Nonjuror - THE NIGHTCAP // SP-404MKII Beat Tape

A little on the production of this album: all samples, drums and all, were sampled from vinyl - in fact, for the most part, just one record - the release date of this joint marks the 2nd anniversary of the first time I listened to this particular album which turned out to be the last album I'd listen to with my old man. My concept for this project was to write an album from start to finish (opposed to just pulling together a bunch of this year's beats out of a bucket) and flip each of the 8 songs from the original vinyl. The consequent beats on this tape are presented in the order I made them...which is to say beat one is a flip of the first song on the original vinyl. To (attempt to) get a more congruent sound I've kept the gear / workflow the same for each joint.
1. First I sampled the entire record, track by track, on to the BOSS SP-303 at it's "LONG" sample rate [22.05 kHz], bounced that back into my DAW n saved them WAVs to my phone.
2. Earlier this year I was in İzmir, Türkiye, staying in a small coastal town on the Mediterranean Sea. I took with me these samples and my ROLAND SP-404MKII, on which I made all the beats.
3. When I got back home to Hamburg I cleaned up and mixed these beats, recorded the guitar solo on the title track, "The Nightcap", and mastered each track to an AKAI X-200D Reel-to-reel...I bought a new real of tape for it too.
Dad probably wouldn't have found this album to his taste (except for the last track, I think that one is more down his alley), which is all gravy, but I think he would've appreciated that I had a concept for the production...and the booze themed track titles.
If you actually read / skimmed this far, thank you. I appreciate you listening to my stuff.
S/o to Adrian Maione [Aeonmind @aeonmind2553 ] for the Art Design, he's made most of my cover art since the dawn of it all. His music is fkn awesome, check it out.
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THE NIGHTCAP --- beat tape now streaming on all platforms...
‣KZbin: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r2a4hYqclryLn6s
‣Bandcamp: skybarstudios.bandcamp.com/album/the-nightcap
‣Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/1wPcA5k0LOIfwBuOp0NLuH
‣Soundcloud - on.soundcloud.com/CJBeGz5pPfWPbxqb7
All other links - album.link/i/1763434405
If you want to listen to more of my music I have a playlist of all the full album streams: kzbin.info/aero/PLOeHGzWjESpGCyA0eqXaf_9n3KARiIrba&si=06rnqEbcRxBbJZiK
Tracklist:
00:00 0. intro
00:19 1. the palate cleanser
02:02 2. an admittedly somewhat bitter aftertaste
03:37 3. sediment
05:15 4. gunpowder proof
06:57 5. the cause of and solution to
08:52 6. leave the bottle
10:56 7. just a tipple
12:53 8. the nightcap

[@MsKipkap]

🔥

[@Nonjuror]

✌️✌️

[@natoieri663]

🤤

[@Nonjuror]

Cheers! 🍺🍺🍺🍺

[@bekingbeats]

Master of masters! Great!!!

[@Nonjuror]

Cheers man, appreciate you! 🍺🍺🍺🍺

[@DrMaboule]

Great!

[@Nonjuror]

Cheers! 🍺🍺🍺🍺

[@N-spireyourbeats]

Cheers bro

[@Nonjuror]

Proooooost my dude! 🍺🍺🍺🍺

[@MsKipkap]

Love it ❤️‍🔥

[@HARGOSBSS]

The best 👑💯

[@Nonjuror]

Cheers man! 🍺🍺🍺🍺

[@SuperRingoffire1]

Now thats what im talking about 👌😎

[@Nonjuror]

Thanks heaps mate, cheers! 🍺🍺🍺🍺

[@Makes_Uno]

Good stuff!!! 👊🏽🍻

[@Nonjuror]

Thanks a lot mate, much appreciated, cheers! 🍺🍺🍺🍺

[@paolodibiagio9011]

I like your work!!

[@lindasson]

Dope Work My Brother!!! Congratulations, and keep doing your thing!!🙏🏾✊🏾💚

[@Nonjuror]

Thank you man, very much appreciate you listening to it, cheeeeers! 🍺🍺🍺🍺

[@baronvongreenback]

Lovely beats

[@Nonjuror]

Thanks heaps, cheers! 🍺🍺🍺🍺

[@Crunk_Earl]

Fire 💯

[@Nonjuror]

Cheers!

[@wiggesobk]

Beautiful concept bro. RIP to your dad🙏🙏 That beat album is fire!🔥🔥🔥

[@Nonjuror]

Thanks heaps man, much appreciated as always. Prost! 🍺🍺🍺🍺

[@jazzroom]

Great work and a concept - love the whole listening experience - th title track is really great man - you played a beautiful intro and a solo , great Prez and Oscar chops on the background , your guitar blends very well with the masters - your dad would be proud of you! As the song goes "There will be many other nights like this...".🙌🙌🙌 shout outs from a fellow jazz sax player 🎷

[@Nonjuror]

Thank you very much, I appreciate all that a lot. Dad played, Lester was his biggest influence. This album (‘56) is nuts, Barney Kessel on guitar, Ray Brown on bass…has the vibe of an afternoon in the studio playing thru some standards n all these guys stoked to be doing a Prez session. Thanks again, mate. Cheers!

[@jazzroom]

@@Nonjuror thanks for share the story - now I know where you inherited your musical talent from 🙌

[@Nonjuror]

@jazzroom now it’s my kid’s turn, he’s 1yr old with his own stratocaster which he’s figured out how to pluck and strum…and crawl on and drool over…

[@jazzroom]

@@Nonjuror the new generation - thats great!

[@endeiks]

Cool tape👍👍👍👍👍

[@Nonjuror]

Appreciate you listening to it, thanks a lot, cheeeeers! 🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺

[@ciskid23]

Dope, this made me curious how the original album sounds as well

[@iHOiD]

👏👏👏

[@iHOiD]

WOW! 🍻

[@Nonjuror]

Thanks a lot mate, cheeeers! 🍺🍺🍺🍺

[@pestafix]

Good work! 👍👍👍

[@Nonjuror]

Thanks heaps, cheers! 🍺🍺🍺🍺