Haunted drum jam w/ Elektron Analog Four MkII, Moog Subsequent 37, Empress Reverb, and a drummer

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A "live" performance (two independent live takes merged together), all on hardware, and inspired by creative solutions to hanging out and making music in a pandemic era. I miss Sam, but I'm grateful for modern conveniences in recording.
As with all my tracks with Sam, the performance is centred around the Analog Four MkII. Despite it being only four voices, it has 16 oscillators whose pitch can be parameter locked for chords, plus sub-oscillators at octaves or fifths. Couple that with two filters per voice, three excellent-sounding effects (chorus, delay, and reverb), and maybe my favourite hardware sequencer (the Elektron style), and it's an incredibly powerful box for handling most of what a song needs. I also added in the Moog Subsequent 37 (with the Empress Reverb), because nothing cuts through a loud mix better than the SS37, in my opinion. It's brash and beautiful and a real hands-on delight to work with.
On Sam's end, he's using the Roland TD-12 kit sending note data to EZ Drummer. Sam's taken to doing his own drum production, which is awesome and leaves me with mainly just gluing it all together into a mix.
As ever, making music with Sam is a real delight. I feel awfully lucky and I'm really looking forward to compiling an album of songs with him.
Elektron Analog Four MkII (Jay) - Four voices (bass, pad, melody pluck, arp)
Moog Subsequent 37 + Empress Effects Reverb (Jay) - lead synth
Roland TD-12 + Toontrack EZ Drummer - drums
Written and recorded by Jay Hosking and Sam Sherwood. Performed "live" (two live takes). Final steps by Jay.
jayhosking.bandcamp.com

[@Truthasvictim]

Man Jay, you are so lucky to find a drummer who actually "gets it" in terms of how to coalesce with electronic music. His playing totally betters all the good stuff you are doing.

[@JayHosking]

I am the luckiest, yes! Couldn't agree more: Sam just knows how to make drums that complement, enrich, and push the songs. He's incredible.

[@Truthasvictim]

@@JayHosking It's why I have always done my own drum programming- the issue of finding a drummer who understands how to be a drummer, while being empathetic to the fact what I am doing is not "rock music" per se is really difficult it seems. What I like about his drumming though, is that he's not a human "drum machine" but, he's actually adding rock-like elements though that work in context, which in our realm of electronic composing is a fine and difficult line to straddle.

[@genepozniak]

I SO totally agree!

[@RudimentsofFlow]

@@Truthasvictim Many 'drummers' learn to play drums absent any other musicians to play with or any formal training. This is incredibly limiting to their ability to understand being a voice that is part of a whole pattern - how to make other aspects of a composition sound better - how to enhance the other instruments and themes with pattern layering your drumming rather than just "Lay down a sick beat."

[@busselommers2301]

You should check out the band called “weval”. Newest album is mostly human drumming

[@robertschubert5127]

Looking forward to an album with Sam. These tracks are great, and opened my mind to some ideas in my jamming.

[@lasko303]

great sam = great jam

[@RetroPlus]

Probably one of the best jams I've seen on KZbin, absolutely incredible. The drummer is so tight and technically proficient and the chords are spooky and awesome. Overall a 10/10 I'd say

[@neoaltima]

This has BTBAM written all over and I love it.

[@lucaselmore3874]

As much as I love this comment, I really hear more of a Dear Hunter vibe here. So amazing. I’m just imagining Casey singing on this one !

[@oliverengelhard4464]

i love this spaceshipjazzzzzz

[@chamot11]

I can hear this song in a movie. It's really good.

[@MilesKvndra]

Amazing work, Jay! Also really appreciate all the explanations on which instrument is playing what. Fantastic jam by the two of you! 👏🏻

[@SebKorn]

Applauses!!! Great work! Descriptions are also impressive which makes you get along with the piece of work!!!

[@mofateam1]

great piece of music, great groove. so minimalistic but rich.

[@electronodyssey]

This is amazing, Jay! Kudos to you and Sam. Love the prog vibe going on here and the live drums add such a wonderful, organic feel to the track.

[@MartinStuertzer]

I always believed that these edrum sets sounded like shit but now I know they were just playing it wrong. Great session!

[@TheForeboding]

Well, adding EZ/Superior Drummer to them makes all the difference, to be honest. I have the TD-17 here and after adding SD3 to it, I never looked back.

[@zroeder]

Well done! I thought you were going to sequence the drums on the Analog Four and then 🤯 Really great jam!

[@rhudson3290]

Love it! And yes, Sam is amazing.

[@director2bob]

this is so fucking dope. Not sure how you showed up in my YT feed but fuck yeah bro, very nice. 👁🤟

[@timpascoe5393]

Fantastic track

[@AgentOrangeTheDJ]

If Giorgio Moroder met Jon Bonham... Quality video, cool concept and good music, like

[@kylew706]

Damn, I need a drummer friend 😂 killerr job guys! Very impressive! Really nice track

[@brentladue]

really incredible stuff as usual dude! loved it!

