was like :U:

What d'you lot think about his style, I like the way some of his beats are kinda 'deformed'? With no quantization at all. And the kinds of samples etc, those really get me. Kinda like hearing burial for the first time, except rather clean productions if you get me?

If you've not heard of him, here are two of my favourite tunes by him:

Ghosts (part 1)


Ghosts (part 2)

Main reason I've done this, I'm wondering, how would you guys go about making tunes that sounded like this? Not like a guide, but just your thoughts, as producers, about his style etc, and of any other members of the "WeDitItCollective" or FriendsOfFriends output. :t:
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Re: Shlohmo's beats

Post by soosh21 » Sun Mar 06, 2011 9:23 pm

Theres a thread about the LA sound somewhere in the forum that will give you a lot of tips. Most of this type of music is about textures and layering. Def unquantasised drums. Field recordings, some sidechaining-but not overdoing it. Using percussion sounds for a lot of your drums, pitching diff percussion sounds up and down, filtering, and creating enough space and the right amount of reverb. A good ear, and a fine taste in music will def help you too! Anyway these are a few quick tips. Theres loads on the internet if you search.

Ive been making sounds in a similar vein i guess for a while...lots of trial and error dude and you will be able to create the sounds your after.

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Re: Shlohmo's beats

Post by zerbaman » Sun Mar 06, 2011 10:57 pm

I wasn't looking for tips, just discussion on the subject. It's a pretty straight forward process isn't it? No real tricks in production
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Post by wub » Sun Mar 06, 2011 11:14 pm

soosh21 wrote:Theres a thread about the LA sound somewhere in the forum that will give you a lot of tips.
http://www.dubstepforum.com/viewtopic.p ... 8#p2126968
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Post by Basic A » Sun Mar 06, 2011 11:34 pm

Fuck that... just start listening to mad oldies and the like, stop giving 2 what is considered proper in EDM and study how they did things in abby road... spend ridiculous amounts of your time digging and mangling samples, and dont focus on being Schlomo. Be yourself, and just make beats. Thats all FlyLo, Teebs, Schlomo, Samiyam, Gaslamp bleh bleh bleh do... they get bored, mangle samples and dont try to hard.
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Post by Kochari » Sun Mar 06, 2011 11:42 pm

I don't know the answer. But those tunes are bloody lovely.
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Post by Kes-Es » Sun Mar 06, 2011 11:44 pm

Record all your drum hits by hand, use really warm samples, if not record your own completely.

The percussive aspects of all this LA beat and mount kimbie/james blake hype are the best part IMHO.
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Post by tavravlavish » Sun Mar 06, 2011 11:59 pm

a couple of my friends used to live with him down in oakland. Apparently you should smoke a lot of weed and play a lot of video games too if you wanna get on his level.
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Re: Shlohmo's beats

Post by soosh21 » Mon Mar 07, 2011 12:40 am

Kes-Es wrote:Record all your drum hits by hand, use really warm samples, if not record your own completely.

The percussive aspects of all this LA beat and mount kimbie/james blake hype are the best part IMHO.
Totally agree....you need to check out my man Lapalux's remix of one of my tunes. This boy is going to be huuuge! Soundcloud
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Post by zerbaman » Mon Mar 07, 2011 6:14 am

I get the whole idea of it peeps, it's not a question of how, just your opinions- maybe I intended this to be an appreciation thread, not specifically for him, but for anything down that alley.
Though I'm slightly concerned that there are so many links about imitating that sound. Isn't the whole point of the style to be yourself and not somebody else?
Probably some sort of marketing scheme from abelton
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Post by hifi » Mon Mar 07, 2011 6:23 am

Basic A wrote:Fuck that... just start listening to mad oldies and the like, stop giving 2 what is considered proper in EDM and study how they did things in abby road... spend ridiculous amounts of your time digging and mangling samples, and dont focus on being Schlomo. Be yourself, and just make beats. Thats all FlyLo, Teebs, Schlomo, Samiyam, Gaslamp bleh bleh bleh do... they get bored, mangle samples and dont try to hard.
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Post by Siderealdb » Mon Mar 07, 2011 6:44 am

tavravlavish wrote:a couple of my friends used to live with him down in oakland. Apparently you should smoke a lot of weed and play a lot of video games too if you wanna get on his level.
Any of those friends go to Expressions?
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Re: Shlohmo's beats

Post by Basic A » Mon Mar 07, 2011 7:24 am

Dont buy into those links man, just do your own thing. I promise. Itll click over time.

Also.

Ounce collective anyone? New Young black Preachers EP... mmmmm....
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Post by indika » Mon Mar 07, 2011 6:19 pm

Shlohmo's sick. Anyone here like Baths? sick vocalist as well as a producer.
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Re: Shlohmo's beats

Post by zerbaman » Mon Mar 07, 2011 7:23 pm

Once again, this isn't for tips, just discussion, and opinions on it
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Re: Shlohmo's beats

Post by tavravlavish » Tue Mar 08, 2011 6:18 am

Siderealdb wrote:
tavravlavish wrote:a couple of my friends used to live with him down in oakland. Apparently you should smoke a lot of weed and play a lot of video games too if you wanna get on his level.
Any of those friends go to Expressions?
I don't know what that is.
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Re: Shlohmo's beats

Post by JemGrover » Tue Mar 08, 2011 8:27 pm

I swear, the first time I heard Ghosts pt. 2, it changed my life.
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Re: Shlohmo's beats

Post by zerbaman » Tue Mar 08, 2011 11:10 pm

Apparently all this guy does is sit at home and make beats while smoking weed. Literally all he does.
Seems like course for the future hahaha

JemGroover, exactly what you said, emotional music
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Post by Basic A » Wed Mar 09, 2011 9:23 am

indika wrote:Shlohmo's sick. Anyone here like Baths? sick vocalist as well as a producer.
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Re: Shlohmo's beats

Post by soosh21 » Wed Mar 09, 2011 8:58 pm

yup big fan of baths as well.

This remix by shlohmo has been on repeat for a long time-

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