Most people will have heard this before, but a while ago I came across Perappyyhe Part II on YouTube, and can’t resist posting it up. Made under Alek Szahala’s early moniker, Apofish, it’s still a really nice track, and made me go back and check out some of his other earlier tunes (like his excellent 1997 Ravemix).
What really interests me is that Alek was using FastTracker 2 for his producing back then, which is what really got me into music making, too (we’re almost the same age, I think). Knowing what goes into making a tracked tune, and considering how long ago he put them together, it’s hard not to be really impressed. Somehow he was coming up with stuff in the late 90s that already showed signs of the Alek Szahala sound – just listen to some of the melodies and the flow of the tunes…
Interesting post. Although I can’t really comment about the producion in FastTracekr2 – nor in any other program, for that matter -, I find it amusing to see how his sound evolved over time. It’s stuff like this that should inspire me to start learning how to produce electronic music, but I can’t seem to stop procrastinating. ;_;
Join the club BerN, i’m fairly used to Reason now…. Its just so much effort to produce music. I get about a min or so into the tune then loose interest. All of my projects so far have been like that…. I’ve tried
Freeform,
Hard Dance,
Hardstyle,
D & B
And Dubstep…. all same conclusion, upto the first break. :/
BerN>
FastTracker is utterly great – the interface is so intuitive. I’d give my right arm to find a tracker-style program with enough power for modern production. Probably a bit late in the day to start with it now though…I just chose Reason because I knew Alek had gone there next after using trackers for a long time too (plus most of the guys here use it/have used it in the past).
Anyway, you’ll have to start some production sooner or later, we need all the new recruits we can get…and you’ve obviously got good taste in tunes 😉
Chip>
I’ve had that problem for years…I probably said it before, but a really good piece of advice I heard is to just keep ploughing on and finish the tune you started. Even if it’s terrible, you’ll learn a lot about tune structure/balance/etc etc. Easier said than done, though..