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arXter

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often i focus on production more than anything else in a song. i know we all have varied tastes but i'm just wondering which albums or songs (studio, live, remix etc.) made you really notice and admire its production.

a couple early favs:

Pink Floyd - The Great Gig In The Sky
http://youtube.com/watch?v=K28Zgo72ODg
(including the whole TDSOTM album)


Minnie Riperton - Inside My Love
http://youtube.com/watch?v=3VS6X_ExoLU
(the build up to and the Rhodes solo there is beautiful)
 
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shameless bump - come on, surely someone's interested in production in here?
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Janet - Got 'Til It's Gone
http://youtube.com/watch?v=i9QYv9XBMHI

and i'd like to hand out an f.u for the thievery of Jam and Lewis on this track. all credit to J Dilla.
 
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DuranDuran said:
John Lennon ~ Bless You

George Michael ~ Hard Day (Shep Pettibone Mix)
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stand-outs for me. i once read an interview with Shep on one of the Red Bull Music Academy lectures and really got into his sounds. quite the pioneer in Dance. cheers for that track, never heard it before.

here's a classic for synths and any Moog lover

Isley Bros - For The Love Of You
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Kd2sOqbIcaM

Chris Jasper's keyboarding is beautiful, though i've never gotten into his solo stuff.
 
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for me it would be the beatles (.showing my age now) and cant choose which stood out because they were all good
 
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^ Abbey Road has cultivated so many classics over the years. and George Martin and his son are still at it...
 
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^ you from Malaysia, mate?

DuranDuran said:
Sade ~ Stronger Than Pride
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oh snap i just realised this was the tune The Neptunes sampled for their remix of Daft Punk's Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=jjxf9gn-xoM
(skip the first crappy minute)

still love the original more though, i have to say lol


speaking of which, this is their remix of Sade's beautiful By Your Side

http://youtube.com/watch?v=v9sX8IEQtGY

one of the few tracks i like of theirs.
 
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ahh, very lucky - love the place.

great tune, by the way - has the David Foster feel along with a great voice.
 
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ahh, very lucky - love the place.

great tune, by the way - has the David Foster feel along with a great voice.
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O, I see. I see. I was about to ask you how you guessed.

There's this group called Stellamara from I don't remember where (I have to re-check) but they produced a song called Szerelem. It's enchanting. It's not on youtube or esnipes though. I will continue to seek for it.

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if in doubt, go to imeem
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http://www.imeem.com/groups/KU6OBYXu/music/ypFQTs7c/stellamara_szerelem/



but this is some of the best Orient-inspired music i've heard - i'm into traditional Middle-Eastern tunes (mainly Fairouz) and have been building it up with fusions of modern stuff inspired by the old (the Spaniards do this really well especially in Andalucia because of it's Arab inspired background).

this is great, i'll be looking into them.

speaking of fusions:

Memorias Perdidas - Ojos De Brujo
 
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^Ah of course, imeem. Thanks.

You are into Middle-eastern music, good because I do too. I'm into world music. So many beautiful music out there.

Amadou et Mariam - Dimanche à Bamako (remix)

http://www.esnips.com//escentral/images/widgets/flash/esnips_player.swf Get this widget | Track details | eSnips Social DNA
This is my official workout anthem song.

Amadou and Mariam are a musical duo from Mali, composed of the couple Mariam Doumbia (vocals) (born in Mali's capital Bamako 15 April 1958) and Amadou Bagayoko (guitar and vocals) (born in Bamako 24 October 1954). The pair, known as "the blind couple from Mali" met at Mali's Institute for the Young Blind, and found they shared an interest in music.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amadou_et_Mariam
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Actually arXter I have a collection of international music in my vault. Would you like me to share them in this thread or perhaps open a new thread for world music?
 
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Rebirth said:
^Ah of course, imeem. Thanks.

You are into Middle-eastern music, good because I do too. I'm into world music. So many beautiful music out there.
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oh definitely, i'm really into Andalucian flamenco music and especially world fusions like the group you mentioned above.

i listen to Japanese urban pop sometimes, but that's more like a copy of Western soul/funk music.

Amadou et Mariam - Dimanche à Bamako (remix)
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haha this isn't my style of music - i can't really workout or run listening to music - unless there's one longass song that has the same beat throughout, i lose my rhythm.
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Actually arXter I have a collection of international music in my vault. Would you like me to share them in this thread or perhaps open a new thread for world music?
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deserves its own thread, i'd like to explore more cheers.
 
one of the best produced albums imo is The Open Door by Evanescence. I always find something new about the songs. It's TOP NOTCH! :)
 
I think those old 5th Dimension records from the 1960s had nice production.
 
Don Davis, who produced a lot of Johnnie Taylor's 1970's music, is pretty good.
 
"Voodoo" from D'Angelo is the best produced album of the past ten years.. Listen to it, and you'll know what I mean..
 
Repping you for that. It's the best album from the noughties, full stop.

Along with Like Water For Chocolate, it really is the magnum opus of the Soulquarians.
 
Nice thread. Some of my favorite productions.















The entire 'Extension of a Man' album is brilliantly produced.
 
IMWhizzle said:
"Voodoo" from D'Angelo is the best produced album of the past ten years.. Listen to it, and you'll know what I mean..
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Voodoo is so UNDERRATED..it is one of the best R&B albums that I have heard..along with Brown Sugar..D'Angelo is the man!!
 
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The Pointer Sisters had some nice production.
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