NI challenged 24 contemporary producers to create a quick sketch using only instruments and effects from KOMPLETE 11. Here’s an exclusive playlist of the results, including each artist’s explanation of how they produced their sketch.
The 25th artist in the series is filmmaker Rainer Kohlberger, who brought each sketch to life with generative visuals. His algorithmic works use vivid color fields and free-flowing patterns to challenge human perception.
For more information and the videos go to: www.native-instruments.com/kompletesketches

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POLIÇA's new album "Shulamith" is out now on Mom+Pop (US), Memphis Industries (UK), and Inertia (Aus).
Buy on iTunes: http://smarturl.it/shulamithitunes

Chain My Name

Chain My Name (Perera Elsewhere Remix)

'HUMAN DRAMA' is the first single to be taken from the forthcoming album 'ALL LOVE'S LEGAL'.

HUMAN DRAMA OUT NOW: bit.ly/IHCtPn

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Human Drama - Planningtorock (Perera Elsewhere remix)

Our very own Perera Elsewhere teams up with Vallejo, CA rapper Issue... we're lucky enough to share it with you!!

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Issue x Perera Elsewhere - Power Is Mine (Prod. by Hanz)

Honky Tonk

"all black from head to toe"
an aussie classic gets the yaeji bump
out 09 may 2016 on GODMODE

watch the video: https://youtu.be/QjTrnKAcYjE

faculty series #19
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Slow D's is out now ⚜

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Slow D's

Connection

Building a Beginning

Me and You

Motionless

I Live to Make You Smile

"This track is all about Reaktor Blocks. I’ve done about ten tracks now with an ensemble I made with Blocks. It’s very basic, to be honest, but I use it to the fullest. The patch contains a few 8-step sequencers, some drum stuff and the West Coast modules. I had an incredible amount of fun doing the tracks, and the first chunk of them came out on the Late-Night Patching 1 E.P in August through Entr’acte." - Yves De Mey

KOMPLETE 11 Instruments and Effects used: REAKTOR 6

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Sketches 023 - Yves De Mey

"A big part of my productions are drum-based and very rhythmical, so I started out using Drumlab for a bongo loop. I mostly ran Battery’s VST library for the kick, stabs, snare and hi hat. I processed the dynamic, length, partial effects and tuning of the samples within Battery and added some reverb, slight distortion and EQ for some more grit and ‘personality’. The synth comes from Rounds, and the bass part from Monark, processed with EQ, distortion and automation on the filter, tremolo and pitch. Usually when I’m working on a new idea, I start out writing a few loops that include way too much information, and then drag the whole thing out to work on song structure, sonic details and general imagery until I’m satisfied with the results." - Ziúr

KOMPLETE 11 Instruments and Effects used: DRUMLAB BATTERY 4 ROUNDS MONARK

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Sketches 009 - Ziúr

"There are only three main elements here: drums, synth and brass. I used Polyplex for the drums and Rounds for the main synth. There is some symphonic brass layered with the synth to make it more epic, washed out with reverb on Space Master from Reaktor. I like the fact that it sounds pretty big and deep although there are only 3 tracks involved.

The whole song was pretty much done in 2 single takes, one for the drums, all played on the keyboard, and one for the synth. There were only minor touch ups on the drums (where I played a little loosely) and a few arrangement corrections – mainly shortening parts." - Robot Koch

KOMPLETE 11 Instruments and Effects used: POLYPLEX, ROUNDS, SYMPHONY ESSENTIALS - BRASS, REAKTOR 6

For more visit www.native-instruments.com/kompletesketches

Sketches 013 - Robot Koch

"I just started pretty randomly by recording my two-year-old old son on the nice condenser microphone I have in my living room. There was no clear tonality to what he was singing/saying and it wasn’t on a click so it was generally just tempoless blah blah. The kicks and pitched bongo-esque percussion come from the Polyplex library. I then recorded reverb and EQ effects with automation on the drum parts that I had edited.

