INDAGROOVE
DEKONSTRUCTION PROJECT
Our DeKonstruction project is a unique hybrid between club DJ and live musicianship. Please see the Instagram teaser reels below showing how the sample-based groove is broken down and built up with live musicians on stage. The technology and musicianship employed enable improvisations, mash-ups and on-the-fly song format extensions/ contractions not possible with a traditional DJ set. The starting point is Indagroove’s midi guitarist/DJ, adding sax, vocals, bass and even a full live band if appropriate.
DEKONSTRUCTION DEMOS
Candy features an 8 bar auto-loop. The timings are as follows:
0-17s Recording main riff - unison stereo crunch guitar and bass (Marcus Miller sample) from midi guitar. Akai MPC is looping the beat.
18s Trigger vocal hook (pre-recorded with talk box) from MPC pad.
20-36s Recording electric piano overlay.
37s Turn off auto-loop recording.
40-52s Perform short solo using stereo distorted guitar (Guitar Rig 6/Mainstage) ending with descending power chords (mis-triggered lead synth sound at 40s, but a happy mistake :-) )
52-53s Trigger verse vocals (pre-recorded using talk box)/turn off vocal hook
54-60s Doubling vocals using vocoder
1. Candy (Cameo)
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This is the 1st of a series of 6 Instagram ‘teaser’ reels introducing the Indagroove DeKonstruction project, prior to some live shows later this year. What you hear was produced in real time and recorded directly to hard disc. There are no post production overdubs or miming.
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A midi guitar is used to break down and build up the groove using the live looping function on the Akai MPC, together with some pre-recorded samples triggered from the pads.
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Gimme Some More features a 2 bar auto-loop. The timings are as follows:
0s Trigger intro chant
3-4s Trigger layered beat
5-9s Recording upright acoustic bass (midi guitar trigger)
10-14s Recording vibraphone (overlay).
15-19s Recording rhythm guitar (overlay)
20s Turn off auto-loop recording.
22-23s Trigger scratch samples from midi guitar
24s Trigger brass section from midi guitar. Live sax doubles riff.
29s Trigger vocal chant
30-43s Sax solo
43-44s Trigger B section (bass and brass). Turn off auto-loop.
45-53s Sax and midi guitar (brass section) unison
53s Turn off active pad triggers.
2. Gimme Some More (JBs)
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This is the 2nd of a series of 6 Instagram ‘teaser’ reels introducing the Indagroove DeKonstruction project, prior to some live shows later this year. What you hear was produced in real time and recorded directly to hard disc. There are no post-production overdubs or miming.
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A midi guitar is used to break down and build up the groove using the live looping function on the Akai MPC, together with some pre-recorded samples triggered from the pads.
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3. Rockit (Herbie Hancock)
This is the 3rd of a series of 6 Instagram ‘teaser’ reels introducing the Indagroove DeKonstruction project, prior to some live shows later this year. What you hear was produced in real time and recorded directly to hard disc. There are no post-production overdubs or miming.
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A midi guitar is used to trigger various synth sounds. It is also used break down and build up the groove using the live looping function on the Akai MPC, but later in the song (not recorded in this extract) for an extended solo section. The beat is provided by pre-recorded samples triggered from the pads.
The timings are as follows:
0s Trigger intro beat
0-17s Trigger scratch samples from midi guitar
18s Trigger ‘A section’ beat
18-23s Guitar power chords
24-34s Trigger bass from midi guitar (Marcus Miller samples)
35s Trigger bass from pad
36-52s ‘A section’ melody using distorted guitar (Guitar Rig 6/Mainstage) synth brass and sax playing unison.
4. Good Times (Chic)
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This is the 4th of a series of 6 Instagram ‘teaser’ reels introducing the Indagroove DeKonstruction project, prior to some live shows later this year. What you hear was produced in real time and recorded directly to hard disc. There are no post-production overdubs or miming.
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A midi guitar is used to break down and build up the groove using the live looping function on the Akai MPC, together with some pre-recorded samples triggered from the pads.
Good Times features a 4 bar auto-loop. The timings are as follows:
0-9s Recording bass (midi guitar trigger)
11-19s Recording Rhodes electric piano (overlay).
22-31s Recording acoustic piano (overlay).
34-44s Recording rhythm guitar (overlay)
45s Turn off auto-loop recording.
47s Add staccato rhythm guitar notes
52s Trigger chorus vocals from pad and play along!
5. Last Night a DJ Saved my Life (Indeep)
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This is the 5th of a series of 6 Instagram ‘teaser’ reels introducing the Indagroove DeKonstruction project, prior to some live shows later this year. We mash this one up with ‘Good Times’ (Chic) when we perform it live. What you hear was produced in real time and recorded directly to hard disc. There are no post-production overdubs or miming.
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A midi guitar is used to break down and build up the groove using the live looping function on the Akai MPC, together with some pre-recorded samples triggered from the pads.
This track features a 4 bar auto-loop. The timings are as follows:
0-4s Beat from Akai MPC
4-13s Recording bass line.
13-22s Recording rhythm guitar (overlay).
24-29s Recording rhythm guitar staccato notes (overlay)
31-32s Trigger vocal samples (pre-recorded using talk box) from pad/turn off auto-loop recording.
34s Piano interjection using midi guitar
38-46s Trigger vocal samples from pads
47s Trigger verse vocal
49-59s Piano interjections using midi guitar
More Bounce to the Ounce features a 2 bar auto-loop. The timings are as follows:
0s Trigger beat on Akai MPC
4-9s Recording synth bass (midi guitar trigger)
14-30s Recording rhythm guitar chords and notes - layering them by panning hard left and right (overlay).
32-41s Recording modulated synth brass pad (overlay).
45s Trigger pre-recorded talk box part
46-59s Overlaying vocoder using midi guitar
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6. More Bounce to the Ounce (Zapp)
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This is the last of a series of 6 Instagram ‘teaser’ reels introducing the Indagroove DeKonstruction project, prior to some live shows later this year. What you hear was produced in real time and recorded directly to hard disc. There are no post-production overdubs or miming.
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A midi guitar is used to break down and build up the groove using the live looping function on the Akai MPC, together with some pre-recorded samples triggered from the pads.