Delectable features 12 songs that were made throughout the pandemic years. They’re house-driven, high-energy beats with a wide array of instruments, voice memo hums, and synths weaving in & out.
I recently purchased a cassette deck from a local IT engineer/hobbyist up-keeper of these forgotten relics. It's no secret that I adore grit & fuzzy texture, on display in abundance throughout my graphics. After years of searching for some way to infuse analog texture, warmth, compression – something ‘real’ into my music, I feel like I've arrived. These days, I’m printing my music through the cassette machine before re-recording it back into Ableton for mastering.
I love the imperfections of tape, but also the permanence. As a frequent over-tinkerer, I appreciate being unable to go back to tweak endlessly. The music stays true to how I liked it to sound while initially making it.
‘Lovebirds on a Monday’ & ‘Pacifico’ are two tracks that borrow the same vocal samples, presenting them in two completely different styles. The first is a warm, fuzzy-textured, orchestral hip-hop ballad, the second features an eerie jungle-drum build-up before mangling down into an epic house-tempo anthem.
When creating music, I often play around with placing samples into completely different contexts. The result usually surprises me and allows the opportunity to pick & borrow elements from scraped projects that would have never otherwise seen the light of day.