Deconstructing Fatboy Slim - Right Here, Right Now

[@Fffuuuuuunnnnyyyyyyy]

This track is amazing. I appreciate how some artists (Fatboy slim and DJ shadow for example) are able to dig up samples that go together with minimal adjustments, often just a pitch/tempo change, and sometimes a little bit of chopping, but their tracks come out sounding so well put together. Also, the lowdrums on the left channel on this track really adds a lot of depth, nice!

[@KarlBoltzmann]

I think the secret ingredient to a lot of his tracks from this time is the added rhythmic touches to the left and right channels. They add so much depth, as you said and when you AB those drums in and out of the mix, you can tell how important they really are.

[@Cameron-c2p]

Hey I wanna know how they find their samples themselves cuz I cant fund any samples they would use That's just unfair

[@fax_dabsock3009]

@@Cameron-c2p At first I asked myself this question too, but we must remember that those artists usually have two things: -a sh*t ton of musical culture in various genres (Cook even performed in other genres, for example under "The Housemartins") -a sense of creativity different from most people around that can ignite an idea just from "a melody" that flicked the switch in their minds This is referred to many other artists, for example Daft Punk or The Chemical Brothers just to name some of them, so it's not unfair...it's time spent, knowledge acquired and creativity that makes them artists.

[@JordanVanRyn]

This is why Fatboy Slim is a masterclass in dance remix music.

[@paulserret8599]

HE'S BACK !

[@KowankoMusic]

Fantastic work, Karl! Truly a stirring track, emblematic of the late 90s like few others.

[@stevekirton]

I remember when this song first came out back in 1998 I had no clue how it was made, and it wasn’t until many many years later I discovered it was all samples, and not til today that I’ve fully appreciated all the completely different elements and his amazing musicality and production to put it all together to make one of the greatest tracks of the 90s 🙌

[@sakura520mx]

Fucking genius!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Elephant_Pavilion]

Fascinating as usual! Would love to see you cover some Prodigy tracks!

[@OTOss8]

Man, you're so good at these. You make it look like child's play even though I'm sure it's anything but. You put dangerous thoughts in the minds of men, like we could get that software and start churning out bangers. I can't wait for Mr. Cook's next appearance on your excellent channel. Hopefully you can give us a bit of a head's up so we can be sure to be here to see it all unfold live. Cheers.

[@KarlBoltzmann]

Thanks OT. Honestly, half of the reason I make these videos is to encourage people to get this software (or another DAW) and play around with music making. It's a uniquely enjoyable feeling to get in a creative trance, recording, manipulating samples and composing music, having ideas create themselves from nothing. Even thought they might never be FBS level bangers, it's still worth the effort for the sake of the journey.

[@OTOss8]

@@KarlBoltzmann Where would be a good place for someone like me to start learning how to do what you're doing in these streams?

[@KarlBoltzmann]

Great question. I would download the free version of Ableton Live www.ableton.com/en/trial/. Last I checked, it is limited, but you should be able to do just about everything that I do with it. There are an absolute tonne of tutorials online for Live plus a bunch of built in ones as well. Download some of the free sample packs from their site (www.ableton.com/en/packs/), or I uploaded some .wavs here of DJ Shadow's - Building Steam With a Grain of Salt drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-pA-dSZolXee7nP9bQ_I8y2hp2nxsWRJ?usp=drive_link

[@OTOss8]

@@KarlBoltzmann Thank you so much for the information man. I really appreciate it. I'm going to give this a try. I've always wanted to but I had no idea where to even begin until I stumbled across your videos. Cheers.

[@Dr_JackHammer]

3:05 All drums samples that aren't mentioned: - Bloodhound Gang - Why's Everybody Always Pickin' on Me? (Da Boom Squad 12" Vocal) - Earl 16 - Steppin' Out (Freestylers Dubbed Out Dub) 6:44 Just found it - Ruby - It's Taking a Long Time, from the same album as drums in Praise You

[@KarlBoltzmann]

Wow, Jack, well done. Is this your find? How did that Ruby guitar sample avoid being found for so long!? Especially given the connection with the drums from Praise You. It's right there. Incredible. kzbin.info/www/bejne/h3-TmneOYressLs

[@Dr_JackHammer]

​@@KarlBoltzmann It's Taking a Long Time is my find. I guess the reason for it not being found for so long is that everyone assumed it has already been checked before and also because the clean isolation of sample became available relatively recently.

[@4eyedike]

What’s great about that freestylers sample find is that at the time this record came out, Norman Cook was as well known for his incredible DJ sets. I love that he was flipping those same records over and sampling the breaks for his own stuff.

[@DD_Franks]

Nice to see you again, Karl. 🎉😊

[@Bourbon_user101]

Yess. My favorite series are back!

[@bustabenson]

Thank you for coming back to this track and giving us another fascinating deconstruction

[@user-rs1990]

5:40 - That sample was later used in 'Song For Shelter'. 😁 6:44 - That sample is now confirmed to be from 'It's taking a long time' by Ruby and it's from 1977.

[@KarlBoltzmann]

Thanks for the info!

[@user-rs1990]

@@KarlBoltzmann Don't forget to update the description then. ;-)

[@DragyxCZ]

This is absolutly mesmerizing. You did an amazing job at explaining everything. This is one of the most interesting things I found on youtube.

[@KarlBoltzmann]

Cheers, thanks!

[@ShaunButterley]

Love this! Thanks for your deconstruction and recreation!

