for a nanosecond I was reminded on the beginning of "Catch me" from Clawfinger

Old time electronica conjured up memories of old 80's dance records and their stock sounds, 808s 909s 303s and FM synth patches. Oh and arpeggiated synth lines, reverbed snares and stuttering vocal samples. Happy days.
I didn't want to create a piece of faux dance music as I haven't a funky bone in my body, back then I would mosh to industrial music rather than shake my booty so it explains why the drum track is rather rigid and metronomic. Most of the synths lines are from a tb-3, the exceptions are a couple of lines played on a plug in emulations of vintage gear. 


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The Assignment: Produce an original piece of music that fits the genre “old-time electronica.”

All Disquiet Junto projects employ constraint as a means to stimulate creativity and productivity. Sometimes this means limiting oneself to specific source material, other times to a conceptual approach, and there’s always the additional constraint of time: the deadline is approximately four days, depending on your time zone.

For this Disquiet Junto project, the constraint is a matter of terminology. This week we’re exploring how the concept of “genre” can itself serve as a restraint, and we’ll accomplish this by pushing back at genre conventions.

The project instructions are straightforward: Record an original piece of music that you feel belongs within the genre of “old-time electronica.”

Restrictions: You can use any source material, any instrumentation, except the human voice.

More on this 137th Disquiet Junto project — “Produce an original piece of music that fits the genre ‘old-time electronica’″ — at:

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More on the Disquiet Junto at:

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Join the Disquiet Junto at:

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