Deadbeat
Bridging the gap between Chuck D and Trent Reznor
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All of the tracks were slathered in tape hiss, tons of ground hum. This was the rawest music I’d ever heard.
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A lot of times within the computer it might sound better if your kick drum is clipping.
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This track, ‘Plasticity’ from the first Plastikman album, was my awakening to the power of less being more.
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It’s an 808, a reverb unit and a 303.
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The first time I heard this song was in an ambient room at about 6 a.m. in a state of shock.
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It’s about the extreme physical process of making music, making things as fun and goofy and loud as possible.
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Interviewer
Torsten Schmidt
A long-time music scribe for leading German club/pop culture gazettes and national newspapers, and one of the founding members of the Red Bull Music Academy crew, Tor has been around since before day one. He's rubbed shoulders on the couch with everyone from Bob Moog to A-Trak, and as if amassing a definitive collection of vintage synths and drum machines didn't show enough loyalty to the cause, he also keeps faith with notorious Bundesliga underdogs, 1. FC Kaiserslautern.
