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Happy go lucky song that started off as something completely different a long time ago. Can't remember what the idea was, but about nine iterations later, and several months waiting for some real brass parts that never showed up, I figured I'd finish it before the year was up.

Lot's of KORG M3R, M1Rex, Wavestation and Roland/Yamaha synths making up the intro as well as the go-to bass, keys and synth plucks I usually pick. Replaced much of the guitars with parts from Håvard Caspersen. Strummed steel string, muted electric and a searing guitar solo in the middle. I also got Tylden to do a solo at the end, as usual – because, why not? ;)

2024 has been pretty rough for most people, but I guess we survived since we're still here. Hoping 2025 doesn't bring us closer to the abyss... I'm looking at you America and Russia! :P

I guess it's nothing more to say than:
Happy New Year! Let's go!

Let's Go!

Let's Go (No Leads & Brass)

Let's Go!  (No Leads and Brass)

I started this song about a year ago in hope that Kristine would find some vocal and lyrics for it, but as time went by we found that it didn't suit her as much as I had hoped. So it became an instrumental song instead.

Upbeat synthpop thing using a good mix between Yamaha TX816 (intro sweeps and FM pads), Roland MKS series, Korg M3R, M1R, Wavestation, Ensoniq SD-1, ESQ-m and various drum machines, soft synths and such.

Tylden of course slapped on a burning guitar solo as usual!

On The Run

I started this song about a year ago in hope that Kristine would find some vocal and lyrics for it, but as time went by we found that it didn't suit her as much as I had hoped. So it became an instrumental song instead.

Upbeat synthpop thing using a good mix between Yamaha TX816 (intro sweeps and FM pads), Roland MKS series, Korg M3R, M1R, Wavestation, Ensoniq SD-1, ESQ-m and various drum machines, soft synths and such.

On The Run (No Leads)

I found an old sketch I made several years ago, and thought this needed some further polishing. A very happy chord progression with a four on the floor stomping beat, that grew into a solid song. As usual I have some nice accoustic strumming guitars and a searing guitar solo from Håvard, but this time can proudly present some real brass from Bullseye Horns. Børge-Are did a quick arrangement of the original synth brass section and went to work with Mats and Kristoffer.

The Way You Make Me Feel (No Leads)

The Way You Make Me Feel

The Way You Make Me Feel (No Leads and Brass)

Extended remix of WING's Dopamine, made with Nexus 5.

WING - Dopamine [Anders Enger Jensen's Extended Neuro Remix]

About 11 years late to the party, I found this insanely beautiful rendition from Melissa Hollick. Originally a Chris Isaak song from his Forever Blue album. Melissa did a touching and tender, slow piano ballad which sucker punched everyone who played through this epic game in the Wolfenstein-saga. I never had a powerful enough PC back when the Wolfenstein New Order came out, and just earlier this year, had the opportunity to play the game. The ending got me too, and hard!

So, of course I just had to do my take on this song and sprinkle it with some magic 80s power ballad dust. I took the original recording from Melissa and separated the vocals from the backing track using lalal.ai. From there, I had to find a median tempo as the original is organically swaying quite a bit. I settled on 106 BPM and time-aligned her vocals to the grid, while trying to keep as much as the original feel and flow.

I also added a few bars here and there and shortened the intro. The structure of the song is a bit different from standard A-A-B-C-A... etc. so what's normally the chorus, became a second pre-chorus, with the Ooh section ending up as the real chorus. Furthermore I changed the chords up a bit, as the normal three/four chord progression became too tiresome for five and a half minute of slow power ballad.

Not too much going on in the backing section, a mixture of Yamaha TX816 (DX7) stereo Epianos, pads, and twinkle bells etc, as well as some Fingered Bass/Amped bass guitars layered with Nexus5 guitar patches and pads. Drums are a mix of Nexus5 80s drums and Zenhiser Retro 80s Drummer samples.

Håvard Caspersen laid down a series of Michael Thompson ambient guitars, strummed accoustic and some searing lead stuff in the background. Stellar work as usual!

I Believe Remix [Feat. Melissa Hollick and Håvard Caspersen]

Tribute to blaxploitation music.. Oldshool and Soulful !!

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danigordon

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