Aquadrop - "Blue" [Trenchant Dubs] - Feature Video
Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2010 3:55 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMaJJbvQ2Q0
Have a look at the full-length video edit for Aquadrop's latest release on Trenchant Dubs. Out Now exclusively on beatport. Full release on 13th December.
Aron Airaghi a.k.a. Aquadrop continues to make his mark on the Dubstep and Bass Music scene with a sound that is becoming increasingly popular and instantly recognizable. What people may not know is that he is also an accomplished jazz musician. When he was going into the studio to record his latest single for Trenchant Dubs, I asked him to make a vocal track that was organic and had some live instrumentation. "Blue" is the track that emerged from this session. "Blue" is a track unlike any other in that there is nothing holding it to any specific genre. Glitchy samples and skittering percussive sounds lay a loose framework in which the vocals are allowed to become the prominent feature for the front section of the track. The second half of the tune continues the rhythmic framework and leaves room for the expressive sounds of Milanese musicians Michele Fagnani, Giorgio Campera, and Fabio Sanna. "Blue" features collaborative vocalist Vanelitne singing the main vocal, along with Nahadi singing the incredible vocal harmony. Giorgio Campera adds flavor with the Hammond organ while Fabio Sanna puts depth and character to the track with his free form trumpet parts. Michele Fagnani's 1978's Gibson guitar sounds jazzy and silky smooth through a rare vintage Fender Twin amplifier. All instruments were recorded live at Icarus studios, Milan, Italy. For fans of Nosaj Thing, Flying Lotus, Four Tet, Joy Orbison or Mount Kimbie, "Blue" takes the deepest electronic sounds and manipulation and pairs it with live jazz instrumentation to create a sound that is undeniably fresh and nearly impossible to resist.
- Jason Currie, Trenchant Recordings Ltd.
Have a look at the full-length video edit for Aquadrop's latest release on Trenchant Dubs. Out Now exclusively on beatport. Full release on 13th December.
Aron Airaghi a.k.a. Aquadrop continues to make his mark on the Dubstep and Bass Music scene with a sound that is becoming increasingly popular and instantly recognizable. What people may not know is that he is also an accomplished jazz musician. When he was going into the studio to record his latest single for Trenchant Dubs, I asked him to make a vocal track that was organic and had some live instrumentation. "Blue" is the track that emerged from this session. "Blue" is a track unlike any other in that there is nothing holding it to any specific genre. Glitchy samples and skittering percussive sounds lay a loose framework in which the vocals are allowed to become the prominent feature for the front section of the track. The second half of the tune continues the rhythmic framework and leaves room for the expressive sounds of Milanese musicians Michele Fagnani, Giorgio Campera, and Fabio Sanna. "Blue" features collaborative vocalist Vanelitne singing the main vocal, along with Nahadi singing the incredible vocal harmony. Giorgio Campera adds flavor with the Hammond organ while Fabio Sanna puts depth and character to the track with his free form trumpet parts. Michele Fagnani's 1978's Gibson guitar sounds jazzy and silky smooth through a rare vintage Fender Twin amplifier. All instruments were recorded live at Icarus studios, Milan, Italy. For fans of Nosaj Thing, Flying Lotus, Four Tet, Joy Orbison or Mount Kimbie, "Blue" takes the deepest electronic sounds and manipulation and pairs it with live jazz instrumentation to create a sound that is undeniably fresh and nearly impossible to resist.
- Jason Currie, Trenchant Recordings Ltd.