
I've received quite a few requests about my set at the SXSW reunion for G&D. 

Fortunately, I recorded it, so here's the whole shebang :)

SETLIST:
The Reward Is Our Night - Francis Preve 2011 Reboot - Kleinenberg vs. Preve vs. Deadmau5
Get Your Conga On - Original Mix - Joyce Muniz
V3 - Original Mix - Reset Robot
What? - Original Mix - Tong & Rogers
Freakshow - Original Mix - Prok & Fitch
Murder Room - Original Mix - Shadow Dancer
Fat Patchy - Belocca & Soneec Dark Dub - Muzzaik
Yang - Original Club Mix - Francis Preve, Wolfgang Gartner
Alpha - Sentinels Remix - William A (promo)
Air - Original Mix - Gabe

March 16, 2011 - Opening set for Gabriel & Dresden reunion at 2011 SXSW

Glow Ballz - Jan Van Lier Remix - Matt Lange & Francis Preve

The Story Behind SpaceBalls

Holiday parties are always a source of strange inspiration when it comes to bootlegs.

Last Christmas, I was hanging out with William A in the studio, listening to Wolfgang Gartner's "Space Junk". When the first breakdown hit, William said "You know what acapella would sound amazing over this? 'Shiny Disco Balls' by Who Da Funk"

Fortunately, I had that acapella catalogued and handy. (Ah, the joys of OCD.)

I needed more cool bootlegs for my 2010 New Years Eve set with Gabriel &amp; Dresden at Hollywood Palladium, so I threw "Space Junk" and "Shiny Disco Balls" into Ableton Live and KABOOM! It worked flawlessly.

The next night, I spent an hour or so getting the vocals arranged and mixed. Probably the fastest bootleg I've ever done, actually.

For a while I called it "Shiny Disco Junk", until another dear friend - Austin videographer, Seabrook Jones (who incidentally shot the Winter Kills "My Friend" video, but I digress...) - blurted out, "That's DUMB. Call it 'SpaceBalls'!"

Ah, teamwork.


SpaceBalls - Francis Prève 2011 Booty - Wolfgang Gartner vs. Who Da Funk

One of my first tracks on Different Pieces/Armada was a deep techno groover called "Less Cowbell". Earlier this year, I fluffed it for 2011 by mating it with the drums from Mark Knight's Dub rmx of Faithless' "Music Matters".

This month, I included the "Cowbell Matters" reboot in my May podcast - as well as posting the original Ableton Operator 808 Cowbell preset to my blog as a download.

Makes sense to post the bootleg to my Soundcloud page too, so here it is.

Enjoy!

Cowbell Matters - Francis Prève 2011 Reboot - Francis Prève vs Faithless vs Mark Knight

This month's bootleg is a bit of a departure - and very much a labor of love.
Last weekend, one of my favorite area DJs, Remington Steele, dropped this track at the Academik Records photoshoot at Austin über-club, Kingdom. I kinda dropped everything and ran to the DJ booth and asked "What is THIS!?!"
"You don't know this? It's called 'This Rhythm' and it's like two years old!", replied Remington.
Well, NO DJ keeps track of *everything*, right? I was a huge fan of Filthy Dukes' track "Messages" in 2009 but this slipped past my radar, probably because it's the Fred Falke remix that makes the track work for me.
I promptly tracked down the remix and started pairing it up with some favorites in my current crate. After 15 minutes, I stumbled upon "Back &amp; Forth feat. Mr. V (Fedde's Future Funk Remix)" by Fedde le Grand and knew I had the makings of a VERY summery little mashup.
It all came together quite quickly and the result is so natural it's hard to figure out which track is which - always a goal for me when whipping up a bootleg.
Hope you dig it as much as I do. Cheers!

[346-11.11.07]

This Back & Forth Rhythm - Francis Prève Mashup - Le Grand vs Filthy Dukes vs Falke

Yang - Original Mix - Wolfgang Gartner & Francis Preve

Yin - Original Mix - Wolfgang Gartner & Francis Preve

Hasown - Original Mix - Francis Preve

Less Cowbell - Original Mix - Francis Preve

Rendered audio from Ableton Live, using only Operator for all sound elements. 