I chopped the recording up to work with the beat, then pitched them to fit the tonality of the drums and harmonised everything. I then used an organ from the Vintage Organs library and used the pitch modulation strip on a long note and filtering to start introducing a kinda trippy drone pad. I programmed tighter bass notes from a Monark bass and played with the overdrive parameters. I also played and recorded an additional detuned synth bassline using Monark. It’s all unquantized and wobbly and arabesque sounding – I like it!

I think the whole sketch transports you somewhere in a very short time. That’s what I like about it. I’m very situational in terms of making tunes: I like sound leakage and using things/objects/people that I find around me as well as using plug-ins and technology. I’m into those kind of hybrids, paradoxes and elements of chance or error." - Perera Elsewhere

KOMPLETE 11 Instruments and Effects used: POLYPLEX, VINTAGE ORGANS, MONARK

For more visit www.native-instruments.com/kompletesketches

Sketches 011 - Perera Elsewhere

"With my sketch I started off with a classic drum kit, Standard 909. I then added a Reaktor synth from the Carbon 2 library called 3step908 and began layering melodies on top of it like a collage. From Reaktor, I then added from the 2-Osc library ARPBRI~1. Proceeding to FM8, I made a few customisations to the Subbaba bass synth to make it smoother and accompany the thin strings. The classic 909 drum kit needed a sister, so I added a the Studio Gong preset kit from Battery. Lastly, I added a brass melody from the old Reaktor library." - Angel-Ho

KOMPLETE 11 Instruments and Effects used: REAKTOR 6, KONTAKT 5, FM8, BATTERY 4

For more visit www.native-instruments.com/kompletesketches

Sketches 005 - Angel-Ho

"First I laid down the kick drums using Polyplex. When I'm trying to get a sketch down quickly I'll go straight a preset that I like and then modify it a little and replace some samples with my own. Next, I added the Session Strings layers and used the pitch control on the keyboard to create that ebbing effect and automated the reverb so that it would open up gradually throughout the 30 seconds. The track begins with just violin, but cello and double bass are introduced as the loop gets more intense. I used Razor to create the pulsing bass throughout and automated the bandpass cutoff to give it some movement. Lastly, I put the Driver on the strings group and gradually brought the effect in." - WIFE

KOMPLETE 11 Instruments and Effects used: POLYPLEX, SESSION STRINGS, RAZOR, DRIVER

For more visit www.native-instruments.com/kompletesketches

Sketches 004 - WIFE

"I wanted to keep a pure signal from each part to allow for space. A kind of serene, altered state of consciousness. To effect the vox I used the Solid Dynamics EQ, Replika and the convolution reverb Reflektor. Both Replika and Reflektor are awesome on vocals - airy and never aggressive or metallic. The synth comes from Reaktor Prism. It has a huge identity and can define a track on its own. I effected it with Solid Dynamics EQ.

I used three bass sounds. The first from Kinetic Metal - I love the whole kit. It's deep, industrial, texturized and spacey. The second was Massive - I've been using it for a while now. The third bass comes from Reaktor 6's Lazerbass which is really rewarding with very few tweaks – it's sharp and always evolving. I combined it with the Enhanced EQ. The drums are from Battery and Action Strikes with effects from Replika and Driver." - Aïsha Devi

KOMPLETE 11 Instruments and Effects used: SOLID DYNAMICS, REPLIKA, REFLEKTOR, REAKTOR PRISM, KINETIC METAL, MASSIVE, REAKTOR 6, ENHANCED EQ, BATTERY 4, ACTION STRIKES, DAMAGE, DRIVER

For more visit www.native-instruments.com/kompletesketches

Sketches 003 - Aïsha Devi

"I made this sketch using a selection of presets in Massive: 1991, Astral Saw, and Slightly 5th. Some are quite bassy whilst others are more focused in the top end, with a kind of ethereal pad-like sound. The idea was to create a piece with lots of space in it by utilizing a wide frequency range, emphasized further by track panning. For each synth sound I adjusted the filters in Massive. By adjusting the cutoff and resonance, you can create nuanced changes in the sound and feel which helps to give a fluid, ever-shifting character to the music.

