The Mos’ Def Remix? Free–> AND RIGHT THERE!!
January 21, 2010
What’s good everybody– greetings, once again, from the Sub Swara lair. Sadly, we don’t have any video for you this time as we just got back from gigs in Boston and Montreal (more to come on that later). What we DO have, though, is a brand-spanking new remix of one of our faves, Mos’ Def’s “Quiet Dog.” With Dhruva on the buttons and myself on the mix, Haj deemed it crushworthy this past weekend.
Our friends @ thefader.com seem to believe so as well, as it’s featured on their music page. Go on, take a gander.
Video to come next week– Lots of love ’till then!
The Mos’ Def Remix? Free–> AND RIGHT THERE!!Sub Swara Video Blog # 3 – India Studio Sessions
January 5, 2010
This installment’s coming from the subcontinent where I (Dhruva) got into the studio to craft some of our sound pallet for album #2 – check out the video below. I worked with a couple of great percussionists who do sessions with AR Rahman (of Slumdog Millionaire fame) and recorded them on some sick instruments that aren’t often heard, like bass dholak (wow, ridiculous sub on that one), and folk drums like nagara and ghat singhari (clay pot with a leather skin on top for that super modulating wuump wuump kinda vibe).
So the way it works is we basically go into the studio with a grip of track sketches and then get the session players to record on them with some specific direction for the phrasing and dynamics. Then we move on to slicing, dicing and shaping the elements and build them into the fabric of our tracks. The process is always a blast and we’ll keep you posted on the progress from the labs.
Sub Swara Video Blog # 3 – India Studio Sessions