Full production details can be found at francispreve.com

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The Haunting

Rendered audio from Ableton Live, using only Operator for all sound elements.

Full production details can be found at francispreve.com

Summer Brook (2017)

Midsummer Night (2017)

Scapes

Rainy City Walk (2017)

NOW AVAILABLE ON BEATPORT!

Gabriel & Dresden vs. Francis Prève
"Servo vs. Colossus"

After a year of sold-out reunion shows criss-crossing the world from Hollywood to Mumbai, legendary EDM duo Gabriel & Dresden kick off 2012 with "Servo vs. Colossus" - a collaboration with synth guru, Francis Prève.

"Servo vs. Colossus" is a knockout tour-de-force that fuses electro with techno, crossing stylistic boundaries as only this trio can. Originating as a mashup of two of Prève's original tracks, "Servo" and "Colossus", Gabriel & Dresden have placed their unmistakable thumbprint on the finished product, resulting in a six-minute opus that has served as a centerpiece for G&Ds sets since the summer of '11.

First appearing as an edited version on Gabriel & Dresden's now classic 2011 mix CD, "Mixed For Feet Volume 1" (Armada), "Servo vs. Colossus" garnered instant acclaim from both G&D and Prève fans alike last fall. Considering the amount of buzz that surrounded the collaboration, the trio has opted to release the full length version of "Servo vs. Colossus" on Prève's shiny new imprint, Academik, to kick off 2012 with a bang.

Starting out hard with Gabriel & Dresden's signature toms-plus-trance drum sound, "Servo vs. Colossus" grabs the floor and refuses to let go, even as Prève's assault of analog hooks skyrocket the groove to dizzying heights. Then, after a few wholly unexpected twists and turns in the journey, G&D deliver not one, but two brilliant breakdowns keeping the energy at peak intensity throughout the trip.

Coming from a group of artists who have collectively made their mark in the club world, with Gabriel & Dresden's decade-long string of hits like "As The Rush Comes" and "Tracking Treasure Down", as well as Prève's recent classics, "Yin" and "Yang" (with Wolfgang Gartner), "Servo vs. Colossus" is poised to pack floors from its January release on Beatport all the way through WMC and SXSW. 


Servo vs. Colossus - Original Mix - Gabriel & Dresden vs. Francis Prève [Academik Records]

Now available on Beatport!
http://www.beatport.com/release/true-stories/878355

True Stories - Francis Prève Remix - Jan van Lier [Academik Records]

Buy on Beatport

Get Down - Original Mix - John Acquaviva, Olivier Giacomotto, Francis Prève [Definitive Records]

Here's a piece I did in December 2012 to demonstrate how cool the new Korg iPolysix iPad app is. Check it out :)

McFooty

This bootleg was a mainstay in my crate for the second half of 2010. It's a quick little mashup of Wolfgang Gartner & Mark Knight's "Conscindo" and Heaven 17's classic 80s hit "Let Me Go". It rocked many a floor for me, so have at it!

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Let Me ConscinGo - Francis Prève Bootleg v6 - Mark Knight, Wolfgang Gartner vs. Heaven 17

With a career that includes designing sounds for Ableton, Korg, Roland, Sequential, Xfer and Kilohearts, plus serving as Technology Editor for Beatportal.com and editor-at-large for Electronic Musician/MusicRadar, Francis Prève has carved a niche as one of the tech industry's most in-demand sound designers. His work as a college professor in Austin, Texas, provides additional insight into how musicians of all skill levels interface with synthesizers, while his career as a technology journalist gives him a deeper appreciation of great product design and realisation.

Over the years, Prève's music output has included high-profile remixes for Dragonette, Orbital, Sander Kleinenberg, Dave Seaman, and Gabriel & Dresden. His original compositions include collaborations like "Yin/Yang" with Wolfgang Gartner and "Get Down" with John Acquaviva & Olivier Giacomotto. 

In 2016, Preve founded symplesound.com, a soundware company focused on creating content and presets for the synthesizer industry.

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