Like the rest of 'Gliss Riffer' I did all my tracking and mixing in Ableton Live 9 at my studio in Baltimore, Maryland. It was mid july and it was insanely hot (no AC in studio) when I finally got this track and my mind was melting into a mush that just wanted to go swimming.

Most of the 'Feel The Lightning' music that makes up this instrumental track was written in the back of the van during a long drive on the 2012 European tour for my album 'America.'

It was one of the first song I had begun to write after America and I had just started messing around with Ableton (it must of been version 8 at the time). I really feel in love with the Operator Synth and splice audio into midi (more on that in the synth stem description and  drum track description. wow this is boring unless i'm so sorry)

Musically I realized that this track was an outlier for both the album and my work as a whole. The drums are for the most part just a backbeat, there is no bassline to speak of, and it was much slower in tempo compared to my other work. 

It was fun to mess around with a style different from what I was used to and I thought it would be a good way to introduce and start off the album.

-Dan
 
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Feel the Lightning

Dan Deacon - Feel The Lightning (Instrumental)

KeithCharlesSpaceBar-All My Luv- Chopped to perfection by Ked Micks

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The best way to speed up a chemical reaction is to invite change and introduce an outside force: light, heat, movement. As The Cactus Channel know full well, the same goes with sound — introducing change compels a composition forward, as it rises, falls, peaks and boils. On their first release of 2017, vocalist Sam Cromack (Ball Park Music, My Own Pet Radio) is this catalyst for change, as the band collaborate with him on a full EP, introduced by lead single “Sorry Hills”.

As frenetic rhythms build only to fall away, and melodies loop, dive, and stutter, The Cactus Channel make music that both functions on and demands reaction. This collaborative EP treads a thin line between alt-soul and the best of indie pop, swimming in compelling atmospherics and deftly weaving Cromack’s rich, drawling vocal and disarming, meditative lyrics through the band’s typically intuitive arrangements. 

The Cactus Channel formed in high school, united by shared interests and a shared sense of humour — a love of soul music and the kind of hip hop, jazz, and alternative releases that spring from it, meant that from the beginning The Cactus Channel have prided themselves not just on eclecticism, but on the constant sharing of influences among their members. On this EP, the band venture into their second recorded project with a vocalist, exploring new influences and sonic territories.

Lyrically, “Sorry Hills” is heavy with a kind of guilty melancholy that belies the wordplay in its title — Cromack’s dark, introspective lyrics are accompanied by an instrumental that buzzes with a slight sense of paranoia: in the song’s instrumental bridge, the rhythm section simmers as horns let forth quiet squeals.

The band takes equal cues from hip hop instrumentals and golden era Soul — counting the sounds of  frequent hip hop collaborators BADBADNOTGOOD and the tight arrangement and production style of Stax Records as influences — as they build tracks that leave room for words to grow, breathe, and take focus, but never underestimate the power of beat and rhythm to build tension and release. 

Cromack’s voice is afforded a new palette in this project, as his vocals climb through horn arrangements and rhythm with unprecedented light and shade. 

“Sorry Hills” is out February 10th on all streaming services through HopeStreet Recordings, with the full 6-track EP out in April.

Sorry Hills

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The Cactus Channel & Sam Cromack - Sorry Hills

This Is, Pt. I

This Is, Pt. I (James Blake Remix)

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