Archive for 'Studio Sessions'
Dum Dum – Unreleased Funky House
Posted on 23. Nov, 2011 by Paul Dakeyne.
On my occasional mission to bring y’all some unreleased Dakeyne productions from the archives, here’s another one and a proper little belter it is too if I may say. For lovers of all things funky and housey, may I present ‘Dum Dum’ by (another conjured up pseudonym), The Psychids. Funk’d Up! This track [...]
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Channel D – Unreleased, Unbroadcast 80s Production
Posted on 08. Aug, 2011 by Paul Dakeyne.
Most of you will remember the classic M.A.R.R.S. track, ‘Pump Up The Volume – as a concept that combined original production, samples from other peoples records and DJ scratching etc. It set a precedent that others followed during that late 80s period. Those others, and very successful they were too, included S’Express, Bomb The Bass, [...]
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In Walks The Biggest Mexican!
Posted on 21. Feb, 2011 by Paul Dakeyne.
Continuing a recent theme of re-discovered, and mostly unreleased mixes and productions, here’s another for your listening delectation – and your iPods WTF?! Call me some ol’ dude advancing in years, but I honestly can’t even remember programming, recording or mixing this. But I do however recognise my own work. The track in question is [...]
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Terpsichord – ‘The Bells’ & Beyond
Posted on 15. Dec, 2010 by Paul Dakeyne.
Terpsichord was another re-invention for me. It was a record label, a production company, an artistic alter-ego and the beginnings of an all together darker, tougher exploration of my DJ’ing and musical persona. At the end of the 90s, as a new millennium was approaching fast, I felt the need for a studio and DJ [...]
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Logic Dictates
Posted on 08. Oct, 2010 by Paul Dakeyne.
On a production level, I first used an actual computer to sequence MIDI information somewhere around 1988, if my memory serves. This may have been a Commodore 128, an ‘Amiga’ or other such clunky device (told you ‘if my memory serves‘) and the software package running was called Steinberg Pro 16, an early predecessor of [...]
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Nightclubbin’ with Grace Jones
Posted on 22. Sep, 2009 by Paul Dakeyne.
It was ten years ago in 1999 that I remixed Grace Jones’ seminal ‘Pull Up To The Bumper’ – a track with more sexual innuendos than you could shake a stick at. This post is a quick rewind on that and also to finally make public a short but very sassy unreleased Dakeyne remix of [...]
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Tainted Love – Rebuilding a Classic
Posted on 27. Jul, 2009 by Paul Dakeyne.
W-a-a-a-a-y back in 1981, once a week, I used to gather up a group of friends for a trip to Leeds, and that amazing club ‘The Warehouse’. As Disco gracefully bowed out the exit door, a whole new musical sub-culture emerged from its ashes, with a sprinkling of post-punk ‘n Bowie thrown in: Enter the [...]
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Getting ‘Low’ with Flo Rida
Posted on 15. Jul, 2009 by Paul Dakeyne.
One of the biggest R&B crossover records of 2008 was of course Flo Rida’s now classic, ‘Low’. To the best of my knowledge then and still now, there were never any officially released House mixes available. Sure, there were plenty of YouTube remix attempts, ranging from ok to plain horrendous, but nothing I’d feel happy [...]
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Anatomy of a Remix
Posted on 01. Jul, 2009 by Paul Dakeyne.
A few years ago I started doing music technology lectures for HE and FE students, where one of my most popular sessions was, ‘The Anatomy of a Remix’. During these sessions I would start with a blank Logic 8 arrange page, and take the students (over a two hour period) through the significant stages of [...]
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Tinman ’18 Strings’ – The True Story
Posted on 15. Jun, 2009 by Paul Dakeyne.
In 1993, I created a record that started life as an underground club anthem, and eventually crossed over into the mainstream pop charts. This track was my career peak, my highest achievement, the laurel I never actually rested on.. It was called ‘Eighteen Strings’, the band/pseudonym, was Tinman! At the time of its high level [...]
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