To make the whole piece sound together and even 'bigger', I added the built-in reverb to each Massive synth, then I worked on the track panning. The low bassline synth is panned to centre, and each layer of sound above that is panned wider as it gets higher, with the highest sounds panned hard to the right and left." - Throwing Shade

KOMPLETE 11 Instruments and Effects used: MASSIVE

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Sketches 002 - Throwing Shade

"In this track I focused on percussion. I used several percussion sections of Komplete Ultimate, which consisted of West Africa, Cuba, and India. I decided to use timbales from the Cuba pack because the sound slaps so hard. Impact is everything to me but knowing what to do with that impact means so much more. The different versions of the djembe in the West Africa pack are amazing. I decided to use djembe 1 and 3, as they were the two that gave me chills. I enjoy making up my own sequences and what better way to do than to do that using India. The entire India pack gives you so much room to be flexible." - Jlin

KOMPLETE 11 Instruments and Effects used: WEST AFRICA, CUBA, INDIA

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Sketches 001 - Jlin

Jadū Dala. The Magical Music Outfit.

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iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/windbreaker-single/id1209088873

Cozway
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Windbreaker

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Cozway - Windbreaker (JADŪ028)

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Florida

Mandela Effect

Maniac Depressant (Perera Elsewhere Remix)

down. ay

domeys in the woods

World Play

prod. by @kastrosplace 
mixed/mastered by @geo_1022
Lyrics/Art/Recording by me

this didn't age well

Put some socks on with a coat over a hoodie
Pull hair back just to put the snail on top of head the noogie
Imma pull on kicks if black n white then imma take the campus
otherwise i'll stick with tony's all black out of canvas
Maybe? i'm not really sure
it still fits with blocks of colored squares
and i don't give a fuck what others think of what i wear
cuz now i got a cosby coogie sweater lookalike
and even with me drinkin water it's still tasting alright, so nice
i jus wanna vibe and buy that 40 dollar shit for one
and always check the board for deals on prices green tag yellow none

cuz a five for five is better than a one for two 
unless it's jammin out in parking lots to one cd with you
i don't care if music's trash or tender's cold
aux can bump till day grows old, convo stretching on till eyelids fold
and grandpa sweaters need to bust out in the sunset air
i don't care if giant shirts with tied up hair or cactii everywhere
just. it don't make a difference cut the bs that it's more work
if i can't see your face today i know i'll go berserk

by the paper i mean the new york time 
to go see you and find out why your eyes just make me smile
maybe it's that there's a mystery
so lemme know you better
maybe if it's getting cold we can go n share a sweater
in the weather like forever just together
just us two and i don't wanna leave no you without a lovely lady palindrome 
wait
tacocat because you love em so
but doggo puppers ease your soul
and i know that you do not wanna choose a favorite
but i do and i choose you like a pokemon but better
You electrify me burn me up until i’m ashes never
Paper on paper on paper on paper
I been writing songs about you
I been feelin down without you
I don’t wanna walk without you
I don’t wanna go do this shit
Ohh
Girl you make me feel more whole than if I filled a glass with tea
And I know that you hate it that I’m stubborn but I see
That you might be the one with looks and charm and all the inbetween
And I jus wanted to ask when you can come and see me

Chrosky | Paperlove (prod. KA$TRO)

Chayn Gang

Jamie Lidell's self-titled album 'Jamie Lidell' is released on CD, 2LP and download on 18th (19th in US) February 2013.

REMIXES COMING SOON!

VIDEO LINK: http://youtu.be/WQxGnSqxTyA

PITCHFORK BEST NEW TRACK: 
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PREORDER HERE:
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vinyl LP here glnk.it/1st 
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