How is Seven Lions so smooth??

[syrup]

so you're saying his music is unique because all the cliche elements are slightly less cliche?

[jiwonpark]

I'm not sure what you mean by cliche.

[ehbes]

As is not any way new or different. In fact just the opposite

[SunkLo]

In other words, cliche.

[bennyfroobs]

Yeah, just had a listen to that. Pretty generic 'remix' from what I can hear. Kick snare pattern is fairly constant, pad work is nice and compliments the source material but nothing special.

Low passed synths with a lot of glide on the notes. He lets the source material drive his remix as opposed to creating a new track and then trying to shoehorn the remix elements in afterwards, so a modicum of respect is afforded for being so restrained.

Light compression on the pads/synths which may be bussed together to give them some character, but overall it's hardly game changing stuff.

Biggies for anyone who can still pull off the generic remix thing and turn it into a career of sorts, though.

Keep your opinions like "generic remix" and Seven Lions being "nothing special" to yourself, you're obviously not a avid listener of this sort of music so how can you tell the difference?! I don't understand this detrimental attitude a lot of people here seem to have towards (midrange) dubstep. I don't think you're being very helpful either, like, how is "light compression" relevant in getting a sound as polished as this? I just feel like you're trying to downplay the guy with everything you say.

Anyway.. Synth design is great but not that amazing; the sounds are not that unique or difficult by themselves there's just a particularly tasteful choice of sounds and interplay of melodies with attention to harmonies. Moreover he's doing a lot of pads and if you listen carefully you'll hear glitchy background in his intros/breakdowns/etc to always keep you somewhat stimulated. The mix is also exceptional which means (1.) he payed some professional mixer to do it or (2.) he is a professional mixer himself derp.

you nonce.

lmao

[Huts]

You're wrong, he's whack

Though I know you're a site troll, I will respond to this one.

When you have professional producers trying to recreate your sound and can't (or even try using your same chords, Mr. Sam Laxton, I'm talking to you), you know you're doing something right. So what if he has a specific sound? He knows what he's doing with it and he does it well.

Why is it we think that the ability to recreate something someone did is any measure of how good the original work was?

[ehbes]

You're wrong, he's whack

Though I know you're a site troll, I will respond to this one.

When you have professional producers trying to recreate your sound and can't (or even try using your same chords, Mr. Sam Laxton, I'm talking to you), you know you're doing something right. So what if he has a specific sound? He knows what he's doing with it and he does it well.

I'm not a troll I just treat this part of the site like the undercarriage that it is

[NinjaEdit]

Because jungle is massive.

Image.

[MUT3]

he used to make trance. now he makes bro-trance.

also he has really clear mixes and probably has a really good timeclock and a professional studio.

perfectly mixed and compressed synths/drums/sidechain where it needs to be

creative wob wobs and effects, clean melodies

there u have it. also his music does nothing for me. childs music imo

[SunkLo]

probably has a really good timeclock

Oh lord did this ever get me.