[@hughkremer4026]

So refreshing to see humans playing instruments along with these great tools. Amazing composition too. Way to go, this is head and shoulders above so many of the blips and bloop.

[@everpuremusic]

Jay & Sam, say jam! (SCNR) You lads should make an album out of those songs. Please. :)

[@martinlubitz3171]

Amazing work, love your videos. Keep on🔥🔥❤ Sam's druming is very powerful

[@kevinbatchelor9566]

Great work, guys.

[@nolake]

Awesome jam, astonishing energy, fantastic work.

[@InvertedPopesMusic]

This is bloody good and I don't swear often. I always wanted to play against a live drummer. There is something quite magic happens and very powerful. Some lovely changes. More please.

[@MikkelGrumBovin]

Hi Popes ,- What GREAT musician this dude is ! ;-)

[@mrgruntlesworth]

this is some next level final fantasy shit

[@nicolasargot7701]

That’s fantastic !!

[@DJ-Lazy-Lodger]

i often thought of something like this but here it is. and not too bad actually.

[@TheTeddingtonBoy]

Just sooooo good 😊

[@paulodonovanmusic]

Amazing!

[@Sousless]

Very nice!

[@jpmudkip1870]

This gave me Wintergatan vibes for some reason, I think it’s the melody and awesome tone you’ve got on that Sub 37

[@scottm8685]

God I love Your videos! Sam is awesome too!

[@urluberlu2757]

Great! Thanks for sharing!

[@tailwindmechanics7454]

Awesome stuff Jay and Sam! Thank you very much! ♡ (TheIndieGameDev)

[@JayHosking]

Thanks! New handle for you?

[@tailwindmechanics7454]

@@JayHosking Yep, I'm on brand with this Tailwinds vr project for now, content is a bit drab at the moment but may become interesting once I get a camera and step my game up a bit. I'm really looking forward to creating music for it actually

[@hyperpersonal]

brilliant!

[@logimite7174]

Every day I keep listening to this song. Never gets old. This is truely a masterpiece, and by that I mean it is daft punk tier.

[@andrewmuller3514]

this is great

[@suckitlolly]

This is inspiring! I play drums, but I have been collecting synths over the past year, and want to do this kind of set myself, with ableton.

[@bobbytsunami3085]

ayyeeee bobby jay and sam band 2021

[@mardomi74]

Perfect!!!

[@genepozniak]

Awesomely different music! :-)

[@H3ath]

I love it

[@daniws1972]

Great !!

[@DocBolus]

Nice jam, and good arrangement. Would be good to see you playing 'live' together

[@FredF78]

This has some Detektivbyrån vibes to it (Swedish indie electronia band), like a spooky circus track.

[@micheldelmotte]

thanks a lot^^ merci beaucoup^^

[@sativamusicrelax1121]

good drum riffe I like 🚀✨🎶✨

[@hednodsflyingoscillatorcir9827]

Reminds me of ‘Telstar’ except, much jazzier and ranged. I loved it, enjoy the combo of programmed, live play and a real fine drummer. 👍

[@sailingshadowfax7518]

Everyone: It sounds like this! No it sounds like this! Welllllll I think it sounds like THIS. Me: This sounds awesome.

[@logimite7174]

sounds like a song you may hear in a rythm game

[@InkyDaCaT]

💗 hehe both Jay n Sam hehe telematics or ..telepathy.. lol

[@LuisHouses]

🔥

[@MikkelGrumBovin]

I only have one gripe : me not being in your band ! - This is excellent- lyrical - filmic - and very "Hoskianna",-

[@illustriouschin]

It's a great track. I don't understand what the A4 is doing but it's really intimidating!

[@JayHosking]

The A4 is the pad off the top, plus the arp, plus the quieter plucked melody thing with the spooky resonance, plus the bass. I promise it's not nearly that intimidating in use! And thanks!

[@jriceblue]

PSA: Sam *is* great.

[@tendingtropic7778]

Thanks Jay! I love the Moog Sub 37 patch. Do you know how you made it? I'm even willing to buy the patch from you ;)

[@JayHosking]

Hi, Oscar! I just dialled in the settings on the panel, so I don't have the patch. Sorry!

[@dawlesspuzzle]

Perfect, super harmony and great solo on S37. Only one thing, i dont like clasic metal sound of drums :)

[@gabrielmartinmiguel2173]

La mezcla me gusta mas pero es mejorable, yo suelo usar compresores multibanda para cada instrumento y cada parte de instrumento y luego un limitador final

[@tomvesely4008]

Came here from Reddit

[@maciasuX]

one person is jealous about Sam 😂