[@gypsumfantastic23]

Always great to see you post a new video

[@X150t]

I always loved fatboy slim and how intricate his music sounds, but this makes me appreciate it so much more

[@WasKammer]

What a masterpiece! Killer deconstruction! 😮

[@janhinke]

8:33 - He used an Akai Sampler (like I had an Akai S-950), in which it is possible to set te filter cut-off on a value between 00 - 99. You could program the value by midi for each midi trigger. (note on, filter value xx) So every time you play the sample, it would have another value. The filter had no effect on the sample while it was playing (because it was set on a certain value) So, he probably made steps of 20 - 40 - 60 - 80 -- 99, for each replay of the sample.

[@KarlBoltzmann]

Great insight! Was it possible to do this in a more analogue way on the 950, or was this method the only way? It's funny because I really enjoy the way that he uses the digital steps of this filter in the track, but it's definitely not the way most producers would think to do it today.

[@janhinke]

​@@KarlBoltzmann Well, not in the way, like with a realtime knob or something. But there was a way to make the filter follow an envelope curve, like the guy in this video shows! kzbin.info/www/bejne/eJSpZ6KPaLxsotE

[@KarlBoltzmann]

@@janhinke Watching that, I am reminded just how much easier we have it these days with the UI on modern DAWS. Unreal. I wonder if they chose to do the step filter because the intro would have been too long to process it on the sampler. Norman worked with Simon Thornton who did a lot of the engineering and mixing on these records. He would probably have the answer.

[@CrisEstuvoAqui]

just... wow!

[@MrPlannery]

Endlessly fascinating

[@bustabenson]

Whoever did the kerning on that James Gang album really dropped the ball - I was trying to work out what "James Gang ndes again" meant for longer than I wish to say

[@KarlBoltzmann]

Hah, yes 100%, what is going on there!? Truly the work of sabotage. Maybe James and his gang did something to upset the typesetter.

[@phartsmone854]

You are back, good

[@djdren]

truly a masterpiece ...

[@kransencrates]

Such a good breakdown.

[@anthonyv6962]

Nice to see some of your clips in my feed. I treat these like tutorials trying to reproduce the steps you take. Great content.

[@KarlBoltzmann]

Thanks Anthony! That's always great to hear as I do try to make these videos to be a demo for others who are also interested in recreating these classics.

... when i did the step up, i did in reverse by putting the clean sample last, then on a EQ ever step back i did a eq drop from high to low.... i do not have something to show, because my HDD died, when i was in the army in 2002, but that is how i remember to do that...

[@alexandersteffen7805]

Best Fatboyslim song

[@Akareyon]

Recently rewatched "Strange Days" again, huge fan! - could kick myself for not recognizing the sample! Great work!

[@KarlBoltzmann]

One of my all time favourite samples.

[@thomasmanana2958]

genius, pure genius

[@bahnfire318is]

I know what some of these words mean! I love your stuff Karl!

[@KarlBoltzmann]

[@deeiks12]

Stunning track of course, and super well done deconstruction. subscribed.

[@KarlBoltzmann]

Much appreciated!

[@Fffuuuuuunnnnyyyyyyy]

Love these. Have you done / are you planning to do RJD2?

[@KarlBoltzmann]

Love RJD2. I did a short deconstruction a while back for Someone's Second Kiss. I've recently been notified of a few samples that have been found since I made that, so the video is pretty out of date. I will definitely be revisiting some RJD2 in the future.

[@Fffuuuuuunnnnyyyyyyy]

​​@@KarlBoltzmannyeah, me too! Looking forward to it

[@SivleFred]

Welcome back!!!!

[@KarlBoltzmann]

Thanks Sivle! Will have to have you back on the livestream again sometime. Maybe another Avalanches video if you and Shaman are up for it.

[@fishm0nger]

Faaaantastic video!

[@rwcky]

YES!

[@johnp3541]

where you got the Unknown Guitar/Flute Sample?? Thank you very much for this incredible work, I was looking forward to making my own electronic mix.

[@KarlBoltzmann]

I got the sample from Norman Cook (he was nice enough to gave me the all of the stems to use for this deconstruction), but it came out not too long ago that the sample is from Ruby - It's Taking a Long Time kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y2GbqItvoNmsZ7c

[@johnp3541]

@@KarlBoltzmann you are awesome m8, thanks

[@voldvold3832]

thanks for this video

[@bigpatt11]

Mannn fatboy slim is a genius

[@johnp3541]

excelent!

[@JohnPaulBuce]

norman is a sampling god

[@J0hnh0li0]

Norman, if you're reading this - check out acoustic guitar version of "Praise you" - Gary Lutton - youtube - sure you could make something special with it.

[@sirafoxtron1701]

Yes That's genius lol

[@YiFeiWarlordian]

You should perhaps leave a download link to your version, it sounds slightly different from the original

[@KarlBoltzmann]

I will consider doing that, thanks for the suggestion.

[@YiFeiWarlordian]

@@KarlBoltzmann where is it?

[@MaxCardwell-y7k]

Only one slight oversight here . He didnt write any of it. Its a sample collage

[@KarlBoltzmann]

Cook found and then took all of these pieces/clips of sounds and combined them to create a new and original work of art that sounds amazing. It's not that dissimilar to a composer sitting at a piano, composing note by note to create a sonata. The difference is that instead of using the piano as the instrument to compose, he is using previously recorded notes and sounds as the instrument to create his work. There is no oversight. This is just how this style of art is made.

[@MaxCardwell-y7k]

It's very different . A sample collage uses pre existing musical ideas composition and performances. A composer merely uses pre existing instruments

[@KarlBoltzmann]

Thanks for your input.

[@noneck3099]

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